What’s an acceptable tip for a driver who delivers a $20 pizza?
A TikTok video purporting to show a DoorDash delivery driver in Texas swearing at a customer over the $5 tip she gave him has gone viral, sparking fresh online debate over tipping culture in the U.S.
“I just want to say it’s a nice house for a $5 tip,” the driver can be heard saying as he walks away from a home in the door camera video posted to TikTok earlier this week by a user under the name Lacey Purciful.
“You’re welcome!” the resident says, appearing surprised by the remark. “F*** you,” the driver responds before walking away.
A spokesperson for DoorDash said a delivery driver had been removed from their platform in connection with the incident.
The drive put himself into that situation. The driver accepted the tip when the pizza was picked up and then was pissed about the tip because of the delivery circumstances. The driver was flat out of line.
The wealth of the customer has zero to do with the situation. A customer was abused by the driver because of the perceived wealth of the customer. The driver is the one with the entitlement problem, and making a complaint about the driver is par for the course. Effectively you are arguing that no person of a higher socio economic class should report the bad behavior of workers? Wealth has nothing to do with this situation.
The framing of this line of thought is a non-sequtor trying to make is about economics and class. An honest discussion would focus on the situation that create the need for tipping culture, fair wages, or minimum income. Both the customer and the dasher are participants in the system. The customer is not some bourgeoisie.