tip baiting
English
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editEtymology
editFrom tip + baiting. Popularised during the 2020s with the rise of food delivery services because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but attested slightly earlier (see quotations below).
Noun
edit- (chiefly Internet slang) In fast food delivery, the practice of promising a large tip (usually on a delivery app) so that the deliverer feels incentivised to swiftly reach their destination, only to deliberately decrease or cancel the tip once the delivery is completed.
- 2022 November 15, Cecilia Lenzen, “'I am so disgusted': Uber Eats driver calls out customer who tip-baited her—making only $2 on an originally $15 order”, in The Daily Dot[3]:
- The topic of "tip baiting" has gone viral on TikTok once again after one driver, who works for both Uber Eats and DoorDash, recently discovered firsthand what the term means.