Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19

Re:Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19 by gambiting on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:50PM (#23093295)

I do realize that this is a pipe dream, but if literally everyone stopped tipping at once, the conditions would have to improve.

Also, I'm from the UK - while tipping in restaurants is semi-common(not expected), tipping delivery drivers is literally unheard of. Doesn't exist, no one does it. And yet.....somehow, delivery drivers still exist as a profession.

My point is - every time you tip, you allow shitty employment practices to continue. It's the same as giving money to beggars on the street - they continue begging because they know it works, it's a self sustaining circle.

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Re:Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19 by smogcutter on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:35PM (#23093913)

You’re right, broadly, but please don’t do this when you’re visiting the US. You’re screwing over a real life, individual person because it pleases you to make a point.

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Re:Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19 by gmanley on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:39PM (#23093967)

So you're from a country where tipping isn't so engrained or important. Here in the US tipping is the main way service workers make money. Most base wages are simply untenable.

Now, I'm not saying I like that, in fact I hate it. We are in essence subsidizing their employees. It definitely needs to change but please don't encourage people not to tip. There are realistic ways to get rid of tipping. Just stopping tipping isn't one of them. All your doing is hurting the little man/women. Also comparing them to beggars is pretty out of touch.

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Re:Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19 by stepbeek on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @03:34PM (#23095317)

I live in the UK and know plenty of people who tip delivery drivers. Not to the extent of the US admittedly.

Do you have a source?

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Re:Uber is laying off 3,700, as rides plummet due to Covid-19 by gambiting on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:01PM (#23095613)

A source for what? For people not tipping delivery drivers? I live in the UK and I have never heard about anyone tipping delivery drivers - you are literally the very first person I've read about that tips delivery drivers in the UK. So no, no source, personal experience.

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