I will always remember the response I have when I wrap up an Uber or Lyft ride. It’s a feeling of anticipation. As you’re driving away, you wait to see the blip at the top of your app, informing you of whether your rider has tipped you.
I consider myself a people-pleaser. There are very few people I don’t get along with, and I can count, on my fingers, the number of people in my life that I have been openly hostile with. Whatever conflicts I have, I tend to work out.
However, I hate it when people don’t tip their servers appropriately or criticize waiters, and I’m willing to voice my dissent.
Tipping is a terrible system, plagued with sexual harassment, racism, sexism, and exploitation. But even if we’re opposed to tipping as a principle, we still have to play the game.
I have been at happy hours where my friends have complained about disrespectful servers and long wait times for food or drinks. Whenever I’m with people who make those kinds of comments, I have a visceral reaction. As an Uber and Lyft driver, I am well aware of how thankless…
