I laughed when a guy came in from Doordash and picked up one can of Formula. I thought crazy someone would do that. But he claimed that he once delivered a candy bar. Anyone know if that possible?

It might not be about laziness. Maybe it was for a pregnant woman with a craving. Or a stoner with the munchies. Or someone lost a bet.

I choose to believe it was a disabled diabetic person who ordered one candy bar. They needed to quickly regulate blood sugar and couldn't get themselves out of the house alone and in time.

Paying a few extra dollars would be a small price to pay.

The can of formula may be a mom with a crying baby at home and she can't leave. Ordered only one because maybe she normally doesn't give it or didn't think of ordering more than one because of stress and panic.

The single candy bar could be a person with social anxiety or agoraphobia that was craving one. And it won't order more because this person didn't want to make more hassle than needed. Or a stoner....

When I rode for Postmates, I once picked up someone's drycleaning. Another time, it was a sweatshirt left at a friend's place (though for all I know that one was a drug delivery wrapped in a sweatshirt).

My sister is a manager at a Dollar General and they get orders all day, everyday for single cheap items like this (soda, candy, chips, etc). While some of it is probably add-ons to other orders, many are not.

I've dealt with mental health issues my entire life. Crippling depression and anxiety means somedays I physically cannot even get out of bed, let alone leave the house and walk to the shops where there are a bunch of people.

I've used uber eats like this before. I wouldn't consider myself lazy, just somedays I'm not ok and physically cannot face the supermarket. It's not a good feeling to do this, it's not laziness, it's a last resort.

Be thankful you're not in a position like this, and maybe try to see it from another perspective

I've never lived in suburbia but if I did and was too high to drive...

A friend worked at amazon for a short time, they sent small stuff like 1 chips package.

I guess some people are very lazy.

Or don't want to take the car after drinking/smoking, which is a good thing.

Some people are really lazy, and the workers of these services are usually so underpaid that it's not even that crazily expensive.

Through DoorDash? No. But that is literally how Postmates works. The delivery person gets the total of the purchase on a prepaid card and then shops and delivers. I've used it ONCE to get a pack of smokes while wasted at a party, but that was years ago when it was just $2 more than going out and getting them myself. No idea what ridiculous fees they have now.

Be right back, I think my Pringle has arrived…

I could be confusing doordash for a different service, but when you order takeout from a food place they will prompt you at checkout to add various random stuff that the driver could pick you up, like chips, candy bar, various convenience store stuff.

My friend doordashed a slurpee from 7/11, and I've always wondered who made that slurpee. Did the delivery person have to make and deliver it, or did the clerk have to come out from behind the bullet proof glass to make someone else a slurpee?

I have done extrensive theoretical testing and concluded -without a shadow of doubt- that delivering a candy bar is possible

I ordered a DQ blizzard once. Store is literally walking distance.

But I wanted it and didn't want to go anywhere. And someone might need the money and it'd take em like two minutes so...

Better than an acquaintance that orders bags of sand or concrete.

I only order from Doordash if I'm sick and don't feel comfortable being out in public. (Especially if I'm not sure if it's Covid) I usually order the same things because if I'm sick, I want food I don't have to make for myself that wouldn't disappoint me if I couldn't taste it well enough.

I've done that, you can sometimes add stuff for no additional fee from a nearby conveneince store

Gotten an individual soda that way when places don't sell them and I'm out

I mean who so lazy they order a single candy bar through Doordash?

Tell me you've never been baked out of your gourd without telling me you've never been baked out of your gourd

When I was delivering for Gopuff I had someone tip me $10 for delivering a pack of floss to them at midnight. I think time of day figures into this a lot too, since there aren’t many 24 hour stores anymore.

The people using doordash are the same ones complaining they need more money.

Just another reason for me to think the average person is a complete idiot.

All the people in here eager to defend how someone wastes their money just reinforces my opinion of the average person these days; most of them are useful idiots.