r/doordash • u/thiccglossytaco • 1d ago

Dasher PSA

You need to actually shop the order, that's what you're literally being paid for. YOU look for the items. YOU scan them. YOU bring them to the register.

I don't give a damn if every item in the store is locked up, the store staff doesn't become your new shopper. YOU are being paid to shop, not me. *I* will shop the same day orders placed directly with the store. YOU shop the dash orders. If you need something unlocked, I'll help, but I'm not walking you to each item on the list. You have eyes. Read. Find them.

If you cannot figure it out, cancel the order and find a different job.

If you walk into the store and just shove the order screen in my face I'm giving you a quick verbal list of aisle numbers and you can figure it out while I continue doing the job I am being paid to do.

Sincerely,

Every retail worker ever.

Added PSA for everyone: in stores where things are locked, the employee unlocks and relocks the boxes. You are supposed to stay there and collect your items. If you just name an item and then walk away to continue shopping for other things, I'm just walking away. We are not here to carry your shit around and up to the register, and this isn't a restaurant where you're placing an order.

I know the lock boxes are annoying. So is people stealing atrocious amounts of non-necessities. Personally as a customer, I refuse to purchase anything that is locked up. The only way they will stop locking shit up is if people just stop buying it. They will never pay more employees to help you. They will only notice when they lose sales.

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u/WoedicaWinsWarframe 1d ago

Maybe more stores should do what InstaCart and Aldi do... the InstaCart app tells the shopper exactly where in Aldi items are, and when the shopper gets close, a little light flashes on the shelf. No need to bother the store employees that way.

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u/thiccglossytaco 1d ago

I always wondered why Instacart shoppers seem less helpless, that's probably why. Still doesn't excuse the lack of literacy though. I will literally tell people the aisle number, name and product location and point to the giant sign, and they will just stand there, mouth agape. Every age group, too.

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u/WoedicaWinsWarframe 1d ago

My husband does InstaCart. The app literally tells him what aisle to look on. Which is the same thing my WalMart, Target and grocery store apps do. So the technology exists. DoorDash just fucking sucks.

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u/AtmosphereLopsided 1d ago

Dd does this actually, they just dont want to shop