This is why i write paragraphs about the issues with DD. If they get ahead of it the driver fatigue goes away. Doordash is inept. Poorly managed. They need to stop stacking orders on top of good tippers. They need to have a tip threshold that prioritizes them in the backend. Their food dies and they tip good. And they gotta stare at the driver waiting at the no tippers place while their food dies.
I started DD and UE full time in January 2023, approaching 5000 deliveries. I enjoy getting good orders and helping appreciative and grateful customers. I enjoy staying busy. I don’t enjoy bad orders, bad tippers and long waits between orders. I do like the flexibility of gig work and will probably do it for the foreseeable future. Being able to start when I want and not work when I want is kinda awesome, never having to call in sick or make excuses when I’m just not feeling it is great.
Im retired. This is vacation money. When it's bad I just stop and walk the dog. I only want good offers.. I look at younger and healthy gig workers and I wonder how you could do this for income you actually need. This sucks. . For food apps I only do a couple a week. Do other gigs and many times I'll stop and listen to a ball game instead of accepting.
Today I only did 3 deliveries, which is my usual amount, but it was a bad day for me. $15.20 and one order didn’t even tip. I’m sorry it is wearing you down. Your videos make me smile. 😊
12:34 I absolutely 100% agree with you. One thing I never considered when I started doing DoorDash was that I would be spending an ungodly amount of time by myself in my car talking to nobody in wall. The most interaction I get is maybe with one or two other DoorDash drivers each night at a restaurant while waiting for an order except that one time at Taco Bell when there was like 10 DoorDash drivers waiting for orders and we were there for like 40 minutes each yeah when the biggest interaction you get with people each day is high. I’m here to pick up an order for doorDash. It does get lonely, and you realize how much ungodly amount of time you spend by yourself and the one thing I realize is that when I used to drive, I would always play music in my car and it would take me a few minutes to get wherever I was going and that would be it but after a while music just doesn’t cut and you gotta find ways to keep yourself entertained while you’re driving around completing the orders that’s the biggest thing I found out while doing DoorDash is trying to figure out how to keep myself entertained while sitting in my car driving around town all night.
Podcast or audible ? I have a book and my planner in my Gig bag …. Only place I can read in peace while waiting for orders 😂…. Love dashing when kids are at school or a sleepover
Since 2018. Took off 1.5 years for Covid. Gig work saved my life. Single parent for the past 14 years. Two children. I’ve driven my children from the east coast to the west coast this year. I rent a house, have a nice car. All because of gig work. DoorDash, Uber, Lyft, and DeliverThat. My market is great when college is in.
I’ve been busting my butt to keep platinum but I met a dasher yesterday that has a ar of 52% and she made better than I did. Starting to think Platinum isn’t worth it anymore
LOL .... The AR rating system is just a "head game" used by DD to make drivers TAKE ANY & EVERYTHING, no matter how "low" the pay is ...... IGNORE the rating crap & just work !!!
I was a witness to a road rage/bicycle accident involving a fire chief who had a verbal assault going, then proceeded to run the bicyclist over with his oversize pick up truck, then got out of his truck push the bicyclist down twice, then the scene, arrested soon after, and I spent about an hour as well. My video got 14,000 comments and 55,000 views on TH-cam in the Tampabay Times, he pleaded guilty, Paid a fine to the bicyclist He’s and some other stuff, but there is a civil suit coming too. This happened all well DoorDashing
What’s addicting is the freedom. Wake up when I want to Go to bed when I want to come home when I want. No boss. No idiot coworkers. IF ONLY IT PAID WHAT IT SHOULD. Drivers have ALL THE POWER but they won’t unite. Without drivers these companies won’t exist.
i quit full time gig after 3 months. It aint it. now i got a career job that i love doing. my car is not racking up miles and i got a steady paycheck. work doesn't feel like work. lifes good.
Bro I feel your pain! DoorDash has gotten bad over the years… used to get get orders and not many miles i had to go! I could do 100 in like 2 hours! Now I get lots of shit 2 3 dollar orders and have to keep declining until I get a good order which is why my AR is like 17%.. I cherry pick the shit outta orders and it’s annoying to wait for a decent order… I run multiple apps that’s the best way to do it
Went out dashing the other night had to call it a quits for the evening, when my AR started taking a huge hit and started dropping like flies. In 40 minutes every order was upside down like $3.50 for 7 miles or $10 for 14 miles. I ended up turning on uber for a decent night. I wish there was a way to know when DoorDash couldn’t afford to pay Dashers to make a profitable delivery, so that I just didn’t waste my time or AR going out. Occasionally I’ll just want to get out of the house and go somewhere, so on those nights I don’t mind losing money if it gets me to my destination anyway.
Ive been doing doordash for almost 5 years partime along with a partime job first 3 years only when i felt like it but last 2 years 15 hours a week it used to be so good until they lowered base pay, less tips and market saturation. Im totally burned out on it i dont enjoy it anymore. Its called gig work but with this stupid tier bs its like they want you to be an employee, im just trying to pay off a couple credit cards and im taking a major scale back from dashing
I received (& declined) the absolute worst shopping order possible... $13 to shop 48 items & drive 12 miles in crime-ridden Baltimore. Total garbage offer
I've seen two pre shopped Albertsons pickups that aren't eligible for tips stacked together so it was $3.50 to deliver 96 items. I've never laughed so hard while declining.
I’ve had that with a second stop for a food delivery to go with it. I thought Instacart was getting bad with the pay. Who is taking a 2 hour shop for 5$?
I’m doing mostly GH full time and filling in gaps with DoorTrash. There aren’t any jobs. Sure the job apps are full but it’s all crap that needs degrees or certs like nurse, or management plus I’m 60 so that doesn’t help either.
Been dashing and only DoorDash for about 4.5 years, about 4 K deliveries. I was in the business world and owned my own business for about 45 years and retired as soon as I could. I dash for play money for my hobbies and classic car, could stop tomorrow if I wanted. I have posted before about keeping active, helping people etc but do not think I could do this as my primary income, too many uncertainties on income and deactivation, would have to get a job at that point. With AI and all the technology it’s only a matter of time. And the frustration on some orders when you pick up at a nice restaurant and then deliver to some shithole and then no tip is very demoralizing. I ask myself why sometimes and have a hard time getting motivated any more.
The "funk" is normal for us all. I call it "decompression time" and usually make it out the other end feeling much better. Embrace the grind! If you are ever heading through Phoenix, hit me up and I'll buy you a drink.
I've been doing gig apps for a long time and I'm so burnt out on it... I'll be moving in 2 weeks and I'm not going to be doing it very much anymore. Time for a change
Thing is, it really does make more sense to have a seasoned knowledgeable dasher delivering. The newbies can't help that they don't know how to resolve conflict. There is literally no training to start dashing. DD should be ashamed pushing the nonsense on drivers that have thousands of deliveries.
Doin it for 4.5 years…10k deliveries… I do it full time, wife has good job with bennies, allows me to do this when I want, never have to ask for time off, vacations, sick days, can go hunting and fishing whenever I want, etc… Yes !! Sometimes it’s a pain in the ass, but what job out there isn’t punching a clock 9-5. This is freedom ! DD pays me to drive a fun car, listen to jams, & all I do is run errands for people. what your “traditional” job has to offer ?? PRISON !! Sometimes all you need is a breather. Best gig I ever had, I’m 57 years old.
It’s been so fucking brutal these past 2 weeks. All this stories of smaller market areas barely seeing orders and when they do they’re awful, are hitting all other markets big or small. It’s atrocious. I’ll be done doing this soon, just not worth it anymore and anyone who try’s to justify it is just lying to themselves
Hi, Charlie. I know it's been a minute since you've posted this but I usually don't comment too much. I just love to laugh at your videos.In your satire in your sarcasm. But you are correct, most of us. Gig workers are pretty lonely and is one of the.Reasons why I came to youtube and found you a long time ago. There's just not much more I can do or say about youtube, so I have been trying to find friends and I have found a great handful and we get together from time to time and craft. We are always here for you, charlie.I'll try to come in more often like I used to. ❤❤❤.... i have gone restaurant to restaurant a couple times. 😅 my weirdest drop off was dropping it in front of a tire in front of somebody's car😂😂
Still pays my bills down here in Illinois. It’s always busy in my area. My house is located directly in a hot spot everyday too so that’s nice. I’ve been a full time dasher for 3 years now. Still going strong here. I always have extra spending money. I never have a worry about small emergencies. Like the other week my dumb ass was being stupid 😂. I ran over a curb turning around and blew my tire out. Got out, changed it right there on the road with the spare, and drove straight to walmart to get another one lol. Life’s been a lot less stressful for me since I decided to just completely disassociate with w2 work. Anyway, I agree with that statement. As I get older.. I swear I have less and less patience. It’s like I go to bed and wake up with less and less patience everyday haha.
I've been doing DoorDash and UE for 7 years and I love it. However I just can't make money anymore. I live in one of the biggest markets in the country and we are so oversaturated with drivers and the lack of orders the map is always gray never turns pink let alone red or burgundy. Not even on a Saturday night do I see "Busy". I spend more time watching TH-cam videos sitting in the McDonald's parking lot waiting, then delivering. Sending love from Los Angeles 💜💛
I don’t drive anymore . I did for 2 years .. towards the end was the most mental and penny pinching 🤏 time I’ve ever had doing gig work … this economy STINKS💀
I have a clip from my dash cam, it was pouring rain and this dude was driving 90+ mph and one part of the bridge gives you a small bounce when you go over it. The guy spun out and slammed into the concrete rail on the right.
I saw nearly the excat type of crash right in front of me while dashing about 2 months ago, but it a bit more violent, the suv was doing 45-50 mph and a car turned right into his path, the car spun like a top and smacked into a steel street pole. Was wild, I immediately called 911
I only started DD, Uber Eats, Grubhub and Instacart because I cannot land a W2 or permanent job. Been doing it full-time since December 2023. Complete almost 3,000 deliveries on DD. I hate the trash orders!
One app is not enough. Started 12/26/23 on Doordash In Lincoln, NE. Now I do 6 full time. Love the flexibility as a parent and I just enjoy the work. Probably mainly cause its new to me. Making more than I was full time at UNL.
Yes I was a witness to an accident while doing a Door Dash....I was in the mid of a Micky D's delivery and the food was getting cold. I had to beg the kind officer if I could leave my info and go deliver the withering chicken sandwich to a hungry state worker who probably already hated the world. Maybe he got saved, asked his girlfriend to marry him. I don't know but the quarter pounder meal deal sure smelled great in my car for over an hour.
I did doordash and spark for 5 years, was suppose to just be a temp thing. I feel its time to switch to part time, its not like it use to be thats for sure
A Funk Yesss! that's exactly the word for door dash , last 3 day's for sure. and its a downer, especially if you're depending on making a certain amount of cash.
@@justhomas83 I used to get large orders from the large order program at least two a day. I get none now haven’t for the past seven months and my acceptance rate and completion percentage have not changed.
You work harder than most Charlie. We all need that much needed break to retain our sanity! All the LOVE. The only breaks I ever took were because of injuries. Being forced to take 2-3yrs off with little, and 2x no compensation, can send ya over the edge. I always loved being a Delivery Driver of some sort. One too many "raw deals," can bring you to a point of becoming unlike what you ever dreamed of.. Solely due to stress. Being a loner all those 40yrs, honestly, wasn't worth it!
7,000 trips/deliveries, witnessed at least 1 fender bender that I can remember since gig apping, been a part of at least 5 since I started delivering for restaurants over 20 years ago, lol, but been a part of 3 accidents since started delivering for gig apps; my most recent just happening 4 days ago, actually! A vehicle turned into my lane and side swiped me. Witnessed at least 5 or 6 over the 20 years though.
Hi Charlie! I was wondering what you've been up to in NE, I thought you would be dashing for us. But I get it, and yes Funk(s) is a great word! I'm kinda in my own funk right now trying to sell my condo and move on with life. Not the best time to sell, but I need to feel like I'm moving forward, so putting it on the market is step 1. I know I've mentioned this before, but you really should look into getting some kind of tech job working from home or hybrid if you want to meet new people. You are really good at it. For me, while I would enjoy good company, a good conversation or debate, I think spending a good amount of time alone is best. These days it's hard to trust people, so I'd rather sit it out, at least for now. Btw, lmao with your tripping up the stairs comment, that was priceless. 🤣 Missed ya' buddy, hope you find what makes you happy sooner rather than later. 🥰
I did this during the pandemic and was averaging $1,250/week on only 2 tanks of gas. Did this because I wanted to move across the country and hike for months 😂😂 it's worth it as long as you have a plan to get back to a W2 so i wouldn't knock it
Oh how I miss Nebraska! My mother was born and raised there. when she was alive, I used to spend a couple weeks a year Visiting. It definitely is the good life.
I’ve done DD since 2017. GH 2018. Did Uber rideshare starting in 2015 and Lyft a year later. Added most every other app available since 2018. Crazy thing is I did Pizza Hut 15 years and Domino’s 8 years before gig work. It’s all I’ve done since 16. I do other stuff now, but still full time with food delivery. Would love to get it to part time and eventually minimized. I feel your pain.
Thinking about doing DD, all the high paying factory jobs in North West AR are overrun with illegal immigrants from Mexico and you have to speak Spanish here
12 bucks an hour? Yikes! I thought only my market was garbage lately. Hopefully the winter weather changes things although it’s 85 degrees in October so there’s that! Frustrating to say the least.
I've done two years of Uber Eats and Door Dash so far. Before that I did eight years of Family Dollar. I don't know how I made it that long there. I need therapy too. 😂
I've been doing this for about a year now, still enjoying it but have those days for sure. You're right, we aren't meant to be alone. Never did restaurant to restaurant but definitely restaurant to store. Have seen plenty of car wrecks but never during gig work. 😅
The app does not send drivers with ontime arrival with ready orders. Dd is not pairin orders by driver ar or completion and merchant timely Ness. Is just sending closest offer. If a merchant marks to soon call support. If order is far with low bass call ask for central pay
Doordash tells you straight up on by time you gonna make $13/hr. If you not at very least $25+/hr to sustain operating costs. This number varies depending on where you live. But nowhere is 13hr gonna do it.
In my experience as a bike dasher I’ve noticed this is usually done to drivers. I’ve only had one ten mile order in two years. If you were going to dash all day, I’ve would’ve earned by time so you got hourly wages for the time you spent dashing
I Dash in Long Island New York which is basically the suburbs. Seen tons of accidents, including one that nobody probably nobody walked away from. It’s pretty much either highway or two lane roads with a 55 mph speed limit which nobody obeys. So yeah if you’re in a crash 💥 you are basically toast. I haven’t dashed in like one month. I beat up my car so badly doing DD that I need a new car 🚗. Looking at a Toyota Corolla. I know you just got a Camry. Good luck.
You're right. Eight years is along time, I'm only going on 2 years and after doordash rolled out the tier program to Detroit I started working for Spark and now split my shift, half spark and half doordash. I never got on board with the acceptance rate, mine stays between 30 to 40%. Just accepted I would no longer get catering orders which is fine because the spark orders are like catering orders.
Yes I was driving to a pickup and out of nowhere the oncoming car decided to turn in front of 2 lanes of traffic. I thankfully saw him coming but the car in front of me and the 2 on the right didn’t fair well. Car went flying made a 180 in the air, back axle came off, hit a small tree. everyone was ok but it just made no sense. 2 little kids in his car too. It frightened me for sure and I went home.
Do you do anything beyond DoorDash? Ever try Uber or Lyft? Once you get passengers in your car, the loneliness goes away quick... 8 out of 10 are gonna wanna talk your ears off. As for making friends, I make 5 one-off friends a day. And when things get over-socialed, I just switch back to delivery for a while... it's great, more trips, more business, more money... and always my preference. I been doing this for a very long time, the driving thing. Truckers have a lonely life... cabbies have 50 conversations a day. We are in a position to choose whatever we feel like today... and either way, we'll still make money. Good journey to you, here's hoping you find your path.
Doordash is moving towards fulltime drivers just they are now using a 3rd party doing it called LCPS or something like that. Its either 14-16 an hr plus tips and benefits. The hours they are asking for is either 5 eight hour shifts or 4 ten hour shifts. If u are partime its a minimum of 20hrs a week to fill in the gaps. Customers order 24/7 and they even want the graveyard shift covered aswell. There will still be contractors.
Sounds like another revenue stream for doordash. If we are doing the same work but classified different the only difference is turning on the app any time to having a schedule. 🤔
Seen plenty of accidents I just mind my business and keep working. Why waste time doing the cops job. That’s why they get paid for to investigate. I keep making my money.
An easy way to find friends is to join a local sport league like pool or bowling maybe even darts. What ever is the most popular in the area. Contact the local league and ask if any teams need a new person. Even if the place is a bar, You don't have to drink. It's OK not to drink if you don't want to.
you live in the pnw champ! maybe try to get a job at one of the ski resorts in your area for the winter if you like snow and need some more people around. love ur vids 🤙
8yrs Gig Worker, Lyft & Uber rides to SeaTac 3,600+, GrubHub 1,800, Bainbridge Island 🏝️ Bites 400 ( no street lights total darkness, UberEats 4400 deliveries. 10.6K total combined. 380K miles 5 vehicles 🚗 lol
Everything you do in life is about attitude and it is up you to be happy and if you are not happy then it is up to you to find something that makes you happy.
My very first day was 9/17/2024. I haven’t even done this a month yet! 😂 But I look forward to your videos and your commentary, if only to see what I am doing completely wrong.
This is why i write paragraphs about the issues with DD. If they get ahead of it the driver fatigue goes away. Doordash is inept. Poorly managed.
They need to stop stacking orders on top of good tippers. They need to have a tip threshold that prioritizes them in the backend. Their food dies and they tip good. And they gotta stare at the driver waiting at the no tippers place while their food dies.
Gold delivery for the Post office, you will go running back to doordash.
I started DD and UE full time in January 2023, approaching 5000 deliveries. I enjoy getting good orders and helping appreciative and grateful customers. I enjoy staying busy. I don’t enjoy bad orders, bad tippers and long waits between orders. I do like the flexibility of gig work and will probably do it for the foreseeable future. Being able to start when I want and not work when I want is kinda awesome, never having to call in sick or make excuses when I’m just not feeling it is great.
Im retired. This is vacation money. When it's bad I just stop and walk the dog. I only want good offers.. I look at younger and healthy gig workers and I wonder how you could do this for income you actually need. This sucks.
. For food apps I only do a couple a week. Do other gigs and many times I'll stop and listen to a ball game instead of accepting.
Today I only did 3 deliveries, which is my usual amount, but it was a bad day for me. $15.20 and one order didn’t even tip. I’m sorry it is wearing you down. Your videos make me smile. 😊
2 $ base pay is very rough indeed. This is the biggest issue with trying to do door dash anymore. it is just not high enough.
I’m 36 years old.. I don’t find UberEats or Lyft physically sustainable. I can do it like 4 hours. Then my body gets tired.
Walk more and eat righf
12:34 I absolutely 100% agree with you. One thing I never considered when I started doing DoorDash was that I would be spending an ungodly amount of time by myself in my car talking to nobody in wall. The most interaction I get is maybe with one or two other DoorDash drivers each night at a restaurant while waiting for an order except that one time at Taco Bell when there was like 10 DoorDash drivers waiting for orders and we were there for like 40 minutes each yeah when the biggest interaction you get with people each day is high. I’m here to pick up an order for doorDash. It does get lonely, and you realize how much ungodly amount of time you spend by yourself and the one thing I realize is that when I used to drive, I would always play music in my car and it would take me a few minutes to get wherever I was going and that would be it but after a while music just doesn’t cut and you gotta find ways to keep yourself entertained while you’re driving around completing the orders that’s the biggest thing I found out while doing DoorDash is trying to figure out how to keep myself entertained while sitting in my car driving around town all night.
Podcast or audible ? I have a book and my planner in my Gig bag …. Only place I can read in peace while waiting for orders 😂…. Love dashing when kids are at school or a sleepover
Since 2018. Took off 1.5 years for Covid. Gig work saved my life. Single parent for the past 14 years. Two children. I’ve driven my children from the east coast to the west coast this year. I rent a house, have a nice car. All because of gig work. DoorDash, Uber, Lyft, and DeliverThat. My market is great when college is in.
Where is your wife? What happened bro ?
Door Dash doesn’t pay enough one bit and that’s what’s hurting us all in the end.
I’ve been busting my butt to keep platinum but I met a dasher yesterday that has a ar of 52% and she made better than I did. Starting to think Platinum isn’t worth it anymore
LOL .... The AR rating system is just a "head game" used by DD to make drivers TAKE ANY & EVERYTHING, no matter how "low" the pay is ...... IGNORE the rating crap & just work !!!
Yep it’s all bullshit it don’t favor anyone. Take the orders that make sense for you
I just try to maintain silver for scheduling purposes. Too many crap orders to maintain Platinum.
I was a witness to a road rage/bicycle accident involving a fire chief who had a verbal assault going, then proceeded to run the bicyclist over with his oversize pick up truck, then got out of his truck push the bicyclist down twice, then the scene, arrested soon after, and I spent about an hour as well. My video got 14,000 comments and 55,000 views on TH-cam in the Tampabay Times, he pleaded guilty, Paid a fine to the bicyclist He’s and some other stuff, but there is a civil suit coming too. This happened all well DoorDashing
I laughed, when you said “I could run for president “ 😂
🤷🏻♂️
What’s addicting is the freedom. Wake up when I want to Go to bed when I want to come home when I want. No boss. No idiot coworkers. IF ONLY IT PAID WHAT IT SHOULD. Drivers have ALL THE POWER but they won’t unite. Without drivers these companies won’t exist.
@@ferretapocalypse absolutely
i quit full time gig after 3 months. It aint it. now i got a career job that i love doing. my car is not racking up miles and i got a steady paycheck. work doesn't feel like work. lifes good.
Bro I feel your pain! DoorDash has gotten bad over the years… used to get get orders and not many miles i had to go! I could do 100 in like 2 hours! Now I get lots of shit 2 3 dollar orders and have to keep declining until I get a good order which is why my AR is like 17%.. I cherry pick the shit outta orders and it’s annoying to wait for a decent order… I run multiple apps that’s the best way to do it
Went out dashing the other night had to call it a quits for the evening, when my AR started taking a huge hit and started dropping like flies. In 40 minutes every order was upside down like $3.50 for 7 miles or $10 for 14 miles. I ended up turning on uber for a decent night. I wish there was a way to know when DoorDash couldn’t afford to pay Dashers to make a profitable delivery, so that I just didn’t waste my time or AR going out. Occasionally I’ll just want to get out of the house and go somewhere, so on those nights I don’t mind losing money if it gets me to my destination anyway.
Ive been doing doordash for almost 5 years partime along with a partime job first 3 years only when i felt like it but last 2 years 15 hours a week it used to be so good until they lowered base pay, less tips and market saturation. Im totally burned out on it i dont enjoy it anymore. Its called gig work but with this stupid tier bs its like they want you to be an employee, im just trying to pay off a couple credit cards and im taking a major scale back from dashing
In some markets DoorDash is a kin to low skilled migrant farming now. After fleeing a third world country every offer looks good.
I received (& declined) the absolute worst shopping order possible... $13 to shop 48 items & drive 12 miles in crime-ridden Baltimore. Total garbage offer
I've seen worse.. $8 100 items Instacart
I got a $3 McDonalds order from Phila to NJ. 19 miles. Yeah I declined
I've seen two pre shopped Albertsons pickups that aren't eligible for tips stacked together so it was $3.50 to deliver 96 items. I've never laughed so hard while declining.
I’ve had that with a second stop for a food delivery to go with it. I thought Instacart was getting bad with the pay. Who is taking a 2 hour shop for 5$?
I’m in Baltimore too, I do Instacart in Catonsville. I hate taking orders in Baltimore
I’m doing mostly GH full time and filling in gaps with DoorTrash. There aren’t any jobs. Sure the job apps are full but it’s all crap that needs degrees or certs like nurse, or management plus I’m 60 so that doesn’t help either.
Ive had it he worst for delivering for both doordash and uber, there scam companies that need to be put out of business for good.
Been dashing and only DoorDash for about 4.5 years, about 4 K deliveries. I was in the business world and owned my own business for about 45 years and retired as soon as I could. I dash for play money for my hobbies and classic car, could stop tomorrow if I wanted. I have posted before about keeping active, helping people etc but do not think I could do this as my primary income, too many uncertainties on income and deactivation, would have to get a job at that point. With AI and all the technology it’s only a matter of time. And the frustration on some orders when you pick up at a nice restaurant and then deliver to some shithole and then no tip is very demoralizing. I ask myself why sometimes and have a hard time getting motivated any more.
Gig work is RIP. You didn't get the memo?
Damn, I was thinking of trying this part time. I’ll stick to my two hourly side hustles in addition to my 9 to 5.
I would still recommend it as a part time gig (as it’s meant to be) in my case I’ve been full time with this for longer than most should do it
@@TheBrashDasher same here since 2021 full-time and I used to be able to make a really good money if I wanted to put the time in but no longer
I agree it takes a huge toll on you being alone like that
I did $185 yesterday in 7 hours
The "funk" is normal for us all. I call it "decompression time" and usually make it out the other end feeling much better. Embrace the grind! If you are ever heading through Phoenix, hit me up and I'll buy you a drink.
I've been doing gig apps for a long time and I'm so burnt out on it... I'll be moving in 2 weeks and I'm not going to be doing it very much anymore. Time for a change
Thing is, it really does make more sense to have a seasoned knowledgeable dasher delivering. The newbies can't help that they don't know how to resolve conflict. There is literally no training to start dashing. DD should be ashamed pushing the nonsense on drivers that have thousands of deliveries.
When the conflict happens the driver cant speak english either lol!
Doin it for 4.5 years…10k deliveries…
I do it full time, wife has good job with bennies, allows me to do this when I want, never have to ask for time off, vacations, sick days, can go hunting and fishing whenever I want, etc…
Yes !! Sometimes it’s a pain in the ass, but what job out there isn’t punching a clock 9-5.
This is freedom !
DD pays me to drive a fun car, listen to jams, & all I do is run errands for people.
what your “traditional” job has to offer ?? PRISON !!
Sometimes all you need is a breather.
Best gig I ever had, I’m 57 years old.
Some rather make less but have more freedom… DD is the best part time job I have
True@@WesXvlog
I didn't know you were in Nebraska 😅!!! No wonder. It's poppin in Atlanta. Did UE tonight, and I was making $27.50/hr
In the city or suburbs?
Same in Houston. I’ve never have to leave my neighborhood, we have a strip with 26 restaurants
It’s been so fucking brutal these past 2 weeks. All this stories of smaller market areas barely seeing orders and when they do they’re awful, are hitting all other markets big or small. It’s atrocious. I’ll be done doing this soon, just not worth it anymore and anyone who try’s to justify it is just lying to themselves
Hi, Charlie. I know it's been a minute since you've posted this but I usually don't comment too much. I just love to laugh at your videos.In your satire in your sarcasm. But you are correct, most of us. Gig workers are pretty lonely and is one of the.Reasons why I came to youtube and found you a long time ago. There's just not much more I can do or say about youtube, so I have been trying to find friends and I have found a great handful and we get together from time to time and craft. We are always here for you, charlie.I'll try to come in more often like I used to. ❤❤❤.... i have gone restaurant to restaurant a couple times. 😅 my weirdest drop off was dropping it in front of a tire in front of somebody's car😂😂
I'm a noob gig worker. 30 years as an automotive tech / heavy truck mechanic and 15 years in an MC club. I rather enjoy the alone time.
Still pays my bills down here in Illinois. It’s always busy in my area. My house is located directly in a hot spot everyday too so that’s nice. I’ve been a full time dasher for 3 years now. Still going strong here. I always have extra spending money. I never have a worry about small emergencies. Like the other week my dumb ass was being stupid 😂. I ran over a curb turning around and blew my tire out. Got out, changed it right there on the road with the spare, and drove straight to walmart to get another one lol. Life’s been a lot less stressful for me since I decided to just completely disassociate with w2 work.
Anyway, I agree with that statement. As I get older.. I swear I have less and less patience. It’s like I go to bed and wake up with less and less patience everyday haha.
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I've been doing DoorDash and UE for 7 years and I love it. However I just can't make money anymore. I live in one of the biggest markets in the country and we are so oversaturated with drivers and the lack of orders the map is always gray never turns pink let alone red or burgundy. Not even on a Saturday night do I see "Busy". I spend more time watching TH-cam videos sitting in the McDonald's parking lot waiting, then delivering. Sending love from Los Angeles 💜💛
I don’t drive anymore . I did for 2 years .. towards the end was the most mental and penny pinching 🤏 time I’ve ever had doing gig work … this economy STINKS💀
You can't get your mental health back 🔙
This is the plan for Zombie apocalypse nation
Yea 4 -6 dollar orders and 4-6 hundered miles used on my car . 😂 how can anyone sustain it ? 😊
I have a clip from my dash cam, it was pouring rain and this dude was driving 90+ mph and one part of the bridge gives you a small bounce when you go over it. The guy spun out and slammed into the concrete rail on the right.
7:55 bro you are on earn by time so it doesn’t matter if they don’t start the order until you arrive.
Been doing DoorDash 2 months as of this comment
I saw nearly the excat type of crash right in front of me while dashing about 2 months ago, but it a bit more violent, the suv was doing 45-50 mph and a car turned right into his path, the car spun like a top and smacked into a steel street pole. Was wild, I immediately called 911
I only started DD, Uber Eats, Grubhub and Instacart because I cannot land a W2 or permanent job. Been doing it full-time since December 2023. Complete almost 3,000 deliveries on DD. I hate the trash orders!
It’s annoying when people ordering a lot of food and 1.00 or zero tip on earn by hour
Unfortunately, customers dont owe us a living.
Been Doing Gig Work For 10+ Years. Finally Brought A Cargo Van This Year To Do Better Paying Apps. Might Start My Own Delivery Service 😊
Been 3 years only part time. When l worked at a pizza shop we would trade places food just to eat something different than ours lol
One app is not enough. Started 12/26/23 on Doordash In Lincoln, NE. Now I do 6 full time. Love the flexibility as a parent and I just enjoy the work. Probably mainly cause its new to me. Making more than I was full time at UNL.
I only do it on the weekends I work a full time job Monday-Friday , but I wish they offer larger pay for orders .
Uber Eats is so much better than doordash
Don't tell them
That’s just depends on the area and also I believe on the day and time of day. And how many people are currently delivering.
Yes I was a witness to an accident while doing a Door Dash....I was in the mid of a Micky D's delivery and the food was getting cold. I had to beg the kind officer if I could leave my info and go deliver the withering chicken sandwich to a hungry state worker who probably already hated the world. Maybe he got saved, asked his girlfriend to marry him. I don't know but the quarter pounder meal deal sure smelled great in my car for over an hour.
Earn by time 😅?
I watched someone get hit that was walking across the street on a dash. She flew like 15 feet and landed on her head!
Damn
@@LongNguyen-ho9qf I can hear support asking this
I did doordash and spark for 5 years, was suppose to just be a temp thing. I feel its time to switch to part time, its not like it use to be thats for sure
A Funk Yesss! that's exactly the word for door dash , last 3 day's for sure. and its a downer, especially if you're depending on making a certain amount of cash.
I’ve been doing DD & UE for a little over 3 years. I am done!!!!! No longer worth it.
Right over saturated
@@justhomas83 I used to get large orders from the large order program at least two a day. I get none now haven’t for the past seven months and my acceptance rate and completion percentage have not changed.
You work harder than most Charlie. We all need that much needed break to retain our sanity! All the LOVE.
The only breaks I ever took were because of injuries. Being forced to take 2-3yrs off with little, and 2x no compensation, can send ya over the edge.
I always loved being a Delivery Driver of some sort. One too many "raw deals," can bring you to a point of becoming unlike what you ever dreamed of.. Solely due to stress. Being a loner all those 40yrs, honestly, wasn't worth it!
I enjoy dd. Im a full time teacher and dd after work and weekends for spending money. I also listen to a lot of audio books
I totaled my car doing gig work
I’ve done restaurant to restaurant… I just think like either their food is nasty or they are tired of their food.. lol
7,000 trips/deliveries, witnessed at least 1 fender bender that I can remember since gig apping, been a part of at least 5 since I started delivering for restaurants over 20 years ago, lol, but been a part of 3 accidents since started delivering for gig apps; my most recent just happening 4 days ago, actually! A vehicle turned into my lane and side swiped me. Witnessed at least 5 or 6 over the 20 years though.
Hi Charlie! I was wondering what you've been up to in NE, I thought you would be dashing for us. But I get it, and yes Funk(s) is a great word! I'm kinda in my own funk right now trying to sell my condo and move on with life. Not the best time to sell, but I need to feel like I'm moving forward, so putting it on the market is step 1. I know I've mentioned this before, but you really should look into getting some kind of tech job working from home or hybrid if you want to meet new people. You are really good at it. For me, while I would enjoy good company, a good conversation or debate, I think spending a good amount of time alone is best. These days it's hard to trust people, so I'd rather sit it out, at least for now. Btw, lmao with your tripping up the stairs comment, that was priceless. 🤣 Missed ya' buddy, hope you find what makes you happy sooner rather than later. 🥰
I did this during the pandemic and was averaging $1,250/week on only 2 tanks of gas. Did this because I wanted to move across the country and hike for months 😂😂 it's worth it as long as you have a plan to get back to a W2 so i wouldn't knock it
During the pandemic was best time everyone had money
Motorcyclist?
I’ve been in 2 accidents myself while doing it in a 3 month time span. Both men ran red lights and hit me
Oh how I miss Nebraska! My mother was born and raised there. when she was alive, I used to spend a couple weeks a year Visiting. It definitely is the good life.
I’ve done DD since 2017. GH 2018. Did Uber rideshare starting in 2015 and Lyft a year later. Added most every other app available since 2018. Crazy thing is I did Pizza Hut 15 years and Domino’s 8 years before gig work. It’s all I’ve done since 16. I do other stuff now, but still full time with food delivery. Would love to get it to part time and eventually minimized. I feel your pain.
I’ve been doing it a month and I need therapy 🤣👍
Might I just add! Aldi is a headache to do shopping orders. The disorganization and product limitations is frustrating. (My store). 😅
I try to talk to fellow dashers i see on the daily bases. My wife laughs when i call them my coworkers
Thinking about doing DD, all the high paying factory jobs in North West AR are overrun with illegal immigrants from Mexico and you have to speak Spanish here
Just started 3 weeks ago
2nd day saw a crash and needed to be a witness, during a delivery 😅
12 bucks an hour? Yikes! I thought only my market was garbage lately. Hopefully the winter weather changes things although it’s 85 degrees in October so there’s that! Frustrating to say the least.
Watched a lady get hit by a truck going 45-50mph yesterday while waiting for an order. Right in front of my face, maybe a couple hundred feet.
I've done two years of Uber Eats and Door Dash so far. Before that I did eight years of Family Dollar. I don't know how I made it that long there. I need therapy too. 😂
I've been doing this for about a year now, still enjoying it but have those days for sure. You're right, we aren't meant to be alone. Never did restaurant to restaurant but definitely restaurant to store. Have seen plenty of car wrecks but never during gig work. 😅
That’s what kind of camera are you using?
I picked up at Starbucks and dropped off to the manager at Wendy's lol!
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The app does not send drivers with ontime arrival with ready orders. Dd is not pairin orders by driver ar or completion and merchant timely Ness. Is just sending closest offer. If a merchant marks to soon call support. If order is far with low bass call ask for central pay
Hey Charlie were all here for you!
Doordash tells you straight up on by time you gonna make $13/hr. If you not at very least $25+/hr to sustain operating costs.
This number varies depending on where you live. But nowhere is 13hr gonna do it.
In my experience as a bike dasher I’ve noticed this is usually done to drivers. I’ve only had one ten mile order in two years. If you were going to dash all day, I’ve would’ve earned by time so you got hourly wages for the time you spent dashing
That sucks Brash in that car crash the one car ran a red light but the car turning still has to yield. I never understood why people can't just wait
I had a nice chat with the officer about it. They were just glad they were cops and not the insurance companies trying to determine blame lol
@@TheBrashDasher lol
Door dash is still profitable for me I make no less than 200 a day easily you gotta keep that acceptance rate high trust me it makes a difference
I've been doing Doordash and Uber for 5 years this month
I was a witness to a hit run as a DoorDash driver at like 1 am on an empty side road. Very fun. 😅
😂 that would be the worst luck.
I Dash in Long Island New York which is basically the suburbs. Seen tons of accidents, including one that nobody probably nobody walked away from. It’s pretty much either highway or two lane roads with a 55 mph speed limit which nobody obeys. So yeah if you’re in a crash 💥 you are basically toast. I haven’t dashed in like one month. I beat up my car so badly doing DD that I need a new car 🚗. Looking at a Toyota Corolla. I know you just got a Camry. Good luck.
You're right. Eight years is along time, I'm only going on 2 years and after doordash rolled out the tier program to Detroit I started working for Spark and now split my shift, half spark and half doordash. I never got on board with the acceptance rate, mine stays between 30 to 40%. Just accepted I would no longer get catering orders which is fine because the spark orders are like catering orders.
It’s always the 3rd floor is right
Yes I was driving to a pickup and out of nowhere the oncoming car decided to turn in front of 2 lanes of traffic. I thankfully saw him coming but the car in front of me and the 2 on the right didn’t fair well. Car went flying made a 180 in the air, back axle came off, hit a small tree. everyone was ok but it just made no sense. 2 little kids in his car too. It frightened me for sure and I went home.
Glad you were safe and alert. I’ve avoid a few accidents just by being aware.
I've only been doing doordash 2 years
Do you do anything beyond DoorDash? Ever try Uber or Lyft? Once you get passengers in your car, the loneliness goes away quick... 8 out of 10 are gonna wanna talk your ears off.
As for making friends, I make 5 one-off friends a day. And when things get over-socialed, I just switch back to delivery for a while... it's great, more trips, more business, more money... and always my preference.
I been doing this for a very long time, the driving thing. Truckers have a lonely life... cabbies have 50 conversations a day. We are in a position to choose whatever we feel like today... and either way, we'll still make money.
Good journey to you, here's hoping you find your path.
Doordash is moving towards fulltime drivers just they are now using a 3rd party doing it called LCPS or something like that. Its either 14-16 an hr plus tips and benefits. The hours they are asking for is either 5 eight hour shifts or 4 ten hour shifts. If u are partime its a minimum of 20hrs a week to fill in the gaps.
Customers order 24/7 and they even want the graveyard shift covered aswell. There will still be contractors.
Sounds like another revenue stream for doordash. If we are doing the same work but classified different the only difference is turning on the app any time to having a schedule. 🤔
2:00. Yup. I would have turned down everyone of those offers as well. My Dashing area is far north Massachusetts near the New Hampshire border.
Hello! I'm new to your channel and I enjoyed the video. I'm also a delivery driver. Where did you purchase your black delivery bag from? Thank You!
Seen plenty of accidents I just mind my business and keep working. Why waste time doing the cops job. That’s why they get paid for to investigate. I keep making my money.
An easy way to find friends is to join a local sport league like pool or bowling maybe even darts. What ever is the most popular in the area. Contact the local league and ask if any teams need a new person. Even if the place is a bar, You don't have to drink. It's OK not to drink if you don't want to.
yup, makes more sense as part-time. I might still check it out.
Why are you back in Lincoln? I thought you moved.
Cleaning out storage unit
you live in the pnw champ! maybe try to get a job at one of the ski resorts in your area for the winter if you like snow and need some more people around. love ur vids 🤙
Over 5 years 12k deliveries part time and I agree you have to be a little touched in the head to do this long term.
8yrs Gig Worker, Lyft & Uber rides to SeaTac 3,600+, GrubHub 1,800, Bainbridge Island 🏝️ Bites 400 ( no street lights total darkness, UberEats 4400 deliveries. 10.6K total combined. 380K miles 5 vehicles 🚗 lol
Everything you do in life is about attitude and it is up you to be happy and if you are not happy then it is up to you to find something that makes you happy.
My very first day was 9/17/2024. I haven’t even done this a month yet! 😂 But I look forward to your videos and your commentary, if only to see what I am doing completely wrong.