I’m sure all of you have gotten $2.00 orders (basically no tip) and there are some that will accept and some that won’t.
This is an example of why ALL drivers should not settle for cheap orders/free labor.
With enough declines, DD will increase the order pay.
This order was $2.00 (no tip) at one point and with enough declines it jumped to 19.50
The more you know!
I finally reached my highest pay for the week in all 9 years of dashing!!! Im so proud of myself!
I’ve recently got back into dashing after taking an about 5 years off.
I must say, the app has made many improvements!
Anyway, I’m wondering if there’s others out there like me that just HATE working regular 9-5 jobs and / or working for / with other people
To preface, I’m 41 (😮💨) and an artist (also married to a spouse with steady income- but I def still need to work to contribute). Since graduating with a BFA way back in 2007, I have had rent / bills to pay, so always had to work full time, which always put on a strain on my art practice. (Back “in my day,” college was expected, no questions asked - no matter how illiterate you and your parents were regarding student loans. I still treasure / value that time in my life, but the student loans are a bummer).
Fast forward….
It seems that since the pandemic, I don’t stay at one job for too long. I was at this last one for 3 years, which is decent for me post pandemic. Could also just be a flighty “artist” trait.
My job was a cook at a small family-run place (super toxic family dynamics and ridiculously low pay - like I can make the same if not more dashing even after taxes / gas. I took it I. As a passion project - big mistake). Also, restaurant work is wearing on my body foreal..
I’ve applied for other jobs, but honestly I’m kind of excited to just dash again. I can work on my own terms, have time and energy to make art as well as focus on my health (always would fall by the wayside working full time for others). Can even apply for artist residencies, which isn’t really possible if you have e a 9-5 depending on you.
I often see a diverse age range out there dashing, but I wonder how much of you are in a similar mindset as me?
OR AM I JIST A BIG FREAKING LOSER 😂
My husband drives for DoorDash and this has happened one too many times to him. If this is not you in the title feel free to ignore bottom portion.
If this is you in the title please read bottom.
I DON’T CARE IF THIS OFFENDS YOU OR HITS A NERVE. THIS IS THEFT PERIOD.
It is theft of the other dasher’s time and ability to get more orders. This is theft from the customer. This is theft from DoorDash and the restaurant. It is the equivalent of dining and dashing as well. You are also the reason restaurants are now requiring signatures upon pickup which means more hoops the restaurant and HONEST dashers now have to jump through. I hope if you are found out you get deactivated and banned from ALL delivery platforms.
Ok look... check this out. After a long 8hr shift of dashing i end my dash and get a message from door dash saying "Driver who are consistently on time get more "opportunities" or something along those lines. Id been bussing my ass all day being punctual making sure everything is right with orders so I read this message and think hmm🤔 maybe one or two more dashes won't hurt and this is the very first gig I get wen I sign back in! Like wtf and THEN have the nerve to decrease my rate because I immediately declined. Yea f that im going home. Some opportunity that was..yea opportunity to f me over completely
Every Sunday, never fails. She must have given me a thumbs up or something because even when I’m not in the area it will still come to me. Doesn’t really make sense but not complaining. I ended up dropping the Ledos orders, my regular tips $50. Not today DD..
Hope you guys made some decent money this weekend💪
Edit-Just learned you can set preferred delivery drivers
Text the driver at pickup or call the restaurant. It's your responsibility to make sure your order is placed with everything you wanted. Anything extra is a favor. We don't see your notes until drop off. The entitlement and delusional behavior from a few of you is very obscene and obnoxious. Stop it.
That's all, rant over.
I've seen some horror orders, but this was a first for me
MMW: The ultimate downfall of DD will be their greed. Their over-the-top delivery and service fees cause customers to skip the tip and eventually it won't be worth it for drivers to deliver.
I'm not here to blame y'all, I just see so many posts about customers "being annoying" for asking what's taking so long. 20 years ago if your pizza was delivered cold you'd call the shop to complain. 5 years ago Doordash or GrubHub whatever would deliver your food hot in good time. Now it's just common practice for your food to arrive an hour late ice cold because doordash and Uber eats will stack orders and make drivers do the job of 2-3 people while paying them as 1/2 of a person. And drivers are failing at their jobs now, hot food delivered cold is a failed delivery. I haven't ordered doordash in years because of this. Doordash really fucks everyone over except themselves because now it's basically the only delivery option. Places used to have their own delivery guy and they would make okay money, now it's just a step above slavery and your food arrives ice cold by someone who's mad if you ask where your food is an hour after you order. No one wins.
I dropped from Platinum to Silver today and now I’m back to Platinum. Look at these “extremely different tier pay” offers. It does not matter if you’re Silver, Gold or Platinum, the offers are the same. It’s all about control so people don’t decline too many orders…
Busted.
"Hey I'll tip if you bring it up to my apartment door on the 20th floor." and then proceed not to tip. Just stop. Just ask "Hey do mind bringing it up to me please instead of leaving it in the lobby?" because the promise of a tip that you're not gonna follow through with is just annoying
Dashers, I need to spread awareness because this is getting ridiculous.
My last 100 orders are showing a bunch of “late” orders, but I’m not actually arriving late. I’ve been going back and forth with the escalation team and the ratings team about this, and nobody seems to give me a clear answer.
From what I’m seeing, there are two major issues:
1. Some restaurants are marking the food as “ready” when it’s NOT ready.
So by the time I get there, the restaurant may have already hit “ready” 5–10 minutes earlier. DoorDash then thinks the food has been sitting there waiting on me, like I’m taking too long to pick it up.
Then once I finally get the order and hit “picked up,” the app gives me almost no time to get to the customer. So now I’m being marked late even though the delay came from the restaurant, not me.
2. A DoorDash manager told me their system shows me as on time, but my app is showing me as late.
So on their end, they’re seeing something different than what I’m seeing on my end. That means there may be a real system glitch affecting ratings.
This is hurting my ratings badly, and it’s not fair. Drivers should not be punished because a restaurant marks food “ready” before it’s actually ready, or because DoorDash’s system is showing different information on different ends.
DoorDash needs to investigate this seriously. Restaurants should not be allowed to hit “ready” unless the order is actually ready to be picked up. And if DoorDash can see on their end that I’m on time, then they need to fix my rating instead of letting the app keep damaging my account.
Has anyone else been dealing with this? Check your “Last 100 orders” and see if you’re getting hit with late marks that don’t make sense. This might be happening to a lot of us.
Do they seriously want me to explain how stacked orders work? How I accepted both orders because both showed up at one! How I didn’t want to lose my platinum status by declining the order! How I can’t fucking predict when a restaurant is going to be slow as fuck!! Anyway, that’s my rant 😭🤣