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otp@sh.itjust.works 4 days agoSo how many lemmy users are going to stop using food delivery to avoid being complicit?
I generally avoid food delivery apps because of the extra cost either way…but if you have a problem with the wages, just tip more. Tip cash if you have it – there’s no way for the app to get its hands on that money!
but if you have a problem with the wages, just tip more.
enabler | noun
en·abler i-ˈnā-b(ə-)lər
: one that enables another to achieve an end especially : one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior (such as substance abuse) by providing excuses or by making it possible to avoid the consequences of such behavior
Someone using the service is already an en·abler (i-ˈnā-b(ə-)lər).
Tipping well enables the drivers to pay their bills, at least.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I either pick up the food myself or eat there and highly tip the server, because that’s how the system works right now - but long term it would be better if they got more wages and didn’t need to rely on generosity.
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Definitely. I wish we’d ban tipping in North America.
And also put the taxes into the sticker/menu prices. No more of this price jumping at the register.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I see the justification in adding the tax on afterwards because putting it on stickers and menus imposes more work on the business whenever the sales tax changes. If you’ve ever done a store inventory you’ll get it. Also if you live in a place with sales tax, which in America means almost everywhere, you get used to mentally approximating it, or at least knowing it’s going to be added on - and a sales tax amount is mandated, it isn’t something you have to agonize over.
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Boohoo. Other countries have figured it out. If we can’t get fast and efficient trains like other countries have, we can at least stick the tax into the sticker price.
Keeping tax off the sticker makes the price seem artificially lower, this making people spend more money.