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Land Shark

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18. Restaurants and Drivers getting hammered by ubereats

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 10:11 AM

May 2020

Ubereats prohibits raising prices for delivery but ubereats also takes out a big chunk of the bill. Ubereats also lowered the pay to drivers from close to 5 dollars (for an average short delivery driving 5 miles or less to pickup and deliver) to just 3 bucks flat. These deliveries take 15 minutes so assuming it's really busy that is only $12 an hour but you still gotta pay for your car expenses.

As usual, corporations take the profit and real people take the hit. (The lowered pay is currently absorbed by nice people tipping more.)

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People are furious at restaurants adding COVID-19 surcharges [View all] Cirque du So-What May 2020 OP

Vote w/your feet and ass. You don't wanna pay it, go somewhere else. FFS they've been CurtEastPoint May 2020 #1

Exactly, they're a bunch of babies, like baby Trump. n/t blitzen May 2020 #7

Huh? sfstaxprep May 2020 #17

Maybe the "covid surcharge" is going to a new policy mandated by insurance carriers no_hypocrisy May 2020 #2

I posted a tweet a day again--Food prices have indeed gone up. Can riversedge May 2020 #12

insurers don't care about that fescuerescue May 2020 #16

It seems very dishonest if they have not made the surcharge clear at the outset. Doodley May 2020 #3

The restaurant d_r May 2020 #4

+1. And people know food prices have gone up dalton99a May 2020 #11

I doubt the owners had time to print up new menus. CrispyQ May 2020 #23

Expensive to change menus... lame54 May 2020 #29

Good points. Nt d_r May 2020 #33

They haven't even gotten the real COVID-19 "surcharge" yet . . . . hatrack May 2020 #5

And for some of them, that is going to be the ultimate bill. nt Blue_true May 2020 #34

If it isn't on the menu, they can't charge it. Takket May 2020 #6

Print new menus next time BeyondGeography May 2020 #8

Not to mention the added cost of liability, PPE, and sanitizing supplies. Hugin May 2020 #13

Now it's not enough the restaurants are 'open-er-upped'... Hugin May 2020 #9

Would you like a ventilator with your entree,... or would you rather that be served with..... magicarpet May 2020 #10

When you go out, or order out, be prepared to pay the price. Yavin4 May 2020 #14

They should just raise prices fescuerescue May 2020 #15

Restaurants and Drivers getting hammered by ubereats Land Shark May 2020 #18

Of course there is a surcharge Drahthaardogs May 2020 #19

The restaurants got to make money during this crisis somehow. Initech May 2020 #20

5% to help your local business owners stay in busienss? CrispyQ May 2020 #21

As long as they make it known, I'm okay with this DrToast May 2020 #22

Big deal, a 5% surcharge. dugog55 May 2020 #24

I bet that anyone that complains DON'T leave a tip at all. Blue_true May 2020 #37

The large, very desirable HOA neighborhood near our children's Hortensis May 2020 #25

Dear gawd ... upset about .66 ? UpInArms May 2020 #26

It probably means people tipping less mokawanis May 2020 #27

I cannot imagine going out to eat at this point in time. Tipperary May 2020 #28

one of the assholes who started this snowflake whinging is a anti-vaxxer RWNJ, she can fuck off Celerity May 2020 #30

That graphic is lol.. Cha May 2020 #36

These fucking low lifes MenloParque May 2020 #31

Meh. I think I'd *expect* some kind of extra billing for insisting on being seated. eppur_se_muova May 2020 #32

If you don't like it eat at home Luciferous May 2020 #35

In two weeks, Karen and Cletus may have a steeper price to pay than just a COVID-19 surcharge. Efilroft Sul May 2020 #38