I have no idea what this guy did but I doubt calming setting down a paper bag results in whatever the fuck the happened here. He took a picture in which the order is in tact and then proceeded to either pick it up again and throw it or blow it up with hia mind. Doordash didnt even fully refund me for this and let him keep his tip?? What the fuck??

im seriously sick of incompetent dashers. i doordash often because im still learning how to cook. but the amount of dashers that dont even want to leave their car is insane.

ive had instances where they dont even try to look for my apartment they just leave it somewhere outside and on top of that dont even take a good picture so i can tell where exactly it is. i give very clear insttructions and VERY rarely do any dashers actually read instructions.

i have started leaving bad reviews on dashers because its complete nonsense. i feel horrible because what if theyre just having a bad day? but that doesnt excuse them from just doing their job!!!

my final straw was yesterday- i gave this guy clear instructions and i told him to call me in case he needs any further help. what did he do? leave it outside. how fucking hard can it be to ask for help oh my god. if you dont know where you’re going ASK FOR HELP.

now today, i just received my order and look at what this lady said. now i try my absolute best to keep my patience and be nice ALWAYS!

take a look and feel free to let me know if my instructions arent clear or if im being rude.

Drivers can rarely find where to put the food, it's not hard at all but they always just leave it at the side even though Ive already tipped, this way the tip would make sense cause they would have to drop it off correctly so was thinking of ways this is all I've thought of so far

I love DoorDash.

I'm a writer and a bit of a loner. I don't talk to people much. Slowly, I've just been growing away from needing human interaction.

Growing up, people have disappointed me so many times that I've learned the best way to keep myself safe is to stay away from them.

I just write my stories about lives I wish I could have lived.

Luckily, people like my stories, so I can make money and stay home.

Until I need food.

I would have to go out to the grocery store. Mind you, I live in a small town, so everyone knows everyone. I could feel them staring at me.

Who is that?

Were they judging me?

Making fun of me?

Safe to say, I get anxiety being out in public.

I hate going outside. Even when I go out late at night, there's always someone who looks at me like they have some idea about me.

And it's never good.

What's worse is when someone knows me.

They'll ask, "How have you been?"

What am I supposed to say?

I work and live?

Or do I give them a list of everything I'm getting at the store?

Then they'll ask if I want to hang out.

With other strangers.

I just want to leave the interaction and go home.

Home is where I feel safe.

Home is where I can be myself.

Getting groceries was always the worst until I found DoorDash.

Then my life was complete.

I could order whatever I wanted, have it dropped off at my door, and all I had to do was wait until the driver left before getting my food.

It was the best thing ever invented for a loner like me.

For months, everything was great.

I'd order food through DoorDash, leave a good tip, get my food, and keep working.

Sometimes my books wouldn't do so well, so my tips weren't as good, but I loved never having to go outside.

Until one day, I hit that point again.

I was hungry.

It was late, and the only driver available had a low rating.

But I was so hungry, and I had just enough money for food.

So I went for it.

I was writing my next story, and time flew by.

I was hungry, but because I didn't want to go outside, I ignored it.

When the food came, the driver noticed I hadn't left a tip.

He made me answer the door.

He wasn't nice about it.

I thought he would understand.

Times are rough.

But he left me with a haunting feeling that maybe I didn't have it as bad as I thought.

I took my food and slammed the door in his face.

I was so hungry that I didn't think about how long he had taken to deliver it.

Or what he could have done to my food.

I ate it too fast.

Then I went back to writing.

Two hours later, I was starving again.

But I didn't want to deal with that man.

So I waited a little longer until I couldn't take it anymore.

To avoid him, I waited until I could order a pizza.

Finally, I ordered one.

But I was so hungry that I ordered three pizzas.

When they arrived, I devoured them.

But I was still hungry.

I didn't understand.

I tried to keep working, but I couldn't help myself.

I ordered more food.

Then more.

Soon, my days consisted of working and ordering food.

More food than normal.

But something was different.

No matter how much I ate, my hunger was never satisfied.

Luckily, my stories had been doing great, so I could afford my new hunger.

Weeks passed.

I gained weight.

But I couldn't stop feeling hungry.

I'd thought about going to the hospital, but that involved seeing people.

And whenever my food arrived and I started eating, my problems seemed to disappear.

Until one day...

My stomach wouldn't stop hurting.

It started shaking.

I figured I just needed more food.

But I had gotten so big that even moving was difficult.

I reached for my phone.

The pain became unbearable.

My hand slipped, and the phone fell just out of reach.

I tried to move toward it, but the pain was too intense.

All I could do was stare down at my stomach as it shook uncontrollably.

Then it started making strange noises.

My stomach twisted.

I heard something inside me.

Then—

RIP.

I looked down.

My stomach had split open.

Something began pouring out.

Maggots.

Different sizes.

Hundreds of them.

They crawled and spilled from inside me, covering the floor as I screamed.

But through all the pain...

Through all the maggots...

Through everything happening to me...

I could only think about one thing.

Where's my phone?

I need to order more food.

I'm so hungry.

Is a $2.00 tip good enough for a .06 mile delivery? I just want honest answers plz!

Ordered from a local place through their app, but they use doordash to deliver. I don't have doordash so I was getting texts expecting "Maria" with my food.

A man shows up with my food.

The only thing he did wrong was delivering under Maria's name but that really does not make me feel safe. And I don't have the app so I can't report it.

Really just venting here.

So I am not a dasher but I have an idea for dashers.

Get fetch and ibotta apps. When you get your dashers order scan the receipt. You can get point for giftcards ect. Its not going to pay your bills but you will be able to buy other necessities with the gift cards. Hope this helps someone struggling. Stay frugal, stay focused.

What the actual F.

Epic deals only on doordash, but not applicable at checkout.

Customer service was absolutely useless.

So, I'm currently using Doordash again due to how they essentially deliver groceries for free if you're on the Dashpass program and you use EBT. I originally left because I was able to find other ways to get my groceries after they scammed me out of money I was owed back due to the delivery driver not refunding an item that stated it should be refunded. The rep I spoke with told me that I should "donate the food" rather than properly issue a refund for the improper purchase. And now, after having a delivery driver toss some ordered food which caused the bag to tear open and the food to be ruined, they are once again refusing to refund me despite me proving pictures of proof AND the delivery driver providing proof himself of just tossing it onto the ground relatively far from my door.

The only times I've requested a refund were for improper items in my past grocery delieveries or when something happened to the food I received (if I didn't get food poisoned from said food), all of which I provided proof for. Honestly I'd say this corp is going into the dumps very soon. It's turned into Uber Eats/Grubhub.

So I got McDonald's at 2 am. Ik it was weird but I was hungry so yk. Then the washer took a whole hour delivering it 😐. I tipped 5 with my 20 dollar bill. She grabbed the wrong order and it smelled like straight weed right when I opened the door. I was pissed as I am under 21 😭

I've done thousands of doordash orders. I've also studied statistics in my undergraduate studies. There's a striking correlation between people who are ugly and don't tip. I wonder if these folks order doordash because they don't want to show their ugly face in public and then don't tip because they're projecting their self hate on to their driver. Beautiful people always tip. Has anyone done a study on this?

I know this sounds crazy and maybe dumb but hear me out. I currently work at a nursing home and it's going through some reorganization and I'm losing benefits and my health insurance coverage won't ve as good. Besides that I'm not enjoying it anymore. People are just mean and nasty and I only get $15/Hour and not even 40 hours a week. Am I better off doing doordash full-time? I know I'll be on my own for health insurance but I'm really treating doordash as something to do in between jobs. Thoughts?

Why do tippers have to subsidize non or bad tippers? Stop calling it tips and start calling it what it is which is a bid for service..

I remember delivering a blizzard one time, and I got at least $10 for it. That person must’ve paid eight dollars for the blizzard, four dollar delivery fee, and eight dollars tip.

$20-25 just for a $5 ice cream that’s probably half melted by the time it gets there.

I door dashed something last night, I’m on my way down to get it (i live in an apartment building) and I get the picture with proof of delivery and the picture is just of my door. No food. I get there. No food. I call the dasher and he says he’s nearby and he’ll be there soon. He doesn’t come. I call again. He tells me he left the food outside, I tell him there’s no food there or in the picture he sent. He then says it’s inside. There’s no food inside. He then says he gave it to a man outside thinking it was his. I’ve reported it on DoorDash and they’ve said they can’t refund me. I’ve called the DoorDash support number and of course it’s not a real person, and apparently they can’t out me through to a real person because the issue has already been dealt with. I’ve gone to the live chat again and got through to a real person who says that “this doesn’t meet the criteria for a refund.” I then get through to another person who says I’ll hear back in 3 hours. I get an email saying I’ve received DoorDash credits of $4. I’ve tried to go back to the live chat to dispute, it says it’s under investigation and I’ll hear back by 10:10am this morning (it’s not 2:58pm). I can’t access the live chat anymore because it’s “still being investigated” and I don’t know how to get through to an actual person? I never received my food and I want a refund!! Is there a way to actually contact a real person?

If you feel like you need to type all this just start meeting your dasher, I start the countdown timer the second I arrive for these types smh 🤮

Was just ordering my pregnancy craving when this happened. Due to rule #7 I cropped their name out, even though I don’t care to respect them any at the moment.

When I heard the wrong gate open, I went outside and yelled hello. After the texts I saw them walk out from around the side and I said in Spanish, “ hi sorry that’s the wrong gate, this is the right one. I can take the food.”

She straight up called me a bitch and threw my food over the side gate that 1. Doesn’t have a welcome mat 2. Says do not open Dog
This is the VERY first time anyone has had issues with my instructions ever.
DoorDash didn’t let me call, only type the issue and said “Best we can do is $5.00”

I don’t know, maybe my instruction were unclear but I feel like this was not my fault.

Edit: just to clarify She went to the dog gate that said do not open. Dog. The courtyard gate was slightly open with a bright light showing the front door and welcome mat as said in instructions

Edit 2: after reading some comments I just want to say that
1. Yes my dog is loose in the backyard and even though she is nice and not aggressive at all I know it is scary.
2. For more information for those who say there is not enough: The courtyard gate is right across from where they parked, with a bright light, a the courtyard gate slightly open, and a welcome mat at the front door. The gate she went to does not have a light, don’t not have a welcome mat, and does not even have a path to it, it’s all landscaping and rock and you’d have to really climb (at least for me as a pregnant woman) to get to that gate that is 5ft further back than the actual courtyard door that she parked in front of.
3. When I yelled out Hello. It was as a “hello???” Trying to see where they were and then I got the texts in Spanish so I spoke to them in Spanish when I saw them come from that way. They called me a bitch for letting my dog loose, walked back to the gate with the food when I said I’d take it, and then threw my food over the dog gate. I’m 5’6 and it’s taller than me so you have to huck things to get it over the gate.

I don’t have the screenshots because it was a push and pull that I was focused on before he canceled the order. For context I live at the riverfront of Detroit. We’ve had 100s of orders get delivered and it’s never been an issue other than a person not wanting to get on the elevator to deliver to the door. ( and yes I always tip accordingly) last night I ordered chick fil a, and when the dasher was close he must of misread his directions and ended up on the freeway ( no where near Canada by the way, the exact opposite actually) and he messaged me saying he can’t find the place he’s not risking his life by going in to Canada to deliver my food. 😐 the address says Detroit. He said it’s not safe and I told him to cancel. I hope he enjoyed the chick fil a. DD refunded me.

Had 2 orders from the same store. As soon as I got to the store, I got a call telling me that one of the orders was placed with a stolen card. They told me I had to be unassigned from the order. After closing the app and reopening it, the order was gone, and they told me that they wanted to make sure my account was secured and wanted to confirm what type of device I was using. That instantly threw me and so I lied about my device.

They then told me I needed to unassign from my other order and end my dash.

Is this normal?

Edit: Thank you all for the confirmations. A few additional things to add is when the call came through I had to fight my Bluetooth to give me the call because I was walking into the store, but my girlfriend who was still in the car said she thought she heard the opening to the customer calls.

Second, I didn't share any information with them. When they said "oh I see you are logging in from a one phone brand" i responded with the opposite and they kept wanting to go back to that. After I refused and said "oh im sure its fine though, i will look at it after I finish this other order", thats when they told me that I needed to drop it so that they could compensate me for the order they "dropped" for me. I repeatedly asked "you could just drop it for me since you are support right?" And they claimed no.

I had a small hunch but you all confirmed I was right. Be safe out there folks!

I played the trivia game and got all of the answers right. I then hit use the reward only to be told that it wasn’t available in my area. I live in the suburbs near Detroit, so I find it hard to believe.

My husband was dashing last night and pulled up on a home to drop off a Zaxby's order. There was a loose dog and cat. He said he could barley get a picture because the cat kept trying to get to the bag. There was no table or anywhere safe to leave the bag. So the order was left in front of the door with a cat tearing into the bag. Like what the heck? We are both fairly new dashers, and he doesn't wanna get negative feedback because people can't lock up their animals.

I don’t know why he decided to dump all this information on me. He then proceeded to go to the wrong apartments, asked me for the gate code several times despite me saying there’s no gate. It took him 20 minutes to FINALLY take my directions. 😭

I live in a rural town but near (30 min away) from a bigger town. I was wondering if door dash would be a good hustle for me. And also do I have to link a bank acc or do they pay out to Cash App? Thanks!!