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Customers Have Been Using Tips As Bait For Faster Service And This DoorDash Guy Revealed How Bad It Really Is Interview With Author

Ignas Vieversys and
Gabija Palšytė
The act of tipping has changed significantly. In the bygone days, people tipped to acknowledge the quality of service they received. The waiter did an amazing job serving your whole family dinner? Well, here's a $10 tip. Now, since technology-assisted apps, like Door Dash or Uber Eats, have taken over the world and changed the rules - people have started doubting the tipping culture altogether. In his viral TikTok video that garnered over 4.8 million views, Portland-based Door Dash driver Owen Lindstrom explained and criticized a new phenomenon called 'tip-baiting': imagine being promised a generous tip for a quick delivery only for it to be taken away at the last minute. That doesn't sound right. Which is precisely why the video has been flooded with thousands of comments supporting Owen's message - both from customers and delivery workers.

Every once in a while there comes an on-demand delivery person who will demonstrate just how broken the system is

To find out what inspired TikTok delivery driver to create this viral video, Bored Panda reached out to 22-year-old Owen, who was kind enough to answer all of our burning questions. He confirmed that he didn't expect his video to go into the viral stratosphere. "I was running out of ideas at this point in my 100 days challenge and I just threw this idea out there only expecting it to get 10k – 15k views," which is what Owen usually gets. His tip baiting story, on the other hand, garnered more views than his last 20 videos combined - including those with over 1 million views. What Owen did expect, though, is that his video will get a two-way reaction. "I've been very active in my comments since I started and there have been people who are very supportive and appreciative of drivers. Just like there are plenty of people that have nothing good to say. So I expect that with every video," he admitted. "What I didn't expect was how extremely people felt about it. For the first time, I stopped reading my comments."

And this Door Dash driver with over 90K followers did just that by revealing the scheming nature of tip-baiting

@owenlindstrom1 okay… I want your worst tip baiting stories. winner gets a crisp high five. #100daychallenge #fyp #deliverydriver #uberdriver #doordashdriver ♬ original sound – owenlindstrom Talking about the problem that inspired him to pursue this idea for the TikTok, Owen admits that for the most part, customers are reasonable and generous enough not to exploit the system. "I've had tips lowered before but there have been reasons for those (restaurant going slow, bad traffic, missing items, etc.) and I don't count that as tip baiting," he told, agreeing with the notion that holding a tip over a driver's head like a carrot on a stick does indeed inspire drivers to fully commit to their job. "But people will take advantage of it, and that's where the problems for the drivers begin," Owen said. He hopes that his and other drivers' stories will make the creators of multibillion-dollar apps finally take some action. "All these food delivery apps are young and they are all spending billions to make it better for both the customer and the driver. As long as people are pushing for them to fix their problems (which people are doing), then over time, the balance of being fair both for the driver and the customer will slowly get better."

The author then shares the breakdown of his salary to show just how important tips are

What a way to finish the 100 Day Challenge

@owenlindstrom1 100 days later… thank you to everyone for joining me on my 100 day journey #100daychallenge #fyp #deliverydriver #Doordash #ubereats ♬ original sound – owenlindstrom Tipping has always been a tricky matter of business. There are guides that help service people increase their chances of getting an extra buck for their work. Same as there are tips that are lost in the confusing etiquette of tipping (20% of the pretax bill is the accepted norm, while dipping below 15% lets your waiter know that they did a so-so job). To find out why some people would exploit the nature of tipping, Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Kevin Bennett, Ph.D. teaching professor of psychology at Penn State University and the author of 'Jealousy's Design: Maladaptive Trait or Psychological Solution?'. Bennet thinks that the pandemic and limited face-to-face interaction between delivery drivers and customers might be a major reason why people tip bait. "We are more likely to tip more in situations involving meaningful face-to-face interactions, right? Without the social pressure that comes from real interactions, people feel more empowered to leave a lousy tip." Or, perhaps, not to leave a tip at all (something that Owen rarely comes across, he admits).

People agreed that the main problem lies in the ways companies like Door Dash handle their business

After reading the reception Owen's viral video received, it doesn't come as a shock that around 60% of deliverers think tips (low or non-existent) are among the worst things about this profession, studies have shown. Bennet explains this might also have to do with the underlying psychology of giving extra money to those who provide the goods and services. He says there's compliance and acceptance: social psychologists describe the former as accepting something but not necessarily agreeing with it. Think of all times when you should have not drunk, but were persuaded by your convincing friends. Meanwhile, acceptance is when "you do something and you really buy into the purpose of your action," Bennet explained. If you wash your hands because you truly believe in its effectiveness, not because someone convinced you it's a good thing to do - that, dear Pandas, is acceptance. Learning about Owen's video and tip baiting, Bennet believes it's not going away any time soon. "I think we are going to hear more about in the years to come. Tip baiting will result in better service in the long run - but only for those who'll gain a reputation for dangling a big tip out there and then following through with that payment in the end." Hopefully, Uber Eats, Doordash and the rest of the major delivery services won't make it a bigger problem than it currently is - at least for their hardworking drivers like Owen. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Share on Facebook Ignas Vieversys Ignas Vieversys Writer, BoredPanda staff Ignas is an editor at Bored Panda with an MA in Magazine Journalism. When he is not writing about video games or hunting for interesting stories, chances are that you will find Ignas at the movies. Read more » Gabija Palšytė Gabija Palšytė Author, BoredPanda staff Gabija is a photo editor at Bored Panda. Before joining the team, she achieved a Professional Bachelor degree in Photography and has been working as a freelance photographer since. She also has a special place in her heart for film photography, movies and nature. Read more » Show All Contributors Get the latest inspiring stories via our awesome iOS app! Download Bored Panda app! 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This is a consequence. And before you start ranting how *l* want people to work for me for free, l'm writing from Europe and l don't have a single delivery app on my phone. 18 18points reply Giovanni Giovanni Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Writing from Italy, i use deliveroo and just eat and to my knowledge they don't even have the option to tip. 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Requiem Requiem Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Whats not having the app have to do with anything? The driver was an idiot for complaining. I know people who do this kind of work and they make A Lot of money and it isnt because of the tips. 1 1point reply Frannie Kaplan Frannie Kaplan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yeah stop this qbti amrrican nonsense. Uber eats and these apps are booming in European cities and they were a huge lifeline for restaurants during the horrid restrictions. It's easy not to have any food delivery app on your phone if you live in the country side. 0 0points reply Richa Gupta Richa Gupta Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Sorry but this earning through tipping culture must go from America. Make your large companies accountable for paying their employees well. They should not be dependent on a variable for their living and the customer should not be held liable for providing business to the company and shelling extra to keep the employee happy. This is what is driving average working class American to poverty. 17 17points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I see this type of comment a lot. Not tipping won't do anything to make the employer pay more. You are only punishing the server by not tipping. That's not a good excuse. Considering that the delivery person is using their own gas..which is so expensive these days, please tip them and servers! 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Stephanie Keith Stephanie Keith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Suzi, you're wrong. It is not up to citizens to pay the employees. It is literally the companies job. You've just been made to believe it is your responsibility by not only the companies but the government as well. Wherever you work you're supposed to get paid. You actually think customers are supposed to pay the employees? That's insane and wrong. People like you who keep pushing this narrative just like these wealthy corporations are why it doesn't stop. Please understand what's going on is not right. 0 0points reply Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago How should we make them accountable? 0 0points reply King Kashue King Kashue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Proper minimum wage law and a law prohibiting companies like Door Dash/Uber/Etc. from claiming their employees aren't employees but "independent contractors." Uber/Lyft/Door Dash/AirBnB/Etc. are not tech companies - say it again: they are NOT tech companies. They are not Tech companies "disrupting" an industry - they are transportation/hospitality/whatever companies using the *veneer* of being a tech company to sidestep all the regulations already present in those industries. 6 6points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In CA, they are still concerned independent contractors. There was a bill that passed making them employees but it was stopped by voters. If delivery drivers and ride share drivers (and many other jobs,) couldn't do it outside of their normal jobs with them employees. My husband does delivery work whenever he has spare time and he needs extra money. 0 0points reply Bear42212 Bear42212 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In every state they are independent contractors. It has nothing to do with woke CA. 0 0points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Until law is changed, tip!!! -1 -1point reply Geoffers Geoffers Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago [1/2]In the UK it's our government that holds them accountable on our (the workers) behalf, and it's not just big companies - even if it's just the owner and one employee they have to meet the same standards as a multi-national corporation. We have a National Minimum Wage that has different tiers according to your age: apprentices get the lowest rate (although the employer has to pay for their education and exams etc), then under 18's, under 21's, then under 23's. At age 23 you qualify for the National Living Wage (rather than just the minimum), which is supposed to be enough for you to live independently without external support. The allowances are higher for people who live in London as it's one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in and is also disproportionately expensive compared to the rest of the Kingdom. If an employer is found to be paying a worker below minimum wage, either the hourly rate is too low or they're not paying the worker the proper number of hours.. 1 1point reply Geoffers Geoffers Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago [2/2]..that they've worked, then Her Majesties Revenue & Customs step in. For each employee found to have been underpaid they can fine the company owner or director (personally, not the company or business itself) up to £20,000 ($27k US) per worker. They also recover the unpaid wages - plus a good amount of interest - and pass it on to the employees. In order to get the money they can seize pretty much whatever they like - bank accounts, cars, houses, pension funds, jewellery, works of art, boats and planes etc. If the worker has been fired because they made a claim then HMRC also get compensation and loss of earnings for them. Additionally they can ban the offender from owning or directing any business - even if it's already running - for up to 15 years. It's good to live in a country where the government looks after the people and not just themselves. 1 1point reply Requiem Requiem Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. why does every one act like Canada doesnt do the same things as the US? Canadian waiters make 15 an hour and still get 200 or more in tips. I was a mover and furniture delivery for years and tips were rare. Much harder work and usually shittier pay -5 -5points reply kaylynn L kaylynn L Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Become a server then. -1 -1point reply roshkosh roshkosh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago No one brought Canada into this lol. Advocate for better pay if you think your pay is shitty -3 -3points reply Ti Wa Ti Wa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago What madness is this? Who in their right mind tips BEFORE receiving the service they already paid for? Seems so totally alien and bizarre to me... 14 14points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I do, it's the only way I can unless I'm planning on tipping cash. Our delivery apps require you to include your tip with your food payment so it's just easier to do everything at once. I always just assume I'll get decent service and so far I've been right. 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride Stannous Flouride Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Put in a low amount and then give them cash to top it off. 0 0points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Sure that works if you have cash on you, which generally I don't. Besides, what I expect from delivery people is that they bring me my food and that said food is in good condition, and I've yet to meet a delivery person that has not done that so what does it matter if I'm tipping in advance? 0 0points reply Requiem Requiem Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Once you get the food it asks you how the service was and you can give them "compliments" and stars, the tip money doesnt come out of your bank until you say "yes they did a good job". You could f**k them over by giving a bad review and changing the tip 1 1point reply Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago When you have to so that your food turns up warm and on time... 0 0points reply C W C W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Let me guess who leave $1 and still complains 0 0points reply Ti Wa Ti Wa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In most non-US countries 1$ is considered a quite decent tip for a delivery. I mean... it's not really complicated or offers much room for service. Food gets picked up at A and brought to B. What exactly is there in that transaction that could possibly merit a large tip? (Okay, long stairs might be a valid reason) -1 -1point reply Butchy Boom Butchy Boom Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago How about time and gas for the car to drive your order 15 miles for $1 or worse no tip. Suppose I should be happy with $2.50? 0 0points reply Tamsin Far Tamsin Far Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, but this is the problem. Expenses and your wager should be paid by the employer and be part of the price the customer pays, because that`s how a contract is supposed to work - you agree on a product and a price beforehand and both will be exchanged unless both sides agree to change it or a jugde does. Not by someone doing the work and just hoping to get some money for it and not having it taken away without any reason afterwards. A tip really should be just that - a little extra for good service, or if you feel bad because of the weather or the stairs (I do and that`s why I tip even though minimum wage should be fine here for the drivers). This way the US does it is just insane. 1 1point reply Donald Crocker, Jr. Donald Crocker, Jr. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Apps don't pay enough to cover the cost of drivers running their cars so no tip orders don't get delivered at all; numerous drivers went viral with the no tip no delivery thing, some people responded with tip baiting. The wise choice for customers is to just go to a grocery store and get MUCH better quality and amount of food for the same price and leave fast food to crazy rich people with no taste. -1 -1point reply Anne Reid Anne Reid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago You don’t have to… I write in $0 for the tip in that I’ll tip in cash, but never put the amount. I have no idea how long the companies take to give them their tips & I figure they might need the money in hand for gas. (I also work in the service industry and have had to wait on my tips from credit card tabs, it sucks!). I’ve never had a problem getting restaurants or groceries delivered quickly and everything has been the appropriate temperature. Drivers should be able to rate customers, imo for when they bait & switch tips. -1 -1point reply Load More Comments POST Pittsburgh rare Pittsburgh rare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago It reminds me of that Doordash driver who recorded a video telling customers to tip or else their food was gonna sit there forever. This is a consequence. And before you start ranting how *l* want people to work for me for free, l'm writing from Europe and l don't have a single delivery app on my phone. 18 18points reply Giovanni Giovanni Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Writing from Italy, i use deliveroo and just eat and to my knowledge they don't even have the option to tip. 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Requiem Requiem Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Whats not having the app have to do with anything? The driver was an idiot for complaining. I know people who do this kind of work and they make A Lot of money and it isnt because of the tips. 1 1point reply Frannie Kaplan Frannie Kaplan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yeah stop this qbti amrrican nonsense. Uber eats and these apps are booming in European cities and they were a huge lifeline for restaurants during the horrid restrictions. It's easy not to have any food delivery app on your phone if you live in the country side. 0 0points reply Richa Gupta Richa Gupta Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Sorry but this earning through tipping culture must go from America. Make your large companies accountable for paying their employees well. They should not be dependent on a variable for their living and the customer should not be held liable for providing business to the company and shelling extra to keep the employee happy. This is what is driving average working class American to poverty. 17 17points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I see this type of comment a lot. Not tipping won't do anything to make the employer pay more. You are only punishing the server by not tipping. That's not a good excuse. Considering that the delivery person is using their own gas..which is so expensive these days, please tip them and servers! 1 1point reply Load More Replies... Stephanie Keith Stephanie Keith Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Suzi, you're wrong. It is not up to citizens to pay the employees. It is literally the companies job. You've just been made to believe it is your responsibility by not only the companies but the government as well. Wherever you work you're supposed to get paid. You actually think customers are supposed to pay the employees? That's insane and wrong. People like you who keep pushing this narrative just like these wealthy corporations are why it doesn't stop. Please understand what's going on is not right. 0 0points reply Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago How should we make them accountable? 0 0points reply King Kashue King Kashue Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago (edited) Proper minimum wage law and a law prohibiting companies like Door Dash/Uber/Etc. from claiming their employees aren't employees but "independent contractors." Uber/Lyft/Door Dash/AirBnB/Etc. are not tech companies - say it again: they are NOT tech companies. They are not Tech companies "disrupting" an industry - they are transportation/hospitality/whatever companies using the *veneer* of being a tech company to sidestep all the regulations already present in those industries. 6 6points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In CA, they are still concerned independent contractors. There was a bill that passed making them employees but it was stopped by voters. If delivery drivers and ride share drivers (and many other jobs,) couldn't do it outside of their normal jobs with them employees. My husband does delivery work whenever he has spare time and he needs extra money. 0 0points reply Bear42212 Bear42212 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In every state they are independent contractors. It has nothing to do with woke CA. 0 0points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Until law is changed, tip!!! -1 -1point reply Geoffers Geoffers Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago [1/2]In the UK it's our government that holds them accountable on our (the workers) behalf, and it's not just big companies - even if it's just the owner and one employee they have to meet the same standards as a multi-national corporation. We have a National Minimum Wage that has different tiers according to your age: apprentices get the lowest rate (although the employer has to pay for their education and exams etc), then under 18's, under 21's, then under 23's. At age 23 you qualify for the National Living Wage (rather than just the minimum), which is supposed to be enough for you to live independently without external support. The allowances are higher for people who live in London as it's one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in and is also disproportionately expensive compared to the rest of the Kingdom. If an employer is found to be paying a worker below minimum wage, either the hourly rate is too low or they're not paying the worker the proper number of hours.. 1 1point reply Geoffers Geoffers Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago [2/2]..that they've worked, then Her Majesties Revenue & Customs step in. For each employee found to have been underpaid they can fine the company owner or director (personally, not the company or business itself) up to £20,000 ($27k US) per worker. They also recover the unpaid wages - plus a good amount of interest - and pass it on to the employees. In order to get the money they can seize pretty much whatever they like - bank accounts, cars, houses, pension funds, jewellery, works of art, boats and planes etc. If the worker has been fired because they made a claim then HMRC also get compensation and loss of earnings for them. Additionally they can ban the offender from owning or directing any business - even if it's already running - for up to 15 years. It's good to live in a country where the government looks after the people and not just themselves. 1 1point reply Requiem Requiem Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. why does every one act like Canada doesnt do the same things as the US? Canadian waiters make 15 an hour and still get 200 or more in tips. I was a mover and furniture delivery for years and tips were rare. Much harder work and usually shittier pay -5 -5points reply kaylynn L kaylynn L Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Become a server then. -1 -1point reply roshkosh roshkosh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago No one brought Canada into this lol. Advocate for better pay if you think your pay is shitty -3 -3points reply Ti Wa Ti Wa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago What madness is this? Who in their right mind tips BEFORE receiving the service they already paid for? Seems so totally alien and bizarre to me... 14 14points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago I do, it's the only way I can unless I'm planning on tipping cash. Our delivery apps require you to include your tip with your food payment so it's just easier to do everything at once. I always just assume I'll get decent service and so far I've been right. 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride Stannous Flouride Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Put in a low amount and then give them cash to top it off. 0 0points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Sure that works if you have cash on you, which generally I don't. Besides, what I expect from delivery people is that they bring me my food and that said food is in good condition, and I've yet to meet a delivery person that has not done that so what does it matter if I'm tipping in advance? 0 0points reply Requiem Requiem Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Once you get the food it asks you how the service was and you can give them "compliments" and stars, the tip money doesnt come out of your bank until you say "yes they did a good job". You could f**k them over by giving a bad review and changing the tip 1 1point reply Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago When you have to so that your food turns up warm and on time... 0 0points reply C W C W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Let me guess who leave $1 and still complains 0 0points reply Ti Wa Ti Wa Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago In most non-US countries 1$ is considered a quite decent tip for a delivery. I mean... it's not really complicated or offers much room for service. Food gets picked up at A and brought to B. What exactly is there in that transaction that could possibly merit a large tip? (Okay, long stairs might be a valid reason) -1 -1point reply Butchy Boom Butchy Boom Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago How about time and gas for the car to drive your order 15 miles for $1 or worse no tip. Suppose I should be happy with $2.50? 0 0points reply Tamsin Far Tamsin Far Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Yes, but this is the problem. Expenses and your wager should be paid by the employer and be part of the price the customer pays, because that`s how a contract is supposed to work - you agree on a product and a price beforehand and both will be exchanged unless both sides agree to change it or a jugde does. Not by someone doing the work and just hoping to get some money for it and not having it taken away without any reason afterwards. A tip really should be just that - a little extra for good service, or if you feel bad because of the weather or the stairs (I do and that`s why I tip even though minimum wage should be fine here for the drivers). This way the US does it is just insane. 1 1point reply Donald Crocker, Jr. Donald Crocker, Jr. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Apps don't pay enough to cover the cost of drivers running their cars so no tip orders don't get delivered at all; numerous drivers went viral with the no tip no delivery thing, some people responded with tip baiting. The wise choice for customers is to just go to a grocery store and get MUCH better quality and amount of food for the same price and leave fast food to crazy rich people with no taste. -1 -1point reply Anne Reid Anne Reid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago You don’t have to… I write in $0 for the tip in that I’ll tip in cash, but never put the amount. I have no idea how long the companies take to give them their tips & I figure they might need the money in hand for gas. (I also work in the service industry and have had to wait on my tips from credit card tabs, it sucks!). I’ve never had a problem getting restaurants or groceries delivered quickly and everything has been the appropriate temperature. Drivers should be able to rate customers, imo for when they bait & switch tips. -1 -1point reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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