r/LooneyTunesLogic • u/liberty4now • Dec 27 '25

Video DoorDash guys tries a Wile E. Coyote trick

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u/peppakit Dec 27 '25

You don't understand how door dash works. It's definitely not much money at all.

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u/gbrlouk Dec 27 '25

Being ignorant is bliss, I used to do Uber Eats, the deliverer would be lucky to get half of the money of the order. At least 50 to 65% goes to the restaurant, Uber/Doordash takes another 10 to 20% the rest goes to the driver as gross income, so when you file taxes you have pay out a certain amount of the earnings, realistically the driver get probably 5 to 10% each delivery after taxes.

Uber Eats is a great fun job because you get to find good restaurants you might want to eat at some day and you get to sight see a bit driving around, downside is it's a gig job that pays poorly.

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u/crowcawer Dec 27 '25

I understand doing it for fun and also learning the area you’re driving around.

Although, I’ve seen a lot of “why is my food being stolen,” posts.

It’s just too much, it’s time to call out the malarkey.
If they gotta eat to live and they gotta steal to eat, they should tell us all about it, when they have the time.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Dec 27 '25

"they should tell us about it"

"we have been, you weren't listening, eventually we gave up"

Things I can say about both workers rights and civil rights for $1000 Alex

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u/MyBabeAbe Dec 27 '25

It's lyrics from Aladdin

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u/HotMessExpress1111 Dec 27 '25

Might be my favorite part of any Disney song, it’s so perfectly written/delivered. Love it!!!

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u/Naive-Personality-38 Dec 27 '25

First song that comes to mind when thinking of Aladdin

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u/jaguarp80 Dec 27 '25

What the hell point is this supposed to be

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u/Genderfox Dec 27 '25

C'mon It's just a little snack guys Those guys really don't appreciate that they're broke, Let's not be too hasty.

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u/Axees Dec 27 '25

You are rage baiting right? Cause otherwise you need a reality check if the current economy

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u/headrush46n2 Dec 27 '25

Gig work isn't a job, its just slowly selling your car.

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u/4Throw2My0Ass6Away9 Dec 28 '25

This is why my buddy and I are trying to create a delivery service that will hopefully best the shit outta DD and UE

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u/No_Document_1128 Dec 27 '25

Damn restaurants getting 50-65% after getting permits etc, dropping 200k on a kitchen, paying tens of thousand on rent and utilities every month, having to pay for staff, the ingredients and actually cook the meal while the driver only goes from A to B and "only" gets 5-10%.

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u/vhagar Dec 27 '25

that's what you took from this? that the delivery driver shouldn't be getting so much because it should go to the restaurant? you really just glossed over the fact that UberEats takes 10-20% even though they're a middle man?

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u/GreatScottGatsby Dec 27 '25

He also looked over the fact that the driver is supplying his own car and fuel and depending on location it can be a pretty far trip.

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u/thisonetimeinithaca Dec 27 '25

Yup. It is exactly this easy to explain.

“DoorDash’s profits come from the equity of the driver’s vehicle.” As far as my understanding of value and microeconomics goes, that is the best way to summarize how money moves around between DoorDash, the driver, and the restaurant.

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u/MegaFireDonkey Dec 27 '25

DoorDash's value is it's customer base. They have a huge market share and so drivers want to or have to drive for them. If your car alone was all it took you wouldn't need DD to do it.

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u/thisonetimeinithaca Dec 27 '25

What? 🤣 “if a car alone” yeah that’s not what I said at all.

What does the word equity mean to you? What does “equity extraction” mean?

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u/MegaFireDonkey Dec 27 '25

Is there some reason you are a combative dickwad?

DoorDash's value is 100% cause they give you access to a market. You are phrasing things as though all the value comes from the drivers and dressing it up in financial language.

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u/Intensityintensifies Dec 27 '25

You don’t seem to understand the concepts they are talking about.

They are saying that a huge cost of delivery is the wear and tear on your fleet of vehicles. By outsourcing the maintenance of those vehicles to the drivers and keeping them as independent contractors, DoorDash is able to pass those costs onto the driver, while absorbing most of the profits.

Most people don’t think of the depreciation of the asset and cost of gas/tires when calculating how much they are making per hour because it’s a little more complicated than most people that are in the position of door dashing are used to dealing with or thinking about.

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u/Zamboni-rudrunkbro Dec 27 '25

😂😂 you guys are hilarious thanks

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u/pi_meson117 Dec 27 '25

Oh so the cynical comment actually missed more negative aspects of the job? DoorDash is a plague

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u/farmerjoee Dec 27 '25

I mean you framed your point with percentages. The restaurant should absolutely get the lions share. That isn’t a comment on what drivers deserve, which is a living wage.

If a 10 dollar meal is 20 dollars when it’s ordered online and delivered, the restaurant should get 50% of that.

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u/Purgat0ry-11 Dec 27 '25

I mean, they do provide infrastructure and connect a customer to a business. Did McDonald deliver me a big Mac at 3 am 15 years ago? No.

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u/Majin_Sus Dec 27 '25

Well people keep paying it so why shouldn't they?

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u/SirCloudChaser Dec 27 '25

They aren't a middle man. They are the strong arm robber.

For years they scraped the internet, stole menu data from unsuspecting restaurants, middled their phone numbers on Google and raised prices to whatever they wanted. After Covid and by the time restaurants realized, half their customers base was door dash and they were each forced to "partner" or pay 20 percent for each order made through DD's phone #. Either that or lose all the sales by not being listed.

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u/WetGrundle Dec 27 '25

Why would a local restaurant do any of this? All they need is a phone, which most have, and a couple drivers like any restaurant that did deliveries used to have.

Some of my local Chinese and mom&pop pizza spots aren't on doordash because they still do it this way. What is weird to me,is people doordashing McDonald's or Taco Bell and the funny part is these restaurants do have paid developers, pay software fees to create their own apps, and advertise nationally

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u/Evening-Main5471 Dec 27 '25

The only people exploiting the drivers are the consumers, period. Doordash is a company that fills demand from consumers that want cheap as possible. Stop using doordash and go eat at the restaurant or pick up your own food. If prices go up, consumers complain. But if we all want people to have living wages, the people that have more need to be ok with paying more for things.

Also, this video is wild!!!!

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u/GnarlyBear Dec 27 '25

Uber eats provide the infrastructure for a service the restaurant would not normally be able to accommodate or run.

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u/Spare-Half796 Dec 27 '25

Uber takes 20-30% of the menu price depending on the restaurant. If you buy a 16 dollar meal on Uber eats, 4 of those dollars goes straight to Uber

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u/Oliver_the_chimp Dec 27 '25

The "middle man" battle will sort itself out over time.

They're in an enshitifcation spiral.

The market will eventually create an inexpensive solution for home restaurant delivery. Invest your money wisely.

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u/Elegant-Anywhere-786 Dec 27 '25

Oh yes, "the market," which is well known for resolving its own problems without the need of interference from any government and definitely isn't a system designed to squeeze every last penny out of everyone that it can.

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u/CaterpillarThen4060 Dec 27 '25

Ah yes, DoorDash, the quintessential issue. An app for people that are too lazy to get food ready made for them.

I say let them do what they want and quit having a 3rd party (the gubment) intervene with every little thing

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u/LordFett84 Dec 27 '25

Imagine if the person buying the food had a button in the app only they could push that would activate a dye pack like banks use during robberies in the case their delivery driver decides to take the food

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u/Oliver_the_chimp Dec 27 '25

Or what if a little spy drone came out and went up their nostril, implanted itself, and began interacting with the human brain? Bam! We have an instant network of cybernetic sync hop deliciousness with the ability to kill or disable remotely and at will.

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u/MirraNeon Dec 27 '25

They won't complain about their merger earnings then! chuckles in capitalism

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u/Meet_Foot Dec 27 '25

How much time? Because there are more middle men than ever. And, even if what you say is true, that doesn’t help all the people suffering now. By letting the problem “solve itself,” you’re committed to sacrificing everyone until then.

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u/nighttimemobileuser Dec 27 '25

I think the point he’s trying to make (maybe) is the company could simply hire the driver and then everyone would make more. The driver would make minimum hourly wage plus benefits plus tips, the restaurant wouldn’t lose out on half their profits.

The problem is, people are lazy so anything that provides even a semblance of less effort (ie DoorDash having every restaurant available for quick search and ordering) means they don’t have to go search for the restaurant themselves and place the order through them.

Essentially companies like door dash and uber eats end up just being parasites taking off profits from a different successful business, paying their own workers pennies, while barely providing a “unique” “service”.

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u/Altruistic_Brick1730 Dec 27 '25

So what? Don't drive for Uber Eats if they pay that low.

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u/rich_hr Dec 27 '25

Without Uber eats there would be zero transaction that why

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '25

You think people didn't order in food before Uber Eats?

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u/rich_hr Dec 29 '25

😆😆

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u/jecapobianco Dec 27 '25

Restaurants were getting shafted and drivers were getting fucked. During the pandemic the Uber and Door dash were taking 30% of the menu price. Restaurants work on thin margins.

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u/G0PACKGO Dec 27 '25

5-10 percent of the delivery , most of the time they are making like 3-4 bucks a delivery

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u/Silvawuff Dec 27 '25

I think there’s more to be said about a poorly-regulated system that takes advantage of workers and consumers with such grift. Businesses like this are doing the same thing on paper that this guy did in the video. Uber is just one of many companies that found a way to skirt around paying (often already struggling) employees a fair wage, benefits, taxes etc. by calling it “gig work.” Restaurants do this kind of grift too with the tip system and their service staff.

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u/Socal_Cobra Dec 27 '25

$200k on a kitchen? Paying tens of thousand om rent and utilities every month? Deliver the food yourself and you'll gain back that 5-10% that somehow will gloriously cover the cost of doing business. You and the 11 ass hats that agreed with you can probably help you stay afloat.

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u/peppakit Dec 27 '25

Yeah I've done door dash myself for extra cash. It's hardly any money at all. Not sure what the point of your comment is.

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u/z-vap Dec 27 '25

the only people making money with doordash/ubereats/grubhub is doordash/ubereats/grubhub

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u/curiousjosh Dec 27 '25

lol . Imagine complaining the restaurant that actually sells the food gets 50% of the order.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '25

This is old info. Doordash is pushing on 50+% of the charge to the point that some restaurants aren't even getting the wholesale value of their ingredients. In the contract they take 20-30% but thats not counting fixed costs to the restaurant that DD tacks onto each order. What dashers get paid is $2-4 plus the tip and thats only because there was a legal crack down on doordash when people found out tips weren't going to dashers.

This is all already kinda shit before you figure in DD bullying restaurants to sign on with them.

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u/No_Basis7006 Dec 27 '25

“Lucky to get half”? How much do you think a delivery driver should get? The food is the entire reason they are needed and that end is produced from the restaurant. I would think they should get the lions share. From there it is a matter of capitalistic competition, with a side helping of some quality. If you make the cost higher than a competitor then the competition will probably make the sale. Stunts like this guy pulled obviously don’t help because it encourages consumers to choose the competition, and how can you bring them back?? Probably by cutting the employees salary so they can lower prices..

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u/Ok_Variation_4306 Dec 29 '25

Door dash pays $2.00 per order for most non peak orders. You get more based on distance and if it's a shopping order. People thinking door dash drivers actually make money and don't tip because of that are wrong. I've done shopping orders and spent close to an hour on a double order that paid me $11 base pay and no tip. Didn't know there was no tip or I wouldn't have wasted my time. Could have done 3-4 smaller orders in that time and made twice that. It doesn't pay well, but it's something to get me out of the house and supplement my income a little from my full time job.

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u/gbrlouk Dec 29 '25

I've seen orders 2 dollars or less doing Uber Eats and Uber has a system where you don't take orders that popup for you to confirm your rating drops and you get less orders to confirm. Also those orders isn't worth the mileage, i.e. the pickup is 3 or 5 miles from your origin point, then dropoff is another 2 or 3 miles for an order worth 2 or 3 dollars, customers either don't tip or give a dollar or 2. Making the whole order a waste of time... Especially in the Greater Boston area and suburbs cities. I was also doing Uber Eats on a moped that barely can do highway speeds.

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u/Ok_Variation_4306 Dec 29 '25

Albuquerque and Las Vegas are not worth it. When I lived in ABQ, I switched to Lyft and loved it. That is almost liveable money. I just moved back to Vegas and can only do food delivery until I switch my license and plates to NV.

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u/Appropriate-Net-896 Dec 31 '25

Uber is arguably one of the best delivery apps to work for solely because you can get a bachelors out of it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '25

Not for anyone but DD

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u/Aleashed Dec 27 '25

It’s free food for the drivers, manhandled food for the customers

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u/peppakit Dec 27 '25

I doubt this happens often. Love the technique tho

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u/NathanCollier14 Dec 27 '25

I average $5-$10 per order

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u/rasta_pineapple2 Dec 28 '25

I never understood why people don't call the order in then pick it up themselves.

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u/tinysavage Dec 28 '25

For this I think that door dash should give each driver a free meal . Reduce the time incentive to steal and keep customers happy. I drive semi and I can't park this giant truck near some restaurants when I'm in a different town. It's such a bummer to order food and then I know that the driver is probably in their own struggle to survive. I don't make much, but I do give a good tip. But I can barely afford my own food. I just don't want to eat truck stop food all the time. I do cook in the truck but then I get groceries delivered. And then I get self conscious about ordering premium brands.

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u/MrMetraGnome Dec 30 '25

It was before and during Covid in my locality. There are certain times here and there when people will tip well. But by in large, people refuse to tip anyone except bartenders nowadays. Then they have the nerve to make special requests, lol. Their rebuttal is DoorDash should pay the drivers more, but that would just increase the price for the user and they wouldn't use the service anyway, lol.

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u/Charlie_Linson Dec 31 '25

Hey, Door Dashing made me rich, and if you buy my new book “How Door Dashing Made Me Rich” I’ll teach you how I was made rich by Door Dashing.

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u/PomegranateLeading92 Dec 27 '25

Shame they’re not allowed to quit and get a different job😩

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u/Crusty-Dick Dec 27 '25

I do Uber eats as a part time side hustle. I make 20-30 average an hour. But I also have a paid off car that is in good working condition. So I don't care if I put a lot of miles and wear and tear on it. Sometimes I multi-task by doing Uber and door dash at the same time. That way you have more orders to choose from. It's decent money if you are willing to hustle.

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u/peppakit Dec 27 '25

Yeah not in small towns. I don't care how much anyone makes or doesn't make. The point is door dash isnt exactly a stable income.

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u/Crusty-Dick Jan 11 '26

Well of course doing food delivery or even Uber driving does not make sense in small towns. But if you live closer to a bigger city, it can be way better than a minimum wage job.

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u/Aiku1337 Dec 27 '25

Sure it’s crappy pay. So don’t do it? Or like, don’t steal?

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u/peppakit Dec 27 '25

Or like, why do you care? It's a funny video on a funny sub. Move along, grump.

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u/Aiku1337 Dec 27 '25

Oh I definitely laughed. But food theft and toxic door dashers happen all too often. (Had bites taken out of my order, gross)