Food delivery has been a thing for a while, but apps like Doordash and others have changed the game up quite a bit. With smartphones, photo confirmation, and a greater number of orders due to changing consumer habits, the Doordash community’s chance encounters have produced a lot of fun pics to share with the world!
Not all of them are fun, of course. In some cases, images may reflect the pressure that people may find themselves under as they juggle multiple jobs and time-sensitive Doordash deliveries just to make ends meet. Fortunately, some of them simply reflect the fun human encounters that can always happen when strangers meet.
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Took Out A Customers Trash For Them
Ordered Dd At Work… This Made Me Laugh So Hard
Officially The 3rd Stray I've Rescued Since I Began Dashing
The online Doordash community seems to have quite the love-hate relationship with the app and the people working for it. While some encounters are quite positive and heartwarming, others portray quite unpleasant behavior from both delivery people and customers alike. The pics share some of the best and worst attributes of humanity.
Was Handed This As A Tip (Even After A Tip Through App) By A Really Nice Lady, Super Cool!
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Load More Replies...Please, where do I find an origami tutorial for exactly this thing, it looks better than my stars
Here you go! 5-dollar-pointed star: https://youtu.be/QhyvZsCDkoQ Dollar bill butterfly: https://youtu.be/aC18B6XvWtI
Load More Replies...now the question is, do you take it apart to use the money or leave it like that because it's so cool?
5-dollar-pointed star: https://youtu.be/QhyvZsCDkoQ Dollar bill butterfly: https://youtu.be/aC18B6XvWtI
Very cool! Would be a lovely way 2 give money as a Xmas gift instead of just in a card
No idea how much it is but I wouldn't want to unfold it anyway.
It's not awesome. Why would you do that to anyone? now they have to unfold it. NOPE
I have one that is an origami frog and a star one stashed away. They were given as tips as well. When I get origami style ones, I always save them for good luck 🍀🍀🍀
I used to be able to do that, but like anything else of import, I've forgotten over the years.
Origami money is good luck. Keep it in that form and it will attract money to it.
Origami ninja star! I will throw happy into your heart with these 5 pieces of paper!!! 😃
This Drop Off Photo
The Most Perfect DD Pic
For both customers and workers, some of the problems may be due to growing pains. Food delivery apps around the world have experienced extraordinary growth in recent years, and society may be experiencing growing pains as we all wrap our heads around an economy in which nearly anyone can decide to become a food delivery worker and almost anyone can order food from a restaurant right to their doorstep.
This Made Me Snort Laugh
What A Time To Be Alive
Hate When “Leave At Door” Customers Rush Out To Meet You On The Doorstep
An article by consulting firm McKinsey & Company puts the meteoric rise of food delivery businesses into context: “A little under two decades ago, restaurant-quality meal delivery was still largely limited to foods such as pizza and Chinese. Nowadays, food delivery has become a global market worth more than $150 billion, having more than tripled since 2017.”
This Made My Night
Met A Friend Along The Way
Angels Do Exist
The switch to new interfaces between restaurant customers and their food was bound to happen as tech innovators worked to expand the role of apps in our lives, but global lockdown efforts for the COVID-19 pandemic had an especially significant role to play in the proliferation of these apps. As McKinsey & Company writes, “Lockdowns and physical-distancing requirements early on in the pandemic gave the category an enormous boost, with delivery becoming a lifeline for the hurting restaurant industry. Moving forward, it is poised to remain a permanent fixture in the dining landscape.”
I Hope This Is Enough
The Perfect Delivery Photo
Honestly The Best Interaction I’ve Had In The App. Made My Night
Despite their proliferation, however, it is clear that working in the industry isn’t a cakewalk. Industry representatives claim that margins are quite thin and that the business has high costs. Depending on the region and on the app (there’s much more out there than just DoorDash), restaurants may be taking a hit by working with these apps as well.
He Was Not Lying
Took This Picture While Dropping Off
Have You Done This? Lol
The average food delivery platform customer may not realize that the apps charge on both ends of their order. In addition to the service fee you pay as a consumer, the restaurant will pay (usually between 15-30% of the order price) for the pleasure of reaching a broader consumer base thanks to the app. Depending on the restaurant and the market, this may significantly reduce or even eliminate their profit margins.
I Be Looking Like
Doordash Support Is Insane
This post is doing wonders for door dash in advertising! I suddenly have a new love for just eat, Uber eats and deliveroo!
Im Done With Doordash!
Indeed, the existence of these apps has allowed for a new type of restaurant to flourish that may challenge the traditional types of places that we sometimes like to visit. As McKinsey & Company point out, “This pressure on traditional restaurants could be tightened further by the proliferation of “dark kitchens” (a restaurant that has no front of house for customers) and other delivery-first and delivery-only restaurant models. Since these lower-overhead businesses can afford to pay the platforms’ higher commissions, they are often featured more prominently in the platforms’ apps.”
The Best Customer Ever
Should I Ring The Doorbell?
I’m A Hungry Boy
Restaurants aren’t the only players feeling the pressure. The apps have also been reluctant to provide their delivery workers with the wages and benefits that some laborers expect. People who rely on the gig economy may be especially vulnerable, and efforts to ensure that they get the benefits they need can shake up the industry. “Shifts in how independent contractors are paid, as well as what benefits they receive, could significantly shake up the economics for all major stakeholders across the marketplace,” McKinsey & Company writes.
My Poor Dasher Has Gone Through A Lot Today
Dashers: We As Customers Hate This. Please Deliver To The Door (Especially When I Gave Detailed Instructions)…
Is 21% Tip Enough?
As consumers, it’s worth thinking twice before completing an order on our food delivery app of choice. On the one hand, we could be providing a local gig worker with a slice of much-needed income. On the other, we could be depriving a beloved but struggling local restaurant of some much-needed income.
Didn't Get My Sandwich. Had Dd Re-Deliver The Order. Dd Sent Me 6 Redeliveries Using 6 Different Dashers
Had this happen with Just Eat in the Uk and messaged customer services to ask a- had I been charged for the extras and b- what to do with them? They said I wouldn't be and I could keep them or give them away etc. our driver said she saw a homeless person round the corner from my hotel, so we both took the extra food to them and asked if they wanted it. They did and it meant they got food and it didn't go to waste. A happy ending to a mishap
Delivered To The Wrong House And They Didn’t Even Apologize
This sounds like those people that act like everything is gonna be alright, then someone else saves the day and they are like "see? told you"
Friend Couldn’t Find His Door Dash Order, Then Sent Me This Photo Later
Sometimes, going for a walk and sitting down to eat at a local restaurant just might be worth it!
Customers With Loose Dogs, You Know We're Coming. Put Them Up For 2 Minutes While I Drop Off Your Food, Please. It's Not Our Job To Fight The Hungry Beast To Save Your Order
Who Is In The Wrong Here?
Saw This In My Apartment Stairs After Hearing A Loud Noise And Being Notified My Order Was Cancelled
Dasher Snapped A Photo Of My House From The Street. Food Nowhere To Be Found
Interesting Choice
My Doordasher Is Stuck In The Elevator
This person deserves some of the evil dished out to other customers. Do something about the delivery person trapped in an elevator! Call someone for them!
Well That’s An Interesting Name
Waited An Hour For Taco Bell Delivery From Less Than A Mile Away. They Didn’t Drop Off My Food, Only The Drink. $22 For A Beverage
I Have Seen Horror Stories Of Bad Dashers But Never Thought I'd Get One
Dasher Left Food In Bushes
Saw This While On A Dash Today
you can't put a glass and expect people not to look through it though
Dasher Stops A Block Away And Gives My Lunch To A Random Child
When Did Begging For Extra Tips Become A Thing?
When They Don’t Leave A Gate Code And Won’t Answer The Phone
When The Address Is Incorrect And Customer Wont Answer So You Look At The Food Like This
This Is My Second Time Using Doordash. I Put A $5 Tip On A $20.63 Order. Is This A Common Thing? I Feel Bad And Wondering If I Should Go In And Add An Extra Couple Bucks
Food Was Destroyed
So I Got This As A Tip Today. Customer Told Me I Could Sell It And Get Some Cash Out Of It
I can't make out what's in the bag, but if it's genuinely a 1kg silver bar that's awesome. Silver is around $770 a kilo.
Food Delivered In Mailbox
I really don't get the 10 dollar meal deliveries where you know they'd be paying more just for the delivery than the meal. Unless you're injured/car is broken just get it yourself?
Dude Stole My $35 Pizza For My Dad And I :((
Ate My Pickle!?
This is why most places seal the bag (either with a sticker or a specific kind of sealable bag) so you can tell right away if someone f****d with your food
Sweet Elderly Man Handed Me My Food Then Took A Picture Because The App Said He Needed A Picture
Creepy Message From My Dasher
He Had Me Come Out To The Car To Get It. I Had To Sign Off My Meeting
You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me, Please Eat Your Wings And Leave Me Alone
Dashers, Welcome To Spring
Please Stop Doing This
Yes! I have my groceries delivered and so many times the drivers leave the bags so I can’t open the door!
Woke Up To This
Driver Asks For $1750 For Rent?
My Driver Ate One Of My Cookies
(Driver) I Post Up With Every Order - I've Been Tipped Roughly $100 More And Gotten A Lot Of "Lol" Replies, Mostly Nobody Says Anything. Friends And Family Are Split On How Cringe This Is - What Are Your Thoughts?
Maybe I Could Have Tipped Better But Couldn't He Have Just Not Accepted My Order?
Is $9 really a bad tip? Where I live, 9.5 miles is about 12 minutes. Genuinely want to know.
Was This The Appropriate Thing To Do?
I Met The Dasher Downstairs And He Had The Pizza In Some Backpack…sideways
Photo Of My Burrito + Horchata Taken By My Dasher Without Comment
This Person Ordered Alcohol And Wouldn't Come To The Door
A Little Freaked Out
Called The Coffee Shop And Turns Out She Stole The Bottle From Their Drive Thru Display
Update: She Did It Again
Anybody Else Get Puppies With Their Order?
These Delivery Instructions Were… Interesting
Great Job Dude!
I Just Wanted Nuggys
Dd Cancelled My 9-Pizza Little Caesars Delivery Due To An Unresponsive Customer
Nice Doordash. Real Nice
Dd Is On The Verge To Collapse
You mean, doing what people have done for decades before doordash was a thing? ;)
Send Me This Kind Of Message And I Sure As Hell Won't Tip You
I use Just Eat quite regularly. I have never tipped a delivery driver as they don't expect it. But then I live in the UK where they get paid a decent wage.
Tipped 7$ For 1.5 Miles….can’t Even Bring My Food Up
Unsure How I Feel About This But I Like The Meme
Big Oof From This Guy
I’ve Never Seen This Before
One of my Dashers brought me a lollipop with my order. Best random thing ever. I caught another one having a conversation with my kitten through the window screen. :D
I Want To Help But This Just Feels Wrong
Am I In The Wrong?
I assume Doordash has options to either drop off or deliver to a person. If the order was flagged as the latter then the driver seems to be in the right.
They Act Like I Give A S**t Lol
The Ability To Get Quick Refunds For Small Things Is Great, This Is Pathetic Though
Not sure what the complaint here is about? Is it because it's taking 7 minutes to get a reply? Or is it because the person wants a refund in the first place?
When my son was living at home he ordered food and had it delivered via Door Dash. I was curious how much it cost. Between the food, the delivery and the tip I almost bit my tongue off keeping my mouth shut.
This is why I don't use UberEats or Just Eat. Maybe I'm just very lucky, but my local takeaways use their own drivers. And it's much cheaper dealing directly with them rather than using an app. UK btw.
Most restaurants aside from pizza don't deliver in the US, so this provides a way for people to get things that aren't just pizza. There's no other real choice than using an app here.
Load More Replies...i refuse to use these services. They are dangerous on bicycles (most of them here are on bikes, phones in hand, running through red lights, ignoring all traffic rules and safety) and they hardly make any money, plus all the extra cringe that comes with it.
I sent food to my elderly mother and get a call from the Dasher. Mom fell backward while opening the door. Dasher got her up and to the sofa, called me to tell me what happened, and stayed with my mom for a bit to make sure she ate and didn't need medical help. She got an extra $25.
I can tell you from experience that 80% of the dashers where I live are pretty dumb. I manage a restaurant and most of them do not speak, they just point their phone at you and expect you to read off the name and order from the phone screen, which is not easy with my eyesight. I understand that many of them are English challenged, but they can at least make an effort to pronounce the name of the company they are affiliated with, or even better, the name of their customer. "Hello, I'm picking up a DoorDash order for John." How hard is that?
Lol, yeah! Can relate! Let's face it though, being a DoorDash delivery driver is not a job you have when you're winning at life, is it? :P Most of the Dashers we get are staggeringly dumb as well. They often drive right by the place. Google maps is a thing, you know. My partner uses it, and it never steers him wrong. Why is it so hard for them to use?
Load More Replies...Door dash and Uber eats don't even cover where I live, I'm in a wee town in the middle of Ayrshire, Scotland - but there's a really nice Chinese at the end of my street practically so I get food from these most of the time if I'm getting take away. Would absolutely love it if a sushi place was nearby, I'd never cook again
My experience with UberEats is, regardless of what time frame I requested the order to be delivered, the drivers would bring it whenever they felt like it.
Load More Replies...My problem is living on a tiny little off-road terrace of 9 houses which is not on satnav. The number of times I’ve had to guide delivery peeps to where I am or meet them on the main road (up two bleeding great hills) is silly.
I don't understand ever using this. It's just lazy and far too expensive.
Well nice for you that you always have the time to not be "lazy"
Load More Replies...I'm really grateful that the food delivery service we have in South Africa is much much better than this. I've never had any reason to complain and my drivers have always been lovely and polite and professional.
When my son was living at home he ordered food and had it delivered via Door Dash. I was curious how much it cost. Between the food, the delivery and the tip I almost bit my tongue off keeping my mouth shut.
This is why I don't use UberEats or Just Eat. Maybe I'm just very lucky, but my local takeaways use their own drivers. And it's much cheaper dealing directly with them rather than using an app. UK btw.
Most restaurants aside from pizza don't deliver in the US, so this provides a way for people to get things that aren't just pizza. There's no other real choice than using an app here.
Load More Replies...i refuse to use these services. They are dangerous on bicycles (most of them here are on bikes, phones in hand, running through red lights, ignoring all traffic rules and safety) and they hardly make any money, plus all the extra cringe that comes with it.
I sent food to my elderly mother and get a call from the Dasher. Mom fell backward while opening the door. Dasher got her up and to the sofa, called me to tell me what happened, and stayed with my mom for a bit to make sure she ate and didn't need medical help. She got an extra $25.
I can tell you from experience that 80% of the dashers where I live are pretty dumb. I manage a restaurant and most of them do not speak, they just point their phone at you and expect you to read off the name and order from the phone screen, which is not easy with my eyesight. I understand that many of them are English challenged, but they can at least make an effort to pronounce the name of the company they are affiliated with, or even better, the name of their customer. "Hello, I'm picking up a DoorDash order for John." How hard is that?
Lol, yeah! Can relate! Let's face it though, being a DoorDash delivery driver is not a job you have when you're winning at life, is it? :P Most of the Dashers we get are staggeringly dumb as well. They often drive right by the place. Google maps is a thing, you know. My partner uses it, and it never steers him wrong. Why is it so hard for them to use?
Load More Replies...Door dash and Uber eats don't even cover where I live, I'm in a wee town in the middle of Ayrshire, Scotland - but there's a really nice Chinese at the end of my street practically so I get food from these most of the time if I'm getting take away. Would absolutely love it if a sushi place was nearby, I'd never cook again
My experience with UberEats is, regardless of what time frame I requested the order to be delivered, the drivers would bring it whenever they felt like it.
Load More Replies...My problem is living on a tiny little off-road terrace of 9 houses which is not on satnav. The number of times I’ve had to guide delivery peeps to where I am or meet them on the main road (up two bleeding great hills) is silly.
I don't understand ever using this. It's just lazy and far too expensive.
Well nice for you that you always have the time to not be "lazy"
Load More Replies...I'm really grateful that the food delivery service we have in South Africa is much much better than this. I've never had any reason to complain and my drivers have always been lovely and polite and professional.