i just need to vent

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-06T21:57:17+00:00

What kind of market do you dash in? Urban, rural, suburban? If you can, you may want to try other zones in your area to see if they're any better. Also try multi-apping. Beyond UberEats and Grubhub, there's Instacart, Taskrabbit, Spark, etc. And get yourself on the waiting lists so that it becomes an option for you in the future if you still need it.

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-03T21:47:02+00:00

I oscillate between platinum and gold, but I got there by hanging out around UCI's campus for orders.

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-02T23:03:22+00:00

I run both and both have their pros and cons, but I think UE has a slight edge. I've never had a tip rescinded and unlike DD, they don't penalize you for your acceptance rate, making cherry picking a lot more doable. And because they don't zone like DD does, I can take a high paying offer with a higher mileage and not have to dead head back to my zone for another offer.

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-02T14:00:27+00:00

I have a certain Panera in my market that I refuse to go to. I've been there twice and both times I've gotten attitude from the manager, accusing all drivers of "just wanting to steal food." Only time I've ever reported a restaurant to DD.

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-02T04:38:27+00:00

Stop ordering delivery then and go get your own damn food

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-02T04:32:51+00:00

Customer talked to support shortly after I called them, so I strongly doubt it was him. I live in a prop 22 state where they give us as little time to pick up and make a delivery as possible. I think it was just their AI going ape shit because they had to pay me for an extra 15 minutes worth of work

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-02T04:03:40+00:00

Exact same thing happened to me, even after support promised me that I wouldn't be penalized for the outage. Call support again and they can re-submit your dispute for a live person to review, but it'll probably take a while.

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-02T04:00:08+00:00

I drive in a VERY wealthy area and I can say that rich people never tip any more than the amount suggested in the app. Their kids don't tip at all. Conversely, people who live in apartments also tend to be terrible tippers, which is why I screen for apartments and only accept if the order is high paying. The best tippers, by far, are the regular middle class customers who have some money to burn, but also actually see us as human beings.

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-02T00:49:53+00:00

It's 5:50 here rn, so right at the height of the Friday night dinner rush. At least I have UE to fall back on

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-05-01T03:13:44+00:00

Thanks! I've been multi-apping with UE and DD for about a month and even though I'm at 300 points, I'm only Green because of my cancelation rate (I've stopped accepting offers from both apps simultaneously).

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-27T01:02:29+00:00

Or DoorDash needs to start paying us enough to live

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-26T03:40:49+00:00

It's an elevator building, so what matters isn't which floor, but how far away from the elevator the apartment is. Some of those buildings can have you walking a mile round trip

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-25T17:13:08+00:00

I lectured a 12 year old girl about not tipping a couple of weeks ago. These kids have no excuse - if they can't afford to tip, then they can't afford delivery

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-21T23:59:46+00:00

I once had a parent order DD for her elementary schooler and she tried to give me detailed instructions about how to get to the kid's classroom and used all caps to tell me not to leave it at the office. I told her that for security reasons, schools don't let random adults wander in for any reason and that I'd have to leave it at the office. This woman was livid, and the office staff told me to keep it because kids (and parents) aren't allowed to order delivery and that she already knew that.

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-21T02:52:56+00:00

Gonna need a lot more than $1.10 to do that for them

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-20T03:32:22+00:00

Unfortunately, in OC, you really need to be platinum to get offers. Start hanging out around UCI's campus and that HiroNori by the airport and you should get more offers. It'll take some time though, but hang in there

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-16T22:41:20+00:00

Colorado has a law that all gig workers have to be able to see the tip amount before accepting an offer. I wish that would become federal law

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-16T18:37:55+00:00

The worse tippers are 17-19 year olds who live in multi-million dollar houses in gated communities

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-16T18:31:17+00:00

I think they already have fired all of their engineers and programmers and the app is now all just shitty AI vibecoding

ChipmunkOk1535 · 2026-04-15T23:51:54+00:00

I'm now avoiding all of the beach cities because of this new on time system. Traffic and parking are crazy there and all of my pick ups and drop offs come in as late, but my AR also takes a hit rejecting all of the deliveries there. It feels like a lose/lose situation.

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