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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Kourtney Stevenson was allegedly caught on camera spraying meal with chemical that later sickened customers

A driver for the popular food delivery platform DoorDash has been arrested after allegations that she showered an order with pepper spray in plain view of a doorbell camera, sickening a customer and his wife, according to authorities in Indiana.

Kourtney Stevenson faces counts of felony battery and consumer product tampering, the Vanderburgh county sheriff’s office said in a statement on Friday, addressing a case that is bound to be of significant interest to DoorDash’s 42 million or so users.

Stevenson, 29, allegedly told investigators that she used the pepper spray in question to try to kill a spider that had frightened her, but they did not believe her, saying it was too cold at the time of the delivery for that kind of creature to be out.

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[-] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

Maybe they didn't tip. You yanks get unhinged over tipping.

[-] FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

It's frankly criminal that tips are a mandatory component of food service in Canada/US.

You're expected to tip a base amount regardless of service quality -- as that's how the pay/hours are structured.(If you don't tip then you're effectively stealing from the worker)

The assholes who don't tip (or under tip) get basically no punishment and are financially rewarded for their shitty behaviour.

All while some servers/bartenders get laughably overpaid. (At least from my perspective as someone who worked many 12 hour shifts as a line cook way back when).

(None of this is to say that tampering with someone's food is ever okay)

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I dunno about that. When I delivered food for an app, you didn't get tipped until after the food was delivered.

[-] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

The apps mention that higher tips incentivize faster delivery from drivers to encourage users to do it. That would only make sense if you got a preview of the tip when the order is placed. If the tip gets changed to something lower after you've done the legwork under the assumption of a higher reward, I can see that being frustrating. I've also seen "If the tip is below $X per mile, I'm not taking the order" and similar comments online from driver communities. Haven't done it myself, but maybe things have changed

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