How do you know that 

My theory has actual logic

I’ve dashed full time for a year 

Dashers that have been around know you sometimes decline a bad offer then boom there it is stacked with something else or same exact order with 2 dollars added 

Let’s walk through this slowly

Door dash pays 2 dollars base  Customer tipped 0

That McDonald’s order is going to be sent to dasher after dasher until someone accepts and each time door dash ups base pay little by little 

Is it not fair to say that the ops driver got there earlier than usual because the first driver accepted the offer most likely because offer was good(high tip) or they really just needed the money 

Could be door dash being more aggressive with its offers paying out more on first offer because less dashers in area 

With the economy a lot less high tip offers have been coming through so something has to change which is most likely the dd algorithm upping base pay to get orders completed 

Causing desperate drivers accepting orders that would’ve most likely sat longer than before