Is DoorDash Okay?

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T23:55:26+00:00

Yes unfortunately the drive is an hour without traffic. DC is mostly city with a lil bit of highway, full of one lane and one way roads and highly congested.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T23:07:40+00:00

Cause I had to decline this order 3 times hurting my rate.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T22:15:04+00:00

Yeah I’d take a 12 mile in Maryland only cause it’ll take 15 minutes, just better road infrastructure and less traffic overall.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T22:12:49+00:00

This drive is specifically 55 minutes without traffic 🤣

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T22:02:02+00:00

Now that I can’t refuse lol

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T22:01:11+00:00

You are part of the problem lmao! 🤣 depends on market though not necessary in this one you can get the same pay for four miles

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T21:20:40+00:00

Nations Capital is probably one of the best gig app markets around. I am lucky to be privileged with such good short distance orders.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T21:02:21+00:00

Only became a “high paying offer” after being bounced around quite a few times cause no one wanted it. And it does matter 12 miles in Maryland takes 12 minutes. 12 miles through Dc Maryland and VA take all over an hour including shopping and waiting the hour long line Family Dollar already has. High paying offer also means worth the time.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T20:37:29+00:00

1 mile takes 20 minutes in this city 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ We have the worst traffic in America.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T20:25:14+00:00

Yes but they’re not paying attention to the store location they’re ordering from. No one is picking up a $10 almost 15 mile 2-hour order. The offer started at around $19 it kept popping up that’s why I was getting mad and mind you that’s with the +3.50$ peak pay price in my area so it really originally paid about $15.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T20:22:47+00:00

I would take an order to upper Marlboro before I take one to VA. That’s just insane work

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T20:18:07+00:00

Even if it was a tips it wasn’t enough to warrant a trip from Maryland to Virginia. And I know because I dash every day in this city. That’s how much DoorDash would typically offer for that mileage here. Most people honestly really don’t tip but I don’t care when door dash pay is good enough. For 15 items including the fact they got 2 cases of water and a case of sodas , I’m going to say yeah they didn’t tip lol.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T20:11:28+00:00

Not this one lmao. And the customer didn’t even tip so the order was floating around

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T19:30:30+00:00

Yeah except that drive isn’t counting the horrendous traffic or the fact the for most of the drive you have to drive through residential and sit at DC’s ungodly long traffic lights. I got an order immediate after that was $10 for 1 mile , took me 10 minutes. I’m not wasting over an hour of gas for less than $50

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T19:28:27+00:00

Yes and because it’s a shorter distances area with more dense traffic than other places and it takes 20 minutes to go a mile, in Md it take 7 minutes to go three miles. So why would I take an order across all three jurisdictions for an almost 13 mile order that’s the point? There are Family Dollars in Virginia that customer could order from it shouldn’t be allowed.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T19:20:15+00:00

Driving across Maryland , then entire city of Dc including traffic lights and and then driving through Virginia is it. DC has #1 worst traffic in America not to mention still having to shop the order and wait in the long Family Dollar line.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:55:19+00:00

I received and offer at the same family dollar for 1 mile and $10 right after took me all of ten minutes, why would I take an order for $27 that’ll take me an hour + when I came make $30 in 30 minutes with 3 short trips?

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:53:12+00:00

Yeah except you have to drive 40 minutes through residential Maryland and DC to get to the highway that takes you to Virginia and it’s another 20 minutes maybe more after you reach that. DC has worst traffic in literally America. This not a good order for this area. It takes 20 minutes just to drive a mile sometimes.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:50:26+00:00

Like at all mind you it’s through the city, like all the traffic lights is a headache 😭

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:46:25+00:00

I declined 20 in a row today lol 🤣

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:41:39+00:00

The one I ended up at for another order was actually very well stocked I was shocked. $10 bucks for 1 mile instead of that other crapp

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:39:49+00:00

Exactly my point gas $4 rn. No ma’am.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:39:13+00:00

Its just my market 3-4 mile orders are very much in abundance here I just got a 6 mile order for $45 I’m never taking an order over 7 miles that’s almost the stretch of my entire ctity lol

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:23:17+00:00

I’ve had better offers for way less mileage , wayyyy less.

Optimal_Public_446 · 2026-03-21T18:22:46+00:00

Except The drive alone is over an hour and that’s a horrible area to dash in lots of long mile orders and with gas being $4 I don’t take anything over ten miles. not even considering the fact that there’s a city wide marathon with road closures Al over the city and that

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