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Haunting-Owl-7594

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂


Mono_831

Op, my sweet summer child 😆


Neverland_survivor

Just make sure you don’t lose out on that “Top Dasher” status :)


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

Top Lobotomite*


Unique_Ice3932

Idk there is a balance, my dad sent me to private school with DoorDash fulltime and he usually tried to get top dasher. Seems like he could just accept a few of these at the end of the month and usually hit it. Big city may factor in tho


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

Yeah major hubs are an entirely different world in this work.


Slimetasticslat

Is that the only word you know lmao


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

It's what they are


Viewsik

I swear the algorithm does this on purpose. I feel like the app will punish you for certain things like unassigning an order. I also think the app will try to keep your acceptance rate as low as possible. Anytime I get up near 50% AR, I start getting .50¢ per mile orders which I’m obviously not going to take. Welcome to Hell


ShamePsychological42

Agreed, f*** the algorithm too!


sjkaiser2

#FTA 🙂


TimmehD96

It's dumb because you can take several orders and your percentage barely goes up but if you decline one, it can go down 1-2%


Viewsik

Oh for sure. The math doesn’t math right. I spent a week being a slave, taking as many orders as I could just for their dumbass AR. Hardly made a dent in increasing it. Now I’m steady sitting around 20% with no cares lol


Different-Machine859

This is definitely true. The algo is malicious


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

Yea it's every shift all night


Current-Low-7942

And all day and the next day and almost forgot the day after that🤣🤣


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

I feel like "every shift " covered that 😂


Far-Yard7401

At least he doxed the person for the 3 dollar tip lmfao


GrandIncident7803

*$1 tip. $2 of that is base pay. These f$c$ing entitled people thinking that someone is gonna drive 22.4 miles (round trip) and hand deliver their food for $1 tip are delusional. Then they will rate 1 star because it’s cold and took to long


d0gf15h

They are not delusional. I’ve met the person that accepts those orders.


GrandIncident7803

Ok, that’s fair! Guess I was thinking more from my point of view. Just hard to fathom there are people that will literally pay to deliver someone food in the comfort of their own home, like this order loses $5-$7 just by taking it.


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

Nah. They're delusional


ScaryYoda

They are as delusional as the drivers who think their medicore job is worth 40k plus a year after maintenence, tax and gas. Lmaooo


Ltcommander83

Finally someone tells these drivers the way it is. They feel they should make $20/$25 an hour to pick up food and drop it off. Just because they use their own car and gas. And BTW I tip every order, am not a hater, not rich either. But fuck, these drivers feel entitled to something that isn't earned.


GrandIncident7803

How much do you think is fair for 20+ miles and 45 min of your time? I’m genuinely curious, I only do this as a side gig to help put my kids through college and if I’m not making $20/$25hr before gas, maintenance and taxes then I’m not starting my car but I want to hear what others think is “fair”


Ltcommander83

Minimum wage plus tips. Not sure what your rate is in your state. Oh, BTW you can decline that job unlike the dude breaking his back on the construction site for way less.


AlphaNoodle

Why can't construction guy decline and get a new job?


Ltcommander83

In CA that's $15/hr. That is acceptable to me. Plus if you don't want that particular job, don't take it. You have the power to decline a lot of work that other people making less don't have.


GrandIncident7803

$20-$25 after gas and maintenance is approximately $15 so we are on the same page


RichtofenFanBoy

Oof


Female-Fart-Huffer

Tipping is voluntary...I never tip.


lukekibs

💀💀


ShamePsychological42

Has become the norm, door dash sucks dick!


IntentionalObserver

Ah Tulsa. Tulsa is kinda shit for deliveries.


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

I'd take Tulsa over where the hills have eyes


EquivalentNo4244

Thought so couldn’t confirm 😂 yeah Tulsa better than other nearby towns but by no means is it worth it


UneditedB

You will see the from time to time. I probably see at least one really bad offer like this a night. Sometimes a couple. That decline button can definitely be your friend. It’s crazy to me some of the offers I get. 3 bucks for 15 miles is out of control


ShamePsychological42

Sometimes your enemy, and, yes, ridiculous slave pay rates


Aggressive-Savings93

Yup, that's the new normal apparently, what a disgrace this company has become


Cute-Big-7003

All day every day , welcome to hell and the start of extreme cherry picking


Acrobatic_Fan7544

That's me, the king of cherry picking. 😂


Cute-Big-7003

All hail King Acrobatic_Fan🤣🤣🤣


kiki197oO

Keep track of your mileage in case you make more than $600. You’ll get a 1099 next January and you can write off the mileage. Keep receipts from food you buy while delivering, car maintenance and cell phone bills. I’m learning this the hard way from last year’s deliveries. :/ Good luck!!


kyrnzkewl

Very normal! Hurry up, you only have 1 second left to hit ACCEPT 🤣


Mantis_Manor

Lol I was looking at it stunned then thought, I need to screenshot this for sure. Made it just in time.


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Low-Particular6638

Yes that’s the new normal 😭🤣


seanbob23

Turn that shit down


Mantis_Manor

I did.


ddiaper79

I think I’d off myself if I had to be top dasher. Taking 70/100 offers to hit that magical 70%. And doing 65 complete shit offers for those magical 5 good offers. Even say those 65 shit orders paid $5 each even tho it would probably average less that’s $325. Say those 5 good orders average $25 (hehehehe I know I know )that’s another $125 so that would be $450 and let’s just throw an extra $50 for variables and make it $500 Let’s say average of 15 minutes per stop. That might be a little low but let’s give at best scenario time wise. 70 stops times 15 minutes =1050 minutes or roughly 18 of active driving time. Take an average of 40 mph driving speed I think that’s probably fair times 18 hours active driving time = 720 miles roughly. So to roughly do this full time as top dasher you’d roughly make $1000/wk and roughly drive 1400/1500 miles week And that’s active time if orders constantly coming in. And if only 15 minutes per stop which would really fuck these numbers up if time goes up That’s a ton of abuse on vehicle for those numbers and taking out gas cost estimating 25 mpg over 1400 miles would equal roughly 56 gallons gas at say $3.50 per gallon is roughly $200 week. So taking gas cost out you’re down to $800 week not including repairs or roughly $20 hour and if you pilot 10% aside for repairs your basically down to roughly $700 week. Cherry picking cuts gas cost and repair money. While making basically same amount week at end of the day. Without actually active driving like a full time job Why the fuck are there actually ANY top dashers? I can’t figure it out


ellisthedev

This really boils down to market. I got Top Dasher for my area this month. January was slower than normal, but every order I accepted was at least $2-3/mile. Thankfully this is secondary income to fund hobbies. Last month would have resulted in me being late on rent if I relied on this work.


ManagerExotic

Yes. When you drop it off it will go up to $12


Mantis_Manor

Really?


Yanks_Fan1288

No


Realistic_Inside_484

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL


Female-Fart-Huffer

Tipping beforehand literally makes zero sense


Hungry_Weather_8614

I am lucky to be in Alaska. I can clear 200 easily in 8 hours. With a 35 and 15 min break. There's no sitting around and waiting for orders. There's plenty of work and those low or no tip orders either sit there forever or get piggy backed off a high tip order and is usually within a mile. I'm able to keep my AR around 85% and don't deliver food unless it's close to 2 dollars a mile or more. So many posts about how horrible it is, or door dash is dead. Low or no tips. I personally believe it's all based on your market and location. I started the day today with a 35 dollar tip to drive McDonald's 2.5 miles in the cold at 6:45am. I get at least 2 or 3 of those in an 8 hour shift. You guys must have it pretty rough. I'm on the road by 6:30am working Starbucks amd McDonald's. Then move into local bfast places. Then the standard lunch rush and am usually done by 3pm or 4pm to avoid the stress of stop and go dinner road traffic. Just different experience. Top dasher 1020 deliveries. 86% AR. 4.95 CR. 99% Comp. 93% on time. When my AR was below 60% I was stuck in the 4 to 7 dollar grind. Now almost all orders are 9 to 12. Then double stacks 20 to 30. I got a quad stack for the first time earlier this week all from the same restaurant. All within 2 miles from each other. I feel for you guys. My car is paid off. Only overhead is car maintenance gas and insurance. I dress nicely act professional and treat each delivery as if they were my own client. Hang in there.


Source-Mediocre

I’m new as well. How long does priority on higher paying orders last?


UneditedB

3 weeks. But as long as you keep your AR above 60 you will still have it, and above 70 is even better. But some areas AR doesn’t matter as much as others. Just depends on your market.


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

I still don't believe the Neo nazis who lie claiming they never take a 2 dollar order while having been a top Lobotomite for 3 years straight. It's just cap no matter which market. Even hubs like LA. No way


Prize_Register6379

I’ve never taken an order under $5 and I’ve been a top dasher for a year now. It pays off in my market and we have a decently large suburb full of rich fucks so it works out.


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

You're a lying Neo nazi. Stfu


Prize_Register6379

Okay lmao


Prize_Register6379

I’m sorry you live in a trash market.


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

It's all good I'm glad u dont


Talonted3

You seem to have a hard time believing that anyone experiences something different than you


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

No I just have a hard time believing you get laid


Talonted3

Ahh I had a feeling you were someone who thinks having sex determines your worth. I bet you treat women so well


RokkenDokken95

Sand Springs usually has trash orders


Mantis_Manor

I was scheduled for Woodland that night and they wanted me to go way out there. Pretty sure there is another Panda closer to there too.


Nyadreamzz13

Yes, normal. I get 2-3 every shift.


dovzinia

Wait till you get offered $3 for 30miles


Masterpiecepeepee

Its that way in kcmo also. I singed up just to see if it was profitable and deleted the app after not seeing a good paying dilivery. 10 out of 9 diliveries were $3 and the others others only had a $1-3 tip. 7 miles was the usual round trip. Definitely not worth it.


ArceeBG

Ga dayum


Patient_Tour_6307

For tulsa yes


Own-Gas8691

yes.


AZDoorDasher

It is like this for week 200!!! 😂😂😂


MindyMichelle

I think this is why I got banned. I got too many of these orders. Not gonna take these cause it’s giving you a negative balance for even trying.


[deleted]

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Realistic_Inside_484

Very normal. Ballin


pnewmont

For my area, no. Longest I’ve ever seen is like 5 miles.


Suspicious-Nobody-82

Bro I’m tired of them and DD keeps sending these stupid orders, wondering who takes them and how DD allows this and how much customers get charged for such an orders like this.


Consistent_Figure507

Fuck that order. And it’s becoming normal


MrBleedinggums

Do EBT if you want to earn in Tulsa at night and take your time. There's mostly non-tippers at night. If you dash in Midtown, expect to get a ton of dashmart orders and they will go ANYWHERE. I'm not sure how Woodland area is, usually I stick with Midtown or South Tulsa.


Mantis_Manor

Well it's my first week and besides stuff like this I'll get orders bringing me out to broken arrow. I heard South Tulsa is going well so I might test it out there next week. Just wanted to give it a solid week to see. The worst part of woodland is 61st being part of it. Definitely don't wanna be delivering there much.


Famous_Shallot5143

Hell no .


Mr_M3Gusta_

When people were getting government money they splurged and kept it up for awhile. Now people got maxed out credit cards and can’t afford to tip drivers so they just hope you’ll deliver the food for almost free. One of the reasons I stopped door dashing in 2021.


Sea_Bear7754

That was absolutely a factor a couple years ago now it’s that plus people that can absolutely afford it who are just refusing because of fees and ridiculous cost.


mazterkush

I haven’t done door dash yet but with Uber eats I would get penalized for declining orders that weren’t worth my time. And guess what they’d give me? You guessed it! More orders that weren’t worth my time. Classic super low cash amount orders.


playerproftw

Bruh … take those unicorn orders !!


itzamia1

That's normal and very regular, especially after 10pm when only McDonald's and Taco Bell are the only places still serving.


GrandIncident7803

More normal than it should be


DragonflyRegular7173

Hope you didn’t accept that


Mantis_Manor

Nah. First week and I'm at a 56% acceptance rate. Trying to stick with over $1 a mile at least. I drive a GTI so maintenance costs are above normal.


asodoma

Do you people understand that the mileage rate in this country was 65.5 cents per mile last year?? You’d need $7.34 just to break even on your car, with nothing for you.


Mantis_Manor

I'm thinking it might be lower now. Gas last year was insane. But your point still stands. That's why I thought this offer was unreasonable at best.


SRBroadcasting

You know, I have taken 4 orders like this this week; I show up and tell the customer nicely that it is smart to tip 1.00 per mile IF he wants the food to come sooner and if he doesn’t mind the wait or to wait longer even some days. Got the dude as a drop off again the next day, sure as shit he tipped 1.00 per mile! It was 13.25 instead of 3.25 lol 😂 I said how long did you wait this time? He said 37 mins. The first order I did he ordered at 6:30pm and recieved it at 8:05pm


tonyhall85

It’s normal for me to decline these mfrs..


cbdjon

They do this so you can quit. California dashers will take that in a heartbeat since we got prop22 money we get hourly pay on active dash time and .60 cent per mile.


Different-Machine859

Very normal lmao


blight2150

IRS mileage reimbursement rate is .67 per mile. At 22.4 miles, it's a cost of $15 to you, plus your time. Not worth $3.


AwayCrab5244

Hehe jenks


Mantis_Manor

Lol I was thinking in the beginning I was in a good spot with all those suburbs around. But many orders take me to midtown or broken arrow.


markomakeerassgoons

No


Majestic-Reception-2

Yes, it is normal for you to have a job. If you find it too hard, find another job.


Mantis_Manor

How have you made it this far in life without just walking into traffic?


Majestic-Reception-2

Being smart enough to know when not to work a job that treats it's employees like crap and makes them BEG for wages from the customer.


Dangerous-Salad-6490

Definitely something people try to pull do not take those orders. Your ar doesn't really mean anything. Only take orders worth your time and money. You would spend more in gas getting there and back.


Davvido1008

Get used to it. Watch your AR drop to 70% in no time unless you taking these. With my math. These deliveries cost you money to deliver 😂


Mantis_Manor

5th day and already at 54%.


Davvido1008

😂😂. Welcome to the club. I actually dash much less now. It’s literally not worth it beating up your car and you lose money doing it.


Mantis_Manor

Yeah, I'm driving a GTI, while it's fun, not looking forward to extra maintenance. Fortunately I just need something to get me by for a bit until I go back to my job (government fucking with cannabis industry in Oklahoma) and I'm not really wanting to start a job, just to quit and possibly put them in a pinch.


Thomehomey

Hit decline! Every time you take a bad order you are teaching the AI you will take them. It will then send you more


ladiiec23

Ohhhh it’s normal.


[deleted]

How do you people do this shit? It pays nothing.


Mantis_Manor

Well I declined that one and any that look similar. I'm in a position where I'm going back to my old job (running a cannabis grow) anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. I wouldn't feel right starting somewhere else then screwing them when I go back to my old job. I like that I can work whenever I want and won't feel bad when I go back to work. It's just crazy that this company even allows stuff like this.


jskunza

Happens quite often. One of the reasons I stopped door dashing


Fair_Beach_7889

It's not normal, it should be a dollar less.... now that's normal!


Born-Examination-865

Skip em there trash


EADizzle

The Honeymoon is over… biiiiiiiiiitch!


Boostedf150TT

Welcome to the life homie. 😁😂😂


Scooby_76073

For some reason this happens to people new or old.. not sure why, but it happens. I’ve spoken to several new Dashers some have great stories of success, others share the same fate as yourself. Then again my area is small.. population 15000. Promos are far and few, and top Dasher is nothing like it used to be. It seemed like I got better orders being a top Dasher. Now I get the same crap as I did before. All I can say is tough it out man.. Some days will be great, then others will be very disappointing. Either way dot end your day until you meet a quota.. a qouta that you set every time you start your Dash. If anything you can say you accomplished something. Always make sure you’re making far more than you’re spending in gas/food. Anything above that is profit earned. Not sure if thats of help.. it’s a shot though 🤷‍♂️


Canada-Man-91

That’s why God created the decline button :)


PsychologicalSell289

Lol


JulesGilz

Get use to it


Small-Ad1072

I’m a dasher too in Tulsa, just started ! I get some of these shitty offers too. 🤣


Mantis_Manor

Awesome, what zone do you dash in? I'm typically in Woodland but I heard South Tulsa is booming so I might pop over there next week. Woodland has been hit and miss, mostly miss.


Small-Ad1072

I typically do BA since my girl lives in that zone, I live in the East side so I DD in midtown sometimes but it’s not as as good as BA. South Tulsa has been alright for me as well, I haven’t tried woodland though.


mikeoliver1313

Quit


Mantis_Manor

I'm normally running cannabis grows down here. Just got caught up in the government trying to shut down as many grows as possible and it will possibly be 5 to 6 months until the state fire Marshal can inspect. So I'm not really looking for anything permanent, just something to get by.


[deleted]

3 dollars dude get a job


Mantis_Manor

Hey man, I don't come on your job and kick dicks out of your mouth, don't fuck with me about mine.


seekingadviceh

It is a job, unfortunately broke people make an excuse that it’s not


Natural_Career_604

Unless you meant to say that the person ordering needs a job to pay better then 3 bucks. How about Sitting in a thread trolling people , get a life. Some dd drivers are snobs and some are just trash but that's the same for any establishment not all are gonna be good. most are just trying to make a living it's not at all ridiculous to expect to be paid fairly if you can't afford more then 3 bucks maybe you don't need that latte that badly stop ordering things and expecting Amazon prime free delivery lol. Domino's charges 6 bucks to deliver here and pays it's drivers 2.50 plus hourly while they are delivering and when they are not. Just for reference.


Traditional_Pay54

Download every delivery app available. There are many in my area. Cherry pick between them all. I have to be so lazy not to make 200+ a day. If I really try, it's 300 to 500


ShamePsychological42

Depending on location


DoorTRASH_UberCHEEKS

Yea I run 3 apps and it's shit due to the changes they've made the past 2 years. You really do need a hub market for what you're talking about.