Delivery driver calls out act that Aussies are sick of
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A former paramedic and One Nation candidate has slammed a delivery driving act since turning to DoorDash after stepping away from politics.
Cody Scholes is working as a DoorDash employee as his pressure washing business has been slow and he spent thousands on his last campaign. He took a moment to reflect on a key difference between his current job and said when he was a paramedic, saying he was accustomed to people bending over backwards to be kind to him.
'But since I've been DoorDashing, I realise now that people will only be nice to you or treat you with respect if they think that it benefits them,' he said.
Mr Scholes claimed DoorDash workers were some of the lowest paid in the country, with a high migrant workforce.
Cody Scholes has expressed his shock in how people treat DoorDash drivers. Picture: TikTok/@cody.scholes
'And the way that people in customer service and restaurants treat us is terrible. It's quite embarrassing for them, I would think, because why, if you're having a bad day, do you feel like you can take it down on people who are some of the lowest paid in the country,' he said.
The paramedic turned delivery driver believes that how people treat others when they think they can't get anything from them says a lot about an individual.
Mr Scholes called the experience 'disappointing' and said the more he engaged with people in customer service roles, the more he felt let down.
He said he was used to being ignored, with staff sometimes turning away from him or berating him over what the customer ordered.
Mr Scholes said he had been in customer service roles his entire life and would never treat someone that way.
'It's no surprise to me why so many people in our community feel lonely, feel invisible and feel worthless when you have to go out every day and interact with a society that is so hostile,' he said.
Fellow delivery drivers weighed in with similar negative experiences.
'I am a female DoorDash driver in my 40s and I have never been treated so badly in my life. I have a university degree and have been a store manager at Myer in charge of 300 staff,' one said.
'Some staff in KFC and McDonald's just ignore me even though the order is ready they know I am there to pick it up, they make me wait 15 minutes purposely ignoring me then the customers get cold food and I get a bad review.'
He's been DoorDashing to reclaim funds after a failed political bid. Picture: iStock
One said: 'As an ex-ambo, it annoyed me that people would be so nice to me when I had the uniform on, yet as a middle aged overweight female in normal clothes I was ignored completely.' ️
'I used to be an uber eats driver for extra income and I have so many story times about people being rude. But also, there were heaps of lovely people too. I would get more nice people than rude. But the rude moments were eye opening,' another commented.
Someone else weighed in: 'The way that food drivers at legit doing god's work. Interesting perspective and I love hearing you share.'
One wrote: 'This is sad … I tip all my delivery drivers two dollars. They are so shocked and I say well I'm old-fashioned have a great day and I can see they love it but now I realise why because they treated so poorly.'
news.com.au contacted DoorDash and Mr Scholes for comment.
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