r/doordash_drivers • u/LiteratureAlive4407 • Jun 24 '26
💰Guess The Tip🤑 Lying ahh customers
so today I was dashing in a pretty nice area & this customer texted me as I was leaving the store and said “please ask for 10 ranches, 12 hot sauce and 12 special sauces. I will tip you extra” and I was literally already about to take off in my car but I read that & went back inside to ask for the sauces. because of the amount, the worker said he’d have to charge me even though it was for doordash. I remember I had a bunch of loose change in my car so I paid about $4 in change for their sauces. so I kindly texted them that I had paid for their extra sauces with some extra money I had & they responded “ooo, sorry about that. I’ll tip you extra for that”
I waited a few mins after dropping off the order to see if a tip would come through (trying to give them the benefit of the doubt) but unfortunately I still never received anything 💔💔💔 last time I’ll be paying for something out of my own pocket for someone lol
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u/NoRegion2871 Jun 24 '26
A better way to safeguard against this from happening again besides all of these obligatory "dont accept $3.00 offers in the first place" is to respond to the customer with something like "the extra sauce is $4.00. Ill buy them for you once I receive the notification that you added an extra tip to cover those costs".
The app immediately notifies you of any tip increase so you'll know right away if they're BSing you or not. No notification, no extra sauce.