ILuvChubbyChix:
Have you done DoorDash before at all, or not? If you're really insistent, there might be a few tips I can share. But, if you have any other options, I strongly recommend NOT doing it. Once you actually do the math, the pay is extremely bad, although better than Uber or Lyft, which are basically scams.
For about 1.5 months in '18, I tried doing it part-time just to see what the hype was about. The effective rate, after taxes and expenses (mainly gas) was only a pathetic $8/hr., though some time periods were higher than others. Might be even worse now, but I don't really know.
You'd probably be better off trying to get an evening wait staff job at a restaurant first. That pay still sucks, but should be a lot better. Especially if you do a Friday or Saturday evening. Just make sure it doesn't expect you to come in to work before your day job ends. Places like that love to hire part-timers with no benefits, so you might be able to be flexible like that. The evenings are also when all the good tips happen, and it's often not that busy before around 6PM or so, so if you work your day job until 5PM, you can probably get there and change in time.
At the time of making this post, I didn’t. Now I’ve just tried it, it’s not bad honestly. They offer minimum wage + tips as pay which is good enough for me.
Now having done a single “shift,” to answer my own thread… I think the snacking potential is much more obvious in hindsight. Anytime someone needs a drive-thru order, there is nothing stopping me from getting my own separate order, so long as my order doesn’t come out delayed. I’m thinking shakes are the magic no-wait option as they shouldn’t be different to a drink.
Following from what morbidly has said, I agree on the roller dog, easy enough to hold and drive. Honestly, most combo drink + food deal from a gas station fits for eating while driving. Might not be the best for fitting between orders as they come so fast, but I will need to fill up gas eventually so still a good option.