Instacart shoppers are SO BAD

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

So not even 10% of the order. No wonder you’re getting such crap service. Set the tip properly from the start of the order so that the person is motivated. You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel because of your own cheapness.

Well it's actually above the minimum request, and this is not exactly going out to Per Se for a night on the town. Instacart shoppers are paid hourly in addition to tips, and like I said, mine is on the more generous side. Have you ever used this service before?

I use it all the time and you are a cheap miser and getting the service you deserve. In no instance is a 6% tip generous.

A $10 tip is perfectly generous on these kinds of orders and lots of people even tell me that. You sound like a clueless projector and malcontent

The market is telling you otherwise. Tip better if you want better service, it isn't complicated.

Actually, all my orders get picked up almost instantly. Shoppers get to choose what trips to take, so obviously mine look pretty dang good 😊

It looks close, then they see that you don't live on the gound floor and aren't willing to lug your junk upstairs for $10.

Well too bad- I live on the top floor with gorgeous views and theyre gonna have to. Or just dont get tipped well.

Aren't you complaining because they aren't? It appears that they don't have to. You already don't tip well and no one cares if their gig employer reprimands them.

Well... they do if they want to be paid! If they dont care, then by all means, leave it in the lobby!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:can everyone stop with putting down and making fun of the elderly? do you honestly think dementia is something to tease about? no one wants to get old but it happens. be kind.

I'm OP and totally willing to lay off it but the advanced age of so many of the posters here absolutely affects their mindset when it comes to many of these newer services like instacart, amazon, ubereats, etc. They just dont have the familiarity or capacity to authoritatively weigh in, but do so anyway.

how do you know anyone's ages? don't forget this is dcum, everyone knows it all.

The average age of DCUM has been well established as boomers and Xers. That's why everyone acts in shock whenever someone in their 20s shows up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to shop for instacart in college, they are worse than uber.

You get a few seconds to pick up each product, so quality is out the window.

I don't appreciate pp, stating we were bottom of the barrel. But alot of the women were pregnant, and mentally disabled. I didn't work with any men during that time.

Chiming in about if Instacart reprimands shoppers, they definitely do! Their system is much like Uber but more strict. You shop with about 15-30 seconds per item, and if you pick the wrong one it gets counted. If it happens too many times you get fired!

I didn't last long, I don't know how people do it for so long.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to shop for instacart in college, they are worse than uber.

You get a few seconds to pick up each product, so quality is out the window.

I don't appreciate pp, stating we were bottom of the barrel. But alot of the women were pregnant, and mentally disabled. I didn't work with any men during that time.

OP here, thanks a lot, this explains why the quality is so bad.

I think I'll just head back to PrimeNow. Or the Albertson's delivery. The Instacart shoppers are spectacularly bad. I feel bad for some of them but it really is a problem. Seems like the company needs to make some major changes to better support the staff and attract better workers

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Anonymous wrote:I take this into account when tipping:
Full-service shoppers earn $7-$10+ per batch, plus tips. Instacart guarantees payments of at least $7-$10 per order.
In-store shoppers earn a fixed hourly wage. They can work up to 29 hours per week. Instacart guarantees payments of at least $5 per order.

Shipt's pay scale is very simple: $5 per order plus 7.5% of total order.

Thank you so much, someone who actually knows what theyre talking about and who can explain it to the boomer luddite mom brigade on here!

Exactly. $17 for an hour of work is not bad. Literally the people on here are so clueless it's kind of mind boggling. Especially since they always attempt to sound authoritative about things while proudly admitting they have no clue... this place should be studied by science.

studied by science? what does that even mean and you seem to be getting way too worked up over this.

You dont know English?

can anyone who knows english better than I do explain what "studied by science" means in the above context?
it doesn't look like the PP can do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

NP here - You really think less think 7% is a "standardly generous tip?" Oy.

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

NP here - You really think less think 7% is a "standardly generous tip?" Oy.

Yes, I do think $10 is a perfectly standard tip for a grocery run. And most of the actual users of the app (and shoppers) agree with me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:can everyone stop with putting down and making fun of the elderly? do you honestly think dementia is something to tease about? no one wants to get old but it happens. be kind.

I'm OP and totally willing to lay off it but the advanced age of so many of the posters here absolutely affects their mindset when it comes to many of these newer services like instacart, amazon, ubereats, etc. They just dont have the familiarity or capacity to authoritatively weigh in, but do so anyway.

how do you know anyone's ages? don't forget this is dcum, everyone knows it all.

The average age of DCUM has been well established as boomers and Xers. That's why everyone acts in shock whenever someone in their 20s shows up

I had no idea that these were the demographics of this site. I thought it was more of an equal mix. interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

It’s clearly not cheapo.

It actually is, grandpa.

Posting from a retirement community and you think we’re old. Guarantee we’re 20+ years younger grandma.

Keep dreaming, Bob. Everyone knows the average age of the posters on this parenting forum. Shouldnt you be shouting at the kids on your lawn or something??

Yes, which is why it’s so strange an old person from a retirement community in FL keeps posting about this new fangled technology and doesn’t know who Instacart works. Your grandkids can explain it like we are since we’re peers.

Awww. You trying to turn it around isn't going to make you any less old. Enjoy your health issues!

Sorry that the truth upsets you. Btw for such an important business woman you certainly have all the free time in the world to participate in a forum geared toward 2 generations younger than you…

Yes, today is my day off. You might understand being able to take a day off if you had any kind of authority in your position. But I guess when youre 85 you can take all the time off you want

You are very clever

- NP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I take this into account when tipping:
Full-service shoppers earn $7-$10+ per batch, plus tips. Instacart guarantees payments of at least $7-$10 per order.
In-store shoppers earn a fixed hourly wage. They can work up to 29 hours per week. Instacart guarantees payments of at least $5 per order.

Shipt's pay scale is very simple: $5 per order plus 7.5% of total order.

Thank you so much, someone who actually knows what theyre talking about and who can explain it to the boomer luddite mom brigade on here!

Exactly. $17 for an hour of work is not bad. Literally the people on here are so clueless it's kind of mind boggling. Especially since they always attempt to sound authoritative about things while proudly admitting they have no clue... this place should be studied by science.

studied by science? what does that even mean and you seem to be getting way too worked up over this.

You dont know English?

can anyone who knows english better than I do explain what "studied by science" means in the above context?
it doesn't look like the PP can do it.

Wow... you dont understand scientific studies. Amazing. Dementia setting in even earlier than expected

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

It’s clearly not cheapo.

It actually is, grandpa.

Posting from a retirement community and you think we’re old. Guarantee we’re 20+ years younger grandma.

Keep dreaming, Bob. Everyone knows the average age of the posters on this parenting forum. Shouldnt you be shouting at the kids on your lawn or something??

Yes, which is why it’s so strange an old person from a retirement community in FL keeps posting about this new fangled technology and doesn’t know who Instacart works. Your grandkids can explain it like we are since we’re peers.

Awww. You trying to turn it around isn't going to make you any less old. Enjoy your health issues!

Sorry that the truth upsets you. Btw for such an important business woman you certainly have all the free time in the world to participate in a forum geared toward 2 generations younger than you…

Yes, today is my day off. You might understand being able to take a day off if you had any kind of authority in your position. But I guess when youre 85 you can take all the time off you want

You are very clever

- NP

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:can everyone stop with putting down and making fun of the elderly? do you honestly think dementia is something to tease about? no one wants to get old but it happens. be kind.

I'm OP and totally willing to lay off it but the advanced age of so many of the posters here absolutely affects their mindset when it comes to many of these newer services like instacart, amazon, ubereats, etc. They just dont have the familiarity or capacity to authoritatively weigh in, but do so anyway.

how do you know anyone's ages? don't forget this is dcum, everyone knows it all.

The average age of DCUM has been well established as boomers and Xers. That's why everyone acts in shock whenever someone in their 20s shows up

I had no idea that these were the demographics of this site. I thought it was more of an equal mix. interesting.

Yes, it's an extremely older crowd. It was younger when it started 20 years ago but it's really aged up since the X crowd really left middle age

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

NP here - You really think less think 7% is a "standardly generous tip?" Oy.

Yes, I do think $10 is a perfectly standard tip for a grocery run. And most of the actual users of the app (and shoppers) agree with me.

DP, but if the "perfectly standard" tip you give yields service so bad you have to complain about it on an anonymous website, you may want to increase your tips.

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

NP here - You really think less think 7% is a "standardly generous tip?" Oy.

Yes, I do think $10 is a perfectly standard tip for a grocery run. And most of the actual users of the app (and shoppers) agree with me.

DP, but if the "perfectly standard" tip you give yields service so bad you have to complain about it on an anonymous website, you may want to increase your tips.

Well it's the same regardless of the tip amount, which you dont seem to get (not surprising since most of the posters here seem clueless about Instacart) I guess people who dont have money might have the delusion that money magically solves things, but it doesnt when the working staff is the same as the other PP described (mostly mentally disabled)

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

NP here - You really think less think 7% is a "standardly generous tip?" Oy.

Yes, I do think $10 is a perfectly standard tip for a grocery run. And most of the actual users of the app (and shoppers) agree with me.

DP, but if the "perfectly standard" tip you give yields service so bad you have to complain about it on an anonymous website, you may want to increase your tips.

Well it's the same regardless of the tip amount, which you dont seem to get (not surprising since most of the posters here seem clueless about Instacart) I guess people who dont have money might have the delusion that money magically solves things, but it doesnt when the working staff is the same as the other PP described (mostly mentally disabled)

That must be very sad for you.