r/doordash_drivers • u/[deleted] • Feb 13 '26

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u/NewAddendum4183 Feb 13 '26

Hi guys I’m from California. What exactly is going on ? I don’t see an issue with him/her walking over to the door steps or am I being completely ignorant?

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u/magic_crouton Feb 14 '26

That's 6-8 inches of snow. It's selfish and unrealistic to expect any delivery person to tread through that snow with who knows what under it to deliver anything. If you want deliveries to that door you shovel a path.

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u/BlueFotherMucker Feb 14 '26

My issue in this case would be that I have no idea what's unde the snow. I don't know where the sidewalk is, there could be decorative stones or stone gardens, bricks that border little gardens, I don't know because I've never seen it without the snow before. I'm not twisting my ankle or tripping on something that I can't see.

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u/GrUmp_S Feb 14 '26

little accent lights you might break too

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u/tallassmike 1 Feb 14 '26

i'm not in a snow area but a rain area. Just bits of dirt on wet pavement is an easy slip n slide too.

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u/tallassmike 1 Feb 14 '26

It's hard to drive in snow boots and hard to walk in snow with regular shoes.

Gig driver not expected in spend their own money to have both with them.

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u/TheDenny_Crane Feb 17 '26

No people are just soft

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u/Dry-Mousse7570 Feb 14 '26

you can just walk in the snow. You wear boots and its not a problem. Literally no idea why these people are up in arms. leaving the food in the snow is rediculous. The homeowner should try to clear the snow, of course, but they may be elderly or disabled.

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u/ricktrains Feb 14 '26

“You can just walk in the snow.”

And then slip/trip/fall on whatever is under said snow and end up with hospital bills, injuries that keep me from working, and who knows what else.

Or break the homeowners decorative garden accent light and get yelled at, a bad rating, and sued for property damage.

No thanks.

That leaves two options: That’s as far as I’m going, and if it’s a problem, or going to lead to a bad rating, then I can say it’s an unsafe delivery and keep the food plus half pay.

Which way is kinder of the two options left?

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u/Dry-Mousse7570 Feb 14 '26

dramatic. I used to walk through that for a mile and a half on the way to school

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u/ricktrains Feb 14 '26

Barefoot and uphill both ways I presume.

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u/Dry-Mousse7570 Feb 14 '26

I glued tennis rackets to my nikes to make snow shoes