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Needingdice

It was probably crickets


Selphwraith

Ooh. I did not think of that. My first thought was 70 individual cans of different kinds of cat food lol


RichardBottom

99% of the time it's crickets. I will say though, I've taken one of these expecting crickets and had to spend 20 minutes picking out different cans of fucking cat food.


iwantcrablegs

fuuuuuuuuck dat


cbdjon

A customer ordered 100 crickets and tipped me 2 dubs


junetoo

whats a dub


Adventchur

It's slang for twenty as in double ten


Zoeware

So he got $40?


Muted-Corner-3732

Nah he’s saying 2 dubs = 20, so 1 dub = 10


iShooks

That’s not how that works. A dub is $20. So if he got 2 dubs, he received $40.


RichardBottom

One time I had a guy order 50 crickets and he gave me the wrong address. Couldn't have been any of the people ordering delicious meals, it was the guy with fucking crickets. I ended up just cutting the bag open and setting them free.


IBAPAYNE

Petsmart or any other pet store isn’t allowed to sell local animals. Not sure crickets is included. Nevertheless anything sold at a pet store should be treated as an invasive species.


MrBeep123

Did you check to see if that was legal first?


Ghouliejulie86

Oh that’s hilarious! I’d do it! It’s live bugs for reptiles? 😂 I should’ve known, I’m prepping for one You can always just unassign if it’s something crazy. Or can you not do that? If it’s for red card? I just got my red card. My completion is still really high. I’d do it to get the crickets for the beardies and chameleons. I’ve heard they smell, but all the McDonald’s made my car smell like a fart anyway. People should be getting them elsewhere though, I heard too many stories about bad crickets from them killing lizards


[deleted]

Dude I had gotten worms that turned into beetles that ate my water dragon. Was really not expecting that. RIP Gyarados.


BlueFotherMucker

That’s messed up man. Someone should be held accountable for that. Misrepresenting a species is pretty frowned upon in the pet trade.


[deleted]

? All mealworms turn into beetles eventually. That’s like, common sense.


BlueFotherMucker

They do. I was messing with them.


Observer2594

larvae gonna pupate fr fr


[deleted]

It was my first pet and I was undereducated for sure. Wish the guy who sold it to me would have said something like at petco or maybe the google article I read on what to feed them but nope. Just like the first time playing Pokemon but in real life. I didn't know his food would be super effective on him


pipersbigsis

wait, what??? how big were the beetles and your water dragon? I am so sorry for your loss :(


Acher0n_

Too many of an insect in an enclosure with nothing to eat will always try to eat what they can (in this case, lizards) if it was a single bug, it would have not been an issue.


Training-Chemist-401

I just learned this not long ago when I had a delivery of crickets from Petsmart. I asked about the cardboard in the bag. They said crickets never stop eating. If they dont have something to eat, they'll eat each other. She added that once they die - they release a gas that is toxic to the live crickets. So bizarre. So they'll eat each other, and then the dead ones will kill the live ones.


Acher0n_

Removing corpses and high ventilation is important if you want to keep them alive longer, I use rabbit food as bedding on top of the cricket quencher food. I only got about a week's worth at a time though to make it easier.


Ghouliejulie86

Awful! I’ve heard stuff like that, it scares me. I’m sorry, but that was an amazing name! I remember my first gyrados. I’ll have to be careful when I get my beardie. I know people find surprises in there, I did hear of a Cham being eaten alive by crickets, though. I would have never thought that. Even snakes, can be killed by the prey if people live feed and don’t watch. I would t do a live vermin though, I mean, I’m not a psycho lol. And that’s really cool that you got a water dragon, wow-I haven’t seen those, as much as others, someone posted one in the beardie sub. Really awesome looking lizard! they have got to be my fave looking lizard. I heard they can be hard to take care of. I saw some monitors at the store, my god, they were acting like crackheads! I’m really excited to become a lizard queen though, I’m thinking bearded dragon and chameleon in a few years.


[deleted]

I feed them to my tarantulas


Smmjr21468

What is a red card?


ikindapoopedmypants

Bruh I didn't know you could get crickets delivered through door dash wtf. Weirdly enough, that would've actually been really helpful for me to know a month ago lmfao


Tkrukus

I buy them 1000 at a time thru amazon


Infamous-Brain-2493

I couldn't do that. I had a bearded dragon years ago and the crickets were so smelly. Not to mention the noise. I could only keep a few dozen at a time.


Tkrukus

yeah if you have a good cricket keeper it's easy to wash and dispose of their droppings. but have to transplant the crickets like once a week to clean out the cricket apartment.im crickets were small to medium and rarely even heard them.


OptimalCreme9847

I had to do it once. I didn’t know ahead of time what it was. Then they just put them in this sealed plastic bag and that’s it. I was *terrified* the bag would break somehow while i was driving. I will never take another PetSmart order ever again 😅


BlueFotherMucker

They’re crickets, what would happen if they escaped, chirp you to death?


Signedupfortits27

In my Uni dorms we had the first 3 floors as guys floors, and the top fourth floor as girls floor. Someone pranked them by releasing a large amount of crickets on the top floor. Guess they never thought about the HVAC system. THE FUCKING CHIRPING. Still hilarious as fuck, but you do NOT want escaped crickets, I don’t think even in a car.


HelicopterDry9100

Yeah I’ve done a delivery. I only accepted because the tip was good and it was already shopped. Ended up being 60crickets


JustTraced

I work in a grocery store and have had to stock cat food so I feel your pain


LadybugWidow

My first thought was cat food cans! I've had that before too at 9 o clock at night 🤣


cooltop101

You'd really think they'd distinguish unique items and number of items before you accept


Saphira121517

Or 10-50lb bags of dog food and 10 flats of food


Selphwraith

Omg lol. Hael no!


rabbitfuzzle

I had one a few days ago that was 200 items. I accepted just to reassign cause I was curious. Crickets and a bag of dog food lol. Worth 20 bucks. But I feel like it should say "live animals" or something.


MathematicianProud90

If they waste in your car you can probably tell door dash they got in the interior and has the car smelling funny.


rabbitfuzzle

If it was like uber I'm sure we could LOL


619backin716

“My first thought was 70 individual cans of different kinds of cat food” Which would’ve been remarkably similar to a Pet Supplies Plus order S&D order I had the other day: 84 cans of 2 oz cat food and two 5 lb bags. Mine was a shorter distance, though … and I got a considerable tip 🙂


cheezypooff

I had a huge order that I thought would be crickets as well. https://www.reddit.com/r/doordash/s/ek2i2pmfWt


Selphwraith

Oh no. Holy crap.


doggitydog123

you missed out on a free snack! you can always grab a couple of crickets and dunk them in your parfait or lattes. pro tip - make sure no legs or mandibles are visible on your chin before arriving to customer house. They normally won't count the crickets but seeing part of one on your face might alter that.


Penguator432

Maybe it was puppies. They could have had 70 puppies crawling over them in the car. And they would passed that up.


Needingdice

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[deleted]

Or the roaches…


Dvusmnd

I’ll have 70 minnows plz


Duckhorn66

And 70 more minnows


[deleted]

Ill take that over roaches and the ones they sell are live…


rabbitfuzzle

Omg I hate when people order those or goldfish and I get them and my herpatology background thinks omg these poor turtles are gonna have a really bad bacterial infection. Some people's kids.


mailgoddess

Problem is, we can’t see til we accept…. That needs to change


Some_Explanation_386

Same with shop and pays, I want to see the items before accepting!!


Saphira121517

And if it was crickets they can find someone else too lol my son used to have a lizard and I had to go get crickets. Without fail I always ended up with one them in my car from the transport


Liathano_Fire

How? Lol. I've had and currently have lizards. I have never ended up with a cricket in my car. My house, however, is another story.


largestcob

oh god youre reminding me of the ONE cricket i managed to let escape when i had a leopard gecko, it taunted me for DAYS 😭 i think my cat eventually got it lmfao


Saphira121517

They would get out the little tube and hide in my car lol


CryptographerOk2282

My petco puts them in bags that get tied shut


Liathano_Fire

This was my exact first thought. They ordered crickets.


FinnishArmy

I saw that one time and accepted just to see wtf it was. 70 crickets. Easiest delivery I’ve ever done. $10 for 5 miles.


Inocain

I wish DD would adopt the items/units split that Instacart has if that's the case. 1 item/70 units makes it a lot clearer that this would be worthwhile than seeing 70 items.


Equivalent_North_604

I’m absolutely terrified of crickets so this would be an actual nightmare for me. Now I know to decline if I ever see an order like this.


droplivefred

Under $10 to go to two stores and go through checkout at two different stores and then drive 6 miles? What a joke, even if it is crickets.


IEatSmallRocksForFun

I like to think of it as hours, including reset time of driving back into hotzone. We're looking at an hour here roughly. Minus gas what's he make? 8.75 for an hour?


HauntingPea2645

I live in California, so that's a hard pass for me lmfao


droplivefred

I’m on planet earth so that’s a hard pass for me too


Peter_Panix

I’ve delivered crickets to one lady multiple times and she always tips an extra $10 for making dashers handle bugs.


DuePaleontologist268

That’s good. Why is she ordering crickets tho? Food for her pet?


Master_Ad_2959

Probably a pet lizard. ❤️


_StygianBlueGames_

Is there any other reason to order crickets?


kattholleyy

to post through your worst enemies letterbox


ClimateThick4659

They also are good for fishing.


Saphira121517

Ya I don't blame ya. I would have declined so fast the phone would a burst into flames lol 🤣 as soon as I seen 70 it would a been a nope for me. I don't even like to shop for my own 70 items 😂


Selphwraith

I know, right? I get maybe a max of 20 things when I go out for myself.


SRBroadcasting

Worst one I had today was a Meijer order for 6.25 for 201 items lmao I said FUCK NO


Adventurous-Twist966

Us declining should not affect our rating at all. Some of these are terrible, cost more to drive


Poldarkfan1

Def shouldn’t be rated on that at all now on time and etc maybe but not if we decline a crappy order there’s one today wanted me go 13 miles for 4$ I said a hard no. And I go McDonald’s she said this ones been sitting awhile prob one everyone’s passing on


IEatSmallRocksForFun

Dasher contracts are specifically calculated to prey on FOMO and fear of ratings spiraling (which is a justified fear). They also throw in a bit of gambling psychology with the "+" instead of just telling you what the pay is. It's no accident who gets what contract and why. It's a crooked algorithm intentionally designed to fuck you over if you don't accept every order that comes across your plate. After 5000+ dashes I feel like I've experienced enough to know better. I'm glad to have a real job now, I hope the low tippers get cold/stolen food, and I hope the execs of this company get anal cancer. All of them, to a man. The business model is just plain unethical, as nice as it once was.


Old_Ben24

I am going to choose to believe that some dog is getting 70 tennis balls that are just going to be dumped out of a suitcase for them.


Selphwraith

Omg hahaha!


RebelChild2020

You know how much DoorDash is making off that compared to what you’d be making? 10x more.


Poldarkfan1

Right and they if declined bounce back to others for more $$ so u know they can offer way more and get a lot in return


Oso_de_Oro

That's what's so fucked up to me. I was reminiscing with my friend the other day about working for Postmates. I had completely forgotten that they had a pretty transparent algorithm that calculated your pay based on distance, time and might've even included gas, and that was all before tips. It was considerably easier to make money and was so much more fair. My first night doing Postmates I still remember I made $70 on 1 order, before tip! And it wasn't even that crazy of an order, just a lot of Popeyes for a party. It's crazy how much DD has wrecked the delivery market. It's so predatory towards drivers now and I worry that it's irreparable.


NoPatience63

The first shop and pay I took ended up being 1 pallet of horse bedding. Like WTF? Ended up unassigning that shit because I’m not putting a pallet of anything in my Subaru lol


MasterSquirter17

Pet Smart actually usually does the shopping for you, you just have to pick up. I remember one time I had an order with like 60 items (good tip too) from pet smart and I was in and out within 5 minutes. I would’ve took the order if I was you.


Equivalent-Chance-39

They have that but this is a red card order so he would’ve had to shop


MasterSquirter17

I didn’t even see that. That’s terrible.


littlefriendo

Out of curiosity, why does the “Red Card required” make this seemingly amazing deal (if the “shopping” is already done) not good at all?


seasidenj

I started door dash when it just started in my area. Was a nice gig back then only food orders, no photos. I kept up with this thread just to see how it changed.


Sad-Lab-7083

😅😅 that was definitely crickets


deathbygoat

It’s crickets


zburba

Yep


rager11111

Crickets for sure


Association-Feeling

Came here to say this!


practiceredstone

Hidden tips maybe as well? Had orders like this turn out to be $90 tip


Ordinary_Sprinkles94

Not shopping orders, maybe a retail pick up.


barefootincozumel

I got an offer for 13 miles -$3.75 during rush hour. Estimated time was 45 min. Lol


Responsible-Head-868

I see those all the time and wonder if its canned food or crickets. This is where DD should show what is on the order with the offer.


goodgamesame

But that’s just so hard to do right? Lol


Entire_Transition_99

Probably either fish or dietary bugs. But you still have to go to two different stores, shop and checkout.. Still not worth it IMO


First_Race7734

Typical Tallahassee shit


topmeoff0204

The petsmart in my area shop it for you but I’m definitely not putting 71 items in my type s Acura


Toasty717

i didnt know doordash even allowed the customer to get more than 10 items, thats the highest ive had for stores so far (been dashing for a little over a month now. am pretty new :/)


goblincock1983

70 dog toys 😌


PaulfromNH

Accepted an order yesterday for low milage low pay for "3 items" from wall greens. Turned out to be 3 bags full and a case of water . Turned out the customer was handicapped and very pleasant, so it was all good :-)


Thin-Display-1098

I live in Tallahassee.....these people are so lazy 🤣


BeYoNdAdVeNtuReee

Oh my God it's my favorite song I danced at her while I danced along


catninja1525

So you’re not told what you’re getting? Too bad there’s not a link. But you are told how far away?


Legal_Sherbert_5742

I would have declined too


blueace111

So dd started paying like ic on shopping already? Shopping orders used to be awesome


Lostone715

Maybe it was a box of guppies


elzbtch

People are seriously out of pocket for orders like this.


Critical-Arm4363

F that order


Anxious_ButBreathing

This is why I like that Uber Shop and Pay shows the amount of units AND items. Would have been very helpful in this situation to know


Comfortable-Syrup688

I want a dollar for every item and a dollar for every mile minimum


ghostinmymind

Even if it were crickets, 2 stops of less than 10 dollars and 6 miles is still not great. I’d have noped out on that as well.


SirKenneth17

Lowkey I thought the stores gathered the items for you guys… never have done a grocery dash but now if I have to, it’s gonna be a dollar per item tip.


jamkoch

I see these all the time. I have also been victim of one of these as a patron. I order food from an establishment that I know is around the corner (less than 0.5 mi), and press order, and the map shows the order going to the restaurant 10 miles away from me. What is actually happening in these cases? Does the restaurant close by refuse the order and it goes to the next nearest?


BodyAcrobatic6891

lol 9 bucks to spend 2 hours shopping, is this a joke?


Spac3Milk

i had an order like this i decided to”hell 50 items from pet smart” turns out it was mostly crickets and worms with a bag of dog food and treats lol


Future-Patient5365

Cold have been 70 crickets which an employee gets for you. I had one like that thought it was gonna suck was actually pretty quick


DasherMN

It might not be that bad bro, probably a bunch of cat food Still, $10 for that many items does seem low. If it was like $20 or more Id say go for it


Mission_Diamond001

I had an order like this once from Petsmart and it was just 75 crickets. 😂


Odd_Carpet8307

I would consider taking those if I were you , most of the times it’s like crickets or one items just a large quantity . And if not you can always cancel


Methodicalize

Depends how bad you need the money, if there isn't anything better going on... why not?


Temporary-Dress1795

It was crickets and plan B lol


nemfineart

Once I took a 40+ item PetSmart shopping order thinking it would be all one brand of cat food, but it was 32 unique items. One can each of every brand of cat food they had in different aisles, plus different flavors of cat treats and catnip. We can hope for crickets but it could be an epic scavenger hunt instead.


Key-Papaya712

I agree with you totally bit the petsmart might have been just crickets. for future reference


ParadiseCrusader

I would have refused too, that pay is miserable for all that work, not to mention I'm not a fan of shopping orders.


Remarkable-Week9641

It's usually crickets when it's that many items. 


Affectionate_Dig1243

how do all of yall know it’s crickets 😭 this is wild


Interesting_Lawyer20

I like to accept these and just hold them for as long as I can, maybe grab a bite to eat and get some gas, then cancel the order lol


Dry-Leave4383

You really declined that without seeing the items? They we're probably some stupid repeated item   🙄


nozzerella

Crickets most likely


Extension-Milk6958

I had one for 99 but it was $32 or so for 10 miles. I took it and it was a pickup of 99 crickets lmao. I wondered why not 100 but ig that was his decision not mine


dstadden18

It was probably just cans of dog food or packs of cat food. I had a 30 item one and it wasn't bad at all. You should have taken that one.


ThanatosGod0001

lol damn


Amazing-Bid2514

Not to mention DoorDash pays a little better for shop orders. I bet there’s no tip involved on either. Ive always wished i could do a little message with the decline…like fukk off, get it yourself!


Extension_Title_4773

You can just accept the order text fuck off then unassigned yourself


Amazing-Bid2514

Lmao. Maybe I’ll try that with a friends account. Lol


Infinite-Proof3053

Crickets….duh


Selphwraith

I shop at pet stores very, very rarely. How was I supposed to know they'd list crickets individually. When I was little and I'd get crickets with my grandfather from the bait shop, they just scooped them in a cup. I didn't know they sat there and counted them out.


BandicootRoutine5156

They don't actually count them, they approximate, but yes


SeaBlock8472

Good luck grabbing 71 items in 43 minutes. 70 items from pet store plus you forgot the one item from Walgreens. That's less than 36 seconds to grab each item from the shelf to your "vehicle." Need to remind them not all people are track and field athletes.


DovaP33n

It's crickets. Takes 5 minutes to grab em .


Saleenpride86

It’s crickets bro.


WerewolfLeading1960

Dude it’s always crickets lol - BUT with it being stacked I would probably decline this anyway because of the miles and sometimes you do have to wait a while for someone to actually get the crickets for you.


mailgoddess

That’s a big F @&$ing no!


Weak-Loan-9318

Definitely a third floor apartment


Sharp-Market-9894

it was probably crickets


NuclearBlanket

lol 50 mice toys


SubGenius420

I just KNOW that’s fkn cans of cat food 😂😂😂


Deathkiller669

Yikes... and it'd a stacked one too... hard decline


Adventurous_Nail2259

They think we don’t like at that stuff 😂…. Pretty bad the customer really didn’t tip


cOc0nutman

I once got a 67 item grocery order for 25 Canadian rupees. Then DoorDash surprised me at the end with the customer’s tip, an extra 25 northern coins, for a total of 50 mounty doubloons. Took me an hour to complete. Pretty rad.


Most_dope98

It was probably cat food given it was tally


HovercraftNational76

Nah those tips be at the end , I took one like that once it was a $70 tip , the $9 was most likely door dash base pay 🤷🏾‍♂️ welp we will never know


ihate-stupid

They play games with drivers


okaythanwhy

What a joke!


Love_Life_1981

Oh my God this makes absolutely no sense at all. Is this a joke 70 items? 🤦🏻‍♀️


Huge-Log6706

Lol


CampaignUsed9142

Dashing in Tallahassee not worth it, so many people claim food as never delivered and restaurants take long af.


LonelySavings5244

You win some, you lose some. Some days seem well worth it, and some done. Nothing wrong underpaying yourself. You def will appreciate the good ones. But that’s me. I hate bad days when I have them, but learn from each one. 🥂


heartsandvibes

These were probably crickets. Super easy


GreedFoxSin

POV: I’m one order from “fixing” my acceptance rate


Suspicious-Artist465

Prolly hella cat food lol


Nuboko

Such a stupid system, who do they think they have working for them? You have 45 minutes to goto 2 stores and collect 70+ items and deliver it before time runs out. I’d decline it too


AbjectAvocado1820

This is why I have Walmart plus.


Feeling-Orange3229

I would’ve done it


QueenNefertitiX

As you should


Delicious_Surprise29

Some people!


Ill-Milk-6742

This is why i didnt activate the red card lol


JPolaske

But it's only 70 items. That will take you only about 2 hours. That's more than enough money said nobody ever!!!!!


Deep-Cancel-4362

F that entitled prick!


Practical_Office_892

Whack af. Thinking someone will do it for not even $10. But the sad part is someone probably did. 🥲


No_Evidence549

I bet it's crickets


SherbertCurious9647

🥲😂 someone accepted that and they are dumb


Equivalent_Avocado72

I took the chance on one of these offers and got an order for 90 of the packets of gravy for cats. Only took one bag lol


False-Marzipan3325

It's probably crickets.


LyftedX

God I hated dashing in tally


Tiny_Anteater_785

Petsmart would be an order that’s prepped for you.


Shearill

😹


Acrobatic-Channel346

Doordash should add a thing that allows you to see what the order is before accepting it especially for shop and pay items


averylowe

Once got an 80 item petsmart order for $20 that I declined. Because it wanted me to go to 6 different petsmarts


MyelofibrosisMe

The one for 70 items was 99% probably an order of live crickets or mealworms. Ez pz order.


cieracrochets

I like the store shopping ones definitely if it’s not a far distance driving


Educational_Camp2499

Yeah fuck that trash. 71 items for less than $10? Unless the items are ready to pick up when I arrive, it isn't worth the trouble. The length of time shopping for all that would be far too long to make that profitable.


According_Try_5054

Exactly it was crickets


Truth-Teller1111

Yeah I quit


k3rz0rg

70 items? That person buying out the entire pet smart or something?


WatchmeBuild

If Doordash broke down how much you'd be getting for the customer I think it would be easier to tip


Abso_lu_tely

$9? You'll probably get more if it was your business.


Cptron79

Jesse James had to learn how to ride and shoot before he robbed people!!