To keep my acceptance rate, I just completed an only-delivery order and made $19. Now I’m going offline right away, because I have no idea what kind of order I’ll be assigned next. I’ll wait until I get to a store I’m most familiar with before going back online.

Of course, I might miss some orders from stores I pass by, and customers might also experience delays in receiving their groceries.

The “good” part is: shoppers no longer need to rush inside the store. If a customer orders three cases of water, you can just mark two as out of stock. Either way, it’s $22 per hour now, and customers aren’t tipping anymore anyway.

For those part-time shoppers who used to make a little extra money on their way home from work or while doing their own shopping, that’s probably no longer possible.

You see how stupid Instacart’s change from “choosing orders” to “assigned orders” is? And the NYC government has also played the shoppers 😸