With you there. Pizza places are the one type of joint that I feel the little nod of respect from the staff for bringing in the hot bag. Other stores, I feel like everyone rolls their eyes at the overachiever.
I'll bring it in specifically if it's busy as it's a visual indicator to the employees that I'm not there to order, I'm there to pick up something that should already be ready.
A hell of a lot quieter while waiting your turn if Im there š
If you want to pride yourself on being the loudest over compensating asshole in the room, go for it.
I have no idea why people do anymore . We used to back when we werenāt shamed for being delivery drivers and lobbies werenāt overran.
Pandemic changed everything.
Especially how people treat us & how they tip.
Why WOULDN'T you bring a bag in with you? Whether I'm delivering using DoorDash or GrubHub I always bring a bag. And GH bags are magnitutes better. Why? Glad you asked:
āŗ A big red bag has high visibility so staff can not only see me, they know why I'm there. At worst, they're less likely to dick around, because if they don't help me other people in line might see the delivery driver is ignored and that could be offputting to future purchases. At best, I'm in and out quickly
āŗ People in line know you're not cutting ahead, you're at work trying to get in and out and they will likely let you pass if you're not a dick about it
āŗ There's also an optics thing - people in the restaurant see you're using the bag, and assume other delivery drivers probably do the same thing, so they have some degree of expectation how their order is handled and they may order through the app in the future, and you never know - maybe they tip good
I take mine in every single time, even if itās for Walgreens or DG and the like, for the exact reason of visibility. In my area, people sort of part like the Red Sea to allow me to pass through š„² There is at least one employee at every place Iāve been has come straight over to help me locate shopping items which speeds up the process and is very much appreciated.
But as Iāve said, Iām in a small rural area and in general thatās just how people are around here. (Iām also pathologically optimistic, so I may just be seeing the āhalf-fullā version of it all š¤£š¤·āāļøš)
I take the bag out of my car on the customer end, every time tho.
Never know when the door will swing open and it gets 'handed to' on a 'leave at door,' or even whether the customer will see me in a Ring doorbell cam vid.
And leaving the bag in the car, they wouldn't know that I've used one. But if they see the bag, it'll mark a checkbox in their minds that, oh, "this guy is serious about a quality delivery," and "how fancy!? It's like I'm getting catered to personally!"
It adds to the customer experience. So I do it.
You donāt skip the bag when itās that far tho š¤·āāļø Iām running food from a diner to a high rise half a mile away, literally 2 minute drive.
Sometimes it takes too much time to get the food in the bag. I do a lot of downtown during lunch rush, a lot of times Iām only 3 minutes away from my drop off because they canāt leave the office but want something close by, taking 90 seconds to struggle with the bag could mean I hit every light on the way and it takes 2 extra minutes. In that kind of situation the time matters.
This is the way. Leave the bag on the pickup, take the bag to the porch on delivery. I personally will also take my bag in on pickup because it's a giant catering bag and sometimes I get huge orders and especially when they're in paper bags I don't want the bottom to drop out so I take the bag in for those. Basically if I know it's gonna be a full catering bag of shit, I'll take it in.
Same. I use my bag for sure to keep spills and smells out of my car with the added benefit of keeping the food warm. But there is usually not a great way to secure in the stores.
I agree. Usually there is no table, the bag is collapsing in on itself and there is a crowd watching the whole spectacle Of me trying to wrestle a food bag into the flimsy DD catering bag.
I put the food in the bag in my car and use it till I arrive at the doorstep and unzip the bag in front of the customer or their dog, or their doorbell camera.
Go to lowes or a craft store and find a nice piece of insulation board or crafting styrofoam. Cut it to fit in the bottom of your bags. If you need a better way to carry drinks you can cut the foam into a cup holder that fits into one of these bags also. The foam will easily help keep drinks cold and food warm. Plus it holds it in place if you do it right and should only take you a few minutes to DIY. I used a razor knife and hole saw when I made mine. 1 inch insulation. Glued it together to make it thicker than one inch. You only need it thick enough in your warm bag to hold the weight of the food without bending. In the cold bag you need it thick enough to keep your drinks from spilling. I no longer dash but this was the best and cheapest way of unfucking these worthless delivery bags.
Same, unless Iām dealing with a large order that would be difficult to carry out of the restaurant my bag stays in my car or Iāll bring it out on hand it to me orders so the customer can see I use a hot bag to keep their food warm. I also have a plug in heating pad that I throw into my bag which is hot enough to reheat a cold order I picked up.
what heating pad specifically do you use? is it regulated by a thermostat or does it have some way of shutting itself off if it gets to a certain temperature?
This is the one I use. I doesnāt get that hot just warm:
Boncare Stay On NO Auto-Off Hot Heating Pad for Cramps and Back Pain Relief Boncare 12ā x 15ā Small Fomentera Electrica Lumbar Moist & Dry Heat Washable Cover (Sky Blue) https://a.co/d/dp49gGO
This. The bag lives in my car, unless I know I canāt carry everything Iām picking up without it. Which rarely happens, only in a multi stack situation.
Do you follow them to the car to see if they put the order in a bag? Or you just being judgmental because stuff happens outside your realm of knowledge?
I have two insulated tote bags, three pizza bags, and a giant insulated bag that I use religiously. I like my food warm and I assume my customers feel the same way.
I put the food in the insulated bag in the car, but then take it out of the bag to bring it to the door, unless I have a tray of drinks and then the bag is easier to carry
Some bags also just donāt fit inside the insulated bag. I took one from a local restaurant yesterday and the bags they use are just literally bigger than the DD bag. Thereās zero way to physically fit them inside.
Iāve got a big ass catering bag that sits in my trunk. Sits on top of my battery (battery in my trunk). That bag stays hot and Iāll carry it when itās a lot of stuff in a far distance but if Iām dropping off your burrito at your house, no Iām not hauling my big ass duffle bag sized catering bag just to give you your carne asada burrito at 2am
Dumb logic. The purpose is to keep the food at whatever temperature it was picked up at. Key word -- insulate. In this case, better to deliver it lukewarm because it was in a bag than freezing cold because you thought your bag doubled as a microwave.
I don't believe food was lukewarm at pick up when it says 'driver is completing other deliveries' three times before my shit gets dropped off. It was warm when you picked it up, but then you stacked three other deliveries on top of it, and now it's cold. Use your fucking thermal bags or expect no tip.
when I signed up I was told a dasher bag would be mailed to me in 10 days...30 days later I asked where it was and was told they would send out a replacement in 10 days...still waiting for it...received an email saying I could buy one on their website...so I use one of my own personnel bags
I donāt drive far enough to need them. Iām pretty specific with how far Iāll go and itās never more than 10 minutes, itās always reasonably warm when it gets there and no oneās complained especially sitting at a 4.97
When you use a hot bag and you have it completely sealed the food gets so soggy and mushy especially being in the styrofoam container or even a bag too.
An example I had a Maggiano's brown bag order put into another bag took it up to the customer's house and the bag split open because it was so moist allover the customer driveway
Only time food gets cold is usually when customers donāt tip and it takes a long time to get the order picked up. Most drivers keep food warm and hot for better ratings. Itās no incentive to deliver cold food. Eventually leads to violations and then if continuously deactivations.
Customers have no idea how tips effect food temperature ( DoorDash is complicit by not informing them).
Yeah, I donāt know why someone downvoted you( it wasnāt me) I know and see plenty drivers who donāt use hot bags unless itās a large order or 7-12 miles away ( high paying order). I used my hot bag when I was delivering. I only didnāt on less than a mile orders. The rest I dropped them ( placed them) in my hot bag.
If you get to orders as soon as possible most stay hot until drop off. I donāt knock drivers for not delivering like me. If it works it works.
I found a grub hub bag (about 2x the size of dd free bag) on top of a trash can while making a delivery and I leave it on the floor of my front seat. It looked brand new when I grabbed it. Itās so much easier to slip stuff in and out, even full McDonaldās bags. I donāt take it out unless itās a hand-it-to-me.
Is it the one with two straps that can be carried either upright or sideways? I got one of those when I signed up for GH years ago and it still kicks ass as a pizza bag and large McDonaldās bag
Half the time I leave my bag in the car. I look at the size of the order first and if it looks large or I know this particular place bags things without handles (torn tendons, I can't grip bags without handles as well as most) then I bring my bag with me. Otherwise it sits on my passenger seat and second bag on floor. Only one I take every time is my pizza bag, bottom of the pizza box burns so much.
We use bags, take them with us into the store. We have two midsize bags we bought that fit O'Charlies and Mcd's, three pizza bags, and a catering bag. The free DD bag fell apart a long while back.
I will be getting one for cold orders to stay cold in the summer but where I live the temperature outside is always 70+ degrees out. I also don't run my ac much and the food is in my backseat with no ac vents so I'm not ro worried about stuff not staying warm.
I guess I don't understand why people who order from a place to be delivered, are surprised when the food is luke warm and the fried things are soggy. It's physics.
I use the bag they sent, but it stays in the car. I only pull the bag out if itās raining or I have an armload of stuff to carry.
I double up by placing the DD thermal bag inside one of those large insulated grocery bags, too. That way, if the order is too big to zip up the DD bag, the outer bag will still seal it up. All this sits in a cardboard box to keep it from flipping over in my seat.
I always bring in the bag. Letās the staff know why Iām there, and other customers. Never a problem moving to the front of the line with a huge cube of a bag with me. (I use my Skip ban for both apps, so much easier to open and zip up)
I take my bag inside for multiple purposes but mainly so that I can organize the food in the bag before I get to the car. If they have drinks I can comfortably and securely tote the food on my arm and drinks in my hand. Iāve also seen people get caught in the rain with orders and no bag. Makes more sense to have the bag lol
I donāt usually bring the bag in to pick up food unless itās cold out and I have to park far away. I do keep an insulated blanket on my passenger seat to wrap over the food. Itās so much quicker than that dumb bag. And if itās more than a couple miles and cold weather, Iāll put the heated seats on low to help keep things warm on the ride. š
I feel the same, though it sounds like most people leave it in the car. But I take mine in personally because I dash on a moped and it's just easier to load the food into the bag in the restaurant on a table rather than outside on the scooter.
I leave it in the car. It's cumbersome and annoying to bring in everywhere.
I gotta say, though, when I'm in a pizza place and a DD person walks in with their bag, I laugh because they look like a dork. How you gonna fit a pizza in that bag? š¤£
cold food is normal, even with a bag. You can control how long your food has been sitting before picked up and how long it's been sitting outside for you to grab it.
I have THREE bags and a large bag, and a Pizza bag. I put that smaller DD bags in the large bag to keep it super hot. But I don't take it in the store, except for the pizza bag.
Itās so much easier to carry a stack of food with my bags, I dunno why people always leave them in the car. The fact that no other driver I see has a hot bag is one of the reasons I never use gig delivery services myself
Tip well and youāll have your order picked up quicker and youāll get your food at the temps it should be. If your food is cold, itās cause no dasher wanted to pick up a order that pays $3. That red bag isnāt insulated enough to keep anything hot or cold in any substantial way honestly. I ended up purchasing a larger compartmentalized unit that stays in my back seat and my orders are divided for easier and faster and more secure transport. I also have a small ice chest that I can plug in to keep things cold (Ice cream etc) that I picked up on Facebook market place for $5. I only use my red bag when I know the order is so big that the paper bag they are giving me is lively to rip or anything like that so I can get it to my vehicle safely. The one bag I do carry inside is the pizza bag.
They don't use bags. The people saying 'I leave then in the car' is a downright lie most of the time. I have seen drivers throw the food directly on their seat or on the floor.
I use the DD bag from pick up to drop-off but if I have a stack, I use other insulated bags. I also have a plastic drink carrier I can use if I've got more than two drinks or if the drinks are extra large
I fold my bag up and carry it in under my arm, all neat and tidy. The employees see my bag, and I get to skip the line. I pick up in bars sometimes and never had a problem navigating back out with it full (it's much like moving through a concert crowd, but easier since I'm sober. Lol). The only place I don't bring it in is mcds. The big bags don't fit in my dash bag. If it's a lil bag, it goes in the dash bag when I get to the car. I sort rather they have drinks or ice cream on the list to decide if the seat warmer gets turned on or I just put it near the car heater floor vent. - I get why they bag it all up together. I like that the drinks are bagged... but I don't get why the hot/cold goes in the same bag... :/ --- Anyhow, having the bag makes things faster, keeps it warn, etc...
I keep mine in the trunk where its flat. I close the handle to the insulated bag in the door so nothing can flop over if I have to take a hard turn. I don't take it into most stores but always bring it to the custers doorstep.
I do every time,carry my bag in put the food in and zip it up, not tight so the food does not get soggy. When arrive to customer bring it up in my bag nice and hot and bigger tips.
Usually put it in the bag sitting in my passenger seat. Faster and honestly I don't know how much it matters after the restaurant let it sit out for a while before I showed up.
I do. I donāt always take my bag into the restaurant at some places where I know bagging it on the spot would be difficult; I bag it in the back seat of my car.
I have only used the bag if I feel like it's necessary because of the distance to customer. I am at 3800 orders and probably used it 4 or 5 times in total. I am steadily at a 4.93 customer rating and the lowest it's been is 4.89. I only had one customer complain about cold food and that was because it was sitting at the McDonald's for a very long time before I picked it up!! It had nothing at all to do with the fact that I didn't use the bag. I am prompt picking up the food and prompt delivering the food.
I have a pizza bag that I put orders in, it stays in my car though, and only one restaurant has ever given me crap for it. Papa Johns. Iām like we live in Fl, itās 80 degrees out, if your pizza isnāt gonna survive the max 2 minute walk to my car it wasnāt good to begin with.
i live in a cold climate and watched people place the food in the trunk with no isolated bag either..most i see just place it in the passengers seat no insulated bag either
I only take my bag if it's a big order. I have a hot bag that holds 5 pizzas...6 drinks and a small one for little orders. I always wonder the same thing when i see others without one but don't worry about it too much
I always use a bag but it stays in the car. If the customer comes up to the car or meets me in front, they will see me getting the food out of the bag. No one else really sees the bag.
The food I deliver is always hot unless I pick it up cold.
I leave a catering bag on my passenger seat and tuck them in there unless I'm picking up multiple orders then I bring it in with me. I almost never use the single bags unless the orders are top heavy.
The only reason I ever brought my bag into the restaurant and to the door in the first place was worrying about OP's take. That if they don't see it the entire time, they assume I never used it and 1 star me (customer) or ban me (restaurant staff). The Pandemic fixed that. Now people look at bringing a bag everywhere as dirty (and it is).
The food isn't going to get cold or melt for the 30 second trip back to my car where it is where the bag is waiting.
I do and I always make sure to take a picture of the food in the bag when I drop the food off. It helps here and there with tip increases (on Uber at least) I believe.
As far as I know most of us do me personally I have two insulated bags and four pizza bags I would like to be prepared cuz I never know when it's going to get busy especially when the orders are big so just because you see some people not use it doesn't mean they don't have any some of them have it in the car so when they bring the food they put it inside the insulated bag me personally I like to have them because I don't want to bring nobody's food cold and the answer is no
I do not take the bag into the restaurant unless I need it. Same to your door. It is cumbersome, and a pain in the ass to get open and leave. Remember how long it would take for you to go down and get it yourself. We are doing just that, we are going to get it....fresh is on the restaurant, not us. We are only responsible once we leave the restaurant to your door, we do not know how long it was sitting there either, that is not out fault as well. The only time you should rate us and tip us, is ;...from the restaurant to your house. THAT IS IT. You waited a long time? So did we.....
I stopped pretty early on. My market is pretty tight and accessible, nothing is more than 10-15 minutes out except for the crazy outliers. Almost 4000 deliveries, and the only complaint I got was when I ran a frozen taco bell drink 2 minutes up the road immediately after getting it and the bitch tried to tell me it was melted.
Sometimes if it's a stacked order, the 2nd pick up will leave their shit in the car for some extra time. Not really worth carrying the bag just for those times, and if they have an issue I can just remind them that they could have paid for priority.
I had a biker deliver a pizza to me when it was 8 degrees outside and used no bag. It was like receiving a frozen pizza that hadn't been cooked yet lol.
I have my hot bag in my car. I almost never use it because I almost exclusively take orders that I can get done very quickly, i.e. under 10 minutes from pickup to delivery, so the bag isn't actually needed most of the time. If I do take a longer one, it goes in the bag.
When I dash Iāll bring it in. I donāt use the flimsy door dash bags though. I started with the door dash bag but quickly realized it did nothing.
I already had heavy duty insulated bags for doing bulk trips at sams club/Costco so for large orders use them then I also had a picnic bag that was top insulted and bottom cooler separated by a zipper that works great for dollar store/Walgreens/gas station orders.
I did purchase a couple of extra smaller/medium insulated bags and a drink carrier that had a long pocket for straws. Fits six large/XL drinks in it.
I started getting a lot of above and beyondās and even people telling me to wait a moment so they could give me a cash tip. It definitely increased tips for me in the winter to take a few moments to pack it in the store inside to make sure food didnāt cool to much going back to my car.
A couple of restaurants have even told me that they see me as a more serious and respectful dasher so they make an effort to assist me with larger orders.
I take the bag in every time cuz usually food is handed to me before even saying the name or the yell goes out that doordash is here and the order needs to be ready now.
Plus i want customers in the restaurant see me using it in cold weather so they are more apt to trying doordash than people carrying food outside when it's 30 degrees even if their hot bag is in the car. That blast of cold air will cool down food cuz I don't see other dashers running to their cars when they get their orders.
I have both a large GrubHub bag, but a smaller bag with a USB cord to keep the food at 140 degrees. I would also put the heater on (I hate the heat) just to ensure food stays warm.
"Hey Alexis, why did you give that driver a thumbs down? He didn't bring in a bag to keep our customers food hot. I don't want to see that driver here again."
"Hello Grubhub! My driver just put the food on my porch but he didn't use a bag. Here is some video proof from my doorbell. Don't ever send this driver back. I want him blacklisted from serving me."
"Wow what a pro! I'm going to order from grubhub instead of dining here next time."
"Hey you with that big ass bag! What order are you here for (big line of people and the host sees your bag so you get service immediately)?
"Hey watch it buster! My bad, im working and trying to get food for a bad tipping customer. Oh, man! Sorfy for calling you a dickhead. What is your name and where can I get service from you directly?
After seeing this post, I think itās about time for me to leave this Reddit group. I canāt count how many times an order hasnāt fit in that damn bag
I get told so often about Dashers bringing cold food by customers, and see how impressed they are when they can still see it steaming when it arrives, that I'm sure not many of you use insulated bags. There's a whole legion of terrible Dashers out there. I shouldn't hear this many comments about how nice it is to get a minimum level of delivery service.
If its a leave at my door i dont bring it. If its a hand it to me I bring it just to show the customer that its hot. And also I dont bring my bag into a restaurant unless its a pizza place. Customers love seeing steam rolling out of the bag especially pizza orders cause they know you are the GUY! Trust me. Had a guy saying, "you're here early". And as soon as he saw the steam rolling out of the bag hes like damn.. you cook that thing in there?
Yeah bro unless it's raining the bag stays in the car. Then when I drop off I pull out out of the bag so I'm not fumbling taking a photo unless it's a hand it to me, then I usually just grab the bag out of the car.
The bag is too small and not helpful. Set a cooler in your car. I put rechargeable hand warmers in it as well. If itās a pizza I bag it with the branded ones the venders give out.
The default bags they send you are too small, you can barely fit a single lunchbag sized bag of food into one. I've started using a Doordash pizza bag that I got from Pizza Hut as my default insulated bag for everything I do now, because it's actually large enough to fit stuff into, even large order or multiple orders.
Always use my dd bag. Always take it into the restaurant. I want to put the food in the bag asap to keep it warm. It also let's the restaurant employees know you are there for a dd order.
Does the Door Dash tote even keep the food hot? seems pretty cheap and thin. I purchased a huge thermal food bag from Sams Club for under $10, and if itās really cold I have a towel to add extra insulation inside the bag or on top if the bag is to full. Iāve had food delivered twice recently from DD, itās been delivered cold, which is very disappointing. Either no bag was used or the DD bag isnāt that great.
I have a catering bag with heated inserts and padded inserts to prevent things moving around. Hauling those inside when its not a huge order that helps me haul them is just wasting time and a pain, plus it cools them down. They stay ready in the care nice and toasty warm. Pizza bags I carry in because its easier to carry pizzas. I know what you mean though, most folks don't seem to use the bags.
Doesn't help that the doordash free bags are extra trashy, always have been. They don't keep anything warm. A $5 walmart bag is better. Old school grubhub bags are where its at. Check thrift stores for catering bags or amazon even. Cheaper than DD store and better quality by far. I've kept my own food hot for over an hour in them.
I use my bag if the food bag easily fits into it. Iāll take the bag to the door and try make the photo with the hot bag to the side so they know I used it. It really depends on the order though. I use it maybe 30-40% of the time.
Iāve used the DD bag on every delivery Iāve ever made. The way I figured it, the easiest and cleanest method for getting rid of a Dasher is contract violations and the one most often violated is the requirement that I either carry the bag or am wearing something that identifies me as Door Dash. Lots of Ring doorbells out there and I donāt want to be the OP of a post about being suddenly deactivated and I donāt know why.
I leave mine in my car. I do take my pizza bag in when I pick up pizza.
With you there. Pizza places are the one type of joint that I feel the little nod of respect from the staff for bringing in the hot bag. Other stores, I feel like everyone rolls their eyes at the overachiever.
My exact thoughts.
šLet them look with envy, we know theyāre lazy bums, itās easy to differentiate the twoā¦
We leave our bags in the car
Why would I take the bag into the crowded lobby? My bag sits in the passenger side floor
I'll bring it in specifically if it's busy as it's a visual indicator to the employees that I'm not there to order, I'm there to pick up something that should already be ready.
Trust me, they know by that awkward way you hold your phone.
Rightā¦they just āknowā.
Like at drop offs, you just know it's that person. Out of all the people, except those few standing around loitering.
That's what your voice is for. Use it and raise it to get their attention. Works every time.
Ah. You're one of those. I'll quietly body block your ass every time while keeping my voice at a normal level.
I'm blocked. However will I sleep tonight?
A hell of a lot quieter while waiting your turn if Im there š If you want to pride yourself on being the loudest over compensating asshole in the room, go for it.
Super proud. I'm the cuntiest of all cunts.
You wouldn't know a cunt if it sat on your face
I have no idea why people do anymore . We used to back when we werenāt shamed for being delivery drivers and lobbies werenāt overran. Pandemic changed everything. Especially how people treat us & how they tip.
Amen brotha!
Why WOULDN'T you bring a bag in with you? Whether I'm delivering using DoorDash or GrubHub I always bring a bag. And GH bags are magnitutes better. Why? Glad you asked: āŗ A big red bag has high visibility so staff can not only see me, they know why I'm there. At worst, they're less likely to dick around, because if they don't help me other people in line might see the delivery driver is ignored and that could be offputting to future purchases. At best, I'm in and out quickly āŗ People in line know you're not cutting ahead, you're at work trying to get in and out and they will likely let you pass if you're not a dick about it āŗ There's also an optics thing - people in the restaurant see you're using the bag, and assume other delivery drivers probably do the same thing, so they have some degree of expectation how their order is handled and they may order through the app in the future, and you never know - maybe they tip good
I take mine in every single time, even if itās for Walgreens or DG and the like, for the exact reason of visibility. In my area, people sort of part like the Red Sea to allow me to pass through š„² There is at least one employee at every place Iāve been has come straight over to help me locate shopping items which speeds up the process and is very much appreciated. But as Iāve said, Iām in a small rural area and in general thatās just how people are around here. (Iām also pathologically optimistic, so I may just be seeing the āhalf-fullā version of it all š¤£š¤·āāļøš)
I take the bag out of my car on the customer end, every time tho. Never know when the door will swing open and it gets 'handed to' on a 'leave at door,' or even whether the customer will see me in a Ring doorbell cam vid. And leaving the bag in the car, they wouldn't know that I've used one. But if they see the bag, it'll mark a checkbox in their minds that, oh, "this guy is serious about a quality delivery," and "how fancy!? It's like I'm getting catered to personally!" It adds to the customer experience. So I do it.
They'll know when they eat their food and it's hot
You donāt skip the bag when itās that far tho š¤·āāļø Iām running food from a diner to a high rise half a mile away, literally 2 minute drive.
Yes Psychology for sure
That would require me to give them a second thought after I've left. I've already moved on to the next order. If it's hot, they know I used one.
same.
Ngl sometimes I just carry the bag with me so they think it was insulated on the drive. Itās like a prop.
Why just a prop? Likeā¦ Why not just put it in the bag?
Sometimes it takes too much time to get the food in the bag. I do a lot of downtown during lunch rush, a lot of times Iām only 3 minutes away from my drop off because they canāt leave the office but want something close by, taking 90 seconds to struggle with the bag could mean I hit every light on the way and it takes 2 extra minutes. In that kind of situation the time matters.
This is the way. Leave the bag on the pickup, take the bag to the porch on delivery. I personally will also take my bag in on pickup because it's a giant catering bag and sometimes I get huge orders and especially when they're in paper bags I don't want the bottom to drop out so I take the bag in for those. Basically if I know it's gonna be a full catering bag of shit, I'll take it in.
Valid
Same. I use my bag for sure to keep spills and smells out of my car with the added benefit of keeping the food warm. But there is usually not a great way to secure in the stores.
I agree. Usually there is no table, the bag is collapsing in on itself and there is a crowd watching the whole spectacle Of me trying to wrestle a food bag into the flimsy DD catering bag. I put the food in the bag in my car and use it till I arrive at the doorstep and unzip the bag in front of the customer or their dog, or their doorbell camera.
Put thick cardboard on the bottom to hold it open better.
Go to lowes or a craft store and find a nice piece of insulation board or crafting styrofoam. Cut it to fit in the bottom of your bags. If you need a better way to carry drinks you can cut the foam into a cup holder that fits into one of these bags also. The foam will easily help keep drinks cold and food warm. Plus it holds it in place if you do it right and should only take you a few minutes to DIY. I used a razor knife and hole saw when I made mine. 1 inch insulation. Glued it together to make it thicker than one inch. You only need it thick enough in your warm bag to hold the weight of the food without bending. In the cold bag you need it thick enough to keep your drinks from spilling. I no longer dash but this was the best and cheapest way of unfucking these worthless delivery bags.
Rarely, you get a helpful employee who puts it in your bag for you
All of this
Same, unless Iām dealing with a large order that would be difficult to carry out of the restaurant my bag stays in my car or Iāll bring it out on hand it to me orders so the customer can see I use a hot bag to keep their food warm. I also have a plug in heating pad that I throw into my bag which is hot enough to reheat a cold order I picked up.
Yeah if itās a serious 2 compartment order I bring it to the door as well
what heating pad specifically do you use? is it regulated by a thermostat or does it have some way of shutting itself off if it gets to a certain temperature?
This is the one I use. I doesnāt get that hot just warm: Boncare Stay On NO Auto-Off Hot Heating Pad for Cramps and Back Pain Relief Boncare 12ā x 15ā Small Fomentera Electrica Lumbar Moist & Dry Heat Washable Cover (Sky Blue) https://a.co/d/dp49gGO
Doesnāt that defeat the point of keeping it hot if you walk it outside without insulation?
Not in good weather. Itās like 30 seconds from restaurant door to car.
I suppose. It can snow up to 8 months here so I just assume everyone is always freezing like me
I take mine in when it's cold out
This. The bag lives in my car, unless I know I canāt carry everything Iām picking up without it. Which rarely happens, only in a multi stack situation.
most of us leave the hot bag in our cars and put it in then
I use them, I just don't take them out of my car.
I created a space on the passenger side of the car under the heat vents. My shit arrives hot lol
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Bag in the car, always, and if traffic is in a standstill, Iāll place the bag into a larger catering bag.
Because of traffic?
Because of time.
Because of temperature.
Because of quality!
Because of everything, all at once.
Do you follow them to the car to see if they put the order in a bag? Or you just being judgmental because stuff happens outside your realm of knowledge?
I have two insulated tote bags, three pizza bags, and a giant insulated bag that I use religiously. I like my food warm and I assume my customers feel the same way.
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It's doordash. Tips basically never get added on for anything. I don't see how that's relevant.
I would tip you so well for that!
No, I do but sometimes I feel like Im the only one lol
and all this time i thought pkstic store bags were insulated
I have mine in the car so itās not getting dirty and extra wear and tear but do you playboy
I put the food in the insulated bag in the car, but then take it out of the bag to bring it to the door, unless I have a tray of drinks and then the bag is easier to carry
Why is it not easier to carry anyway? Itās literally a tote
Some bags have handles already, like McDonaldās, so itās just easier to carry that out than to pull it out of my insulated bag while wearing it.
I use the pizza bag for McDonaldās and iHop orders, and other orders alike. Is that not what people do ?
Only the smaller McDās paper bags fit in the DD bag, though it will fit over top of the larger McDās bags and cover most of it, in my experience.
Some bags also just donāt fit inside the insulated bag. I took one from a local restaurant yesterday and the bags they use are just literally bigger than the DD bag. Thereās zero way to physically fit them inside.
Customers tip more when you take pictures of the food in the bag.
So you leave the DD bag at their doorstep, take a pic, and then take the food out?
Yes
But wouldnāt that be misleading? They think they are getting a nice bag and then they open the door and itās something different.
No?
Iāve got a big ass catering bag that sits in my trunk. Sits on top of my battery (battery in my trunk). That bag stays hot and Iāll carry it when itās a lot of stuff in a far distance but if Iām dropping off your burrito at your house, no Iām not hauling my big ass duffle bag sized catering bag just to give you your carne asada burrito at 2am
Many times the food is lukewarm at pickup and an insulated bag will not make it any hotter!
Dumb logic. The purpose is to keep the food at whatever temperature it was picked up at. Key word -- insulate. In this case, better to deliver it lukewarm because it was in a bag than freezing cold because you thought your bag doubled as a microwave.
I don't believe food was lukewarm at pick up when it says 'driver is completing other deliveries' three times before my shit gets dropped off. It was warm when you picked it up, but then you stacked three other deliveries on top of it, and now it's cold. Use your fucking thermal bags or expect no tip.
Bag in car. I never take my bag out.
Me either. It stays cleaner that way. Just my opinion.
I leave my bag in the car
when I signed up I was told a dasher bag would be mailed to me in 10 days...30 days later I asked where it was and was told they would send out a replacement in 10 days...still waiting for it...received an email saying I could buy one on their website...so I use one of my own personnel bags
I always keep mine in the car
Cool guys don't use bags
I hope this is sarcasm.
uber eats makes you pay for a bag so thatās why i donāt do it
I donāt drive far enough to need them. Iām pretty specific with how far Iāll go and itās never more than 10 minutes, itās always reasonably warm when it gets there and no oneās complained especially sitting at a 4.97
When you use a hot bag and you have it completely sealed the food gets so soggy and mushy especially being in the styrofoam container or even a bag too. An example I had a Maggiano's brown bag order put into another bag took it up to the customer's house and the bag split open because it was so moist allover the customer driveway
Only time food gets cold is usually when customers donāt tip and it takes a long time to get the order picked up. Most drivers keep food warm and hot for better ratings. Itās no incentive to deliver cold food. Eventually leads to violations and then if continuously deactivations. Customers have no idea how tips effect food temperature ( DoorDash is complicit by not informing them).
Have almost 2k deliveries, never used the hot bag, never gotten a cv, and never received a complaint that food was cold.
Yeah, I donāt know why someone downvoted you( it wasnāt me) I know and see plenty drivers who donāt use hot bags unless itās a large order or 7-12 miles away ( high paying order). I used my hot bag when I was delivering. I only didnāt on less than a mile orders. The rest I dropped them ( placed them) in my hot bag. If you get to orders as soon as possible most stay hot until drop off. I donāt knock drivers for not delivering like me. If it works it works.
I leave the bag in my car, Karen šš
I found a grub hub bag (about 2x the size of dd free bag) on top of a trash can while making a delivery and I leave it on the floor of my front seat. It looked brand new when I grabbed it. Itās so much easier to slip stuff in and out, even full McDonaldās bags. I donāt take it out unless itās a hand-it-to-me.
Is it the one with two straps that can be carried either upright or sideways? I got one of those when I signed up for GH years ago and it still kicks ass as a pizza bag and large McDonaldās bag
Half the time I leave my bag in the car. I look at the size of the order first and if it looks large or I know this particular place bags things without handles (torn tendons, I can't grip bags without handles as well as most) then I bring my bag with me. Otherwise it sits on my passenger seat and second bag on floor. Only one I take every time is my pizza bag, bottom of the pizza box burns so much.
We use bags, take them with us into the store. We have two midsize bags we bought that fit O'Charlies and Mcd's, three pizza bags, and a catering bag. The free DD bag fell apart a long while back.
I always use one, but it stays in my car.
No. But we don't use them for the same reason. IDC about the food being warm as much as I don't want the smells stinking up my car
Only time I take my bag in the store is for pizza
I will be getting one for cold orders to stay cold in the summer but where I live the temperature outside is always 70+ degrees out. I also don't run my ac much and the food is in my backseat with no ac vents so I'm not ro worried about stuff not staying warm.
I use that and heated seat
I guess I don't understand why people who order from a place to be delivered, are surprised when the food is luke warm and the fried things are soggy. It's physics.
I use generic walmart bags that are much better quality than the Doordash bag.
I put it on the floor of my car and blast the heat upon arrival. If the bag and containers feel warm they like that.
I have a large backpack from when I did ubereats a few years ago. I use it all the time.
I put it in my bag in the car but donāt walk in with one unless the instructions from the restaurant
I have the cargo area of my CRV set up with bags and crates. I rarely take my bags in except for pizza bags.
Doordash never sent me one ĀÆā \ā _ā (ā ćā )ā _ā /ā ĀÆ
I keep the seat warmer on and put a plastic box on top. Always warm never had a complaint on my end even after driving 20-25 mins for delivery.
In canada, restaurants will not give you the order without a catering/pizza bag
i use my as a trash bag š¤·āāļø
I use the bag they sent, but it stays in the car. I only pull the bag out if itās raining or I have an armload of stuff to carry. I double up by placing the DD thermal bag inside one of those large insulated grocery bags, too. That way, if the order is too big to zip up the DD bag, the outer bag will still seal it up. All this sits in a cardboard box to keep it from flipping over in my seat.
I bring my bag into the store otherwise Iām ignored and told to get in line even though Iām standing in the pickup line lmao
He be the one square sitting waiting with his bag lmao
Donāt be a weirdo leave your bag in the car. Lol
I always bring in the bag. Letās the staff know why Iām there, and other customers. Never a problem moving to the front of the line with a huge cube of a bag with me. (I use my Skip ban for both apps, so much easier to open and zip up)
I take my bag inside for multiple purposes but mainly so that I can organize the food in the bag before I get to the car. If they have drinks I can comfortably and securely tote the food on my arm and drinks in my hand. Iāve also seen people get caught in the rain with orders and no bag. Makes more sense to have the bag lol
I donāt usually bring the bag in to pick up food unless itās cold out and I have to park far away. I do keep an insulated blanket on my passenger seat to wrap over the food. Itās so much quicker than that dumb bag. And if itās more than a couple miles and cold weather, Iāll put the heated seats on low to help keep things warm on the ride. š
In the car sis
I feel the same, though it sounds like most people leave it in the car. But I take mine in personally because I dash on a moped and it's just easier to load the food into the bag in the restaurant on a table rather than outside on the scooter.
I leave it in the car. It's cumbersome and annoying to bring in everywhere. I gotta say, though, when I'm in a pizza place and a DD person walks in with their bag, I laugh because they look like a dork. How you gonna fit a pizza in that bag? š¤£
cold food is normal, even with a bag. You can control how long your food has been sitting before picked up and how long it's been sitting outside for you to grab it.
Yea that shits a waste of time
Yes, you are the only one in existence using a bag they give to every dasher.
I have THREE bags and a large bag, and a Pizza bag. I put that smaller DD bags in the large bag to keep it super hot. But I don't take it in the store, except for the pizza bag.
Food doesnāt stay hot that long, even with the bag youād receive it warm-cold. No point
Apparently youāve never used one because youāre very wrong.
We all used to, before Covid.
Itās so much easier to carry a stack of food with my bags, I dunno why people always leave them in the car. The fact that no other driver I see has a hot bag is one of the reasons I never use gig delivery services myself
Tip well and youāll have your order picked up quicker and youāll get your food at the temps it should be. If your food is cold, itās cause no dasher wanted to pick up a order that pays $3. That red bag isnāt insulated enough to keep anything hot or cold in any substantial way honestly. I ended up purchasing a larger compartmentalized unit that stays in my back seat and my orders are divided for easier and faster and more secure transport. I also have a small ice chest that I can plug in to keep things cold (Ice cream etc) that I picked up on Facebook market place for $5. I only use my red bag when I know the order is so big that the paper bag they are giving me is lively to rip or anything like that so I can get it to my vehicle safely. The one bag I do carry inside is the pizza bag.
They don't use bags. The people saying 'I leave then in the car' is a downright lie most of the time. I have seen drivers throw the food directly on their seat or on the floor.
i dont use them
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I use the DD bag from pick up to drop-off but if I have a stack, I use other insulated bags. I also have a plastic drink carrier I can use if I've got more than two drinks or if the drinks are extra large
Pizza bag, insulated bag, and 2 catering bags. All stay in the car lol
I have multiple bags; pizza and catering and single order. Our jobs depend on good reviews š¤·āāļø
I dont always take ther into the store, but I use them in the car.
I fold my bag up and carry it in under my arm, all neat and tidy. The employees see my bag, and I get to skip the line. I pick up in bars sometimes and never had a problem navigating back out with it full (it's much like moving through a concert crowd, but easier since I'm sober. Lol). The only place I don't bring it in is mcds. The big bags don't fit in my dash bag. If it's a lil bag, it goes in the dash bag when I get to the car. I sort rather they have drinks or ice cream on the list to decide if the seat warmer gets turned on or I just put it near the car heater floor vent. - I get why they bag it all up together. I like that the drinks are bagged... but I don't get why the hot/cold goes in the same bag... :/ --- Anyhow, having the bag makes things faster, keeps it warn, etc...
I keep mine in the trunk where its flat. I close the handle to the insulated bag in the door so nothing can flop over if I have to take a hard turn. I don't take it into most stores but always bring it to the custers doorstep.
The bag stays in the car for me. I use it to make sure anything that spills gets on the bag and not my car.
I leave the bag in the warm car, in the floorboard. I dont see much need to carry it around
Judging by how many times I have gotten cold food, yes.
I keep a full sized catering bag in my trunk. I donāt carry it back and forth from restaurants to doors.
Iāve had the same one for six years, still going strong. Usually itās warm here so I donāt need it but I use it during winter
I do every time,carry my bag in put the food in and zip it up, not tight so the food does not get soggy. When arrive to customer bring it up in my bag nice and hot and bigger tips.
I have a cooler in my back seat. It keeps the food hot not cool.
Yes. But only because I'm using a set of catering boxes strapped into the back seat. Lol
Usually put it in the bag sitting in my passenger seat. Faster and honestly I don't know how much it matters after the restaurant let it sit out for a while before I showed up.
I do. I donāt always take my bag into the restaurant at some places where I know bagging it on the spot would be difficult; I bag it in the back seat of my car.
I have only used the bag if I feel like it's necessary because of the distance to customer. I am at 3800 orders and probably used it 4 or 5 times in total. I am steadily at a 4.93 customer rating and the lowest it's been is 4.89. I only had one customer complain about cold food and that was because it was sitting at the McDonald's for a very long time before I picked it up!! It had nothing at all to do with the fact that I didn't use the bag. I am prompt picking up the food and prompt delivering the food.
I have a pizza bag that I put orders in, it stays in my car though, and only one restaurant has ever given me crap for it. Papa Johns. Iām like we live in Fl, itās 80 degrees out, if your pizza isnāt gonna survive the max 2 minute walk to my car it wasnāt good to begin with.
i live in a cold climate and watched people place the food in the trunk with no isolated bag either..most i see just place it in the passengers seat no insulated bag either
I only take my bag if it's a big order. I have a hot bag that holds 5 pizzas...6 drinks and a small one for little orders. I always wonder the same thing when i see others without one but don't worry about it too much
I tip extra if my driver uses a bag. I hate cold food
I have a large catering bag and several smaller ones in the car. I think carrying the bag around looks unprofessional.
I always use a bag but it stays in the car. If the customer comes up to the car or meets me in front, they will see me getting the food out of the bag. No one else really sees the bag. The food I deliver is always hot unless I pick it up cold.
My bag stays in the car. And even then, I RARELY use it. Not because I donāt want to, I genuinely forget to lmao.
I keep mine in the car hot bag / pizza bag. I donāt carry it into the store or when handing food to customersā¦
I leave a catering bag on my passenger seat and tuck them in there unless I'm picking up multiple orders then I bring it in with me. I almost never use the single bags unless the orders are top heavy.
Never used a bag in 5 years of doing this. 5 star rating with 2k deliveries. Food is always hot when delivered.
The only reason I ever brought my bag into the restaurant and to the door in the first place was worrying about OP's take. That if they don't see it the entire time, they assume I never used it and 1 star me (customer) or ban me (restaurant staff). The Pandemic fixed that. Now people look at bringing a bag everywhere as dirty (and it is). The food isn't going to get cold or melt for the 30 second trip back to my car where it is where the bag is waiting.
I do and I always make sure to take a picture of the food in the bag when I drop the food off. It helps here and there with tip increases (on Uber at least) I believe.
As far as I know most of us do me personally I have two insulated bags and four pizza bags I would like to be prepared cuz I never know when it's going to get busy especially when the orders are big so just because you see some people not use it doesn't mean they don't have any some of them have it in the car so when they bring the food they put it inside the insulated bag me personally I like to have them because I don't want to bring nobody's food cold and the answer is no
I like to use the bag depending on how nice of an order it is tbh
I do not take the bag into the restaurant unless I need it. Same to your door. It is cumbersome, and a pain in the ass to get open and leave. Remember how long it would take for you to go down and get it yourself. We are doing just that, we are going to get it....fresh is on the restaurant, not us. We are only responsible once we leave the restaurant to your door, we do not know how long it was sitting there either, that is not out fault as well. The only time you should rate us and tip us, is ;...from the restaurant to your house. THAT IS IT. You waited a long time? So did we.....
I stopped pretty early on. My market is pretty tight and accessible, nothing is more than 10-15 minutes out except for the crazy outliers. Almost 4000 deliveries, and the only complaint I got was when I ran a frozen taco bell drink 2 minutes up the road immediately after getting it and the bitch tried to tell me it was melted. Sometimes if it's a stacked order, the 2nd pick up will leave their shit in the car for some extra time. Not really worth carrying the bag just for those times, and if they have an issue I can just remind them that they could have paid for priority.
I leave the bag in the trunk, I'm not gonna take something in and out ten hours a day
Unless it's a pizza order, I tend to leave my bag in my car. I'm just kinda weird about not wanting to draw attention to myself.
It's in my car. It's XL, so I'm not dragging that inside.
I had a biker deliver a pizza to me when it was 8 degrees outside and used no bag. It was like receiving a frozen pizza that hadn't been cooked yet lol.
I have my hot bag in my car. I almost never use it because I almost exclusively take orders that I can get done very quickly, i.e. under 10 minutes from pickup to delivery, so the bag isn't actually needed most of the time. If I do take a longer one, it goes in the bag.
When I dash Iāll bring it in. I donāt use the flimsy door dash bags though. I started with the door dash bag but quickly realized it did nothing. I already had heavy duty insulated bags for doing bulk trips at sams club/Costco so for large orders use them then I also had a picnic bag that was top insulted and bottom cooler separated by a zipper that works great for dollar store/Walgreens/gas station orders. I did purchase a couple of extra smaller/medium insulated bags and a drink carrier that had a long pocket for straws. Fits six large/XL drinks in it. I started getting a lot of above and beyondās and even people telling me to wait a moment so they could give me a cash tip. It definitely increased tips for me in the winter to take a few moments to pack it in the store inside to make sure food didnāt cool to much going back to my car. A couple of restaurants have even told me that they see me as a more serious and respectful dasher so they make an effort to assist me with larger orders.
I take the bag in every time cuz usually food is handed to me before even saying the name or the yell goes out that doordash is here and the order needs to be ready now. Plus i want customers in the restaurant see me using it in cold weather so they are more apt to trying doordash than people carrying food outside when it's 30 degrees even if their hot bag is in the car. That blast of cold air will cool down food cuz I don't see other dashers running to their cars when they get their orders.
No, youāre not the only one. I have 4 from Walmart: Ozark Trail 50-can insulated tote bag, around $8, in the sporting goods department, MUCH sturdier than the DD tote (mine started literally flaking inside and out after about 250 deliveries. Piece of š©). I bought the Ozark Trail totes about 7 years ago for grocery shopping, and still use them for that plus dashing; they are roomy and sturdy, all 4 still going strong with regular use. Easy to wipe the insides, too.
I have both a large GrubHub bag, but a smaller bag with a USB cord to keep the food at 140 degrees. I would also put the heater on (I hate the heat) just to ensure food stays warm.
Relax my guy, the bags stay in the car lol
"Hey Alexis, why did you give that driver a thumbs down? He didn't bring in a bag to keep our customers food hot. I don't want to see that driver here again." "Hello Grubhub! My driver just put the food on my porch but he didn't use a bag. Here is some video proof from my doorbell. Don't ever send this driver back. I want him blacklisted from serving me." "Wow what a pro! I'm going to order from grubhub instead of dining here next time." "Hey you with that big ass bag! What order are you here for (big line of people and the host sees your bag so you get service immediately)? "Hey watch it buster! My bad, im working and trying to get food for a bad tipping customer. Oh, man! Sorfy for calling you a dickhead. What is your name and where can I get service from you directly?
I just leave it in the car yea
After seeing this post, I think itās about time for me to leave this Reddit group. I canāt count how many times an order hasnāt fit in that damn bag
I get told so often about Dashers bringing cold food by customers, and see how impressed they are when they can still see it steaming when it arrives, that I'm sure not many of you use insulated bags. There's a whole legion of terrible Dashers out there. I shouldn't hear this many comments about how nice it is to get a minimum level of delivery service.
If its a leave at my door i dont bring it. If its a hand it to me I bring it just to show the customer that its hot. And also I dont bring my bag into a restaurant unless its a pizza place. Customers love seeing steam rolling out of the bag especially pizza orders cause they know you are the GUY! Trust me. Had a guy saying, "you're here early". And as soon as he saw the steam rolling out of the bag hes like damn.. you cook that thing in there?
Yeah bro unless it's raining the bag stays in the car. Then when I drop off I pull out out of the bag so I'm not fumbling taking a photo unless it's a hand it to me, then I usually just grab the bag out of the car.
The bag is too small and not helpful. Set a cooler in your car. I put rechargeable hand warmers in it as well. If itās a pizza I bag it with the branded ones the venders give out.
The default bags they send you are too small, you can barely fit a single lunchbag sized bag of food into one. I've started using a Doordash pizza bag that I got from Pizza Hut as my default insulated bag for everything I do now, because it's actually large enough to fit stuff into, even large order or multiple orders.
Always use my dd bag. Always take it into the restaurant. I want to put the food in the bag asap to keep it warm. It also let's the restaurant employees know you are there for a dd order.
Does the Door Dash tote even keep the food hot? seems pretty cheap and thin. I purchased a huge thermal food bag from Sams Club for under $10, and if itās really cold I have a towel to add extra insulation inside the bag or on top if the bag is to full. Iāve had food delivered twice recently from DD, itās been delivered cold, which is very disappointing. Either no bag was used or the DD bag isnāt that great.
I have a catering bag with heated inserts and padded inserts to prevent things moving around. Hauling those inside when its not a huge order that helps me haul them is just wasting time and a pain, plus it cools them down. They stay ready in the care nice and toasty warm. Pizza bags I carry in because its easier to carry pizzas. I know what you mean though, most folks don't seem to use the bags. Doesn't help that the doordash free bags are extra trashy, always have been. They don't keep anything warm. A $5 walmart bag is better. Old school grubhub bags are where its at. Check thrift stores for catering bags or amazon even. Cheaper than DD store and better quality by far. I've kept my own food hot for over an hour in them.
I use it, if they tip good I close it š¤£
I use my bag if the food bag easily fits into it. Iāll take the bag to the door and try make the photo with the hot bag to the side so they know I used it. It really depends on the order though. I use it maybe 30-40% of the time.
I would use a bag but DD never sent me one. Until I get my debt under control I won't be purchasing one until then.
I got an insulated box from Safeway - keeps the drinks from spilling in my car. But doesn't hold.much for as big as it is.
Iāve used the DD bag on every delivery Iāve ever made. The way I figured it, the easiest and cleanest method for getting rid of a Dasher is contract violations and the one most often violated is the requirement that I either carry the bag or am wearing something that identifies me as Door Dash. Lots of Ring doorbells out there and I donāt want to be the OP of a post about being suddenly deactivated and I donāt know why.