A delivery driver says he left a note for a customer who didn't tip reminding them that he doesn't work 'for free'

• A DoorDash delivery driver said he left a note for a customer who didn't tip.
• "If you can't afford to tip then you should go pick it up yourself," he wrote in the note.
• He posted a video about his letter on TikTok, where it sparked a debate on tipping.

A DoorDash delivery driver shared his unconventional method for encouraging people to tip in a recent TikTok video.

On Tuesday, the delivery driver, who goes by @frenchfrythug on TikTok, posted a video addressing a customer who he said didn't tip. The video - which is now no longer available to view as @frenchfrythug has set his account to private - had been viewed more than 335,000 times at the time of writing.

The DoorDash worker says in the video that when he dropped off the customer's order, he left a note that read: "If you can't afford to tip then you should go pick it up yourself. Who do you think you are to order food and have someone come and bring it to your door for FREE? FOR FREE?"

He told Insider he had worked for the food-delivery app since December. He said in an email that the customer addressed in his video was a "habitual no tipper" and that he posted the video to "make a statement."

"This behavior is clearly inappropriate and has no place on the DoorDash platform. We are looking into this incident and will take appropriate action," a spokesperson for DoorDash told Insider in a statement.

According to his TikTok video, the delivery worker told the customer in his note that they could "right your wrongs below." He then included a Venmo handle where the customer could leave a tip.

His video sparked a debate about tipping in the comment section. While some agreed everyone should tip when ordering food, many people defended the customer and their no-tip approach.

"It technically wasn't free. DoorDash paid you," one person said.

"I never tip. I pay the service fees to DoorDash or UberEats, that's enough. If you don't make enough money then get a new job," another person added.

Others questioned why @frenchfrythug would accept the delivery since DoorDash drivers are shown the tip before they accept or decline any order. A DoorDash spokesperson confirmed that drivers have a guaranteed minimum amount they know they'll earn beforehand.

The DoorDash worker told Insider that he didn't typically accept a delivery with no tip. This time, he accepted the order and left the note as a "learning lesson for everyone," he says in the video.

He also told Insider that he was shocked by the response to the video.

"I didn't realize these many people support not tipping drivers," he said.

Meanwhile, @frenchfrythug isn't the first food-delivery driver to go viral over tipping.

In June, Smithson Michael posted a video of himself crying after he said he received a $1.19 tip on a food order that took an hour to deliver.

"I just wish people knew what it was like," Michael says in the video. "I wish they understood what it was like to drive for these services."

Insider has previously reported that food-delivery drivers want customers to know that tipping is how they make the majority of their money.

The DoorDash delivery driver said that was ultimately his goal with this video.

"I hope that people see the other side of things," he said, "and see what it looks like to drive 10 miles and wait in an understaffed restaurant to deliver an order for $2 and no tip."