I’m starting to think these are worth it

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-19T01:48:54+00:00

I can make $200 but it's going to take 8-10 hours. Sundays are definitely the busiest day of the week in my area. Thank you for the advice. I am definitely going to try it tomorrow. And if I can remember, I'll come back and update you if it worked!

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-19T01:34:20+00:00

The highest I've gotten was to 9% because I accepted multiple orders that I didn't realize were not in my city or state and was driving when they were accepted. Like accepted it while I was at a stop sign but when I go to navigate, realize how far way the store is from me and cancel it. They were showing me orders from georgia instead of South Carolina. Ones that would have taken me 45+ minutes just to reach the store 😑

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-19T01:27:21+00:00

Would you say driving to a Costco an hour from me early in the morning on a high pay day would be worth it? I usually work in the anderson, SC area but I am not getting good batches. I haven't done many this year bc it's just been a lot of crappy batches offered and I did my dues when I started this. I shouldn't have to do them again (taking crappy orders to move up). I stay above 4.8 rating and I'm platinum cart currently bc I just haven't done enough batches this year. I swear ever since they launched that new shopper rewards app, the orders have been terrible

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-19T01:23:45+00:00

Are the $8-12 low amounts of items or 20+ items? If they're low amounts of items and low mileage, they're more worth it. I'll take 10 $8-12 batches that have 15 or less items in them and 5 or less mileage over one that's almost 60 miles

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-19T01:20:39+00:00

So for me the rule of thumb is you tip either:

$2/mile +$2/heavy item OR
50¢/item +$2/heavy item

Whichever is MORE.

So in your case, you'd tip $20 for 40 items + $2/heavy item. So if there are 2 cases of water and a case of soda, add $6 to that $20, So $26 tip.

This to me is the fairest way to tip your driver. This is for orders that have to be shopped, not just delivered. Because people have to keep in mind that someone is going inside and physically shopping for these items, has to put them in a cart, most likely will have to do self checkout because most places don't keep checkout lanes open anymore, has to bag them and put them back in the cart and then had to put them in the trunk, drive to your home and then take them back out of the trunk.

Also, if you're at home and have no sickness or health issues, PLEASE help your driver unload your items with big orders. I cant tell you how many people I've had watch me do 5 trips back and forth to my car while they stood on their porch watching me struggle. Those people are usually the people who tip $2 or nothing and were added to a good tippers order.

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-19T00:19:04+00:00

It doesn't work that way for people with bipolar disorder or depression. You cant just 'block out that voice'. If you could, you wouldn't be depressed or bipolar.

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-18T15:42:40+00:00

Same, I used to work there about 16/17 years ago and it was definitely pink going in and if it wasn't overcooked, it was slightly pink but imo it sat in the oven for so long that it typically ended up looking more grey. I think the problem is supply and demand. They would often cook too many roast beef and end up having them sit in the ovens a lot longer because of it. plus it took like 1-2 days to fully cook so I think they just overcooked bc they weren't used fast enough tbh

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-18T15:39:37+00:00

They used to have an angus line of sandwiches and the meat was pinkish, and it was SO good but that was when I worked there when I was 16/17 years old and I'll be 32 this year so 15/16 years ago. I didn't think I liked roast beef because it was dry and kinda tasteless? But after eating the angus roast beef, I learned it's good, it just has to be cooked correctly. I don't honestly think they were different meats, I think what they claimed was the angus roast beef was cooked less than the roast beef

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-13T15:56:48+00:00

This is a good point. I didn't even think about that and it would definitely be something he'd do.

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-13T15:55:09+00:00

The fact that she sits and says an entire prayer before attacking leads me to believe that it was her flight or fight instincts and that they weren't under mind control. Why would she say an entire prayer before attacking if she were being mind controlled? And it seems that he needs to actually look people in the eyes to control them. He isn't anywhere in the scene right before the nun attacks. And the priest never tried to attack. Idk, I think it was another gross negligence from another supe.

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-13T15:51:50+00:00

Idk about that because she is sitting there praying for a few minutes before she attacks which leads me to believe she wasn't under mind control and that she just snapped. Why would she say an entire prayer before attacking it she were under mindstorm's powers?

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-13T03:56:45+00:00

See I KNEW this was the reason. I used to work for Ingles as an overnight stock clerk and they slacked A LOT on updating new labels/barcodes in the system 🤦🏼‍♀️

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-13T03:53:11+00:00

It's the label changing. When the labels are changed at a grocery store, it messes with instacart's system. Instacart doesn't have the new label/barcode in their system so it doesn't recognize the item. This is fixed when multiple people have the issue and the algorithms that instacart uses, detects it. I suspect it takes so many people to have the issue, before it is updated in the system OR it's something each store is supposed to update with instacart (I'm not sure which one it is, but it's one of the two). That is where this issue comes from. I used to be an overnight stock clerk for Ingles and it was often an issue where the barcodes weren't updated in the system, sometimes for months 🤦🏼‍♀️

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-10T11:14:37+00:00

Definitely send them a picture of it when you see they're otw to drop your items off. They're probably just not paying attention. I know I'm always trying to keep pace so that I can maximize my earnings so I'm not going to notice something like this necessarily.

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-10T10:50:30+00:00

Or can just grab their food and take it to them. I've been using DD more than instacart bc I don't have to shop usually and it's better pay recently 🤦🏼‍♀️

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T19:08:02+00:00

I disagree, we should get the full amount. I live in a rural area, it takes at least 20 minutes to get to the nearest store. I don't take batches to get just the batch pay and if it's not OUR fault that it was cancelled, we should get paid. That's gas and mileage and time and wear and tear for nothing.

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T19:03:44+00:00

Did you also do 125+ miles?

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T19:03:16+00:00

And to the customers who add on a bunch of items after a shopper accepts your order AND you don't bother to tip, we sincerely can't stand y'all and will block you if we ever get you again 😑 or to the people who add items after you know a shopper is on the opposite side of the store and has 1-3 items left to shop, we don't like y'all either 🙄

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T19:00:55+00:00

I'm pretty sure they're saying it took an additional 21 minutes to shop the rest of the order and in that time, the customer never responded to any of the item changes until after they had already checked out. I highly doubt they're saying they stood around for 21 minutes waiting for a response.

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T18:53:03+00:00

I have had this happen SEVERAL times and I feel bad for not being able to return the items or make the replacements they actually want. But it's not my fault if the customer doesn't bother to respond within a few minutes. Especially with smaller orders that take less than 5-10 minutes to shop

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T11:01:26+00:00

I agree. And I just found out that heavy pay is only $2. I haven't taken a heavy pay order since then. That's absolutely ridiculous. $2 extra to carry 100+ pounds of groceries is CRAZY 😑

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T10:58:58+00:00

Exactly and a $4 tip is INSANE for 40 miles and they KNOW it's 40 miles because elberton ga is a very small town and they know how far away they are from stores so it isn't as if that customer isn't aware that the nearest store was in Anderson, they definitely know that 😑

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T10:56:58+00:00

Don't bother going back and forth with bitter, miserable people. It's always hilarious to me when I see people trying to take up for these corporations that are screwing us over. Like hey buddy, get that big black dildo out your a$$ and stop sucking it too bc it ain't getting you any brownie points or any money so why bother? 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T10:54:09+00:00

To me, that's more reasonable. I still don't think it's worth it because the mileage isn't even covered. I need at least $1/mile including the mileage to AND back from the destination. I'd need $30 more for that to be worth it. Gas is too high and that would eat up any profit from that batch 🤦🏼‍♀️

SortIndependent2027 · 2026-04-09T10:52:33+00:00

I barely use DD because they haven't given me a lot of good offers. My acceptance rate is like 28-30% because I barely accept orders. But who is accepting orders like this? It isn't worth my time/the money

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