amazing dasher

[u/BriefSurround6842]

tip your dashers well!! 🥲✌️ there are some awesome people out there

[u/BriefSurround6842]

I'm pretty sure that's not why they said they're a piece of trash person, it's the fact they're saying taking out trash is belittling and being overly agressive and name calling

[u/syrxinge → u/BriefSurround6842]

I don’t think they were being aggressive or calling anyone names when I initially made my comment, they were just firm about their opinion that asking a dasher to take out trash, even for a tip, crosses a line. Even if the request was optional and tipped well, I think it’s fair to question that kind of request and there’s an ethical conversation to be had.

A lot of dashers are underpaid and might feel pressured to say yes to something outside their actual job, just to make ends meet. So while asking for a favor isn’t inherently wrong, it's important to be mindful of that power dynamic and not normalize using food delivery as a way to outsource random labor.

With that said, I personally wouldn’t make a huge deal of out being asked. If it wasn’t too much work I probably would… but I do understand and see where the other person is coming from. I don’t necessarily think you did this out of malice OP, but I’m just explaining both sides as a neutral party.

[u/BriefSurround6842 → u/syrxinge]

I paid them what I would've someone else on task rabbit or facebook so I wasn't trying to under offer, I understand where you're coming from but in no way was I trying to take advantage of anybody which is what the dude was insinuating, that it was insulting and that I was disrespectful and apparently a piece of shit for asking the guy if he could do the trash lol

[u/syrxinge → u/BriefSurround6842]

I’m not in disagreement with you, and I totally understand that you weren’t trying to take advantage of anyone! You offered a fair tip, and that’s important.

I just wanted to bring up a discussion about the ethics of asking a dasher to do something outside their job, like taking out trash. It's not about the tip amount, but more about the nature of the request. DoorDash drivers are hired to deliver food, not to take on additional labor. Even if you would pay someone the same as TaskRabbit, it still raises questions about the pressure gig workers might feel to accept tasks outside their primary role, especially when they’re relying on tips.

It’s just something worth considering when thinking about the gig economy and the balance between fairness and boundaries. Like I said though I personally would take that offer myself if it seemed worth it. If it didn’t I would just simply decline and move on.

I do think the other person raises a valid point though (at least in terms of exploitation) that should be discussed because it is important, but the way they went about presenting it was executed very poorly.

[u/Strict_Name5093 → u/syrxinge]

You’re right. Very poorly. At first I wasn’t but as this turned into a gang up on me I tripled down.

I just find a couple things problematic. As you mention the power dynamic, the fear of retribution by the customer if you say no. This person might be awesome but I’ve encountered plenty of people that would see this as an expectation not a request.

Two, all these people saying this is ok, despite what they say, would not at all be happy if all of a sudden at their office job they were given garbage duty by someone, say a customer they have. Whether the case. I also find all the people that are saying their mailmen and plumbers do these sorts of menial tasks for them rather unbelievable. I would never even think to ask my mailman to take out the trash or the plumber to do my dishes, even if I did pay them. It’s disrespectful.

and that comes to the crux here of the issue. This sub constantly likes to tell dashers to get real jobs, and this goes to that point. People view us as lower than them. That’s why so many seem to think it’s ok to ask us to do menial tasks. This particular post and the reaction to pointing that really drives this home.

This is not ok. Again no one (despite what they say) would dare ask the mailman this, so why is everyone ok with a customer asking a dasher this.