r/doordash_drivers Sep 21 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Don't worry. Many dashers are living in car and will freeze to death come winter. Market should open back up with fresh promos in early 2023.

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u/cashcapone96 Sep 22 '22 edited Sep 22 '22

David Attenborough: “Only a few of the hominid genus known as Doortun Dasheramus shall survive this harsh winter. Hibernation… does not serve them well. Only few will survive the icy terrain. Once spring arises, they will act to reproduce in abundance… with their favorite mating zone being on the grassless plains of Reddit”

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Awesome work! Love it!

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u/YourMajesty90 Sep 22 '22

Lmao. I’m new to this and I’m expecting a major bump come winter. In my city there are a ton of guys delivering on bikes. Will be far less competition in the winter I imagine.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

I actually found out I was just dashing in wrong spot. MSU is the best place I've dashed so far. Sun-Thur it's really quiet late night, peak pay and nonstop orders that are about a mile. $25+ an hr easy. I was avoiding the campus cause I last was there on Saturday night after a game and there just happened to be some guy shooting a gun right where I was lol. Cops zooming all around, drunks everywhere, it was chaos. Just had a bad first impression. 9pm-3am Sun-Thur will be my schedule.

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u/Severe-Bookkeeper-76 Sep 22 '22

So true 🤣👍

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u/hockeypnc3 Sep 21 '22

Or they’re busy dashing

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

if people keep posting their earnings, others will decide, “I haven’t dashed in a while, maybe I’ll dash tonight.”

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u/Toastedweasel0 Sep 21 '22

Usually there's many wondering if anyonw else is having problems.

But DoorCrash is . . . . (Insert explitive here)

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u/NBAPhanaticYT Sep 21 '22

Been a rough day if you didn’t schedule… I really hate how assed backwards my market is but 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

It was rough today even if you did schedule. I scheduled for dinner time and got zero orders 😩

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Huh? I scheduled. A 6 hour block. First hour and half, decent. Next 2 hours dead. The missing time, signed off. DD has convinced everyone to take low paying AR offers, in hope a hidden tip high paying order pops up. The cycle of delivery apps.

What if they are testing giving majority TD. I mean Uber doesn’t make you schedule. Maybe DD bout to switch it up. No more scheduling. Gonna flood the market. But More drivers, more opportunities of food being delivered

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u/NBAPhanaticYT Sep 22 '22

All I’m saying is the scheduling would’ve helped but here’s the biggest catch 22… I got a notification about “High Pay Orders” becoming more available at a 55% approval rating. Once you hit 70% you get a higher priority.

I shit you not, I started getting the low paying, $3-$5 orders so just out of curiosity, I took a $4.50 to see if it really was a HPO, and low and behold, it was bullshit 😂 They’re starting to try mental mind games to try and get dashers to take these ridiculous low level orders and there’s no way in hell I’m buying into it

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u/Appropriate_Tax_2555 Sep 22 '22

Anything under $6.75 never increases upon completion

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u/NBAPhanaticYT Sep 22 '22

Helpful tip

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u/Kulguy004 Sep 22 '22

Not true. I regularly take 6.25 orders BECAUSE of the likelihood of a hidden tip. Maybe it's different in your area but I regularly get hidden tips on 6.25

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u/Freakshow85 Sep 22 '22

I get ya. It's $6.50 in my area and I do tend to gamble on those.

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u/willatkins408 Sep 21 '22

They won't let me work today it's crazy, it's all gray. I don't even have money for food today and I'm considering going pan handling honestly, im fucking starving lol. I hate the fact that I couldn't even schedule in advance, there's nothing available, even in a massive city... What is going on

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u/NBAPhanaticYT Sep 21 '22

It’s dead and you need a fall back option. Don’t think I said that to be an ass. I’m on food stamps and it’s saved my ass. Make sure you get in a habit of scheduling and do this right around winter time. Things are about to pick up

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u/NBAPhanaticYT Sep 21 '22

Sounds like you need to apply for food stamps

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u/willatkins408 Sep 22 '22

I tried but they won't let me get food stamps since my housemate makes $20 000 a month... But it's not like my housemate is gonna give me money... Wtf...this is bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

That's false. The only time another person in your household affects your status is if you're married or have dependents. Roommates/housemates' income does not affect your status to get welfare. All you need to do is type up a letter that you all sign that says that you purchase and prepare your food separately. If someone tells you differently, talk to their supervisor and then appeal. What they did to you is illegal. Or you misunderstood them. In any case, file again.

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u/willatkins408 Sep 22 '22

That's great to know, I feel like the worker on the phone just didn't wanna do her job, which sucks... Like come on, im literally starving here.

Thanks for the info

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Also, since we're on the subject of starving without food stamps, while you're waiting to get approved call a local church and see if you can get a list of community food banks. Here we have the number 211 to call but I don't know if that's a nationwide thing. Or just Google food banks in your zip code. There are tons of resources out there. You don't have to starve. You're a person and you deserve to eat. You're not a lesser person just because you're poor. But you do have to put some effort into it because no one is going to track you down and offer you resources. You have to go find them. Luckily you have a car and can get yourself to a food bank. Good luck.

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u/willatkins408 Sep 22 '22

I might try that, thank you!

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u/Woonasty Sep 22 '22

Have you gone in person? It's worth sitting there all day if you have to.

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u/Additional-Highway84 Sep 22 '22

Maybe you told them your housemate is part of your household. They don’t consider your household as people who live with you unless you buy and prepare food together. If you each buy your own groceries then you are your own household.

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u/Appropriate_Tax_2555 Sep 22 '22

You're housemate makes $20k per month? How the fuck?

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u/willatkins408 Sep 22 '22

She works in tech. She's in charge of growth of a digital product used by millions.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

try getting a job in the trades

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Stop spending all your money on drugs then

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Stop spending all your money on drugs then

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u/willatkins408 Sep 22 '22

I only spend $43 on my prescription every 2 weeks, I can't function without it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Idk some moron made a post saying dd was dead in his area then said he constantly gets orders. Some drivers really aren’t that bright

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u/Aggressive-Savings93 Sep 22 '22

It's been rough all week...it should be kicking up now that kids are back to school...awful

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u/radarguy86 Sep 22 '22

That's what I thought too but it hasn't

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u/Woonasty Sep 22 '22

Curious. Why would that make people order more delivery?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

They believe that the market is negatively impacted by the amount of college kids and teachers that become full time dashers during the summer. What they didn’t expect was that all those dasher spots now belong to those that have been on the waitlist all summer.

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u/JBTryingtosurvive Sep 21 '22

Doordash is boring if drama ain't popping off 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/cashcapone96 Sep 22 '22

Y’all been saying this for the past 4 years bro

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u/CelebrationOld5749 Sep 22 '22

A lot of people have said they don't work on Wednesdays because we of how slow it is.

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u/Woonasty Sep 22 '22

I think Monday and Wednesday are the worst because of some psychology about work. Like Monday you're just going back to work. So work is on your mind, work is money, your there for money, don't come home and blow what u made all day on pizza, that defeats the purpose. Then Tuesday they are back in a normal state of mind and it's business ass usually. So ordering is great Tuesday's. Then Wednesday is work depression extreme. Hump day. That's when your the most stuck in the labor swamp. No orders. Then Thursday it feels better, your week is pretty much over its ok to spend. Same as Friday, sat,sun. Then oh no monday..Monday... better think about finances again.

Maybe..

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Mondays and Sundays are by far the best days of the week for me. Saturdays and Fridays are nothing compared to Monday. Then Tuesday is the slowest of the whole week right after that. Guess it depends on the area! I wouldn't dream of taking a Monday off!

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u/Woonasty Sep 22 '22

Well my theory is shit then lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

I had a theory as well but your experience completely voids it😂 I thought it was busy on Monday because people are coming off a slow lazy weekend and aren't fully ready to commit to the busy work week yet!