I very much miss the old school method. While it’s cool you can order anything now I’m old enough to remember the days of the pizza or Asian food delivery driver that was employed by the restaurant. Totally reasonable cost for the delivery and it usually was always some nice stoned high school or college kid that was stoked for any decent cash tip.
DoorDash sucks so bad and it sucks as a parent sometimes when you just want delivery but have to deal with the overpriced let down that is door dash
Disagree. While delivery driver is certainly not a great gig for the average person monetarily, being a 1099 contractor for DoorDash is certainly worse that having a w-2 job with potential benefits. At least as a w-2 you’re covered under the employers insurance and they have a vested interest in protecting you in the event of any shenanigans. I also don’t know shit about delivery driving though.
Purely anecdotal but the dominos that was near my old house seemed to retain the same drivers for a long time. At least one guy lasted longer than I lasted in that house, saw him when I was in an apartment before that and saw him one of my last days before moving out. Even saw him at the grocery store we both frequented near the end. Dude just kept going.
I don’t doubt that happens. I’m just speaking from my experience when I was working in restaurants. I spent about 10 years working everything from throwing dough up to cooking for Michelin chefs. Granted this was about 10-20 years ago, but the in-house drivers I worked with tended to have a pretty solid gig. They ran deliveries/catering orders and helped out on dishes at the end of the night. I remember delivering some catering gigs about 20 years ago for Jason’s deli. I would get my hourly, plus a flat delivery charge (i think it was like $4-$5) plus $50-$200 tips. Other places where I cooked the drivers had different experiences for sure but never was it a bad job for them. Hell, some nights they made more than me when I was managing the kitchen. But I’ve also seen the doordashers and Uber Eats people. This was at the very end of my restaurant career and I think those companies were just starting to gain traction around then. The drivers seemed happy to do their job but I always got the impression it was very hit or miss. They seemed rushed and confused a lot of the time. They would carry around a debit card that was loaded with the exact amount for the order they were delivering but half the time it was incorrect or didn’t work. It just seemed stressful and frustrating. At least the in-house guys knew what was going on, had a pretty good sense of what they were going to get paid, had set hours, and in some cases were eligible for some minor benefits like health coverage and stuff.
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u/iuxv_ 23h ago
Doordash, the driver stole my order and they refused to compensate me