@Coolmidwestguy
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My Whacky Delivery Stories /February Author of the Month Hello friends and readers of read.cash. How is everyone? I have been extremely busy and its taking a toll on me. Rather than rant about that, I will write about some funny things and reveal some one deserving of my author of the month (sorry way past due). Some of you have known me for awhile and know I have a lot of stories. I think it's just because I'm old, hehe. Anyways let me share some delivery experiences that should get some good laughs. I have mentioned one already on Noise.app click here. I won't mention it again because many of you have seen it or read it on Hive. Towards the end I will reveal my February Author of the Month. https://noise.app/Coolmidwestguy/p3wz3j0p Delivery Experience I've been doing this side Hussle job for almost two years. With anything you do for a bit of time comes with experiences. Most are positive ones, few are negative, and at times some are just hilarious. Just to give you ideas how many deliveries I have made here is a screenshot of my total.
Well let me give you a handful of some funny or whacky ones. I will label each of them with a catchy title. These are not all of them but ones that are fresh in my head. Hot Santa It was a hot day in the summer and I was delivering a pizza to a customer. I knock on the door and a guy answers the door. His appearance reminds me of Santa Claus. Long gray hair/beard and round body shape. The thing that caught me off guard was he was wearing nothing but long boxers, cowboy boots, and a straw hat. So maybe he was trying to cool off, nothing about him gave off his appearance of being "hot."😂 He also gave me a tip of $3.00. You can't complain about that right? Well I got it all in quarters. Maybe he thought I needed to go to the laundry mat 😂 My first thought was he was going to ask me to do his laundry (he didn't). Maybe that was why he was lacking much needed clothes. No, Santa I'm not doing your laundry. So go ahead a put me on your naughty lists :) Do you have a cigarette? Alright this is fresh because it happened yesterday. I was making a double deliver that paid $20. I made the first delivery and made $18.00 So that meant the next one was going to be a stiff because it would only contain the minimum delivery pay. It was a trunk full of groceries I had to log up these steps three times.
Already not feeling motivated about this delivery because the pay is not here for the effort. I was greeted by a guy who was thankful for the groceries. After my third trip he asked if I have a cigarette he can borrow. I told him I don't smoke in which I don't. I thought who ask to borrow a smoke? Are they going to give it back? I felt it was an insult, no tip, but your going to ask for something from me when I'm providing you a service already. If I would have been more talkative I'm sure he would have asked if I could pick him up some since he mentioned he was stuck at home with no transportation. Three beer cheer Another grocery order this time to a trailer park. Approaching the trailer I noticed 3 unopened Bud light bottles on the way deck to the trailers entrance. A middle aged lady answers the door. Maybe a little younger than me. I get the feeling right away she is happy to see me. She told me all about her day. No I didn't ask any questions she just blabbed away I was forced to listen Than she brought up how these three beers mysteriously showed up her deck. I really think she wanted me to stay and drink them in her company. She did ask me if I wanted them. Many of you know I don't drink so I didn't lie when I said I don't drink. This led to her telling me she only drinks seldomly. I finally got away from her door after about 10 minutes or so later. Thankful my phone rang with another delivery opportunity so that made it easy to say good bye, lol. Robe Women This was a delivery for a restaurant order. It was to a decent looking neighborhood. It was a leave at the door order but when I approached the house the owner opened the door. She greeted me with a normal high and than told me she couldn't pass up seeing a handsome man. I told her thank you. She was in a black robe than told me she forgot to order dessert (with a wink) while she held the the ropes of her robe. Apparently she was more than just hungry for food. I just laughed and told her thank you and to have a good evening. I'm no male gigolo and don't want to be on an episode of the Jerry Springer show. Don't leave on ground put on the .... Another food delivery this time it was a true leave at the door. It was to an older house in a low income neighborhood. The entrance to the house was at the top of a beaten falling apart deck. The deck was full of trash and a toilet was by the door. Yes you probably guessed it right the delivery notes said don't leave on ground place on toilet, please. This was my first week delivering driving. I just couldn't fathom that it's more sanitary to leave on toilet that has been sitting on deck for who knows for how long. I have had a many other experiences doing this job. From drunk people offering me shots and even stoners offering me a hit of thier stash. I was given a three dollar check one time from an elderly lady. Also given a decorated candy bag during Christmas from another elderly women. I've delivered to houses where I almost gagged when they opened the door. Probably delivered a dozen times to half naked people. I try not to deliver to much past dark because that is really when the freaks order. Oh I mentioned I had a weekly goal delivery driving right? Probably noticed I haven't been flying around reading articles that much this week as well. It's because I was working my tail off. You know what though I'm only half way through Saturday and got Sunday to go. I've already exceed my goal so I can back off some but that doesn't mean I'm going to completely stop working though. The weather is cold here again and there's not much else to do so why not work some more. I'm very proud of this week delivery driving because it's the best I have ever done in one week. Here is my stats so far:
This isn't all for me just saying. The well is not empty no more :) Author of the Month of February I really feel confident with this selection. We all know Rusty is back for the time being. When he left a few months back a few us stayed and were dedicated to still make read.cash work. This individual had a drive to do this just as much as me. I'll even admit he had an extra gear than me. He continuously upvoted one of my articles over and over. I believe the unwritten message was don't give up and continue on. You see you can lead something and when you hit close to bottom you may have someone that believed in the cause as much as you do. That person picks it up and brings you back. I know some of you that were here the last two months know who this is. I'd like to also mention this person is probably the closest to me geographically. Actually only a few hours drive away.
Congratulations brother @Porwest your an inspiration to others. Count me as one of them!! Let's ready the ship and keep encouraging people to write and be part of this community. It might be a little easier now that @TheRandomRewarder is back, lol. After Thoughts I love doing my delivery driving job aka as DoorDash. Sometimes the quirky things that happens are settle laughs that make it fun in sense. For the future I might share more experiences. I'll try to document them with screenshots and photos if possible. I'm a bit behind on Author of Month and will get to March hopefully before it ends. I like to do this incentive for authors as it show appreciation and encourages them to stay where they should stay in this great platform. Take care all, be safe, and get rested. Let's make 2o23 ten fold better than 2022!! Love you all ❤️
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Your side hustle as a delivery guy is great. You could earn also by doing that but it also takes some challenges. You also need to meet the expectation of every customers during the delivery process.
Yes customer service is required but a lot of the time it's drop and run with no face to face interactions.
It was very different compated here in the Philippines. The delivery man should meet the receiver of the parcel before giving it. Even though it was paid already, they won't just leave the parcel outside the house. It is because some people here will try to steal those parcels if no one is getting it.
I here that, it was much like that here but Covid changed that to contactless deliveries. It just never went back to normal and it started to be the norm
The article was so fun to read, Bob 🤭 I was smiling the whole time and I imagined those situations narrated, it was hilarious. 😆
Glad you enjoyed. Your interest and not getting that one instance out of your head inspired me to write this 😊 I have this feeling you liked hot Santa, hehe
Oh my, I could never imagine 🤭😆
This got me entertained early in the morning. 😁😁 Looking forward for more
The next slough of them will be backed up with photos and screenshots
That's so ridiculous, borrowing a cigarette is one of those ridiculous requests. Success always friend, you have worked hard.
Thanks bud. Growing up I can count how many times I've heard can I borrow a cigarette.
You had a very varied and busy delivery day with your comings and goings. I hope you get to rest on Sunday.
I actually stopped early today (my Saturday)
It makes me smile Bob, different people with different characteristics hahaha. All in all is you wouldn't feel old because of them. Enjoy your day and don't skip your meals especially rice hahaha.
Haha especially the rice. I took the night off from delivery. I'll rest and hit it tomorrow.
I always loved rice hahahha, pardon for that. Okay you take a rest and keep safe always while travelling.
Thanks Jean :)
> After my third trip he asked if I have a cigarette he can borrow. This gives me 🤣🤣🤣 > For the future I might share more experiences. I'll try to document them with screenshots and photos if possible. It is fun reading about your delivery trips! 🥳
Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed :)
That's a great number of deliveries. Haha! It was fun if you could encounter something like those at times, though. I have been inactive lately. I have been juggling my studies and side hustles. It's not easy when exams are coming hahaha, but I'm still fine, though. How are you doing in Hive, by the way?
Yes it was a busy delivery week. I flexed on it because I was off this week from my full-time job. Hive is going fine. Ever since ithe green one came back here it's been challenging balancing time between the two. Still manifesting the best way to accomplish that.
I really enjoyed your Door dash services experience. I'm glad to know that you don't smoke and I could say that you are good boy 😘😘 congratulations to dear @Porwest
Thank you, good boy am I, haha. Smoking is disgusting.
Seems you had a very busy week sir Bob, I do the same as you for this week I started my extra job. Gladly you dont smoke sir Bob aside from being not good for our health,it's a waste of money also. God bless on your work sir and have long patience🙏
Thanks Maria. Yes pretty busy delivery driving this week. One of these days I might actually take time off to actually relax, lol.
I never thought deliveries can be so adventurous, lol. Have a great delivery month.
You see a lot of different walks of life ordering deliveries
You are a cool delivery man thats why they blabbed immediately after seeing you:)
Haha that doesn't happen all the time. It might be 5% of the people I interact with. A lot ask me about the job. How much do you make? The number one question. When I first started I would answer it's good pay. Now I say it has its ups and downs, don't want to flood system with too many drivers that will lower my bottom line, lol. Not lying it does have ups and down.
What important is you enjoy what you are doing because ups and downs are part of everyones life.
Very interesting to know how you enjoyed what you are doing. That should be the secret of your success. I belive you learn a lot from your experiences.
Learn and earn and sometimes it can be entertaining, hehe
Seriously delivery work sounds stressful to me but in as much as money is involved am so in well done buddy And nice to meet you 🤝
NTMY. It was stressful at first now it's not so much anymore. Once you learn the tricks and learn the delivery area it's not bad. Drive, delivery, and jam to tunes. I can only imagine what it must be like for my lady counterparts. I've heard many don't interact with the customers as much. Probably a safety thing. I will say Ive seen guys change their delivery options from hand to me to leave at the door when I accept an order. That screams to me and is more likely because I'm a guy delivering.
You are a guy so I expected you to have strength for the work than me But am not sure if that kind of work is safe for a lady
The storytelling is so authentic. I liked it so much. It is so fine that in your country there is the freedom to work in any domain. In India, if I opt for part-time driving jobs like this, several politically affiliated drivers' unions would debar me from getting such jobs! I may even get threats from local goons!
I can see that. There is somewhat of frowns among some drivers here. It's competition after all. The dedicated ones prevail though. A lot of new drivers don't make it because they get demotivated because they don't get all the types of deliveries at first. The thing that irritates me now is the flood of scammers signing up to be drivers to steel food and merchandise. An example, three scammers accept an order and drop it. The last one takes the order and keeps it. A honest driver goes to pick up from the restaurant to be told it's been picked up. Some restaurants are wanting us to show them we are confirming pick up. That way if a driver doesn't deliver there's record. I've told many stores to adapt this to prevent theft.
The experience of serving American customers are hilarious and sometimes irritable. Haha, that woman who called you handsome 🤣. The toilet table that is more clean than whatever is there. You also buy groceries for them? It is a great part time job to do Doordash cause 1 week salary is good! That's how creativity works, God didn't invent money, people did it, make money, make money and circulate it here. We can't bring it afterlife 😁. I should try that work if I will go there in USA hahaha.
>You also buy groceries for them? It works in two ways. Shop and delivery orders exist. Also pick up orders that store employees pick. I prefer the ones the stores loads in my car. However the shop and orders pay more but take longer to complete. I don't do big shop and delivery orders. I tend to only do them if the pay is right and there under 12 items or less. There's a lot decision making in the process such as time, money, driving distance, stores, and location. A lot of immigrants do delivery jobs. There's delivery jobs that provide transportation of passengers to. That's something I don't think I would like doing. I think you would do well with it. Things that people don't see are the hidden expenses such as gas and wear and tear on your vehicle. I made some good coin but I also probably drove over 1000 miles. We have to track our miles because its used to deduct from are gross income come tax season :) Its kind of like a small business in a sense. Im a contractor per say not an employee of the company I drive for.
One with good writing skills In a good writing environment like Readcash would eventually be unstoppable Force That's why you've unstoppable regarding making success and good achievement in this platform I must confess you're one of the most generous and kind writer on this platform Keep it up, you're doing well
Thank you for the kind words. I haven't been here long if you look at it, 7 months. It seems like I have been here for a long time though. I hope to get back to my old read self by reading a lot of articles again.
Your kindness would make you progressing Be good
Hahaha you can really experience a lot with your side hustle no, from a funny omw to saddest one, there's a time also that you can get annoyed, lol. But seriously, I feel like this is a good side hustle. The number in your Dash is tempting me ahahaha
It can be a mix roller coaster of emotions driving. In the end most are normal deliveries. It is a good side hussle, I love being able to work whenever I want. I can manifest you delivering. I got this image of you driving a green mini jeepney, zoom zoom, lol.
Hahaha, I am imagining it tooooo. I just saw a delivery guy on facebook where he's being lovey to every doggo on every house where he made a delivery, I also want that✨🤩
You see some doggo. Some cute and lovely but also some growling and toothy, lol.
Haha, I laughed out loud about the robe women (lol) the gigolo rather, haha, I like the way you delivered your story, thank you for sharing this.
Glad you appreciated it. To add to story when I turned away to walk back to car I prayed silently in my head that she wouldn't say anything. Thankfully she didn't, haha.
Hmmm. Not a smokeR, don't drink. Wow. Anyway, what you earn in 1 week is a lot of money in my currency..
You're right. Yes indeedy. When I see someone dedicatred to the cause, encouragement can be done in a number of ways—I appreciate the mention and being picked for the month. Do I get a plaque to hang on my wall? lol. Much appreciated, not to be redundant. Glad to hear things are going better for you as well. I didn't realize you could make that much dashing, but there it is, plain to see. Not a bad loot. Maybe I should consider this as a side gig as well? Not like I necessarily need the money, but at the same time is there ever a such thing as enough? As for the robe lady encounter, certain genres of movies (ahem) start off like this. Good you didn't give in to a little devil on your shoulder that may have made that story end quite differently. lol
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