re: Crazy DoorDash experience last night

I sure as hell hope you reported her to DD. Even if she had delivered the food perfectly.... asking for a larger tip is unprofessional. If you don't like the amount of the trip, then don't accept it. It's simple. I drive on the side for DoorDash, UberEats, Grubhub and have never ever thought of asking for a tip or not completing my delivery. If everyone would report the bad delivery people, then maybe we could get rid of half of them.

What happen the motel 6 didn’t have a restaurant downstairs?

With all the bullshite going on in the world the last thing I was is someone like this person handling my food. I know there’s a lot of good drivers and trustworthy doing these jobs but I’m not taking any chances.

I have around ~500 deliveries under my belt with DD and this shite is terrible in the OP.

I decline close to 40% of the orders offered because of no tip, shitty tip, or too far. When someone tips nothing and it's like 12 miles each way I just laugh because no one is going to make that run and their food is just sitting there at the place getting cold

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If people want prompt delivery, a decent tip will ensure that

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Wait… you think you can’t get into a hotel lobby without a room key?

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While not common, some lobbys buzz you in after a certain time, especially in high crime cities.

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Maybe she was hot. Your loss.

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If she was hot, she's on OnlyFans

It's the service, not the waiter bringing the food to me 25 feet.

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When someone tips nothing and it's like 12 miles each way I just laugh because no one is going to make that run and their food is just sitting there at the place getting cold

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I think the issue is that there is some schmuck out there who will eventually take it. Because they don't understand that they are actually losing money.

That's where it gets murky, IMO. Especially for people who can't otherwise get a job for whatever reason. They think they are still working hard, and they will make it because they have the resolve to take the shitty orders and keep their acceptance rate high, not realizing that they don't work for DD. DD definitely skirts the Independent contractor/employee line, but in the eyes of the law we are independent contractors. There's no badge of honor in this if you drive 150 miles in a day to make $80 and then still have the pay the SE tax. And that's where it seems like DD is advertising to drive for them and taking advantage of people, especially those that don't speak English.

That's why when people ask me if it's worth it to Doordash I usually tell them no. If you need money NOW, sure. Go get some cash in an emergency. If you have a few extra hours and can be selective about what you take, sure. But there were days when I was doing this full-time (with my books in the car while I studied) where I'd be out for 5-6 hours and bring in $60 because I was steadily declining $3 orders or $10/15 mile orders. On the flip side, there were days where I'd make my goal (usually $100 in those days) in about 3 hours. But it's much easier to just go get a job.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't blame a female driver not wanting to go to the hotel room door of a delivery. That seems like one quick push away from getting raped in a hotel room.

Leaving outside the door to the hotel is funny, but no fault at all if she had left the food at the reception desk.

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Your food was spit on or tainted in some way.

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that's why she wanted a bigger tip, you always have to pay extra for that

I rarely if ever use those services. Only time is when i travel and am close to the restaurants. I live relatively far out compared to where we order food regularly. My wife or I usually just make the food takeout if we want to eat at home.

We also have shite drivers here. We got the wrong order about 40% of the time when we used those services.