ACSharp retweeted
I did not sign up as a consumer.
I signed up to earn money from consumers.
You would have to show me where it says consumers are entitled to free labor because they chose to use an app to communicate with a stranger with whom they are requesting help to get groceries from.
ACSharp retweeted
#instacart consumer, if you need someone to tell you how much to pay for a service YOU requested—an optional tip may be too complex for you. Use the grocery store service instead. Or the many other services that were created for YOUR needs.
ACSharp retweeted
#instacart Shoppers, if you have to be told not to accept $0-$2 for your service—then you need a job where someone else will manage your time and resources for you.
ACSharp retweeted
Did you know instacart will pay her after the refund is completed? So, she makes more money returning the items to the grocery store than leaving them with the ignorant customer.
Did you know once the refund is complete and you report items stolen that YOU will be deactivated?
ACSharp retweeted
You have not paid for the groceries at this point. Instacart paid for the groceries. You have only given instacart access to your bank or credit account so they can charge you once the service (carried out by the driver) is completed. So your card on hold, is irrelevant.
ACSharp retweeted
If the customer is not tipping the driver, there is no incentive for the driver to user their personal vehicle and time to pick up and deliver food. No matter what doordash offers to pay the driver for use of their car, the customer will still have to pay their part for service.
ACSharp retweeted
Of course companies will compete and offer different incentives to drivers and customers to use their app. The app is the business.
The users of the app needs of convenience—food delivery & to earn $. There is no blame necessary just the need for everyone to play their part.
ACSharp retweeted
The fee the customer pays the driver is called a tip because the amount is optional. With contractors, not employees, some people are willing to accept work at $2 some will accept only $10+. The option benefits the customer while giving the driver the opportunity to earn cash.
ACSharp retweeted
If you go to a restaurant to eat, you are paying the restaurant to provide food. If you make the choice to sit down to be served your food while enjoy the environment then you are requesting an additional service and must pay for it. The service delivers the business goals. #tip
ACSharp retweeted
Exactly! And the reason they don’t make that possible is because it would not be sustainable. The service would not be financially accessible and customers lose choices because the service is now more expensive. Customers lose the choice of how much they pay for the service.
ACSharp retweeted
Delivery drivers get approx. $3-5 per trip (service fee), if the restaurant-house distance is approx 10-15 mins driving, that’s a ZERO profit for the driver, if no tip is included, MOST drivers will definitely passed on that order and the order may get picked up eventually. That’s basically what this says.
ACSharp retweeted
As a driver part time (2-3 hours/day), I do NOT accept trips lower than a certain ($)amount and distance. We are told before hand what we’re paid (including tip) up front.
So if you have half a brain you know the trips you’re not tipped based on amount or distance.
That MAY be why they put this new disclaimer, because acceptance rates of these requests have been lower raising wait times.
ACSharp retweeted
Like I said. You’re trying to wage an ideological battle.
The problem is the only people you’re hurting are the little guys. You’re still giving the people responsible for the system your money and then the people at the bottom who get the least gets nothing
Really sticking it to the man
ACSharp retweeted
People just don’t like feeling called out.
Anyone who eats out/orders delivery and doesn’t tip should be ashamed. Non tippers often try and turn their position into a brave ideological battle, but in reality the only person they’re hurting is the servers/drivers
If you can’t afford to tip you can’t afford to eat out it’s that simple