‘This is the best thing DoorDash has introduced’: DoorDasher praises new ‘unassign from order’ feature for drivers

Last year, DoorDash announced that drivers would be able to unassign orders from themselves if they felt unsafe without incurring any penalty. Drivers have long had the ability to unassign themselves from an order; however, doing so would affect their completion rate and potentially ruin the chances of them being designated as a Top Dasher. …

Newsletter: DoorDasher asked customer to pay for his gas

Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.  Our top stories today are about: A customer who says her DoorDash driver asked her to pay for his gas, how TikTok iscracking down on deepfakes, how Twitter is replying to emails to its press office with the poop emoji, and …

Newsletter: Camera catches DoorDasher cursing out customer

Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.  Happy Friday! Our top stories today are about: How some people online are vowing never to drink Heineken again after Bill Gates bought a minority stake in the company, a viral video showing a DoorDash driver cursing out a customer, how …

Newsletter: DoorDasher gets revenge on bad tipper

Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.  Happy Friday! Our top stories today are about: A DoorDash driver detailing the revenge he got on a customer who didn’t tip, a lawyer issuing a PSA about those “anonymous” surveys at work, a look at why Elon Musk set his …

‘Not worth me waiting 30 minutes on the drive-thru just to get paid $3:75’: DoorDasher calls customer ‘lazy’ for ordering from McDonald’s one block away

A DoorDash driver who goes by Ordinary Delivery Guy (@ordinarydeliveryguy) on TikTok is receiving criticism after calling a customer ‘lazy’ because they ordered from a McDonald’s that was only a block away. Other users on the platform said the driver was being judgmental and offered up a litany of various reasons as to why someone …

‘No tip, no trip’: DoorDasher shows piles of orders sitting on restaurant counter, says its a result of non-tipping customers

Amongst DoorDash drivers, there is a common saying: “no tip, no trip.” This means exactly what it sounds like. If a customer orders an item and does not tip, many DoorDash drivers will simply ignore the order as waiting for more profitable orders better serves their interests. Many users on TikTok have shared the alleged …

‘This is better than 99.9% of the financial advice on this app’: DoorDasher shares how he orders food and pays himself to pick it up

A DoorDash driver shared some unusual financial advice on TikTok: order DoorDash as a customer and deliver it to yourself as a delivery driver. The dasher, named Simon Fraser on TikTok (@simonfraser_), recently posted a video on the app explaining his “life hack.” As of Wednesday, the video went viral with about 232,000 views on …

‘Just raise the base!’: A Doordasher took to TikTok to show how they penalize drivers for not taking orders rather than raising their pay

A Doordasher took to TikTok to laugh off her frustrations with the app. In her video, @swizzlebalarkey held up a screenshot of her attempt to decline an order.  A dashboard appears showing how the decision would ding her acceptance rate and threaten her top dasher status overall. “Just raise the base!” she says into the …

TikToker allegedly catches DoorDasher fake a drop off picture and steal her food

  Through security camera footage, a TikToker watched a DoorDash driver steal her late-night Taco Bell order. The DoorDash bandit even faked a drop-off picture.  The video has reached over 27,000 views and commenters are shocked at the driver’s audacity.  In the TikTok, posted by @bela.bands, the Dasher arrives with the order and holds up …