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.
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 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
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
Quicker and cheaper than a visit to the hospital.
Regardless of healthcare
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.
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.
Better than an acquaintance that orders bags of sand or concrete.
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
The can of formula may be a mom with a crying baby at home and she can’t leave. Ordered only one because maybe she normally doesn’t give it or didn’t think of ordering more than one because of stress and panic.
The single candy bar could be a person with social anxiety or agoraphobia that was craving one. And it won’t order more because this person didn’t want to make more hassle than needed. Or a stoner…
Moms of newborns deserve all the help they can get.
Typical scenario is that baby is sleeping and would wake up if she would go buy formula. Then it’s time for baby to eat. Mom prepares bottle, puts in the mouth of baby while they’re half asleep, and everyone is happy without crying.
As opposed to negotiating with a sleepy hungry baby that you only need a quick run to the grocery, they don’t need to cry it only takes a few minutes.
I’ve never lived in suburbia but if I did and was too high to drive…
Some people are really lazy, and the workers of these services are usually so underpaid that it’s not even that crazily expensive.
With the tip had to be at least a 10 dollar candy bar, or hell more. Candy bars around here are 3 dollars for a full size.
Shrug. Some people just don’t care about money like that. Some are even just that rich.
Either way, being out of baby formula is kind of a big deal, so it makes sense to pay extra to get it as soon as possible.
It’s $10 to not have to go somewhere. Cost of the candy bar is kind of irrelevant.
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… 🤔
I’ve dealt with mental health issues my entire life. Crippling depression and anxiety means somedays I physically cannot even get out of bed, let alone leave the house and walk to the shops where there are a bunch of people.
I’ve used uber eats like this before. I wouldn’t consider myself lazy, just somedays I’m not ok and physically cannot face the supermarket. It’s not a good feeling to do this, it’s not laziness, it’s a last resort.
Be thankful you’re not in a position like this, and maybe try to see it from another perspective
Thank you for your reply, didn’t even consider that could this. I will now on in the future.
Thanks, hope I didn’t come off as rude. Just that there are reasons some people might appear to be lazy when in reality they’re battling demons
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.
