u/BreadLobbyist

The weirdest part is that in the chat, he has mostly typed like a normal person. (Although I can already tell this is going to be a problem client. He seemed annoyed that I messaged him right away and told me that I need “schedule” our chat live tonight at a certain time, as if I’m some kind of automaton who is available to chat 24/7 and has no life outside of TaskRabbit.)

Also this job sounds like an absolute pain in the butt in general. Not sure what I’m gonna do.

EDIT: We had a long chat that was full of additional yellow and red flags (in which he would also occasionally revert to talking like a 1940s mob boss). I enjoy occasionally messing with scammers I find on Facebook, and this guy had a lot of the same “ticks” that they do. I ended up not having to forfeit because he canceled when I told him that we can’t send videos over TaskRabbit and I refused to communicate with him on a different app. Good riddance.

I first became a Tasker in 2018. I made myself available in most categories and set my rates as low as TR would allow. Jobs came rolling in IMMEDIATELY. I never had issues getting work. Even after I removed Cleaning/Yardwork/Assembly from my categories, raised my rates, and limited my availability due to landing a more secure part-time job, I don't recall going a single open day without being hired for at least one task.

I returned to TR in April and have had wide-open availability for several weeks. I only made myself available in a handful of less-popular categories. I knew that this was going to result in fewer jobs...but I was hoping for at least a few per month. Instead, I've received ZERO legitimate requests. The only two I've gotten were cheapskates hiring me for Help Moving or Mounting tasks in unrelated categories in an attempt to avoid paying higher fees. I had to forfeit both.

When I had to forfeit the first task, I reached out to the service team to see if there was anything they could do to keep my metrics from taking a hit. Long story short, TR Tasker support is CARTOONISHLY horrid now. (And no, they did nothing to help.)

Also, back in 2018/2019, as far as I remember, forfeiting/canceling tasks did not negatively affect metrics!

I'm starting to think I should look into doing gig work elsewhere. Being a new Tasker is lose-lose: You can't get hired without rock-bottom rates, but that makes you vulnerable to sketchy clients who don't respect your time.

Who on earth types like this

Back on the app after a seven-year hiatus and wondering if this is worth the hassle in 2026