June

So, I deliver for DoorDash from time to time, and it’s made me change how I view tipping in these apps.

I’m not tipping for quality of service (it’s hard to be ‘good’ vs ‘great’ on pick up, drive, drop off as a service, and if the driver manages to do that badly, DoorDash will make it right for you and ding the driver). Instead I’m tipping based on quantity of work, e.g., the distance I’m asking the driver to cover or the size/weight of the order if it’s something like groceries. While this is something that DoorDash should be doing, it’s not and is left to the customer to close the gap voluntarily.

DoorDash likes to act like they’re just connecting customers to people that want to make a delivery, but they’ve set up the system to feel like DoorDash is the service provider rather than the drivers. In reality, drivers should be setting their fees as independent contractors and DoorDash should only be providing the interface.

They’ve recently lowered the base pay to $2. I’ve had ‘offers’ pop up for $2 on a 10 mile delivery. If I were to accept that I’d be losing money on the delivery.

If this is him, I hope he does it again.

If it’s not him, I hope the real guy does it again.

A little fin, shoulder pads, and a bit more junk in the trunk.

Don’t get too excited.

Something worse will come and fill the void.

That cat knows what it’s doing is bad. What a little shithead.

I’ve had it tell me that it cant find anything about a question. But it’s usually when I ask for sources, frame the question as ‘is there anything online’, or otherwise ask it to do some research. If I just ask it a naked question it’ll always give an answer.

All cities are democratic run.

I think it’s ‘democrat run’ that you mean.

Our universal left, comrade.

Seems pretty damning assuming the girl’s story is true.

Let’s say, universal left.

I’m shitting inside my vanity but also have the vanity inside me so I’m pretty sure I’m dead.

10 minutes ago I’d have been rolling on the freeway at 69mph. So dead either way I guess.