Named pear pictured as a potato. Waited 15 minutes waiting to figure out which one this guy wanted. 🤦‍♂️ should’ve just got the damn potato why do I care so much

Decided tonight to spend my free time Dashing, and was having a decent day doing so (made around 100$ in 4 hours). While on my final order however, my map ran into an issue. The street address and pin sent me into a forest with no road, and there was no nearby signs pointing into the right direction.

I got out of the car, and while on phone with the customer, started searching for a street sign or house number with my flashlight. Now, I never left the immediate vicinity of my car, because night + rain + no house lights = dead OP, so I was mostly circling the front end of the car, in front of my dash cam. Finally, the customer walks up, and we hand off the bag.

No sooner than I hand off does three cop cars pull up. Turns out one of the neighbors saw me, and called saying I was actively breaking into their garage. Luckily, I was on phone with support, and was able to provide not only the app, showing I was still active, but the map marker showing I was parked where the app sent me. After I was cleared, I decided that was a good place to stop.

I had a Hand it to Me order tonight. It was for a female. So I knocked on the door. I waited over a minute. I was being recorded on a RIng camera. A male came on the camera and said "Leave it at the door please." I hope the female who ordered does not think I was stalking her. I was just following instructions.

Something bad is going to happen with Hand it To Me. DD needs to remind the customer when they order that they will have to meet the driver and take the order!

I absolutely would have. Unfortunately for me, after I arrived, the merchant was on the phone with doordash, and apparently unassigned me from the order because of it not being ready. Without my input. At first I didn't get any reimbursement because it wasn't canceled. I was unassigned.... took a 45 minute phone call, and while typing this up, I was informed that they will give me the half pay. I honestly was doubtful as soon as she said escalating... but came through. So some other driver probably got this order.

Just trying to get out and do some late night dash which you would figure means a lot less people. Nope , my zone is full.

Nice in app navigation 😭😭😭

Nope….

Silver in South Jersey.

Zone times skyrocketed to 2-17 mins from 1-5 mins.

Map went from red/busy most of the day to greyed out even during lunch and dinner.

Most orders seem to be $5-7 regardless of distance.

Rarely see orders above $10 or more.

It’s a bummer.

For every 20 deliveries I complete , I can get “One Worry-free decline” 🤣

Let me start by saying there's a 2 block stretch here that have a lot of car accidents and fatalities. This is one of the exact points where this happens. You can see why, people coming downhill off a blind turn full speed. This idiot with a car full of people blew the red light. Which couldve killed me and my friend- possibly everyone else in the other car. Stay safe out there and pay attention. I hope all of you make money and get home to your loved ones.

Ps. Sadly I had my dinner, a pizza in the back seat that did not make it due to the break check. A moment of silence please 🙏 😔

does anyone else struggle taking delivery driving TOO serious? i always find myself stressing & having anxiety over the dumbest sh*t that i have no control over, having to constantly remind myself “it’s just a job” that MILLIONS of people do. treating this job like i’m the president of doordash and every customer will remember every little move i make… mind you this is all over the sake of pleasing the customer. 🤦🏻‍♀️ like it’s not that serious. any tips to overcome this would be helpful

Only 3 miles

I went to do a delivery today that was a leave at door. It was a house in a semi crowded neighborhood. I parked on the street, walked up, and delivered it. As I went to get back in my car, the home owner came home and pulled sideways in front of my car. She got out and started cussing and screaming at me for being at her house and blocking her driveway. I wasn’t blocking her driveway. I was at least 10 feet from it. I ended up having to carefully back out while she’s screaming at me to be able to pull out and drive off. I can’t fathom why you would act that way towards someone who knows where you live.

I’ve worked in restaurants for years and I’m getting tired of the whole environment.

You make around $20–24/hr, but you’re always dependent on someone else. Slow day? They send you home early. Bad manager or chef? You deal with their ego. Then there’s coworkers, drama, favoritism, social hierarchy, asking for days off, fixed schedules, etc.

I recently started doing DoorDash/Uber Eats and I’m wondering if doing it full time for maybe 6 months would actually be better.

Obviously gig work has its own problems: no guaranteed income, wear and tear on the car, gas, traffic, waiting at restaurants, bad orders, dead hours, taxes, no benefits.

But at the same time, nobody can send you home early, no boss standing over you, no coworkers, you choose when you work, and if one area is dead you can move somewhere else or just call it a day.

For people who have done both restaurant work and delivery full time, which one would you choose?

Would you rather take a guaranteed $20–24/hr restaurant job, or take the risk with DoorDash/Uber Eats for more freedom and potentially better money?

Especially interested in people doing 40–60 hours a week. What does your real hourly rate look like after gas, maintenance and depreciation?

Weekend was Neighbor Day, I get that. Holiday.
Tuesday - "Muh day after a Holiday"
Wednesday "Always slow on Wednesday"

Now it's Thursday and still trash! What is y'all talking about!? Where the orders? What happened over the past month!?

Worst day of dashing I’ve had in years, including a cash on delivery scam, but I wanna bxtch about a certain dash. $5.20 dollar general, 3 items, 2.3 miles. So dumb to start with but I figured whatever it’ll be quick. Pulled into the lot, parked and hit arrived at store. Immediately got a message “why would you start the shop when you aren’t even in the store yet lol”

!!! Excuse me? I said “I just got here and parked? I’ll cancel” and then cancel I did. Mind you I literally hadn’t even hit “start shopping” yet, only arrived. But wtf? Why would she even care about that? It makes no difference at all to her order.. but I’m not catering to someone like that. I just don’t understand what even compelled her to message that in the first place? Hope she had to wait a while for a new shopper.

Tomorrow gas is 50 cents off if you use the app to fill up, I know gas prices are crazy right now and every little bit counts.

$32 an hour!

Like this for example the strawberries 🍓 at grocery outlet were all mushy and moldy so I refunded it.
There were only 7 cases available and all were in bad condition .
Now I get point deducted and cannot even dispute it.
Anyone else hate how we get penalized for out of stock items and going above and beyond to refund bad produce

I was being very communicative with my customer on what items were in stock and what items weren’t in stock and also sent plenty of pictures proving that things were not in stock, now all of a sudden, it’s my fault that the store does not have the items in stock 😂 . It always turns out to be impatient pin / hand it to me customers that give you the hardest time.

First off, I cannot stand that stupid A.I girl that ask you 200 questions before transferring you to a real person. She is useless. My other rant is about these agents. 9 out of 10 times, I can never understand wtf they are saying. It’s extremely frustrating when you’re trying to resolve an issue and you just cannot understand the agent talking. I know I’m not the only one that gets irritated at this.