I laughed when a guy came in from Doordash and picked up one can of Formula. I thought crazy someone would do that. But he claimed that he once delivered a candy bar. Anyone know if that possible?
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I have done extrensive theoretical testing and concluded -without a shadow of doubt- that delivering a candy bar is possible
I mean, if I worked for doordash and someone was willing to pay me to deliver a small snack like that, why wouldn't I
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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
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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?
I only order from Doordash if I'm sick and don't feel comfortable being out in public. (Especially if I'm not sure if it's Covid) I usually order the same things because if I'm sick, I want food I don't have to make for myself that wouldn't disappoint me if I couldn't taste it well enough.
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All the people in here eager to defend how someone wastes their money just reinforces my opinion of the average person these days; most of them are useful idiots.
How have you found them useful? I have not yet been able to find a practical use.
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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 . . .
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Doordash has a market cap of ~106 billion, so . . .
How much goes to the dude
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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.
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Doordash has a market cap of ~106 billion, so . . .
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, so jot that down.
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I mean, if I worked for doordash and someone was willing to pay me to deliver a small snack like that, why wouldn't I
I'll tell you why. Car wear and tear. Gas prices. Minimum to no tip. Or worse a tip that was changed to no tip after the fact. Traffic congestion and mileage of the trip.
There is a calculation every DD driver has to make to decide if an order is worth picking up or not. Tips are not guaranteed and they can be changed to 0 for up to an hour after the order. When a driver gets an order you see the projected payout, the pickup location, and the distance of the trip. You don't get the details until you accept the trip.
The driver can pass an order but that is a hit that goes against your profile. Meaning at a certain point if your rejection rate is too high you'll get worse orders and less orders. Smart DD drivers can calculate if a trip is worth it or not. The base rule of thumb is $2/mile before tip. So if a trip is offering $1 to go a mile it means no tip. At that point is the cost of gas worth it? No. Smart drivers don't accept anything that.
In all orders the cost of the actual food isn't factored into how much a driver gets paid. We're not getting paid the restaurant's cut. We're getting paid to deliver. So if I see this order and the projected payout is like a dollar or worse 0.50 cents, I'm not taking it. It doesn't matter what the mileage is at that point. It's a negative transaction for the driver. You're losing money.
So for most drivers if someone is that desperate for a candy bar they're gonna have to tip minimum the cost of a gallon of gas for me to take it. Meaning they're getting a super expensive candy bar. At that point you ask yourself if the candybar is worth it. To most people probably not. To DD drivers probably not. To a single someone desperate enough, even still probably not. If both parties involved are desperate enough then some lucky person is getting a candybar. Otherwise the only other way that's getting accepted is if the order is grouped together with multiple orders at once.
Source was a DD/UE driver last summer. Broke even until my car was totaled. Then it became a wasted summer. I still don't have a vehicle.
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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.
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All the people in here eager to defend how someone wastes their money just reinforces my opinion of the average person these days; most of them are useful idiots.
And you're wasting your time grumbling about others. How's that better?
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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?
I mean who so lazy they order a single candy bar through Doordash?
Tell me you've never been baked out of your gourd without telling me you've never been baked out of your gourd
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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?
wrote last edited by [email protected]I've done that, you can sometimes add stuff for no additional fee from a nearby conveneince store
Gotten an individual soda that way when places don't sell them and I'm out
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How have you found them useful? I have not yet been able to find a practical use.
wrote last edited by [email protected]They're useful for funneling as much money as possible to as few people as possible.
For example, the suckers in this thread are useful to the executives and investors of Doordash.
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I mean, if I worked for doordash and someone was willing to pay me to deliver a small snack like that, why wouldn't I
That's a bit too practical for me, but if pushed I would agree...
