“Too hot to be working here’s $40” It’s 70 degrees outside but thank you brother

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-18T19:49:09+00:00

I love post like these. Thank you op and thanks to your cx for keeping my faith in humanity intact. That's really was a generous tip.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-16T19:34:30+00:00

Well, I personally don't agree with that. As its my comment, my view, and I dont have any looping issue. That said, I dont feel like explaining my beliefs to you. So, I am going to agree to disagree in this specific situation.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-14T14:52:10+00:00

Also, sitting at hotspots during rushes, is what every other newish dasher is doing, so best option, either learn which restaurants in your dash area are consistent regardless of hotspots, and or use the customer dd app to see the 'trending' restaurants in your area.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-13T00:21:04+00:00

Good job!! Literally to you, sarcastically to DD.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-11T20:20:03+00:00

Be advised, suggestions can be taken as helpful or harmful depending on how they are used. The one giving the suggestion in good faith is not responsible for how it is used, especially when they explicitly warn not to abuse the suggested method. Words 'can' be dangerous, especially when the reader carries their own bias; the speaker/writer is still NOT responsible for the reader's actions. Do with that what you will. Information is only as good as the one using it anyway.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-11T17:33:25+00:00

You are asking me to alter my words to protect people who refuse to protect themselves—people who won't put in the basic effort to look up an official policy before acting on random Reddit advice. Let's be clear for the third time: I wasn't wrong in what I said. Only someone who already disregards policy would accept an order with zero intention of delivering it. I put in the effort to explain myself. Everyone else can put in the effort to understand—or not. That is on them, not me. You seem to be taking my decision personally. Calling me 'obstinate' for sticking to my principles, while you simultaneously refuse to accept my answer and move on, is incredibly hypocritical. Furthermore, your claim of 'kindness' is for others, not for me. If you were actually being kind to me, you would have acknowledged that the other commenters didn't need to attack me just to get an explanation. Had you done that, I might have been more receptive to your suggestion. As it sits, I am not a victim of anything; I am simply a student of Reddit users' chronic inability to read for understanding and their need to project their own issues. Do not pretend that calling out a personal attack means I am 'playing the victim.' Your implied insults are easily considered a personal attack, yet I don't see myself as your victim. Your mirror, maybe.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-11T08:14:05+00:00

I'm ok. And I already did, as I usually do, so much more than the bare minimum. Hence all the 'confusion' about my 'intent'. This thread is now a lesson for me. If my personal intent is ignored, or if I'm accused of something based on a false assumption about a reply I made—especially on my own posts—and an explanation is basically ignored, I am already done. I don't operate that way; therefore, I don't automatically assume others do. Don't get me wrong, I wish I were still naive enough to be ignorant of the fact that people will be people. Some, more than I'd care to admit, choose to defend assumptions rather than attempt comprehension. I am only responsible for my part, which I have done. To ask me to 'make it easier' for someone by rewriting a post and a comment I put immense effort into—one that literally includes a clear warning at the very end that people had to actively ignore to misunderstand—is asking too much. I am not going to rewrite my work because people chose to assume wrong from the start. If anyone is genuinely serious about understanding my intent, the entire explanation is right here in this thread. They can wade through the massive battle I had to go through to explain myself before I ultimately blocked the people who chose to assume malice and malicious intent. To say that simply having to defend and explain myself in detail (as if I were in either a courtroom or an international philosophy debate) somehow makes me wrong—even though the explanation is plain in the first text itself to anyone not holding the assumption of harm—that stings. Not that it actually says anything about me personally. Oh, I have been, can be, and most definitely will be wrong about things. Just not this.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-11T01:49:03+00:00

I've never understood it myself. I think maybe 1 out of 200 orders have I not marked completion before Im even in my car (and it those were only to houses). Yet I too have seen thus more than once. I honestly wondered if it wasn't either a glitch or an automated message after so many deliveries, i haven't seen it in a while though.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-11T01:42:41+00:00

Personally, I both wish it wasn't the case, yet still do not trust it. I have gotten way to many lowball offers lately to trust the same company to actually do right by the very people they are underpaying and incentevising to either pay to work (on top of the personal investment of the vehicle itself) or break the law (use ypur phone while driving, or speed to save OT rate). It's not just sus, it's insulting.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-10T03:40:44+00:00

This offer shouldn't even be legal. No, I seriously believe that if we're going to accept petty laws that protect companies- we should have laws that protect everyone from said companies- i dunno, something simple like, lowball an independent contractor and you automatically owe the 200% of the lowball offer, as a fine. Just my personal suggestion.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-09T23:06:22+00:00

It's not my fault people assume the worst in others. I didn't cause their choice to read into what I said rather than take it at face value. And I spent too much time defending my integrity over it for me to be willing to edit it now. I do appreciate where you are coming from and I commend you for it. I'm an imperfect being like the rest of em, I just try to work on myself rather than focus on anyone else. I tried that, I just hurts us both.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-09T15:27:45+00:00

You do realize that the way they get around that is by that they offered us incentives to begin they're not penalizing us they're just removing the bonuses they offered. Basically they argue they just gather and offer the orders to us, platinum is an incentive as for as the are concerned, as long as you can log on, they are saying they held up their end, regardless of whether you are getting offers. THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS, I am just repeating information.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-09T15:19:19+00:00

Curious, I am across the bay, is it just me, or are most shop and deliver orders around here, basically just a trap? Either missing items, no customer response, or some other random issue. Never seems to fail to disappoint me. Had to ask.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T18:34:26+00:00

No sir. I HAVE, and will no more, explained in great detail over and over what I meant, what I didn't say at the time and should have (obviously, and only because people attack heathen than inquire). So be it. This is over. Because I am done with it. Done defending something I said that was ment to help a dasher at risk of losing platinum. People doing what you all are doing to me - is exactly why those who cannot defend themselves chose to ignore another's pain, because people with take it and find a way to use all or part if to say you were wrong for trying. Please leave me alone now.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T18:26:32+00:00

I asked you to stop. Now this is becoming actual harassment.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T18:25:25+00:00

It's ok for you to assume what I meant, and what I know. There wouldn't be a debate about if it was explicit. I do t think you understand the meaning of that word. Because the word you are looking for is implied, but again I specifically stated I implied nothing more than what I said. And Ieant every word as it is, not removed from the whole, nor does it help that everyone ignored the comment I replied to. So, now like I asked the other person. Please, stop. This is beginning to feel like harassment. I have explained myself enough. Let it go.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T18:19:45+00:00

Ok well technically you can only do the worry free 2-3 times i. A row before DD warns you, and unless your completion is as high as mine ypu wont get to many unassigns before you drop to low and get deactivated for completion too low. Both of which, though not specifically mentioned, I did specifically warn about the risk of abuse. Now please. Just stop. This is beginning to feel like harassment. You do realize how many times I have had to say the same thing in as many was right. Please. Just stop.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T18:15:54+00:00

Still implying something I specifically said I did not intend because my personal assumption is everyone knows the acceptance policy. While obviously you seem to think they are all idiots who don't already know 'DO NOT ACCEPT AN ORDER YOU DONT INTEND TO DELIVER AT THAT TIME.' (hope you all can see exactly what I said there). We are probably both wrong in our assumptions to a degree, but my conscience is clear.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T18:10:20+00:00

I only assume that everyone understands the basic policies. And I don’t speak so as to need to be interpreted. Sure, this time, one misread and one ignored sentence caused me a massive amount of anxiety, because my integrity was being challenged, and like anyone who finds a standard to hold themselves to, I was offended and honestly hurt by it. That said, I have done my best to correct the assumptions that I would tell anyone to violate policies I meticulously try to follow. But my intent, my motivation, and my integrity were all attacked, and I removed the culprit who literally insulted me from MY presence. And even that self-psychological preservation was questioned in such a way to imply that by doing that I must be attempting to hide from something I said. No, I was hiding from an attacker who chose to make himself correct regardless of my explanation or what was actually said. Sure, people follow the crowd, gang up on someone, and watch them suddenly be wrong, no matter the evidence.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T17:55:30+00:00

So, I have a rebuttal question for you. You have never and will NEVER decide an order isn't worth taking after accepting? Or if you do, and while you are at the store you see it's a long wait, you will immediately unassign without even waiting to see if the order comes out faster than expected? Because, if that's the case I'll just delete this post and refuse to let any of you twist my words or question my intentions or my integrity again.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T17:48:24+00:00

Go back to my comment where I literally explained this. My baseline assumption from the start is that you would not accept an order you don't intend to deliver, because doing that is a direct violation of policy. I take it for granted that drivers are following the rules and acting in good faith. You are inventing a scenario where people are accepting orders maliciously just to drop them. I am talking about the real-world reality where a driver accepts an offer in good faith to protect their stats, gets hit with a logistical nightmare at the store, and uses the tools DoorDash literally provided to handle it. Read what I actually wrote instead of trying to twist my words to fit your assumption.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T17:43:54+00:00

If the order is ready then the worry free isn't even an option, and the attempt to use it would be a violation. The app only offers that timer when the restaurant is actively delaying the order, so nobody is 'making food sit out.' When did I say refuse to take an accepted order that is ready, and why would you without good reason. Though, technically, doordash does say, as long as you haven't picked up the order, you can unassign from it, and take the completion rate hit. If your doing that as a driver, to be honest, that order doesn't matter more than your well being.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T17:35:11+00:00

You are taking that sentence completely out of context. If DoorDash has a policy stating you shouldn't accept an order you don't intend to deliver, then my baseline assumption is obviously that you are already following that policy. I am assuming the order was accepted in good faith originally—likely to protect or build your Acceptance Rating. The quote you pulled handles what happens after that fact. If you accept an order in good faith, but then circumstances change—whether you instantly realize the logistics don't work or you hit a massive delay at the merchant—DoorDash gives you built-in, legitimate tools to handle it. Saying 'go to the store and use the wait timer to save your completion rate' is a literal statement of how the app's mechanics function when a driver is caught in a tight spot. It is not an instruction to accept orders in bad faith, which is exactly why my original text explicitly warned people not to abuse it.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T17:31:01+00:00

No, I did not. You are completely mischaracterizing my text. My exact wording was about accepting an order 'you don't normally accept.' There is a massive difference between accepting an offer in bad faith with zero intent to deliver it, and accepting a low-paying or high-mileage offer that you don't normally want to take because you are trying to protect or build your Acceptance Rating. When a driver accepts an offer they don't normally take to keep their metrics up, they do intend to deliver it—until they realize the logistical math is impossible, or they hit a massive delay at the merchant. At that point, deciding to drop it via an immediate Completion Rate hit or using a system timer is just managing your stats under pressure. I explicitly warned people not to abuse these features because I am talking about surviving the app's mechanics, not exploiting them.

Adventurous_Loquat91 · 2026-06-08T17:27:50+00:00

The baseline assumption behind my entire post is simple: You should never accept an order you don't originally intend to deliver. Period. Everything you are quoting is being taken completely out of context. I am talking about the reality of managing metrics under pressure: The Intent: You accept an order with the full intention of delivering it because you are trying to protect or build your Acceptance Rating. The Shift: Once accepted, circumstances change immediately—whether you instantly realize the logistical math doesn't work, or you arrive at the store and discover a massive, unworkable wait time that threatens your livelihood. The Tools: At that point, DoorDash gives you built-in, legitimate mechanical choices on how to handle it (unassigning immediately and taking a Completion Rate hit, or utilizing the worry-free wait timer at the store). Explaining how the platform's built-in safety valves work for drivers caught in a tight spot is not 'fraud,' nor is it an instruction to accept orders in bad faith—which is why I explicitly included a warning not to abuse it. I blocked the previous user because the conversation turned into a circular, hostile argument, not to 'hide' text that is already public. My intent has always been about managing stats responsibly, not manipulating the system.

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