Submitted by Baphometwolf83 t3_z2qi12 in Maine
Why do you hate lights and house numbers so much
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BentheBruiser t1_ixhqxie wrote
Bruh I literally put up new numbers by the road simply because DD can never find my house. I swear the effort some of y'all put in is non-existent. I have filled my special directions section with landmarks and ways to arrive and I still get calls almost every time.
Technical-Role-4346 t1_ixhu4no wrote
I get deliveries ordered by the people across the street on a regular basis. The driver has my house number WTF
Jasonbluefire t1_ixhv8cu wrote
I made a light up house numbers during corvid when I noticed package deliveries more and more were happening at night.
RisinSon t1_ixhvk95 wrote
🤣 I dash and deliver in Bangor area. I've updated Google maps a few times for orders on the outskirts. So I think you missed a step 7. Change gps location to 1 mile down the road. Haha. But in all seriousness,.. mostly the job works fine and more than half of the customers are great or decent! Comedy is good, and a perfect way to vent.
RisinSon t1_ixhvw07 wrote
(If you want) Go on Google maps, type their address, click edit, suggest new location, put the marker to the right spot. Will help both of you out :)
badhmorrigan t1_ixhz5qj wrote
Forgot the whole no streetlights thing in many places. Or street signs for roads.
[deleted] t1_ixhzaq9 wrote
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GoodDecision t1_ixhztmc wrote
Damn that's pretty accurate. I bring a big-ass flashlight on the road with me, customers are always like "oh wow that's so smart". I'm thinking to myself "no, its literally the only way I can see your house numbers and not break my neck walking to your door BECAUSE ALL YOUR LIGHTS ARE OFF."
MangelWurzels t1_ixhzyka wrote
Thank you!
Many-Day8308 t1_ixi1ky1 wrote
You guys are getting door dash?
HoboTeddy t1_ixi1y6y wrote
There's a house in Sanford with red LEDs by their door with their house number! It looks pretty good and it's very obvious. Brilliant idea.
nochedetoro t1_ixi2qa7 wrote
Step 1: open door dash
Step 2: nobody delivers to your area
Step 3: resign yourself to cooking the healthy food you bought earlier
boogilations01 t1_ixi45on wrote
Its even worse when driving an ambulance
BeholderBalls t1_ixi5eg0 wrote
Outer Stillwater man… such a shit show
yawnfactory t1_ixi5zhx wrote
As a letter carrier, THANK YOU!!
thisoneagain t1_ixi633r wrote
Not in Maine, so normally I don't get issues with this, but a few weeks back I had the MOST amazing DD call. The driver pulled into an apartment complex. (I do not live in an apartment complex.) I could see on the map that she was slowly driving around in there, so I called and told her I wasn't in the complex. I told her when she pulled out to head TOWARDS a particular street. She opted instead to turn AWAY from that street without any comment, and it took a solid block and a half for her to understand what I was saying to her about that. Once she got it, she wanted me to tell her how to turn around. Once correctly oriented, she then proceeded to drive slo-o-o-owly past my building on her right looking earnestly to the left and in front of her only while I described her car to her asking if that was her. (Example dialog: Me (correctly): Are you in a jeep? A jeep SUV? Her: No. ... it's ...it's black.) When she finally pulled up, she stopped right in the active road and proceeded to tip my whole order sideways so she could fit it out of the one-third opened driver's side window.
jellyrollo t1_ixi7w08 wrote
Brilliant! I just did this for my next-door neighbor's address. I'm always finding their Doordash lunch deliveries on my doorstep.
RisinSon t1_ixi9m28 wrote
I just learned this last week. Gotta pass it on. Together we can beat the issue! As drivers we depend on a navigation on our phone (especially at night) - usually Google maps unless they have Apple. I find this very helpful for future deliveries and happy to take to 15 seconds to make someone's life better!
RisinSon t1_ixi9ymq wrote
However a seasoned driver like myself will almost always look for a house number before making the final drop off. And other tips like evens on one side, odds on the other. But there are a lot of younger drivers out there that didn't know the skills of driving before GPS. I used to deliver pizza with no GPS... thinking about it today seems crazy.
Twerks4Jesus t1_ixia7o3 wrote
Nothing more fun than playing hide and seek with the EMTs.
[deleted] t1_ixibtvr wrote
My house number is 1451 and I get deliveries for 1541 all the time. They’re lucky I don’t like to cook, because those Hello Fresh boxes didn’t look half bad.
Digipete t1_ixicqgf wrote
I've learned to stand at the end of the driveway and flag them in whenever my household has needed services. Hell, The last time around I even wore a hi-vis vest.
UaSwendler t1_ixid7a6 wrote
I deliver every where so try it
jellyrollo t1_ixiep6w wrote
My street is kind of weird, so my neighbor's driveway is connected the next street over, and their street address and their front gate are on my street, but on a steep hill so the house is out of view below the street grade. Doordash drivers assume the first street-level house they come to (mine) is the delivery address because they can't see the other house clearly and its driveway is on a different street. Hopefully moving the Google Maps pin over to their front gate area will help clarify the situation.
trg802 t1_ixifgig wrote
How often are you calling ambulances
coolcalmaesop t1_ixifjip wrote
I delivered DoorDash for a bit last year. I had one order that specified that I should leave their food on the folding metal chair outside their house. There was a metal chair, but it was in the middle of their yard. I sent a message that said “food is on chair per delivery instructions” and sent this picture .
Still chuckle about it wondering if they meant the toilet?
demalo t1_ixifk7o wrote
Yes, a black boarder around your numbers will make it stand out better during the day and night!
demalo t1_ixifuz2 wrote
For some reason I read that as “I’m already finding their door dash lunch deliveries on my doorstep!” Was like “wait a min…” then reread your post.
RisinSon t1_ixigt15 wrote
Yes! The pin makes a big difference. I see the problem at your house. Sometimes deliveries like that will leave a note to call upon arrival and they tell me how to proceed which is super helpful too. Though that would be your neighbors job and out of your control. Seems like you have taken the necessary steps to hopefully solve this!
MrLocoLobo t1_ixikac7 wrote
How it feels ordering food delivery anywhere with minimal light-pollution and rural asf.
NDawgNation207 t1_ixilkxw wrote
Dasher in southern maine here. Have had some issues with people but it’s mostly good
Leigh257 t1_ixim57p wrote
I used to be a case manager and had to visit new families with nothing but an address and phone number. I can’t tell you how many apartment buildings have no numbers or letters on ANY of the apartments and how many rural homes don’t have numbers on the house or on their mailbox. Not answering the phone when I called to get some directions was also a common theme.
fallingfrog t1_iximk7q wrote
I once delivered a pizza to someone who gave me the wrong address, and when I pointed it out she said “oh, well they must have put the wrong number on my house”.
🤦♀️
Blatts t1_iximljl wrote
Arg, my arch nemesis, Healthy Blatts! Why can't that guy just buy cheeseburgers and deli meats?
Some people's children, smdh
Erulastiel t1_ixinkj3 wrote
LED lights cost practically nothing to run.
laelgon t1_ixioto4 wrote
Yup. Plus everything is closed by 8. I can't even drive to get late night Chinese food for a craving. Best I can do is whatever they have at the one 24-hour gas station.
ebai4556 t1_ixipqei wrote
I did, you lied
fallingfrog t1_ixipxi0 wrote
Omg I can’t imagine the stress of not being able to find someone!!! I would have a heart attack myself
annie_b666 t1_ixipykq wrote
🤣🤣🤣
boogilations01 t1_ixiu3in wrote
Ive had to have dispatch call back people to do that before, makes things frustrating
DidDunMegasploded t1_ixiuwkw wrote
Wow, looks cooler than my LED white one.
Digipete t1_ixiuwwv wrote
Not often, but when time is of the essence it is logical to not have a driver HAVE to search, especially when I knew, because it had been expressed to me by EMS friends, that until recently the E911 system was typically off by as many as 50 "House" numbers in my area..
DidDunMegasploded t1_ixiv1fd wrote
Asking the real questions here.
I would rather skedaddle my ass to the McDonald's 10 minutes away in the cold for a meal.
IndecisiveKitten t1_ixiyjxf wrote
Same, the GPS address for my building will take you to the back parking lot entrance of my building, but my entrance is the front/street side (the two sides are not connected and I have to walk outside in the dark all the way around the building) I fill in every possible address and special instructions spot with giant stars and capital letters and it's still delivered to the wrong entrance/complete other side of my building every damn time I swear
RagnarDaViking t1_ixj0op7 wrote
I used door dash once. I'd just go get it myself. I can imagine how annoying this job could be
acister t1_ixj3el6 wrote
Live in the sticks but DoorDash in Bangor area (it surprisingly goes to some pretty rural areas), literally have delivered McDonalds to farmers.. OP picture is correct.
And getting downvoted for literally stating my experience Dashing in Maine..
acister t1_ixj3j3w wrote
This is correct.. The amount of times I've called folks trying to get directions because I'm on a pitch black block and can't see anything and they don't answer.. What the fuck happened to people during Covid. Answer your phone if you're expecting a delivery and for the love of god turn on your porch light.
ThankYouLuv t1_ixj457d wrote
Lol
xHospitalHorsex t1_ixjdtyb wrote
As a furniture delivery guy, I felt this meme on a deep level. Hope none of these people ever need an ambulance!
FatRedDragons t1_ixjiadu wrote
momsequitur t1_ixjong5 wrote
In my experience, I place the order. I leave clear instructions where to leave it (the back deck, because I'm disabled, and my front door -- which has a lovely sign that says DELIVERIES IN BACK -- opens out, so anything placed on the steps will be knocked into the street by opening it.) I wait.
The order is eventually marked delivered. I check the spot where I asked that it be left. It's not there. It's not on the patio table by the gate, it's on the front step, which means I must now go out the back and around the house to retrieve the order.
Most of the time, by the time I get back inside, some part of the food packaging has begun to fail. My mud room carpet enjoyed my last overpriced chai from Panera.
ripbingers t1_ixjt33g wrote
Ah yes, during corvid, when the murder takes flight.
Queenpeels2 t1_ixjv6mi wrote
You have a 24-hour gas station? Sounds like the big city!
xavyre t1_ixk1yko wrote
My 24 hour gas station had to stop overnights due to losing workers.
ohjeeze_louise t1_ixkbyga wrote
I did this, but the DoorDash app still has it wrong! It’s so weird and annoying
[deleted] t1_ixkilca wrote
I’m downeast and do not get doordash or ubereats, I have tried it many times
Turbulent_Ad_2774 t1_ixklruu wrote
Every time I drive by there, I think to myself I gotta get that! And I never do
IamSauerKraut t1_ixkn93r wrote
Consider the deliveries a gift.
Majestic-Feedback541 t1_ixko3jr wrote
Easy, my porch light doesn't work and landlord hasn't gotten around to getting an electrician to fix it... We're going on 2 years now. The other porch lights are controlled by my neighbors, who don't leave them on like they're supposed to.
As for numbers... Well, my apartment building is on a corner lot, my downstairs neighbors address is on one street and my address is on another street.
Also, no good restaurants in my town deliver so my comment is completely irrelevant.
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkompy wrote
Where you live Orono?
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkoqsv wrote
up in Bangor area its still busy on weekends until around 10. By 11 you are just wastong gas
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkoxma wrote
I wont deliver to Orono because its always college kids who tip a dollar lol
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkp9e1 wrote
How oftem do you need the EMTs? Its not Malcolm in the middle? You should be getting hurt that much lol
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkpbrh wrote
You must live in Orono or somewhere far from anything
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkpkef wrote
Ive had detailed instruction before. One was "not on road ____, but the road after that has no street sign or lights." I honestly thought "this is how I die" lol
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkpok9 wrote
Had one where the gps took me to an empty lot and the how was three houses down with no numbers to be found.
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkpt32 wrote
I love when I get special directions. Saves me time
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkpxot wrote
They probably watched you until you left lol
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkq1ip wrote
I would have said "you mean you did" like who she think we get the number from lol
Baphometwolf83 OP t1_ixkq8a8 wrote
I wont leave on step by door cause of this. I leave it near it but not where it will be knocked off
amardas t1_ixkvf1e wrote
In the end, I always give myself away by giggling
BabaYagaInJeans t1_ixkzdix wrote
I never delivered pizza, but I remember having those street map books, with different neighborhoods on different pages.
badhmorrigan t1_ixl53ss wrote
I've given similar-ish directions in the past. My current directions for delivery drivers include <my car's model and color> in the driveway, a description of our house, and what number driveway we are as they drive down our road.
I live on a road with a very small number of houses off a state highway. No streetlights, but at least our road has a sign and shows up on GPS.
nochedetoro t1_ixlsbef wrote
Standish. We’re so far away from the Standish dominos that they won’t deliver to us either lol
fxckxss t1_ixlukwx wrote
"R" is among the most menacing of sounds. That's why it's called Corvid, not Cokvid.
RisinSon t1_ixm6e6z wrote
Yes! Printed map books we would receive and keep in our car... the memories.
acister t1_ixnai14 wrote
TBH there are a lot of boujee families too in Orono that tip well and a lot of the deliveries there from downtown Orono shops don't go far so it can be worth it (since all student housing is very close). Pros and cons for sure
New-Work-139 t1_ixhlqyh wrote
Most of these can be chalked up to extremely high electricity costs and a shitty cell grid. Not exactly the average persons fault.