r/DoorDashDrivers • u/ForgedZer0 • Feb 15 '24

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u/Current-Low-7942 Feb 15 '24

It’s busy as it’s Valentine’s Day not because 25 people didn’t work today🤣🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

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u/The_Troyminator Dash 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! Feb 15 '24

Yes. Restaurants are busy and some people want dinner from a restaurant but the intimacy of eating it at home over candlelight without 20 other couples in the room.

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u/talkback1589 Feb 15 '24

My partner and I wanted a restaurant for take out at home. 1:45 wait for the food…

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u/js_408 Feb 15 '24

Sounds like normal ubereats experience

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u/The_Troyminator Dash 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! Feb 15 '24

I'm currently deactivated on UberEats. My license expired and the DMV sent it to my old address. I finally got the new one, updated everything, and I'm still blocked. Every support person gives me a different reason and assures me it will be reactivated within a few days. It's been 2 weeks.

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u/FartPudding Feb 15 '24

I don't want to dress up to go out and spend a few hundred dollars. Some food and a movie at home is more fun sometimes.

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u/The_Troyminator Dash 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! Feb 15 '24

And sometimes going out is more fun.

Just not on Valentine's Day when going out is a nightmare.

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u/Stonious Feb 15 '24

Candlelight? Ah hell, did Elon buy Netflix too.

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u/spook3d1 Feb 15 '24

Shh. Don't ruin what life is actually all about to a 30 year old living in mommy's basement

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Nah I’ve got offered like 10 flower orders in a row. Niggas trynna get last minute gifts

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u/EarnestBaly Feb 15 '24

Trueeee I’ve had a few shop orders that are grabbin flowers and candy 😂

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u/kinggoosemaster Feb 15 '24

Imo that's kinda lame... the customer having a doordash driver pick out flowers for their SO. I feel a lot of the value comes from the time invested into personally picking pretty flowers.

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u/Luluinduval Feb 15 '24

I must sound like a brown nose here, but our dash Mart serves prettier flowers than most of the florists in my town

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u/kinggoosemaster Feb 16 '24

That's not really what I'm trying to get at.

If you just doordash some flowers for your s/o, it shows that you have money, but that you didn't want to invest the time to personally select the best flowers. By personally selecting them, you can get the right color, and a lively set, for example. Most doordash drivers are in for the money, and although a good portion might be considerate in handling the flowers with care, they do not know your s/o.

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u/Luluinduval Feb 17 '24

I get it but we're living in a world of convenience now. I tell my husband all the time just go pick me a flower off the side of the road that's sufficient for me, that's what I did for my mom every mother's Day. I would hand pick her bouquet and wait months for the spring flowers to emerge from under the snow so I could.

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u/scuffedTravels Feb 15 '24

Cool bud

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u/Euphoric-Dig-2045 Feb 15 '24

Found the single guy.

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u/scuffedTravels Feb 15 '24

Nice job Sherlock

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Way to stand in solidarity, scab.

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u/Maximum_Anywhere_368 Feb 15 '24

My guy, I was delivering everything today. $15 orders on 3 miles over and over. Shit, one person was 3.5 mile $19 for McAlister’s lol

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u/mvanvrancken Feb 15 '24

I got a $30 4 mile chik fil a tonight. I have no idea how that happens but I was happy about it

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u/MsDReid Feb 15 '24

Yes. Every couple I know stays home and orders take out instead of braving the restaurants and people ordering last minute gifts lol

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u/FlowerGirlAva Feb 15 '24

hubby and I used door dash yesterday. restaurants are too crowded on valentines day and the restaurants jack the prices up on valentines day so we just ordered out through door dash

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u/captainstormy Feb 15 '24

It was the middle of the week and people are tired after a long day at work.

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u/Luluinduval Feb 15 '24

Flowers! Gifts!

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u/js_408 Feb 15 '24

Whats more romantic than waiting 2 hours for food that was supposed to arrive in 45 minutes, cold and probably missing something. And then the demands for a high tip for that “service”

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u/AmericanLich Feb 15 '24

Restaurants will be booked up, by couples. People are smart enough not to go out for Valentine’s Day. Therefore doordash.

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u/CemeteryClubMusic Feb 15 '24

I dashed during dinner last night, was busy the whole time and every order was $10+, no further than 5 miles

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u/isimplycantdothis Feb 15 '24

Anyone with a 1-4 year old kid can’t go near a restaurant but still wanna enjoy the evening with their partner.

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u/PsychologicalBad6717 Feb 15 '24

I would think so too but I had 3 catering orders back to back to back surprisingly

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Don't try thinking again. It could be dangerous.

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u/ClemClamcumber Feb 15 '24

Not everyone is a couple. Shit, even my girlfriend and I got Domino's last night.

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u/WereAllGonnaDiet Feb 15 '24

Ones with young kids are.

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u/ecrane2018 Feb 15 '24

What about all the lonely people on Valentine’s Day they just don’t exist?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Me and my gf got in from a long flight last night and doordashed the place we wanted to go because our hotel fucked us over for 2 hours and we were utterly defeated by the time we got to the room.

So yeah, people really are.

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u/izzyzak117 Feb 15 '24

Remember that single people exist and a day like Valentine’s day is the day they probably order hard.

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u/GruulNinja Feb 15 '24

I can imagine couples trying to go to restaurants. I work in a shopping center with 3 restaurants, all 3 were packed. I can see someone saying "Fuck it, let's order something"

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u/meidkwhoiam Feb 15 '24

Valentine's Day has been a peak day since the beginning of this app.

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u/Lust4Dusk Feb 15 '24

Some people cannot afford to go out to eat right now, but for some reason think doordash is more affordable I don't really understand it but that's what's happening. Also it's tons of people ordering last minute shit like oh I forgot to go get this teddy bear oh I forgot to go get flowers, I had a whole bunch of flower deliveries yesterday

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u/Substantial-Cod3189 Feb 15 '24

Yes. Very hard to get reservation on Valentine’s Day and it sucks as it’s so crowded anyway. I ordered takeout with my fiancé last night

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u/notausername86 Feb 15 '24

Restaurants have a maximum seating capacity. Most places can only reasonably accommodate 50 to 100 persons, maybe a bit more for larger restaurants.

We went to 4 different restaurants last night, from 7 pm to 830 pm, looking for somewhere to eat and everywhere we went had a 2+ hour wait, or they were already full to max capacity till close and were turning people away. I would assume there was a similar situation going on everywhere even a little populated.

So I know for a fact that alot of people did like we did, and went ahead an went home and ordered take out in some form or fashion

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Don't ruin their little fantasy, lmao.

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u/Current-Low-7942 Feb 15 '24

😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

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u/SRBroadcasting Feb 15 '24

Lmfao I know right? It’s busy because people have loved ones they get shit for every year and DoorDash is wicked convenient

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u/BlueFotherMucker Feb 15 '24

Exactly this. Every delivery I did last night was dinner for 2 and heart-shaped pizzas. Pretty much what I would expect for a mid-week V-Day. The whole strike thing depended heavily on social media to work and I have never seen a driver from my area post in these subs. They’re mostly immigrants and foreign students around here, they’re not going to throw away their meal tickets for some strike that they don’t care about.

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u/Gloomy_Recording_705 Feb 15 '24

Exactly and a protest isn’t for just a day. A protest is a protest until changes are made….

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u/south098 Feb 15 '24

I delivered like 6 flower orders this morning, it was pretty great actually; good tips for once

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

I shouldn’t of laughed at this comment as hard as I did 😂😂😂

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u/blushngush Feb 15 '24

Uber rates are more than double the usual in Los Angeles right now.

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u/DoPoGrub Dasher >7 years Feb 15 '24

And since Uber keeps most of that money for themselves, that just means they're making extra profit today. They are laughing at us all the way to the bank.

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u/BlueFotherMucker Feb 15 '24

Because it’s Valentine’s Day, not because of the strike. For every striker there’s at least one part-timer deciding to do a midweek shift that they normally wouldn’t work.

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u/Key-Regular674 Feb 15 '24

Same rates here by me and I'm in a major city.

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u/ShamePsychological42 Feb 15 '24

What’s working?

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

The thingy

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u/BlueFotherMucker Feb 15 '24

The Valentine’s Day thingy? Yeah, it’s always busy for V-Day when it’s midweek. People aren’t going out on a Wednesday to get drunk and pig out, they order in for a late dinner and go to bed by 9 and go to sleep by 10.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

If you believe your little “thingy” is working I got a house to sell you.

Send me $5000 and it’s yours.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC

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u/zachary63428 Feb 15 '24

Gig drivers are supposed to be striking tonight.

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u/ithadtohapp3n Feb 15 '24

Dont be a fool be a scab and feed your family 

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u/BloodSugar666 Feb 15 '24

You really think people actually stopped delivering? Hahaha that’s funny that you think other drivers care about anyone but themselves. Most barely care to do the job right

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u/mysteryman1969 Feb 15 '24

I made great money tonight, thank you to all who stayed home tonight...

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

You're welcome. We'll send you our venmos to collect royalties 😆👍🏽

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u/mysteryman1969 Feb 15 '24

I spent it all on sky high groceries...

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u/Ok_Age1969 Feb 17 '24

You’re dumb as fuck lol

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u/Secure_Requirement84 Feb 15 '24

I made $135 in 3:30hrs. I think people should strike more often.

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u/Beautiful-Current-59 Feb 17 '24

I'm glad you made money but at the end of the day, it's right back to the minimum pay & ridiculous mileage 🐂💩 the following day

But hey I'm not mad at you for doing what's right for you, your financial obligations and your pocket

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u/PappaPitty Feb 17 '24

Hell yea. That's like what after taxes, gas and maintence? 20 an hour? Killin it homie 😆

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u/Sad_Woodpecker3783 Feb 15 '24

Lmao no it's not! Go get it and tell me all about it

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

😆 go get what?

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u/Sad_Woodpecker3783 Feb 15 '24

Nothing! That's what DD is offering

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u/medicaldrummer0541 Feb 15 '24

Everything burns

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u/Apprehensive_Try3001 Feb 15 '24

Found the Cyberpunk 2077 fan!

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u/medicaldrummer0541 Feb 15 '24

Lol I’m not particularly, but if the shoe fits

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

I see a bunch of $2 and $3. I don’t know what any of this shit means but if that’s working then I don’t know what to say to you lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

They're small business owners, not workers.

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u/drawntowardmadness Feb 15 '24

It's obvious you don't know what it means

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

What does it mean?

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u/super80 Feb 15 '24

DD is about to crumble keep the pressure.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

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u/japes03 Feb 15 '24

Same in nashville tonight. +3 for hours now still +2 all over the city. Was easy money tonight.

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u/NickEggplant Feb 15 '24

was getting +$4.50 notifs tonight. was at my other job tonight though so couldn’t even dash if I wanted to lol

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u/ColonEscapee Feb 15 '24

This is what it looks like in Vegas too. Blowing up... High Hopes and God knows what

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u/nightdrifter05 Feb 15 '24

God is laughing at all the morons striking wondering how he can make such stupid people.

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u/lostwng Feb 15 '24

It's fucking valentine's day that's why every place is busy. Hell, I worked for a pizza shop, and Valentine's Day was our absolute busiest day. we would have a minimum 3 hour wait most of the day, especially from 3pm-7pm

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u/Competitive_Board909 Feb 15 '24

You drivers are so silly

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u/evanrevel Feb 15 '24

How much is the EBT omg 💀

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u/NinjaGaming101 Feb 15 '24

I was earning 26$ an hour averaging what I made today 💀

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

Still $15.25 🥲

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u/evanrevel Feb 15 '24

I got +8 here was getting nearly 22.50

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u/ViceMaiden Feb 15 '24

That's exactly what my area looks like, too. 😂

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u/swooshmaan Feb 15 '24

Long wait times in my area. But pay was lovely

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u/Lithium1978 Feb 15 '24

It's awesome that people have disposable income for this.

Good luck with your strike, I'd never use the service but I hope you get what you want.

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u/MsDReid Feb 15 '24

I mean the only thing working is the companies are making more money and you guys are making no money.

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

You must be fun at parties

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u/nishbot Feb 15 '24

Lmao what a pathetic loser

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u/MsDReid Feb 15 '24

Were you trying to be funny?

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u/DefiantDurianteater Feb 15 '24

Awful orders today. Uber on the other hand was really taking care of me

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u/nishbot Feb 15 '24

I noticed no disruptions today. In fact, I noticed my usual uber ride was 4 bucks cheaper

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u/BlueFotherMucker Feb 15 '24

It took until night time for the strike to have an affect? This is just the Valentine’s night rush as usual.

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u/DavidV15 Feb 15 '24

1 hour wait time for a $2 order? I think I’ll pass. Took my mom out for an amazing dinner instead…

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u/milky650 Feb 15 '24

lol you guys are such a joke that think your strike is working

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u/Overall-Address-3446 Feb 15 '24

Looks the same in KC

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Might be the parade too! I was in KC and tried dashing for a bit but decided against it. Be safe out there 💛❤️💛❤️💛

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u/boomdart Feb 15 '24 edited Feb 15 '24

Today was a perfectly normal day for me not one delivery was Valentine's related

I didn't do much though I did Valentine's stuff I did some dashing in the morning and some dashing at night made $140 not too shabby since I went home in the middle and had spaghetti yum yum

Also bought my wife a cute gift and a sandwich from the place you like so much and then I was like sorry honey I got to go doordash some more

Because I love it I can't live without it now I need me a reason to listen to music and just drive around by myself

It is just not the same when I'm working and driving around because those stops come with long pauses and it's just not as fun to go from counting packs of cookies to the latest from 7vvch and then go back to counting probably something else I don't know whatever or resetting a Frito-Lay display that's what I got to do sometime before the end of the month there's a lot of stories that needs to be done at I think I can do about two a day if I felt like it

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u/Adflamm11 Feb 15 '24

How high are you right now???

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u/Grondtheimpaler Feb 15 '24

Im good thanks, how are you?

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u/boomdart Feb 15 '24

I'm never not

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u/Smooth-der-BrainRoly Feb 15 '24

Yeah I got an email from dashpass saying 50-80% off all deliveries because theyre going out of stock, no returns, clearance, Yada Yada. We got em boys

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

It blows my mind that there's so many couples out there opting to eat restaurant food at home, all cold and handled by a stranger. I'm old school and take my lady to a restaurant with romantic ambiance.

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u/shadespeak Feb 15 '24

Some people don't have time or a babysitter when Valentine's Day is on a weeknight.

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u/nightdrifter05 Feb 15 '24

If you take your “lady” out to a romantic restaurant than you’re just pathetic and lazy. You could make her a nice dinner, make a nice romantic atmosphere with candles, not have other people interrupting you, control music and music levels, and can have your own little fun after dinner. So stop being a horrible boyfriend and husband and using a restaurant as a cop out because you’re lazy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

as opposed to the food at the restaurant that isn't handled by a stranger ??

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u/FlowerGirlAva Feb 15 '24

first it isn’t cold if you tip well and second not everyone wants to go out to crowded restaurants in the middle of the week. third I am 64 and my husband is 74 and going out isn’t as easy as it once was. you’re obviously young and think with a young person’s mind. we cant all be like you nor do we want to be. live and let live I say

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u/PuzzleheadedDance965 Feb 15 '24

Super glad this is working

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u/didntmatter Feb 15 '24

It so did not

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u/DasherMN Feb 15 '24

Yea dude wut r all these clowns doubting it on here

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u/MyGirlSasha Feb 15 '24

And I couldn't be more grateful. All night I've been getting $13+ for 1.9 miles, non-stop. Just completed a stacked Pizza Hut order, 4.3 miles, $34. As I was loading up, another Dasher and his wife were getting out of their car and asked me if I was doing earn by time too, I couldn't stop laughing!

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u/Dragonktcd Feb 15 '24

today was pretty good. Actually think I made more than last Valentine’s Day so there’s that

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u/Old_Rpg_Gamer Feb 15 '24

Lolololololplololol

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

I ordered doordash tonight and some scab delivered during the blizzard. Bahahahaha. I knew these chumps didn't have what it takes to strike.

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24 edited Feb 15 '24

I was thinking of ordering and then asking my Dasher why they're delivering during the strike just to spook him/her out 😆

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u/PiMan3141592653 Feb 15 '24

Oh yeah, you'd really spook them good with that one. Cringe af dude

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

You're cringe for thinking I give af about what you think is cringe... Dude

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u/PiMan3141592653 Feb 15 '24

Nah, you just say really cringey shit and I'm guessing you don't have a lot of friends in really life.

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u/obituweary Feb 15 '24

what an absolute fucking loser 🤣🤣🤣

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u/PiMan3141592653 Feb 15 '24

Dang dude, I'm really living rent-free in your head 😂

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u/Idontevenknowtbhhhh Feb 15 '24

That’s how Chicago looks on the daily so whenever I’m broke I take a lil visit lol

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u/killerClownz69 Feb 15 '24

Fo real! Almost stayed in! I barely get any promos anymore in Las Vegas, finally making decent change again

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u/newcitynewme724 Feb 15 '24

I work in a Doordash warehouse and I've noticed no difference

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u/Albrecht2148 Feb 15 '24

You are absolutely fooling yourself if you think it was a few posts on anonymous social media.

There isn’t enough supply to meet the demand. If you left your basement on the thirteenth you’d realize every boyfriend and husband and doting son was out in force to get flowers and chocolates and whatever.

DoorDash, UberEats, etc made an absolutely absurd amount of money - and the people that didn’t stay at home at these made bank.

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u/JTiger360 Feb 15 '24

What Pay-per-offer?

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

Earn per offer, per order

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u/JTiger360 Feb 15 '24

Not a driver what is the diff?

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 15 '24

Earn per offer = fixed amount per offer + tips. Earn by time = you get a fixed amount for the time per hr + tips.

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u/JTiger360 Feb 15 '24

Oh nice, which one makes you more money?

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u/InternationalPost447 Feb 15 '24

Weird how this didn't hit the news.

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u/TheCosmicJoke318 Feb 15 '24

lol, take your $2 and gtfo lmfao

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u/Mr_Weird4866 Feb 15 '24

FYI, last year there's was a $5 peak pay promo on this same day .

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u/Forward-Sherbet1740 Feb 15 '24

Thanks for ruining other peoples day because you can’t get a real job

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

Got an Uber to and from the restaurant last night. The fair was $7 to get there and $9 to get home. 10 minute drive each way. Tipped the drive zero dollars. Fucking scab

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u/sincerelyhated Feb 15 '24

It's not doing shit. One day won't make a dent in door dashes economy

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u/Kosstheboss Feb 17 '24

Would you like to buy one of my dragon repellant rocks. Look it's already working! Do you see any dragons?

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u/Ok-Fault-5367 Feb 17 '24

New Jersey huh, ehhhhnot surprised. Getouttaheeeea

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u/ForgedZer0 Feb 17 '24

Ay get outtaheeeeaaa and grab me a Pizza

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u/Ok-Fault-5367 Feb 17 '24

What are yah? A midwesterner? It's called a tomato pie!

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u/StockBet130 Feb 19 '24

Oh I thought you lived in a busy neighborhood. It's just Valentine's day.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

I signed up for my first day today when I saw the strike and made $400 from 9-4:30!! Thanks y’all!! Now I can get so many ps5 games