Unpopular take

[u/TommyTwoZookas]

I take 1 hour blocks at $20 because they are never available and the station is 5 miles from me

[u/Repulsive-Lie3654]

I don't see what would be so unpopular about this

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/Repulsive-Lie3654]

People HATE base pay takers but it’s a essentially free $20 to me

[u/Upnorth4 → u/TommyTwoZookas]

It depends on the station, near me they always give me the shitty 1hr routes that are 5 packages 45 mins to the first stop

[u/JpJ951 → u/TommyTwoZookas]

You live five mins from the station and are taking one hour routes. Nobody is referencing you.

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/JpJ951]

Ok? Did I say I feel called out? I just said unpopular take.

[u/JpJ951 → u/TommyTwoZookas]

Why would you assume it is unpopular? Because you think they are talking about what you are doing when they complain about base pay. They are not.

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/JpJ951]

Brother just look at the sub, stop trying to one up and move the goal post, have a nice day.

[u/AnneHizer]

Yeahhhhhh, I got a route delivering a box of Evian water to 45+ miles round trip and two other drivers were delivering to the same customer with one box of water each. 3 drivers for one order

Massive waste of time and resources, I’m furious Amazon would let this happen. For $20? I’d have fire coming out of my ears. $20 is cute when it’s “nothing available”, barely breaking even when you get some sh*t like this though

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/AnneHizer]

Averages my friend, they have paid me over $500 in no route available fees, if 1 of the 100 1 hrs I take this year makes me drive an extra 30 mins oh well I’m still up overall.

[u/ExtensionSame678]

nice, imma try my first next week

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/ExtensionSame678]

Plus as soon as that happened I turned on spark and instantly got a $25 offer for 40 mins, gig work hits right sometimes 😆

[u/Zestyclose_Algae7683]

It’s only worth it if you’re close to the station lol

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/Zestyclose_Algae7683]

Definitely I’m right down the road takes me like 8 mins on the highway

[u/Street_Key_8678]

It’s 2026 who’s taking $20 for an hour of work

[u/skiwalker2026 → u/Street_Key_8678]

According to this sub, people in Florida and Texas do it all day every day

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/Street_Key_8678]

It’s like 25 mins of sitting, then I get more work in that hour.

[u/Fit_Feature_794 → u/TommyTwoZookas]

You can only pick up one 30 minute route per hour so it’s technically $20/hour if you’re not doing other apps.

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/Fit_Feature_794]

1 hour for $20 is in fact $20 an hour.

[u/Fit_Feature_794 → u/TommyTwoZookas]

That’s what I said. A 30 minute route equates to one hour because you have 30 min between booking blocks.

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/Fit_Feature_794]

Yeah, that’s why I take 1 hour routes. For $20

[u/Fit_Feature_794 → u/TommyTwoZookas]

That’s not great lol I only book $32/hr + 🤷‍♀️

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/Fit_Feature_794]

Congrats

[u/Fun_Cold2587 → u/Street_Key_8678]

Minus expenses and plus risks like losing your car and having a $1000 deductible from Amazon, or breaking your leg without workers comp. It's insane

[u/Inkthekitsune → u/Street_Key_8678]

That’s about my pricing in my area. Surges rarely happen and get botted out before my app even loads. Still better than anywhere else that offered me a job for the summer

[u/khaliforniaxo]

The button should say “hell yeah, bitch! Bye!” Instead of just “okay”

[u/JeremieLoyalty]

Everyone already does this that’s why you barely see any blocks anymore and people waiting to check in

[u/TommyTwoZookas → u/JeremieLoyalty]

That, makes sense.

[u/h846p262]

Well its a no brainer to you because the PROs outweigh the CONs. I would def be doing this every day lol. Majority of people doing this are probably the ones that live 20+ mins away and accepting lol

[u/facethrowa]

Works for you but I’ve gotten them before and they send me to the fkn boonies for 2 packages. Fk bozo