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50 Wild And Unexpected Pictures From The Lives Of Delivery Drivers
If the last few years have taught us anything, it's just how essential delivery drivers are. Sure, some of them refuse to take the high road and handle our parcels with complete disregard. But thousands of others do much more than just deliver goods straight to their customer's doorsteps. They go out of their way to save Friday nights, heal Monday blues, and put genuine smiles on their faces.
But even when drivers do their jobs with the utmost care, many things are out of their control. Luckily for us, though, they cause plenty of weird and funny adventures workers can’t wait to share with everyone online. So let us introduce you to two online groups, 'Postmates' and 'Couriers Of Reddit', the perfect outlets for delivery drivers to reveal the ups and downs of their professional lives.
Whether it’s to air out their grievances or give a warm round of applause, couriers set out on a mission to show everyone the wildest things they have ever dealt with on the job. From wholesome experiences to downright hilarious customer encounters, these online communities have a little bit of everything. So continue scrolling, upvote the ones that surprised you most and be sure to tell us what you think about them in the comments!
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#1
I Can Relate
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#2
I Posted This On Another Sub This Morning, But I’ve Been Thinking About It All Day And Thought I’d Share It Here As Well
#3
I'm A Driver For Advance Auto And Every Time I Come To This Stop I See This Little Cutie
#4
The Best Kind Of Surprise
#5
Actually Wouldn't Mind This
#6
Thought You Guys Would Like This
#7
Not Mine, Saw It On Facebook
#8
I Started Driving For Postmates A Few Days Ago Since I Have Extra Free Time And Realized How Underpaid They Are. Had A Horrid Night Tonight So I Wanted To Do Something Nice For Somebody Delivering In The Rain. His Response Made My Night Better In Return
#9
So This Happened To Me Today
#10
Meanwhile In Australia
#11
This Just Happened
#12
Saw This On Fb Today, Made Me Lol
#13
I Havent Been Able To Work For 5 Days Due To Personal Problems But I Was Able To Get Out And Do 1 Delivery And It Ended Up Being This One. This Person Helped Me So Much
#15
They Had This At The Door Plus Gave Me A Cash Tip! Shoutout To The Homie Customers
#16
This Is My New Favorite Doormat!
#17
Not Postmates But Lol
#18
Got A Very Important Postmates Today. I Literally Ran Out Of My House On The Quest For The Puppy Pool
Your Neighborhood Alien 4 years ago
On finding the kiddie pool, OP wrote: "It was a mission let me tell you... and I live in Miami lol. Like five different associates told me they didn’t have any because they’re out of season or they had them in the camping section (they weren’t) . At the end I almost just messaged the girl to see if she wanted me to stop by a target and pick her up a kids pool since I know they do carry them there.. I was so desperate to help her lol. Before I left the store though I found what looked like a manager and asked him if he really didn’t have Any kids pools and he told me they did they were in the pets section (?) I was just happy to find the pool! Barely fit in my huge car too but I made it work 💪"
#19
I’m Extremely Sick And Ordered Some Medicine And Drinks From 7-11, Put In The Delivery Instructions To Knock And Leave At The Door As I Don’t Want To Pass It On. She Left This Little Note In The Bag. It’s The Little Things That Count
#20
This F**king Guy
#21
It Was Dark Out, Handed Me This As A Tip And I Tried To “Act Cool” Because I Legit Thought I Had Just Been Tipped Drugs
#22
If Only All Houses Were Like This Haha
#23
There Are Good People In The World
#24
One Of These Is A Doorway And One Is A Full Length Mirror… Guess Which One I Walked Into
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
That happened to me once, except I attempted to apologise to the woman coming the other way through the "doorway", only to realise it was my reflection.
#25
A Good Boy Greeted Me During My Delivery Today
#26
Just This. Nothing Else. Lol Loved This Order
#27
You Sweet Dear Soul.. I Want To Sincerely Thank You From The Bottom Of My Heart
#28
When You Get The First Hint That This Apartment Is Not Going To Be Easy To Find
#30
Yodelayheehoo!!!
TomBeingPushed 4 years ago
Honey, there's a loud brass band in front of our house. What does that mean? - "I don't know, turn up the TV."
#31
Order Notes Made Me Smile! The Guy Was Really Really Hungry For His Sandwich And Lemonade
#32
Appreciated Their Bluntness
#33
So Done With People. Btw, The “Not Rdy Yet” Happened 5 Min After My First Text
#34
Just Got This And I Thought It Was The Sweetest Thing Ever Lol
#35
Busy Sushi Restaurant Was Awesome And Gave Me A Free Roll For Patiently Waiting!!
#36
Deliver And Treat!
#37
Delivered To Address Provided, Tried To Contact, But I'm The A-Hole
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
The fact that this pesky service personnel still can't read minds is in fact appalling.
#38
Had A Friendly Observer Through The Glass Making Sure Everything Goes Smoothly
#39
Contactless Delivery Instructions
#40
Ordered From Five Guys
#41
Dios Mio! Are My Eyes Decieving Me?
#42
To The Nurse At Hollywood Presbyterian.. I Was Having A Terrible Day. Not Only Was She Very Kind When I Dropped Off Her Food, She Complimented My Leggings And Made Me Feel Good! I Just Got An App Notification She Tipped $100. God Bless You Kind Soul. I Really Appreciate It
#43
S/O This Customer
Kelli Lindsay Boone 4 years ago
I can't remember which one of the delivery services it is but one of them has this pop-up window when you try to add a tip more than 50% of the bill "whoa whoa whoa that's awfully generous of you, but tip can't be more than 50% of the bill". B***h, trying to tell me how to spend my money?
#44
Make That $0.01
#45
Delivery Guy On Crutches. Gig Economy In Action
#46
Wish We Had More Customers Like This
#47
A Special Shout-Out To The Kind Lady Who Ordered 80$ Worth Of Mexican Food Only To Not Pick It Up. After Several Calls And Texts,and The 5 Minute Timer,i Now Have Enough Burritos To Feed Myself For The Next Week
#48
It’s So Beautiful! Why Can’t Everyone Be Like This!
#49
Creep Customer!?!?!!
#50
My First Day As Delivery Guy At Dominos
#51
My Instacarter This Morning, Gave Me A Giggle
#52
What A Normal Day At My Local Chipotle Looks Like. All Delivery Drivers
#53
Some People Are Truly Decent
Pheebs 4 years ago
I always feel so bad when the online service is a pain with the tipping. Local restaurant is still doing half their business pickup/curbside, and they get jipped all the damn time because the company’s website defaults to a tiny tip, and it’s hard to find on the screen. I thought the guy who gave me my order was going to cry when I told him there was a problem with my order and handed him a cash tip.
#54
The Best Customer Note Oscar Goes To
#55
$96 Worth Of Sushi In My Fridge Because The Restaurant Gave Me The Wrong Order
#56
Restaurants, Take Note. We’re Not Just Delivery Drivers, We’re Your Customers Too
#58
Didn’t Know Whether To Smile Or Cry When I Saw These Delivery Instructions. It Took Awhile To Find The Correct Person To Drop It Off With, But I Would Consider It Worth The Extra Time
Adrienne Mcginley 4 years ago
Onion ninjas are at it again! So glad you were able to make the delivery.
#59
A Customer Just Handed Me This While I Was Dropping Off His Food And Said “Happy 420”. Thanks Matt You’re The Man!!
#60
I Think I’ll Take The Stairs
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
*jump* Elevator: "Going down. Basement, boiler room, assorted monsters and ghosts."
#61
Guy Canceled His Order 2 Minutes After I Picked It Up
#62
Postmates Sent Me Up A Mountain On A Bicycle In The Rain In The Middle Of The City. Portland Problems I Guess. Delivered A Berry Bowl From Psu To Apartments On Marquam Hill And It Sent Me Up A Hiking Trail
#63
Now This Is How Everyone Should Have Their House Numbers
#64
Shout Out To These UPS Drivers. I Should've Added My Amazon Sticker But I Was In A Hurry
#65
Tell Me How You Really Feel
#66
It’s Time To Move On To Another Occupation I Guess
#67
Nice. Just Got My Card In The Mail Today And They Assigned Me The Name Mjrdck
#68
This Is A Nightmare
#69
Delivering Hasn't Been The Most Exciting Or Nicest Thing To Do Lately, But This Lifted My Spirits
#70
Massive Grocery Order. Had To Put Down My 2nd & 3rd Row Seats. $2.50 Tip
Megan Curl 4 years ago
That’s just SO wrong. drivers should be able to leave bad reviews for customers so no one else has to go through this cr@p.
#71
Someone Literally Tipped Me With A Bottle Of Champagne, So I Had To Share
#72
I Hope This Guy Is Ok! 10ish This Morning With A Note Not To Ring The Bell
#73
This Is The Walgreens I Was Supposed To Pick Up From
#75
This Is A Real Conversation I Had When Delivering To Someone
#76
Had A Pretty Amusing Delivery Last Night
#77
Door Dash Employee Ordering Postmates Loll
#78
Delivery Driver Wet Dream…. Satisfyingly Visible Housing Numbers
#79
Best Instacart Ever
#80
Out Here Makin Bank
#81
Hold Up Am I Seeing Things?
#82
Postmates Brought Me To This "Hotspot" Today
#83
You Are Being Tracked!
#85
Just Another Day On The Job
Zsolt Hegedűs 4 years ago
I don't see the problem here. Odd numbers to the left, even numbers to the right.
#88
Grubhub Had To Cancel The Order After There Wasn't Enough Money On My Driver Card To Pay For It All? So I Got $115 Worth Of Pizza Ranch
#89
Overly Informative, Useless Information
Drea Benoit 4 years ago
Not too lazy to use any space at all to announce their opinions though
#90
I Present The Chipotle Table Of Shame
Bobbie Meyers 4 years ago
Asinine. This is why tipping should not be a thing. First off, we are obligated, even with crappy service. Secondly, I may pay for the food with a card and want to tip with cash, but you're too much of a d**k to do your job?
#91
I’m Beyond Broke. Saw This Order $21 Originally. Saw The Distance. I Think Gig Work Is Gonna Implode
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Why would you order from a restaurant that's 36 miles (58 km) away from your house?!
#92
Could Not Resist Accepting This Amazing Order... 30 Bucks To Go To Africa, I’m Sold!
Lech Dąbrowski 4 years ago (edited)
1. Country name in N***r. Some people are just crazy about self censorship. 2. Green dot points to 0'0", 0'0" on GPS. Must be some glitch in application. What the f**k, it censored my post. This site is messed up.
#94
Make Up To $22 An Hour
#95
I Guess He Didn’t Appreciate My Fast & Furious Gif
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Lee 4 years ago (edited)
I work for Doordash to pick up the wage cut I took when I got a job with fewer hours for mental health reasons. Its a decent enough side job. I don't get many crazy orders and the few I have had at least the customers were very nice about the mix ups. But the one I will never forget was when I got lost at an apartment complex and when I finally got out of my car I heard two guys having a LITERAL pi/ssing contest. They sounded quite drunk and one guy was saying to the other guy "see, mine's going farther." and his buddy goes "because your closer to the wall. Step back." Then I dropped off the food, got into my car and decided to end the dash early.
Tom Murphy 4 years ago
You quit working because two dudes were pissing on the wall? Golly, I sure hope Sheriff Taylor was able to keep Mayberry safe from those thugs!
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Stephanie Paich 4 years ago
My mom orders Door Dash every day, sometimes multiple times, and has been doing so for two years now. I can count on one hand the number of people who knocked or rang the doorbell. I know some people might prefer that you not for one reason or another, sleeping baby, dogs that bark, whatever. But I feel like the DEFAULT should be to notify people that their food is at the door. My phone might be dead or in another room or on silent. The doorbell is right next to you, it takes no more time to ring it.
Honu 4 years ago
The app will notify her, but if she's not in the habit of having the volume on or listening for her notifications, she might miss it. However, I would suggest delivery people ring the bell in preference to knocking. Some hearing impaired people have special doorbells that do things like flash lights. There are some things that might help your mom, though. If you set up a different notification tone for the DoorDash app, that might help her realize it's not just a text. I have a smart doorbell with a camera and I gave it a different notification tone on my phone so I know if someone's been to the door even if they don't press the doorbell button and I don't tune it out like I do other notifications. You could even use a notification tone that sounds like a doorbell.
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Elliot Love 4 years ago
I usually ask the Shipt drivers to put a few lightweight items in plastic bags because my service dog likes to help carry things in but can't carry a heavy paper bag. I get so many comments about how that request made their day or was their favorite request they'd seen. The other day the heavy paper bag had my name on it in Sharpie, and the lightweight plastic bag said "service dog" on it in Sharpie. 😂If possible I try to tell them my dog appreciated the lightweight bags, and send a picture if the app allows for that.
Lee 4 years ago (edited)
I work for Doordash to pick up the wage cut I took when I got a job with fewer hours for mental health reasons. Its a decent enough side job. I don't get many crazy orders and the few I have had at least the customers were very nice about the mix ups. But the one I will never forget was when I got lost at an apartment complex and when I finally got out of my car I heard two guys having a LITERAL pi/ssing contest. They sounded quite drunk and one guy was saying to the other guy "see, mine's going farther." and his buddy goes "because your closer to the wall. Step back." Then I dropped off the food, got into my car and decided to end the dash early.
Tom Murphy 4 years ago
You quit working because two dudes were pissing on the wall? Golly, I sure hope Sheriff Taylor was able to keep Mayberry safe from those thugs!
Load More Replies... Stephanie Paich 4 years ago
My mom orders Door Dash every day, sometimes multiple times, and has been doing so for two years now. I can count on one hand the number of people who knocked or rang the doorbell. I know some people might prefer that you not for one reason or another, sleeping baby, dogs that bark, whatever. But I feel like the DEFAULT should be to notify people that their food is at the door. My phone might be dead or in another room or on silent. The doorbell is right next to you, it takes no more time to ring it.
Honu 4 years ago
The app will notify her, but if she's not in the habit of having the volume on or listening for her notifications, she might miss it. However, I would suggest delivery people ring the bell in preference to knocking. Some hearing impaired people have special doorbells that do things like flash lights. There are some things that might help your mom, though. If you set up a different notification tone for the DoorDash app, that might help her realize it's not just a text. I have a smart doorbell with a camera and I gave it a different notification tone on my phone so I know if someone's been to the door even if they don't press the doorbell button and I don't tune it out like I do other notifications. You could even use a notification tone that sounds like a doorbell.
Load More Replies... Elliot Love 4 years ago
I usually ask the Shipt drivers to put a few lightweight items in plastic bags because my service dog likes to help carry things in but can't carry a heavy paper bag. I get so many comments about how that request made their day or was their favorite request they'd seen. The other day the heavy paper bag had my name on it in Sharpie, and the lightweight plastic bag said "service dog" on it in Sharpie. 😂If possible I try to tell them my dog appreciated the lightweight bags, and send a picture if the app allows for that.
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