At Walgreens guy claims that he delivered one candy bar to a customer once. Said he got 4 dollar tip on top of cost or the candy bar. I think that’s crazy and got to be exaggerated. I mean who so lazy they order a single candy bar through Doordash?
It might not be about laziness. Maybe it was for a pregnant woman with a craving. Or a stoner with the munchies. Or someone lost a bet.
I can absolutely imagine sitting around with mates and deciding to order a delivered candy bar just to see if they would do it.
Ah damn bro, I lost the bet and now have to pay for the Twix limo.
How much can a twix limo cost? $20?
I dashed for a bit during the pandemic and I had this one older lady a couple times just order a big gulp from the 7-Eleven a couple minutes away with a $5 tip. She explained to me she ran a business from home and this was essentially a charitable act because she felt blessed in a situation that sucked for most people. Super nice lady.
Also once had an old man in a rich neighbourhood give me a $20 for a pizza that was about 5 minutes away, he said he has more money than he knows what to do with lol.
Also also, delivered some McDonald’s late at night probably 1 am or something. This girl in her 20s was sitting out front hitting a bong and asked if I’d take a toke as a tip lol
It was honestly kinda fun to do on the side when I was bored and wanted to feel like I was being productive
Or someone lost a bet.
I had a surprise Doordash delivery one night. Turns out my kid beat his friend on Siege so the friend had to ship him a Monster.
I have done extrensive theoretical testing and concluded -without a shadow of doubt- that delivering a candy bar is possible
I mean, if I worked for doordash and someone was willing to pay me to deliver a small snack like that, why wouldn’t I
That’s a bit too practical for me, but if pushed I would agree…
I’ll tell you why. Car wear and tear. Gas prices. Minimum to no tip. Or worse a tip that was changed to no tip after the fact. Traffic congestion and mileage of the trip.
There is a calculation every DD driver has to make to decide if an order is worth picking up or not. Tips are not guaranteed and they can be changed to 0 for up to an hour after the order. When a driver gets an order you see the projected payout, the pickup location, and the distance of the trip. You don’t get the details until you accept the trip.
The driver can pass an order but that is a hit that goes against your profile. Meaning at a certain point if your rejection rate is too high you’ll get worse orders and less orders. Smart DD drivers can calculate if a trip is worth it or not. The base rule of thumb is $2/mile before tip. So if a trip is offering $1 to go a mile it means no tip. At that point is the cost of gas worth it? No. Smart drivers don’t accept anything that.
In all orders the cost of the actual food isn’t factored into how much a driver gets paid. We’re not getting paid the restaurant’s cut. We’re getting paid to deliver. So if I see this order and the projected payout is like a dollar or worse 0.50 cents, I’m not taking it. It doesn’t matter what the mileage is at that point. It’s a negative transaction for the driver. You’re losing money.
So for most drivers if someone is that desperate for a candy bar they’re gonna have to tip minimum the cost of a gallon of gas for me to take it. Meaning they’re getting a super expensive candy bar. At that point you ask yourself if the candybar is worth it. To most people probably not. To DD drivers probably not. To a single someone desperate enough, even still probably not. If both parties involved are desperate enough then some lucky person is getting a candybar. Otherwise the only other way that’s getting accepted is if the order is grouped together with multiple orders at once.
Source was a DD/UE driver last summer. Broke even until my car was totaled. Then it became a wasted summer. I still don’t have a vehicle.
I’ve done that, you can sometimes add stuff for no additional fee from a nearby conveneince store
Gotten an individual soda that way when places don’t sell them and I’m out
I mean who so lazy they order a single candy bar through Doordash?
Tell me you’ve never been baked out of your gourd without telling me you’ve never been baked out of your gourd
I only order from Doordash if I’m sick and don’t feel comfortable being out in public. (Especially if I’m not sure if it’s Covid) I usually order the same things because if I’m sick, I want food I don’t have to make for myself that wouldn’t disappoint me if I couldn’t taste it well enough.
I choose to believe it was a disabled diabetic person who ordered one candy bar. They needed to quickly regulate blood sugar and couldn’t get themselves out of the house alone and in time.
Paying a few extra dollars would be a small price to pay.
DoorDash is of course known for their speed and reliability
They’ve been reliable for me. Of course, I usually pay the extra three dollars for express service.
I could be confusing doordash for a different service, but when you order takeout from a food place they will prompt you at checkout to add various random stuff that the driver could pick you up, like chips, candy bar, various convenience store stuff.
You’re remembering correctly, they call it “double dashing” and they don’t add additional service fees for the second order.
Your main food order gets a few minutes colder tho… 🤔
They sometimes send out a completely different person to do it at no extra cost. Made zero sense.
Uber Eats does this too. Just add on these extras for only a tiny price because they’re on the way…
When I rode for Postmates, I once picked up someone’s drycleaning. Another time, it was a sweatshirt left at a friend’s place (though for all I know that one was a drug delivery wrapped in a sweatshirt).
A friend worked at amazon for a short time, they sent small stuff like 1 chips package.
I guess some people are very lazy.
Or don’t want to take the car after drinking/smoking, which is a good thing.
Yeah didn’t think of that. That would be a valid reason to use Doordash plus something someone high or drunk would do. Probably regret it when they sober up though.
I don’t think they’d care all that much haha
My sister is a manager at a Dollar General and they get orders all day, everyday for single cheap items like this (soda, candy, chips, etc). While some of it is probably add-ons to other orders, many are not.
Its the same with Walgreens. Its always one to two items. Did a curbside for 2 small items and a dasher picked it up not the customer. I don’t whete they getting the money? Doordash is expensive as hell. And this a small town.
You are surrounded in life by people with very little financial sense.
Also a small number of people with so much money that the convenience is worth it.
Well think only reason Walgreens stays open is the amount people who come to load money to their cashapp or chime card. These people all look the same, and I guess don’t have bank accounts. Add the amount of mouth breathers wearing Trump hats and for some reason do their grocery shopping exclusively at Walgreens is nuts. I mean we have grocery store that much cheaper across the street.
Also you be surprised how many people still print out 4x6 pictures. We keep running out of the printer paper for them. Got people doing 300 pics at a time. I am like who fuck still does physical pictures like this. And its not all old people.
Food desert, no public or personal transportation.
Nope we haves Reasors grocery store across the street. Several gas stations. I mean we have 3 Quick Trips. Also Walmart is probably a mile down the road.
Edit: forgot to mention we have 5 Dollars General in town then add in the Dollar Tree we have plenty of food places.
Ok so you have $6-7 in your wallet. You have to pay door dash. Although I don’t know why they wouldn’t use DG.
I’ve never lived in suburbia but if I did and was too high to drive…
Be right back, I think my Pringle has arrived…
Through DoorDash? No. But that is literally how Postmates works. The delivery person gets the total of the purchase on a prepaid card and then shops and delivers. I’ve used it ONCE to get a pack of smokes while wasted at a party, but that was years ago when it was just $2 more than going out and getting them myself. No idea what ridiculous fees they have now.
I ordered a DQ blizzard once. Store is literally walking distance.
But I wanted it and didn’t want to go anywhere. And someone might need the money and it’d take em like two minutes so…
I hope you never complain that you need more money if that’s how you waste it.
Would rather spend it paying a guy to deliver it for me than spending it on mega companies
Doordash has a market cap of ~106 billion, so . . .
How much goes to the dude
Nerdwallet has a recent article on this. One makes less than a minimum wage job once all expenses and time are accounted for. The only benefit to the driver is flexibility. It’s the same story for ridesharing too.
Yeah there’s plenty of drivers that know they’re getting screwed but also quite a few that don’t seem to understand what operating costs are.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, so jot that down.
My friend doordashed a slurpee from 7/11, and I’ve always wondered who made that slurpee. Did the delivery person have to make and deliver it, or did the clerk have to come out from behind the bullet proof glass to make someone else a slurpee?
Clerk probably made it, they have the pickups ready and waiting on the counter for the dashers
