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Gig workers are tracking customers who reduce tips after delivery by marking their homes on Google Maps

Workers for Instacart and other gig services are tracking which houses tip bait, including by marking offending addresses on Google Maps.David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesWorkers for Instacart and other delivery apps are marking tip-baiters on Google Maps.The goal is to help other shoppers and delivery drivers avoid low-tipping customers.Several points labeled "Tip Baiter" disappeared from Google Maps after Insider reached out to Google for comment.The battle over tip baiting has a new front: Google Maps.Gig workers, like those working for Instacart, have long resented so-called tip baiters, or customers who place orders with a generous tip only to reduce or cut it entirely after their ride or delivery.

 

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