The Dasher Who Sees Both Sides Of It. Silicon Valley day job and food delivery side-hustles. Opinions come in two sizes: tweet & @therideshareguy article.
San Jose, CA
Joined October 2018
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If we never Tweet one another again, may I leave you with this: consider orders in $/delivery time, not $/mile. It's a better metric. Thank you, and God Bless.
Drivers! Please be extra careful tonight, particularly near your deliveries. Lots of kids and parents crossing streets in dark clothing and in costumes that might obscure vision. Safety first!! 🙏
Takeaways after another six months away:
* Probably 21/25 were no-contact. Speeds up deliveries.
* No need for me to text customers with arrival. The app provides all that info.
* Late into the night just head towards McD’s and JITB and wait.
So DoorDash is telling me I can earn the same rate over 40 hours as I do in 5 hours? FURTHERMORE, even “hours” is only defined by the assignment to completion time, not waiting. Blatantly dishonest.
Dash Bridges 🚗💨 retweeted
Senior @TheRideshareGuy contributor @DashBridges shares his deep-dive into the #DasherDirect card and why it's a great alternative for Dashers who want or need #instantpayouts. #gigworkers #payments #ondemandeconomy therideshareguy.com/dasherdi…
Even the notorious haters in the Facebook groups seemed to like #DasherDirect...which is sayin' something!
Senior @TheRideshareGuy contributor @DashBridges shares his deep-dive into the #DasherDirect card and why it's a great alternative for Dashers who want or need #instantpayouts. #gigworkers #payments #ondemandeconomy therideshareguy.com/dasherdi…
The driver in the article sounds a lot like a guy I know! Thanks to @TheRideshareGuy and staff for connecting me with @Preetika_Rana.
To their credit, execs addressed the mind boggling math head on wsj.com/articles/doordash-an…
DoorDash COO @chrispa: This is a cost-intensive business that is low margin and scale driven
Uber Eats’ chief @pierre_dimitri: You really need to optimize things to the cent
My deep dive 👇🏼
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 😵
If you read the Facebook group posts about frustrating DD customers and then add Instacart-level complexity. OOF
As you Dash this weekend, remember this handy advice: Only accept $3 order if you’re already at the restaurant, and your customer is also at the restaurant.
Drive safely!
What is your #1 restaurant draft pick? (Not food, your favorite restaurant to pick up from).
Note: check out the Dashing/sports topic of the day tie-in!
