lisa-in-FL
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I'm still trying to figure out the best times to deliver. It seems to be hit or miss in my area. I've only done 14 deliveries and had only 1 that didn't tip, until today when I had two people not tip.That bites! Sorry to hear you went for that. I remember when my husband did Uber Eats for a while. He got one milkshake and drove like 20-30 minutes to deliver it. He got a $20 tip, though...so it was like a $25 millshake. That is rough not to get a nice tip after the trouble.
The apartment we lived in at the time added a gate and there were like originally 2 entrances to the property and it is faster ro go to the side that was always shut. I added it in the memo before, but the main gate was only closed at night so they would be circling and I would usually message them. Only once we had someone get it right first try, but they lived in our complex. I always felt bad for the Uber eaters that got our order, but we always did our best to tip nicely.
I think apartment complexes are always tricky because of gates like you say and also because not all the roads have names. I've had people put in paragraphs of instructions about where to turn and looking for markers like dumpsters, etc. The problem with that is you can't read those notes while you are driving, so I wish the app had better navigation to avoid potential accidents.
I'm still trying to have fun with it and treat it like an experiment. And any extra money is better than no money.