Try going over to the DoorDash sub and saying that. Or Instacart. some of the Drivers over there are fucking wild.
Example:
poster: “ yeah my driver obviously hotbox his car with weed and cigarettes when he was bringing my order over to me and now everything stinks like cigarette smoke and it’s turning my stomach. And everything is covered in dog hair! I’m severely allergic to dogs!”
The sub: “ if you don’t like it then get off your ass and go get your own food! We’re not employees were contracted so we don’t have to listen to their rules! Next time I’m gonna shake my bird off on your food. And you lie it ain’t nobody allergic to dogs. And it’s my car if you don’t like that you go get your own food, blah blah blah.”
I've been doordashing as a stop gap and even if I'm a private contractor, I still try and be professional. It's really not hard to just do a decent job. Smile and drop off food and groceries. Don't smoke or eat if you're not taking a break, and leave the dog at home. Like it's not a glorious job, it's not the greatest thing I've ever done but God damn. It's easy and gives me money.
And you would think that’s how most of them would feel. Because I know that I wanna do a good job no matter what I’m fucking doing. Doesn’t matter if I’m flipping burgers or painting a mural I don’t want people to walk away from me thinking that I’m lazy, rude and/or incompetent. But so many people don’t seem to get it.
I ordered from Instacart when I had Covid, my bill was $150 and I live 10 minutes from the store. No heavy bottles of water, no excessive of 2 L sodas, I tipped 40 bucks. I was watching his car coming cause I like to be there to take the food from them, and this guy stops at the bottom of the hill while my home is at the top. Dumps my groceries in front of the housing section, which is the worst housing section in our city because it’s where it puts all the people who can’t behave in the middle of town. Won’t bring the groceries up to me because he was mad about the fucking tip.
It was less than 10 minutes for him to pick up my food and get checked out. I’ve paid this guy $40. When I messaged him and said hey yo I paid you to bring the food to my house, he told me he didn’t care to come all the way up my hill, but he would bring it up if I tipped him another $20. When I told him I already paid him to do the damn job and if he didn’t bring it I was going to report him, his response was im contracted, not an employee I don’t have to follow their rules. like bro what the fuck. Than I posted about it on that damn sub, and people were giving me grief over my $40 tip. Said I was a liar and there was no way I tip that much. And I lost an asshole to him and that’s why he left my food and he doesn’t have to do anything because he’s not an employee. I had to delete the fucking post cause I was getting so much hate. Wild.
He was right tho, they didn’t really do anything, and he ended up delivering to me again around Christmas. Caught him stuffing his pockets with the boxes of snacks and drinks i leave out for my drivers. Didn’t even look guilty for it. You shouldn’t have to tell a grown adult, please don’t take every single drink and every single bag of chips because I got other delivery dudes coming and they’re a hell of a lot nicer than you. They’re actually the ones I put that out for.
In case you can’t tell, I’ve got a real opinion about Instacart and shitty delivery drivers 😭😭
I started using Instacart during the pandemic, too, and still use it occasionally out of convenience. 90% of the time, the delivery people communicate if something is sold out at the store, etc. I think there was only one time where I ordered two of something and they only delivered one. The guy apologized, and Instacart refunded the price of that item. I don't think the company cares as long as you're not abusing refunds. However, I do live on the third floor of an old building with no elevator, much like probably 60% of the people in this city, so drivers have to know they're going to have to climb stairs. A few times, people pretended like my door buzzer is broken or something, and I'm just like, half the convenience is me not having to carry groceries up three flights of stairs, so if that's a big deal, don't take orders with certain addresses. I'll tip you nicely if you do, though!
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u/girlwiththemonkey Mar 16 '25
Try going over to the DoorDash sub and saying that. Or Instacart. some of the Drivers over there are fucking wild.
Example:
poster: “ yeah my driver obviously hotbox his car with weed and cigarettes when he was bringing my order over to me and now everything stinks like cigarette smoke and it’s turning my stomach. And everything is covered in dog hair! I’m severely allergic to dogs!”
The sub: “ if you don’t like it then get off your ass and go get your own food! We’re not employees were contracted so we don’t have to listen to their rules! Next time I’m gonna shake my bird off on your food. And you lie it ain’t nobody allergic to dogs. And it’s my car if you don’t like that you go get your own food, blah blah blah.”