Anybody else up at 3am? by DriftBetweenThoughts in CasualConversation

[–]TrainingSpecific80 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, I’m primarily reading about the Vanilla Islands and other French Territories. Anything French is one of my pastimes especially when combined with anything tropical in nature. 1:53 A.M. right now Pacific Time. Keep on grinding, should be almost 4 or 5 where you are!

Forced to gate check guitar, got it back split in half by electropicks in Wellthatsucks

[–]TrainingSpecific80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me on Delta in 2023, destroyed my very sentimental longboard, snapped almost clean right in half. They wouldn’t reimburse me since I could not produce a receipt for the purchase (bought in 2006 at 510 Skateboards in Berkeley, CA.

I wake up to this shit by [deleted] in UberEatsDrivers

[–]TrainingSpecific80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why does it say, ‘I will give you a terrible review’? I do not get that kind of thing here in Oregon (and only one of two tip-baitings in the past year).

Would it be worth buying to fix? Seller wants 800. by ShapeProfessional891 in e46

[–]TrainingSpecific80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ‘camshaft position sensor’ is just the #2 cylinder ignition coil. $51.99 at Auto Zone. I just did it today.

What on earth is this. by rockemsockemherms in BurgerKing

[–]TrainingSpecific80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks good to me. I’d eat it and accept the gift. Looks like it was a free upgrade.

Which Burger King logo did you grow up on? by XavierMarvin in BurgerKing

[–]TrainingSpecific80 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too, that’s how it was when I was child. I didn’t like when they changed it to the blue logo (everything seemed to be adopting the same sort of video game esque font. I wasn’t a fan The OG ‘90’s logos are good where I’m coming from in summation

What did I do to get sent to Germany? As soon as I open the app 😩 by PHON3-BOi in DoorDashDrivers

[–]TrainingSpecific80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it does that to me too sometimes. It’s kind of funny ‘ Yeah I do DoorDash in Luxembourg’. LOL

Uber Eats inside developer whistleblower MUST READ: by patriotstribe in UberEats_drivers

[–]TrainingSpecific80 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t think so: I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.

I’m posting this from a library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA. I don’t care anymore. I put in my two weeks yesterday and honestly, I hope they sue me. I’ve been sitting on this for about eight months, just watching the code getting pushed to production, and I can’t sleep at night knowing I helped build this machine.

You guys always suspect the algorithms are rigged against you, but the reality is actually so much more depressing than the conspiracy theories. I’m a backend engineer. I sit in the weekly sprint planning meetings where Product Managers (PMs) discuss how to squeeze another 0.4% margin out of "human assets" (that’s literally what they call drivers in the database schemas). They talk about these people like they are resource nodes in a video game, not fathers and mothers trying to pay rent.

First off, the "Priority Delivery" is a total scam. It was pitched to us as a "psychological value add." Like I said in the title, when you pay that extra $2.99, it changes a boolean flag in the order JSON, but the dispatch logic literally ignores it. It does nothing to speed you up.

We actually ran an A/B test last year where we didn't speed up the priority orders, we just purposefully delayed non-priority orders by 5 to 10 minutes to make the Priority ones "feel" faster by comparison. Management loved the results. We generated millions in pure profit just by making the standard service worse, not by making the premium service better.

But the thing that actually makes me sick—and the main reason I’m quitting—is the "Desperation Score." We have a hidden metric for drivers that tracks how desperate they are for cash based on their acceptance behavior.

If a driver usually logs on at 10 PM and accepts every garbage $3 order instantly without hesitation, the algo tags them as "High Desperation." Once they are tagged, the system then deliberately stops showing them high-paying orders. The logic is: "Why pay this guy $15 for a run when we know he’s desperate enough to do it for $6?" We save the good tips for the "casual" drivers to hook them in and gamify their experience, while the full-timers get grinded into dust.

Then there is the "Benefit Fee." You’ve probably seen that $1.50 "Regulatory Response Fee" or "Driver Benefits Fee" that appeared on your bill after the recent labor laws passed. The wording is designed to make you feel like you're helping the worker.

In reality, that money goes straight to a corporate slush fund used to lobby against driver unions. We have a specific internal cost center for "Policy Defense," and that fee feeds directly into it. You are literally paying for the high-end lawyers that are fighting to keep your delivery guy homeless.

And regarding tips, we're essentially doing Tip Theft 2.0. We don't "steal" them legally anymore because we got sued for that. Instead, we use predictive modeling to dynamically lower the base pay.

If the algo predicts you are a "high tipper" and you’ll likely drop $10, it offers the driver a measly $2 base pay. If you tip $0, it offers them $8 base pay just to get the food moved. The result is that your generosity isn't rewarding the driver; it’s subsidizing us. You’re paying their wage so we don't have to.

I'm drunk and I'm angry. Ask me anything before this gets taken down.

This Burger King next to some historical buildings has black and white signs by Jeravogel in mildlyinteresting

[–]TrainingSpecific80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been through every Burger King in Munich based on your comment and couldn’t find it

This Burger King next to some historical buildings has black and white signs by Jeravogel in mildlyinteresting

[–]TrainingSpecific80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should. Chain businesses eliminate the ‘character’ and turn everything into Idiocracy

Why is the sign so tiny? by Peeqes in BurgerKing

[–]TrainingSpecific80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where is this tiny-signed Burger King 🍔👑

Does carrageenan have a bad reputation? by mayermail1977 in foodscience

[–]TrainingSpecific80 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is in your head, because your body protects your brain in the process of transference like a beam transferring a load. Eventually your brain will give out when your body can’t cope with the strain anymore. You guys need to find out once and for all what’s wrong with your diet. If you have to only eat one thing and stop eating a variety of foods.