Three SIMPLE Mistakes You’re Making As A Food Delivery Driver (2023)

[@YourDriverMike]

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[@SuperCharger__]

You ever accidentally accept a low crappy offer because your messing around on your phone, lol i hate that.

[@irishspagetti6565]

all the time

[@cheniquagrayson4065]

Hate that!

[@jonesbrandon3177]

Hey guys in Orlando I don't see a surge/promo/bonus pay anywhere. Even when it's busy at dinner time

[@jonesbrandon3177]

Okay well it just appeared now. It's called opportunities. It lets you pick a time slot on a calendar and it has a range of 1.2x- 1.7x etc.

[@KerryScottCooke7402]

I’ve got good at apartment deliveries. I still hate that 3rd floor

[@Drkbadger7719]

Never once have I used a cold hot bag. Takes too much time.

[@doublequilI]

Here's one... if a customer gave directions to an apartment, don't follow the pin, it'll typically lead you to ruin. Trust that the customer knows where they live. Always good to look those notes over before you get to the apartment,

[@TheOJsimp]

No matter how secure you have an order . If someone runs a red light . That food is flying regardless 😂(people can’t drive )

[@theherbpuffer]

This guy doesn't do gig work... in Pittsburgh at least..if he did, I would've seen him lol

[@pianoman173]

Loving the sound effects!! Really nice touch!

[@joshcarr_]

Don’t be afraid to call the customer

[@dirtyweapon]

I got one of those magnetic “taxi signs” that say’s “delivery” Pop that bad boy on the roof of my car and pretty much park anywhere I want without getting hassled by security. Apartments, hospitals, private parking lots. haven’t had an issue since.

[@brendaplunkett8659]

Where did you find the delivery sign please.

[@iw0nderwhatsn3xt]

As a driver who also get things delivered, you'll be amazed how many dumb people will block the door.

[@zezeebetaa]

Time is money and it takes time to figure this gig out. Thank you for your help

[@jimbojimbob6363]

You would have to wander around looking for a 1/2 hour to an hour before a tow truck could get there to tow you.😮

[@Drowning_Girl]

If its a Starbucks order I put it in the front seat and put a seatbelt on it so it doesn't budge.

[@kennystrawnmusic]

Mistake number 1 is why I always strap in my hot bag using my passenger-side seat belt. That’s really the only way to avoid soup spills.

[@kennystrawnmusic]

As for the second mistake, I like to avoid it by hanging the order on the doorknob or handle and putting any drinks on the ground off to the side so the door doesn’t hit them. Works wonders, since in that case the customer doesn’t have to bend down either.

[@Inkd_Raven_Tarot]

My door opens outward and drivers leave my order in front all the time..even with clear instructions where to leave the order.

[@creed5248]

I always try to put the bag up off the ground on something ... even tied to the door knob is better than the ground

[@stuartmcalpine9468]

Mistake #1. Accepting a Popeye’s order Mistake #2. Accepting a Taco Bell order Mistake #3. Accepting a Wendy’s order when it is drive- thru only. Mistake #4. Accepting about anything else when it is drive-thru only. Mistake #5. Accepting an order from a popular sit down restaurant during peak business times. At least Uber Eats does not care if you abandon the order. As far as apartment go, it’s like Russian roulette. UN-friggin-believable. Why did I learn to count? Why did I learn my abc’s. I learned apartments last century. It’s a new century; throw out all the old rules and celebrate creative anarchy. Who cares about order? What is order? Who gives a dang about order. Write something about how you don’t care at all about order or anything else if you become an apartment designer. In fact you might want to declare outright hostility towards any order at all if you become an architect.

[@SuperCharger__]

Accepted a Popeyes during covid when they were having the chicken sandwich wars between chick filet, total time to wait and deliver about 1 hour and a half, for 8 bucks, no tip, never again! Lol

[@joshw6844]

This is so funny I m 2 for 2 on bad Popeyes wait times

[@michaelsuzio4268]

@@SuperCharger__ I'm vegetarian since 2013 never did get to taste any new chik fil A chicken sandwiches or the Popeyes chicken sandwich I'm Fake/faux chicken for 10 years...last time I might have eaten a chicken sandwich from chik fil A was around 2007-2009 Popeyes chicken 2010 maybe...I started phasing out meat around 2011/2012 and fully vegetarian since 2013

[@jbeats1930]

Luckily I live in a area where there are a loooot of homes. So I zoom in on the map, and if I see an apartment [Decline]. To many people in apartments(on 3rd floor always) that order food delivery, tip the worst. It's not worth the pay and hassle for gates and mapping a apt complex.

[@offcenterart]

I like liquid in the front seat cushions by supports and my hand at the ready to steady it just in case. The amount of times I have to push the drink lids down all the way after pick up is ridiculous

[@marybell8995]

Those huge 2pizza and bread sticks and/or wings from PizzaHut get put in my trunk between 2 thick blankets. I have 8 different bags and none of them are that big.

[@creed5248]

Heck with that - they can walk to the car to get their food if there are parking issues ...

[@creed5248]

They know that crap - they aren't dumb . Like gate codes - how is my delivery going to deliver to me if they can't get in - LoL !!

[@glen4cindy]

I'm super new, like almost 60 deliveries in. I specifically remember noticing #2 last week. I looked at the door and said to myself, "If I put this right here this person is going to hate me!"

[@travelerks]

Huge apartment complexes in San Diego. And many, most, aren’t numbered in a logical way. I once spent an hour wandering a brand new building looking for the correct apartment. The customer could have met me, but they didn’t care to so their food was cold and very late. And the elevators were broken.

[@YourDriverMike]

I've definitely had plenty of wandering when I was in SD, just huge complexes!

[@brendaplunkett8659]

Didn’t you get a CV for taking an hour?

[@brendaplunkett8659]

I am shocked how many people expect you to find them without any help or notes. They just repeat their address in the text. GPS helps but it isn’t magic.

[@jerichobeach2967]

Cant believe how covid changed ppl. Leaving food at the door is disgusting. Insects aren’t above scaling the bag and they’re not shut all the way all the time. I drive for Uber but I think it’s stupid. I miss the good ol days of face to face human interaction when I used to deliver pizza.

[@sidejobsCA]

i always had a bench out when i ordered food, i cringe seeing pizza on the floor!

[@emoo.182]

3:20 I will say never put food in the trunk, unless it's like a huge catering order that has to go there

[@warren7327]

The number one "skill" I've developed while dashing is learning my way around the apartment complexes in my area. Being able to zero in on a specific apartment, versus having to figure out where I'm going makes a huge difference in how quickly I can complete my deliveries. For me, it means I'm able to move on to the next money-making order; for the customer, they get their food fresher. Everyone wins. Heck, even knowing my way around the curvy-street subdivisions helps. After over 1800 deliveries, nearly half the time I don't need to press the button to get directions.

[@jfast8256]

I avoid apartments mostly.

[@dankohlmeier6081]

Only about 10-20% of my deliveries are to apartments.

[@creed5248]

I never put money in parking meters - LoL !!

[@ThrewOutMyHalo]

I use a collapsible yeti cooler in my trunk. There are about 3 drink carriers in there. I also keep a roll of paper towels in it to cushion the gap if there is one. I've had no issues.

[@jacobcutrer]

I want to add sometimes the complexes number the buildings in a circular pattern. I know one in my area and it use to take me forever to find the correct building.

[@dnrsvp]

No more than 10-15% of deliveries are to apartment complexes in my area. Another 20% to businesses. The rest to single family homes or duplexes. -Portsmouth, NH

[@edwinsmith2827]

Does anyone know, on uber eats, who gets the order? Whoever is close to the restaurant, right? So if one driver is 25 feet closer to the front door than me, he gets it? So I have to guess which restaurant the next order will come from and stay there as close as possible?

[@brendaplunkett8659]

It is all a mystery. We can only guess and speculate. They are not telling us.

[@michaelmorris3459]

isn't that the stores fault!! just saying

[@mrwonk]

1) I have two catering bags in the back hatch. For small orders like this, I use the second large catering back to brace the order. 2) My personal pet peeve. It is a huge issue in my market. I often see notes asking for deliveries not to be in front of door because it opens out. My personal door opens out and I HATE it when drivers put it in front of my door path. 3) How lucky are you. So many complexes in my area have numbers not in any kind of sequence. They build the first set and number those, then continue numbering for out-lying units in no sensible order. I so enjoy when things are in order, or better yet, customers mention their building number or which section of a complex they are in. I routinely park in some reserved space near where I'm delivering, figuring, it will take them longer to tow me than it will for me to get delivery complete and gone.

[@YourDriverMike]

I don’t get a lot of soup dishes here in Pittsburgh but I got many more in SD. Don’t know what I was thinking for that pho run, never again! See told you everyone hates when that order is smack right in front of an outward opening door! And yes Pittsburgh is so different to massive SD. When I was out there that problem was MUCH more prevalent of where do I park, which building is it, much more walking etc

[@bill9912]

@@YourDriverMike If you ever pick up from Jade Grille in Mt. Lebanon, be prepared to pick up soup orders!

[@mascottie]

Is acceptance rate important? If you have a higher rate, do you get better paying orders?

[@michaelsuzio4268]

I get bombarded with low paying orders $5.50 4 miles like 14 items from dollar general All cleaning supplies/candles/household supplies I can maybe find 4-5 of the items substitute out 7 of the items for something else and if my red card declines which it does on 50% of dollar general orders I have to go on to DD support to get the order unassigned without dropping my completion rate...if my red card doesn't get declined I'm generally pissed off cause finding 14 items or 5/6 of them and 8 similar items at Dollar general takes up to an hour...other orders will be even worse than that...it's currently impossible to get anywhere near 70% AR the highest AR I've had in the last year is around 60%....peak pay is nearly non existent I sometimes see peak pay around MIDNIGHT or if there's a Downpour of rain/Hurricane/tornado

[@Zenoforce]

These points seem like common sense, but their are still clueless delivery drivers out here being incompetent, despite using the service for minimal work i could NEVER order anything off uber/Doordash/Grubhub. But some people just dont have that luxury i guess

[@StarTexaspets]

Being one, being one, watching this grifter

[@bigredwag]

Less than 10% apartments... because I usually auto decline. If the customer hasn't put in a building number / letter or some additional delivery instruction to help me find them quickly...order decline!

[@creed5248]

You never know how it is going to go . Get to a place - the order is taking forever - the customer gives the wrong address and pretty soon you find lunch is over and you only took two deliveries . LoL !!

[@YourDriverMike]

How often do you get a wrong address entered by the customer I’m curious

[@michaelsuzio4268]

It's 115-125 degree Heat Index feels like temp here in Louisiana almost every day since early July I almost collapsed twice this last week walking across a parking lot it's pretty hard to DD in theis weather employees at restaurants have slowed down too oh and the DD gps has been off too

[@EightiesJames]

​​@@michaelsuzio4268I wanted to comment in agreeance but will say this. About the GPS (just tips): 1. Make sure you've oriented the phone compass. 2. Keep a Close Eye on that address (if using G-Maps). Sometimes it doesn't receive the data correctly or misunderstands the address sent to Maps. 2a: try and make sure the data on Maps is not engaged with another address. 3. It seems to be as bad with "Drop off points"

[@michaelsuzio4268]

@@EightiesJames I use Google maps if the DD gps isn't working right(approximately 75-90% of the deliveries in the last 3 months the DD gps isn't really working and only need a map on for 25% of the deliveries the other 75% of the deliveries I get to without needing any map until the last turn or two

[@creed5248]

Grubhub bags suck now ... just like doordash . Better off buying regular bags somewhere else now ...

[@Ottobon]

About first story. I am someone who has low treadwear performance summer tires on my Dashmobile, race my Dashmobile at local parking lot style (legal) events, HOW THE HECK DO YOU SPILL ALL THE SOUP, WHAT ARE YOU DOING MIKE. Your hardships hopefully help others but Takumi Fujiwara did not spend years brainwashing my generation into being car people so that you could go and Shingo the soup. What are you doing my man.

[@ClipsForYou-xx8vc]

Bonus Tip: Bring a phone charger, you might be halfway through delivering an order and your phone might die 🤣

[@jeffreymoorer5667]

I would say that 60 percent are apartments, but don't have accurate numbers.

[@geoman2188]

A lot of dasher didn’t know this. If you accept stacks order, every stacks you accept food company took $2 to $4 each stack order you accepted. I can show you proof. I have 20k deliveries.

[@ericberry6557]

Thank god i mostly do instacart now and dont have these issues. Uber eats has bottomed out in my market

[@HenryHill-t7k]

Is instacart better money wise?

[@ericberry6557]

@@HenryHill-t7k in my experience in my market uber eats orders were paying between 2 and 5 dollars. It used to be 5 and 7 and u didn't have to reject so many orders. Now instacart to me is less stress and can pay 7.00 and up

[@ericberry6557]

U do earnings report videos for uber n door dash. What about one for instacart?

[@richthetrashpicker-upper5244]

This was great, thank you. I use a towel in my hot bag to support drinks and stuff Even if there's a cup holder, use a towel also.

[@philscanga6505]

50%

[@harveypaxton1232]

About 50% of our deliveries are to apartments. A lot of times the Uber app will send us to the gate that only the residents can open with their clicker and it can add an extra mile of driving to go around to the gate with keypad access. Last night the app would not click on delivered because it said we were not at the location. More and more of the complexes do not have keypad access at the gates.

[@ThrewOutMyHalo]

I've ran into this a couple times. I also can't stand when customers don't leave a building number for their apartment.

[@jonesbrandon3177]

Last week I had to stop at a guard house and give my license then wait for them to call the customer and confirm. Jeez. Then the apartment was 5 minutes away all the back. It was worth the 8$ tip though. I'd do it again.

[@martymeyer4125]

​@@jonesbrandon3177in South Florida this is 25% of larger orders. Then you may have another 5 minutes of negotiating to the house or apt. Then back to the hot zone.

[@suekaiser4163]

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[@artieanderson604]

My favorite apartment complexes? Building 1, Building 2, Building 3, next building? Building 9, Building 14, Building 19. Numbered buildings completely out of sequence. I have come to the conclusion that there is a special place in delivery hell for architects who design and number apartment complexes. Lol.

[@creed5248]

If a pizza has Anchovies - it is going in the trunk !!!

[@gabrielrodriguez1695]

Or Indian food

[@stephenjohnson5589]

At least 50% apartments

[@artieanderson604]

I keep a Styrofoam drink top from an ice chest for drinks and soups. It sits on top of a couple of plastic totes in front of my passenger seat. I keep a mapsco underneath it for internet outage emergencies. It is a no tip wonder that has saved many a drink order. I NEVER transport drinks in the flimsy cardboard containers/drink carriers from restaurants. I slip them out and into the Styrofoam cup sleeves and go. It is amazing how well it works. Only pizzas and alcohol go in the back of the vehicle

[@robert5008]

For soup I have bought a large drink carrier from Amazon for both drinks & soups. It does not tip over in the car. For the apartments I have a folder in my car for most of the apartments in my city for their layouts. I just pull out the sheet and go right to the building.

[@daviddillemuth7268]

I grew up in San Diego. P.B. University City area. I live in Medford Oregon, About 150,000 People. Theres this Apartment complex about 3 stories and terrible marked. I than remember how much bigger and massive the apartments are in San Diego

[@creed5248]

How many people had Chipotle orders fall out of the bottom of the bag because of steam . LoL ! We learn fast ...

[@kenkvid]

The app Beans AI shows appartment maps, including where to park, keypad location, elevator location, and apartment location. It costs $5 a month to use. In Denver, it seems around half the apartments are mapped. The app saves time on large apartments.

[@wayneanderson8034]

We are often given contradictory mutually exclusive instructions. When I was new, I tried to understand, what does the customer want when faced with 2 mandatory instructions that are opposite of one another. Because if the customer is happy, I won't get a complaint. But I have discovered some customers/merchants give us contradictory instructions so that when we fail to do one or the other, they get free food/merchandise & we get CV or deactivation. So I follow the merchant instructions first. When I get deactivated, it will be because I followed instructions, not the spirit of the delivery. I am getting more & more deliveries that cannot be completed as described because one set of instructions contradicts another. Support expects us to know the best path to choose, but will not have our back if we choose wrong in the eyes of the customer.