Hacker News Reader

Comment by a-wu | Hacker News Reader

DoorDash is extremely helpful for me because I'm disabled and can't cook so it's really convenient for me to be able to order food for delivery when I don't have a caregiver around to cook food for me. I'm extremely disappointed by DoorDash's policies but because of my circumstances I can't just boycott. I live in a college town too, so most DoorDash drivers are students who are just barely getting by, so I'll be tipping my drivers in cash from now.

View on HN

If Bitesquad exists in your area, I'd use them. I switched to them after I found out that they employ their drivers directly, as full employees with an hourly wage, known schedule, and benefits. I've not compared their pricing directly against DoorDash, for what it's worth.

There are plenty of other delivery services. Grubhub, UberEats, and Caviar are a few off the top of my head.

UberEats/Grubhub don't have the same selection of restaurants in my area and I'm really not sure how much I trust them to not pull this same thing either. I will definitely try to order from those services if available but I'll probably still tip in cash.

if ubereats works the same as uber then 100% of the tip actually does go to the worker

Can't you ask one or a few of the regular delivery people to do it directly for you instead of through the company if you think the company is treating them badly?

You should call your local grocery store and see if they have a delivery program. Many if not most do, although it's typically poorly advertised or unadvertised. You can have them deliver prepared food from the store.

Unfortunately the one local grocery store that does have the service runs it through Instacart anyway.

Uh huh

Reply on news.ycombinator.com