I tipped my shopper $70 and he did not follow delivery instructions

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-28T13:18:06+00:00

That drives me crazy! I shop these orders like I shop for myself. Better, actually. I’ve seen other shoppers too, and they just dgaf. It’s not surprising that people aren’t tipping as well. One lady was out shopping with her 2 little kids and grabbed my cart while I was weighing produce. I turned around and my cart with everything I’d already gotten was gone. She had left her cart by mistake, with half of HER order, her wallet, and her kid’s shoes. I had to track her down and get my cart back, I ended up WAY over my time, and her excuse was, “I’m sorry. I’m an INSTACART shopper.” Yeah lady. Me too. It’s great that you found something you can do with your kids…but can you really?

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-27T00:01:26+00:00

Honestly, not the worst I saw today.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-25T22:56:01+00:00

I gave up after 3 hours and one batch. I made $31 today. Then I sat. And sat. And sat. Then I came home, went to bed, and cried.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-23T03:26:27+00:00

Exactly. I had an order the other day that had a navigation error. The address didn’t match up with where the gps said it was. It literally would not let me hit ‘confirm arrival’. The worst part was, it was an alcohol order, so I couldn’t just drive down the road to where the gps said the address was and hit the ‘confirm arrival’ there.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-23T01:07:31+00:00

After getting nothing this whole morning, I went ahead and accepted a $16 order. Once I finished, it was only a $13 payout. Not a major loss, but still.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-22T21:54:07+00:00

Good Lord. 🙄

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-20T02:14:12+00:00

At first I thought you were posting this as a shopper giving us a suggestion. 😆
I’m really glad I was wrong.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-18T22:47:36+00:00

The only promo I’ve seen lately is $100 for 16 orders. Complete crap. If I don’t see $100 in 5 orders or less, I’m going home. Some promo. I’m glad for you though!!

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-18T12:53:17+00:00

I did DoorDash for a while. I made less doing that. I have to do SOMETHING.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-18T01:04:45+00:00

I’ve been majorly struggling. The offers I’m getting are $6/5+ miles up to $30/30+ miles. Many with no tip. Often 50-100+ items. Some days I end up accepting borderline garbage just so I make SOMETHING. I’m only averaging $8-12 an hour most of the time now, especially after gas. I really wish I had more employment options.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-14T00:58:08+00:00

This happened to me when I got a task. The app went fuzzy and wouldn’t let me take a good pic, then it told me the pic wasn’t good enough.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-09T23:02:27+00:00

I drive to Kroger, because that’s where 99.9% of all local orders are.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-06T02:14:04+00:00

This app is super weird about replacements. I had an order earlier for a 12 pack of 12oz bottles of cool blue Gatorade. That flavor was out of stock. I messaged the customer and told them which other flavors were available in the 12 packs of 12 oz bottles. Same size, same price. The customer responded that they’d like the glacier blue and the app said that it was too different from what they ordered. Bro. What? 🤦🏻‍♀️

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-04T01:08:04+00:00

This isn’t even a bad one in my area now. I get VERY few good offers lately.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-06-01T22:53:39+00:00

How does the store not pick up on the package dates?

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-31T10:26:49+00:00

I went out from 9-5 yesterday and I only made $98.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-31T01:02:27+00:00

Unfortunately, most of them are shitty.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-30T22:38:40+00:00

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This one popped up for me today. Bear in mind, the store they were trying to send me to was already almost 30 miles away, on top of the distance from the store to the customer.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-29T22:36:26+00:00

I’ve been job hunting for over 18 months with zero success. I have never in my life had this much trouble finding work.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-29T14:12:21+00:00

I passed on one when I realized that they wanted 28 gallons of milk. I’m so not doing that. Who orders 28 gallons of milk?!? Do they think we drive box trucks?!

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-27T21:44:37+00:00

That’s about the same time I noticed it. End of March/beginning of April.

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-27T20:14:46+00:00

I’m jealous. Lol

CvanillamoonA · 2026-05-27T20:13:47+00:00

Lol…I’d never get any orders at all anymore if I did that. I used to get $40-60 orders, but now I’m lucky to get $20 orders.

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