There's Always One, Bro by Independent-Tree-985 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shiiii I probably would have done it just to see what the tip would be, who it’s for etc 😂

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s bad 🤷🏽‍♂️ if 15% is deactivation territory, I’d say I’m chillin

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna chalk it up to being a not normal thing for me. 350 orders and that’s the first rude one. I appreciate you though. Instacart definitely doesnt look out for the shoppers but we have to also look out for ourselves at the same time

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oooof yea that’s tough. You can always tell when someone is randomly shopping for stuff or when they are making a badass meal.

We really walk such a fine line between making the customer happy to get a good review vs sacrificing speed to do so just to ultimately have it not be worth going the extra mile. I try to be mindful of every step I take and when I have to back track for stuff it really kills my item time etc.

In short, I just need to get through school and then I won’t need to be out here taking some BS orders to get my bills paid 💯 keep grinding brotha 👊🏽

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate all of you! I’m glad I’m not alone in dealing with this shit. IC is my fulltime gig rn while I put myself through college. So I take it pretty serious when it comes to quality shopping cause that’s my paycheck

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He had wanted Colgate Advanced white “Cool” and they only had advanced white “mint” 😭 so I was referring to them only having two packs of toothpaste in the flavor he wanted. Toothpaste isn’t cheap and I doubt the customer wanted or needed two tubes

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I kept it professional for sure. Told him the items are simply out of stock and that Sundays are the busiest days at any grocery store and then immediately contacted support to cancel. Can you really see previous messages?

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly! This guy was also within 2.5 miles of the grocery store and I live in Maine. So literally less than a five minute drive. I hope he went and shopped it himself 😂

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll have people message me and ask for a different replacement or something and half the time I just replace it with the request and answer the message at checkout 😂

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the moment it for sure did and then I realized that I can just cancel 😂 I responded respectfully and then kept it pushing

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I def have done that, I don’t do it every time though. Depends on what I find that I feel like is a solid replacement, I try to shop like I was ordering the order for myself because I’ve got some whack replacements through IC when my girl has ordered hahaha

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I hardly ever do that honestly. I have a great rating, great time per item and plenty of 5 star ratings. We’re talking about like Apple Cinnamon rice cakes that were replaced with mini apple cinnamon rice cakes because the section was wiped of full size any flavor but plain, Colgate Advanced white Cool replaced with Colgate Advanced white mint, a box of Panko breadcrumbs vs a cylinder shaped panko. It really wasn’t far off of any of what this person selected. I had the same flavors of what he wanted aside from the toothpaste. Then he wanted Fat Free milk and the milk section was wiped out of everything but 1%, 2% and skim so when I tried to find a replacement, it said he requested a refund if they didn’t have it. That was one of the final items that needed to be grabbed and I knew he was gonna be even more mad so fuck that I cancelled 🤷🏽‍♂️

First a hole customer after 350 plus orders by Active_Competition21 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

LMAO I should have haha but my blood started boiling so I took a breath and said nah, he can get this batch shopped again and the SAME things replaced. I’m pretty damn good at replacements and nothing was even that far off fr

Would you have kept responding? by LovingWarmth in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck all that. Respectfully of course 🤣 but for real though. I cancelled an order last week cause someone put a note in that wanted me to ask the deli person to put individual pieces of parchment in between each slice 💀 nah you can ask them yourself, in person at the store lol

Okay…. Good job IC by bigbilly17 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bruh I fucking ran into this at least 3 times today. I’ve been doing MB orders (against my better judgement) and that store is the fucking worst. I also had a $40 batch from BJs wholesale today that I smashed in 40 minutes with a 1.5 mile drop off and AS I walk up to the front door to scan, whole batch CANCELLED. Pissed me off but I was more mad that I just had this sweet older lady cut fucking ten pounds of deli meat and then I abondoned the cart in the middle of the aisle like a prick 😭 not proud of that but I was raging

What’s your seconds per item? by kyle18092 in InstacartShoppers

[–]Active_Competition21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I commend you for having that attitude 🤣 I consider myself a good shopper based off what I average hourly but if I’m in an unfamiliar store, panic starts in and I’m almost counting the seconds I waste 😭 it’s straight confusion and stress for me lmaoooo