Minimum plus tips? That's new. Maybe only during certain times and you're expected to maintain a minimum acceptance rate?

When I did it, there was no guaranteed wage at all, you'd only get paid if an order came in, you accepted it, and it was delivered. Some time periods would have almost no orders at all.

Anyway, if you do it, at least do these things:

The early evening hours are the only time the pay approaches something closer to say, pizza delivery. So basically 5:30 to 6PM until maybe around 9:30PM.

After 10PM, that's when most of the takeout restaurants will close, and that's when you start dealing with the drunks. Not worth it.

Speaking of the actual delivery, there was no contactless option back then. I had to physically hand the bag over, every single time. If they don't answer the door? I have to wait until they do. I once had to wait 10-15 minutes, meanwhile not getting paid. Hated that shit so much. That would have been a godsend back then.

Above all, avoid the crowded downtown areas or anywhere parking is tight. Even one parking ticket wipes out any income for the day, and that also takes much longer. The sooner orders get finished, the more tips you can get.

I also remembered one time spending an hour looking for an apartment because it was kind of hidden out of the way and the phone call relay system decided to fail that night, but that's a one off and not typical.

Eventually you'll learn which restaurants are slow, so you might think twice about accepting orders from them. I remember one time an order was a steakhouse, and I waited half an hour unpaid for it to get cooked. I'd eventually get more tip for doing that but I didn't know that going in.

Speaking of tips, don't prioritize the rich areas. The tips aren't generally any better, usually about the same or sometimes worse, and sometimes there's a greater sense of entitlement. Some of the best tips came from those living in cheap, kind of run down apartments.

And perhaps obviously, don't go into the dangerous parts of town, ever. I heard of cases of the car getting stolen and the driver getting robbed. Yet I've also heard that if you carry a gun and use it, they'll fire you for it, regardless of the reason, even if perfectly justified (like getting assaulted or robbed).

Moving this thread/request to the appropriate board.

This reads like a personals ad, which is fine. But I'm moving this to the appropriate board.

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.

It's been awhile, though I recall I saw a fat fetish story somewhere, with a very dark premise. The protagonist was kidnapped, and placed in a cell with a sink, toilet, bed, TV, electronic scale, unlimited food of any type, and not much else. The door would only unlock when the scale measured at least 100 lbs higher than when the protagonist went in. The catch was also that a 9 month deadline was set, or else the door would never unlock.

That meant the protagonist had no choice to not only eat as much as possible, but actively try to stuff even more to gain even faster, if there was any hope of escape. Of course, after escape, the newly established eating habits remain and the individual will never get to be thin again.

I didn't really like that story, but it is a pretty common theme.

As for real-life, that sounds like hell. COVID was already bad enough, and that was still with the ability to shop in person at supermarkets and box stores (albeit with those damn masks or face shields), or to visit parks. I'll fully admit that one of the nice things about COVID was it was a great excuse to gain a lot of weight, but I still wouldn't want something like that again. Personally I got through it unscathed, but I know a LOT of people weren't so lucky.

And yeah, a lot of people went fucking nuts during that time. At a local pediatric hospital, admissions quadrupled about 1-2 months after lockdowns started, but just before the enhanced unemployment benefits finally kicked in. They weren't for conditions directly related to COVID either. Most of those cases involved physical injuries ranging from stitches to more severe conditions like broken bones.

It was likely do to some who likely had little to no savings, but then lost all their income as they worked in fields affected by the lockdowns. Combine that on top of an already very high stress, precarious existence, and the results are explosive. It's not hard to see how emotions might run high, and practicality and logic goes out the window. Physical abuse makes no more logical sense than punching holes in walls, but unfortunately it happens anyway.

But yeah, fuck COVID. We don't need that again.

I think you just have to take it easy and not go too overboard, I think.

Another thing you have to remember, is one of the negative consequences of a permanently connected world from advances in technology, and how that relates to news. You also have to considered most news organizations are profit-seeking private enterprise; more on that later.

In the past, most news would have been delivered via the morning newspaper, though many large cities might have had an afternoon/evening edition. The point is, that was only once, or at most, twice a day. Broadcast TV has been around since the 40s, but the news segment would have still been once or twice a day. This meant there was time to consider what news stories to share, and to more easily vet the stories.

Fast forward to within the last 20 years, where there's pressure to provide continuous news throughout the day. Also consider that most news outlets are profit-seeking private enterprises, reliant on advertising revenue, especially since most folks don't want to subscribe, which was the norm for newspapers.

Thus, they are financially motivated to publish content that gets more views. This is why we have click-bait titles, and why it seems the headlines are more scandalous and incendiary than ever. They're meant to motivate you to click, for more ad impressions.

And unfortunately, it does seem that negative news and information tends to travel 5 times as fast.

Same thing with the algorithms on Facebook, YouTube, et. al. The algorithms are carefully crafted to increase engagement, whether positive or negative, because to them it really doesn't matter, all to increase ad impressions for revenue.

I can't speak about Feabie, but FantasyFeeder has no algorithm; it's all first come, first serve, the latest is what's displayed, no matter what it is.

As for YouTube, maybe don't watch the news, political pundits, etc. Maybe try watching fun things that are interesting but aren't that serious or of little to no consequence. For me, that might be videos about esoteric computer hardware or silly challenges without practical value that someone does "just because they can." Modern Gentoo Linux on a 486? A striped storage array consisting of 12 floppies? Why not?! Or how about playing Bohemian Rhapsody on a 100+ year old fairground organ, even going to the trouble of making the paper tape? Video game lore theories and challenges are gold, too. Portal 2 without portals? Maybe! Or can you beat Zelda: Majora's Mask in a single 3 day cycle? Spoiler alert: Yes you can, if you know exactly what you're doing. I think you get the idea.

The world is not as grim or horrid as the news sometimes makes it out to be. It's not this big scary place where life-threatening danger lurks around every single corner. Most folks are still decent to a fault, like before.

But yeah, I think maybe just take easy from time to time, it doesn't always have to be so long. You don't have to be checking the news every minute of every day. You don't have to respond to every message within 5 minutes or even half hour.

Still, I'm glad to hear that you intend to basically "touch grass" for a little while, it can be good to do from time to time. I support your plan.

While not directed to anyone in particular, sometimes I get the impression some folks need to do that more often, and when they do, the world would be a better place.

Another necropost where the OP is long gone. Thread locked.

Another necropost where the OP is long gone. Thread locked.