I don't give a damn if the Door Dash Customer Tips Me

I stopped caring whether the DoorDash customer tipped. Let me explain. I used to, those dashers, a low paying, my screen, immediately think, why are you ordering this? Get up and do it yourself if you can't tip. Luxury service. I got bills to pay. I'm not doing charity work. Be the same way. But after doing DoorDash for years and developed a strategy, I realized that so many pieces of a bigger puzzle. I was so focused on what the customer tip that I was missing would actually matter to my business. Does this order make sense? How long is it going to take me? What restaurant is this food coming from? Is it a restaurant where the food is normally ready? Or am I going to be waiting 10 to 15 minutes? It taking me? And when I drop it off, am I able to catch another order at that destination? Am I going to have to drive 5 to 10 miles back before I can realistically make money again? Once I learned my market, figured out my bottom line, started paying attention to my hourly pace. Stop looking at each order as an individual transaction. Started to look at how that fit into my entire hour. And that changed how I look at tips. I'm not telling people to run around taking every $2 order that doesn't make sense. I decline orders every single day. Thank you. But I also don't sit there getting mad because somebody didn't tip me. If the offer doesn't make sense for my business, I hit that decline and keep it pushing, baby. You know DoorDash put that decline button there for a reason, right? Because at the end of the day, I can't. And you can't control what the customer tips or doesn't tip. But I can control which orders I accept. I can control and learn my market. I can control which restaurants I choose to pick up from. I can control whether I let a bad offer make me so mad that I start making business decisions emotionally. Once I started treating DoorDash like a business, the question stopped being, okay, is this customer tipping me? And then the question became, does this offer make sense for me right now? You see, those are two completely different ways of DoorDashing. And for me, learning the difference took a lot of pressure off this job experience. Doordashers, I'm curious. How much of the customer's tip is determined upon you if you take the order? Or are you looking at the total offer and seeing if it makes sense for your strategy in your business? Drop it down in the comments. And make sure you save this. My name is T. Terran. Like Karen, with a T. Spelled just a little differently for those of you who don't know me. And I help Doordashers gain clarity on their emotions. I'll see you tomorrow. Peace.