<story><title>Instacart announces new Covid-19 policies and plans to hire 250k more shoppers</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/23/instacart-announces-new-covid-19-policies-and-plans-to-hire-250000-more-shoppers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>Anyone know if they&amp;#x27;ve fixed the bug where someone could set the tip to $50 and then remove it entirely at or after delivery (&amp;quot;tip baiting&amp;quot;)?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nypost.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;people-are-baiting-grocery-delivery-workers-with-big-tips-then-reneging&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nypost.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;people-are-baiting-grocery-del...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cactus2093</author><text>Bug or feature? If the shopper does a terrible job and brings the complete wrong things, you should be able to reduce the tip.&lt;p&gt;Presumably the argument against this is that it should not be allowed because then the shoppers don&amp;#x27;t make a reasonable living wage. Then why not solve the actual problem? Raise the delivery fee to where the wage is reasonable, don&amp;#x27;t make them rely as heavily on tips.</text></comment>
<story><title>Instacart announces new Covid-19 policies and plans to hire 250k more shoppers</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/23/instacart-announces-new-covid-19-policies-and-plans-to-hire-250000-more-shoppers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>Anyone know if they&amp;#x27;ve fixed the bug where someone could set the tip to $50 and then remove it entirely at or after delivery (&amp;quot;tip baiting&amp;quot;)?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nypost.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;people-are-baiting-grocery-delivery-workers-with-big-tips-then-reneging&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nypost.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;people-are-baiting-grocery-del...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ineedasername</author><text>I think the best way to solve it is simply not show shoppers the tip ahead of time so that it isn&amp;#x27;t a factor in choosing the job. That way people can&amp;#x27;t game the system.&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, they could give the buyer the option of &amp;quot;locking&amp;quot; the tip so it can&amp;#x27;t be changed, or of keeping it variable, or a % of it variable so that shoppers can make an informed judgment about the likelihood of getting a certain tip level.</text></comment>