Hangin’ With Malik
My new DoorDash friend
My Doordashing lark has become something of a routine — or a habit — or maybe even a bad habit — at this point. Looking at my weekly earnings in the app, I’ve come to realize that I’m making more and more each week rather than less and less as the novelty wears off.
The good part is I’ve actually been banking $700 a week recently. And I’ve lost a few pounds and the spare tire around my middle. You wouldn’t want to be my girlfriend what with the pile driver thighs I’ve developed thanks to pedal-biking all over the city. The bad part I won’t elaborate on (like I could get run over by a bus).
So anyway — the rubber and I hit the road yesterday right after watching the Eagles prove that they’re an even worse team than the Giants. And with some brief respites in between, I continued until midnight. Dashing in 35 degree weather has its challenges. Every time I lock or unlock the bike (which happens at least 25 times a night), I have to remove my gloves. So it doesn’t take long before my fingers begin freezing.
My strategy has become one of cherry-picking good dashes from the comfort of my apartment — and then dashing home to warm up before I continue in the grove. To my surprise, I can work down to 35 degrees. There won’t be that many days this winter I punt work owing to the weather.
Business has been a little slack this past week. People are away or have been cooking and eating turkey. Thus, not so many dashes. By ten o’clock last night, phone pings were few and far between and mostly Village Farms or Mickey D’s, both dashes I’m not all that fond of.
But I was feeling mellow (and sipping beer by that time) so I took what was offered. DoorDash had a $2.50 bonus on each dash last night from 9 PM — midnight and half-mile dashes were paying close to ten bucks. So why not?
I actually live within 1/4 mile of two different McDonald’s franchises. And by 11 last night, Mickey D pings was all there was. When the phone chimes with a McDonald’s dash, the strategy was (and is) to ease over slowly because hello! This is McDonald’s. And those who work at the franchise aren’t the quickest. No point in hurrying over to wait 15 minutes before they have the food ready.
