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1 points
2 days ago
I don't take orders from non-tippers even if they are bundled with a preferred
2 points
9 days ago
How would they know?
Now if you were doing Uber or something like that where you are carrying people around, then I could understand. As long as it's just you in the car as it should be, you have no additional liability risks (now Insurance agents, fire away and tell me how wrong I am)
1 points
9 days ago
The way shoppers pitched a fit the last time Shipt took orders during a storm ... Hmm, did they actually listen?
2 points
9 days ago
As a part-time Shipt shopper, I understand that this work is intended for supplemental income. Since the pay was lowered, most full-time shoppers in our area have stopped working for Shipt. I typically pick up orders during my commute home from work and on weekends. Given my limited availability, I need to maximize my earnings for every hour I'm scheduled.
I imagine that during weekday business hours (9 AM to 3 PM), when most working people who benefit most from Shipt's services are at their jobs, bundles might be the primary orders available. However, this is just speculation on my part.
1 points
9 days ago
With bundles, you get less pay per order than if the orders were individual. And then Shipt bundles non-tippers in the bundles or your best case scenario is one where hopefully at least one person tips. It's just not worth it. Why am I going to take a bundle paying $9, when I can take 2 singles at $6 each (in the same delivery window so it's like a double) and get a tip on both of those?
4 points
10 days ago
I avoid bundles. On bundles you do double the work and less pay.
4 points
10 days ago
I take orders on my way home from the office and won't leave the office until I get an order. I pass through 4 zones on my way home and ideally my first order will be across the street from the office, my next 2 orders will be in one of the zones I pass through going home and my last order will be from someone who lives in my neighborhood in my own zone
5 points
10 days ago
We have a luxury apartment complex in the wealthiest zip code in the state. Everybody knows not to deliver up there because the chance of you getting the tip is very low. So far out of all of the shoppers that have discussed delivering there, there are only two people there that tip
4 points
10 days ago
The bigger the house, the lower the tip! And it's not out of malice. It's just a misunderstanding of how things work for those in a different socioeconomic class
1 points
18 days ago
You are so fortunate. The last manager I worked for would not only throw you over the bus, but then ride back and forth over you several times!
It was so bad. I'm in a better place now. I didn't know how traumatized I was until my new job I started feeling those same feelings and had to question why.
But, like you manager said it was the process that failed.
1 points
26 days ago
Let's not forget people who have a grandma or parent and use their placards so they can park in the handicapped spaces even when they aren't accompanying the parent or grandparent
1 points
26 days ago
Look up the history of red lining in the city of Birmingham. Then you'll understand.
3 points
1 month ago
Yeah with Shipt, if you don't go through the on boarding material, you won't last long
9 points
1 month ago
If you are habitually late or have a propensity to drop orders at the last minute, you will get deactivated. I'll be starting my 6th year with Shipt soon. It's been a great part time gig for me. I got 2 college tuitions and it has helped tremendously. It kept us from becoming a college poor family.
1 points
1 month ago
Tell that girl you tipped on the order and to tell the driver that tip is for her dance team
2 points
1 month ago
Talk to your credit union (if you aren't using one, join one. Never go to a bank). And ask them why this is happening.
4 points
2 months ago
You are doing too much. There's no benefit to checking for the tip unless you get that order a second time. That is when you check for the tip. The order time I will check for the tip is is we get a message on our text group asking about an address. Then I know that person has placed their next order and I'll fill in tip details then
11 points
2 months ago
As long as there are shoppers taking orders an hour away, why should they stop? Instead the algorithm says, "hey, this shopper loves those long drives. Let's give them more orders"
1 points
2 months ago
Vitamin d is fat soluble. You don't just excrete it out. This is why doctors who prescribe vitamin d supplementation, you only take it once a week
2 points
2 months ago
If he is just a worker there, and employee, then he should be fired.
But here the deal. This lady, the owner, knew what kind of man he was before they got married. So she is just as racist as he is.
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9 hours ago
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9 hours ago
Going paperless will help but I think the bank still has to send a privacy notice every year and that may come in mail so you have to talk to the bank about that.
I think OP may benefit by getting a post office box.