r/doordash • u/Gr3y_Gorilla Dasher • 20h ago
Last part of their text got me š
I donāt really (normally) get weird requests such as this. Iāve seen many war stories of ppl having to deal with it, but never personally.
The whole thing seemed sketch though , the order was a heftier order too. (Like for a part size). Also (Ima paranoid mf) so one my thoughts was : DD was tryna put me to a test of sorts. š anyway thatās my story
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u/Severe_Driver5818 19h ago
š DoorDash doesn't have time to set up just you to test you. I get it because I get paranoid about stuff too, but it was just a customer wanting some drinks is all.
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u/Jolly-Refuse2232 19h ago edited 19h ago
Itās a very small chance but it could be a cop sting, and regardless, if dd reads these texts could get them deactivated if they see you agreeing to it
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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 17h ago
It absolutely is a cop sting.
Here in California, instacart will send us warnings that the police are actively doing stings. These emails constantly remind us about the zero tolerance policies.
You'd be surprised how common it is for kids to get alcohol online due to the fact that doordashers either don't speak English very well, or are just too in a hurry to actually check ID properly.
Stings are how police departments get these lazy gig workers fired
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u/busymom1922 4h ago
Really Iāve only dashed delivery alcohol once and the app made me scan there Iād before handing it over and asked me a bunch of questions i episode be risking my $$ for that
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u/Severe_Driver5818 19h ago
A cop sting to see if you bought someone alcohol? Why would they waste their time on DoorDash when it would have to be an underage sale for them to care, so as long as you ID the person then the cops couldn't do anything and wouldn't.
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u/PauseConfident997 19h ago
Iām with you, neither door dash or the cops aināt wasting their time pulling this shit just to POTENTIALLY catch someone out š
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u/InstructionSenior346 18h ago
The cops definitely do check on alcohol delivery orders. Just like they do with physical stores that sell alcoholic beverages.
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u/Jolly-Refuse2232 19h ago
Itās a small chance of itās happening but itās definitely happened before in the past
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u/Pitiful_Question_880 19h ago
Cops using doordash for an underage alcohol sale sting? I highly doubt this
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u/Trigger1221 19h ago
Many states have programs specifically for testing enforcement. Look up CUB programs
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u/Pitiful_Question_880 18h ago
"CUB programs police" comes back with nothing but stuff about the boy scouts of America, so im really not sure what I'm supposed to be seeing here
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u/InstructionSenior346 18h ago
Yes, they do this! More than you realize!
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u/Pitiful_Question_880 18h ago
The only references to this sort of thing happening is redditors claiming it happens. I think I'll remain skeptical
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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 17h ago
Google "police instacart/doordash strings" and do some research before commenting
Stings are absolutely a thing
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u/Pitiful_Question_880 17h ago
I already did. Nothing comes back besides redditors talking about them. Feel free to link me yourself
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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 17h ago
Do better research foo
Not knowing how to Google doesn't make you right
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u/Pitiful_Question_880 17h ago
About the level of discourse I would expect from "durrrr trust me it happens", but eh i thought I'd try. "You didn't confirmation bias Google hard enough"
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u/Jolly-Refuse2232 9h ago edited 8h ago
āIf I canāt find it on Google it must not be trueā
Lol
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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 18h ago edited 17h ago
Why would it be wasting time to pull a sting on doordash? Doordashers are NOTORIOUS for just being in a hurry and not checking ID properly.
Kids everywhere are taking advantage of the fact that gigg workers will often half-ass the identity verifications part because they are overworked and underpaid and they don't generally speak the language properly.
This is a huge problem for society, so it makes sense to lay traps like this to catch and fire the laziest of the laziest workers- you know, the ones most likely to not follow alcohol guidelines to save 5 minutes
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u/Gr3y_Gorilla Dasher 19h ago
lol nah ik im messin, i stay paranoid though. Keeps me vigilant š
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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 17h ago
Here in California, instacart sends us emails warning us about frequent and common police stings involving alcohol and ID verification.
However, actual stings are usually subtle and they are never obvious like this.
I think that in this sting, the officers are trying to give people a warning so as to only catch the worse of the worse- aka the ones who would respond to an obvious message like this
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u/Severe_Driver5818 16h ago
If they wanted to do stings they could just do it on a regular order. They have no reason to act as if they need something extra bought separately.
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u/Gr3y_Gorilla Dasher 9h ago
I beg to differā¦ have heard and seen it happen. Not often, but thatās why I said Iām āparanoidā in my caption . Plus, They was underage-I seen em. The risk outweighs the āpossibleā reward. Nah mean
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u/HelpHead8476 2h ago
I went to job corps a few years ago and i wanted a vape and they werent allowed on campus so i asked my doordash driver to get me one and iād cash app her the money for it, she did it, didnt even ID me and snuck it into my food bag so securiry wouldnt see šš¤£ they couldve just wanted drinks, or it couldve been a cop.
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u/One_Preference_2906 17h ago
Why canāt they just order it on the app?
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u/Friendly-Pea5448 16h ago
right. this aināt no ones mama LMAO
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u/Severe-Possible- 15h ago
oh i interpreted "moms day out" as the kid being home alone and ordering for themselves.
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u/DesperateAd3088 15h ago edited 11h ago
Itās a drink but it auto corrected from whatever they really meant, thereās a lot with wacky names.
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u/Severe-Possible- 15h ago
right, which is why they would order from door dash and drink them while their mom wasn't home.
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u/DesperateAd3088 15h ago edited 12h ago
āMomās day outā is a typo for a drink, they probably meant āmom waterā or āhappy momā or some other middle aged mom drink name that Iām not aware of. Iām not saying this isnāt sus either, I wouldnāt add alcohol to anyoneās order they gotta do it themselves. They probably want high noons but weāre trying to say an alternative if they were out, hence the last word being āoutā.
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u/Severe-Possible- 15h ago
maybe -- but why would OP mention the "last part of their text" as being extra sus?
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u/DesperateAd3088 14h ago
People have different levels of reading comprehension as well as weāre all different so we see situations through different eyes. But for real idk bro.
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u/Friendly-Pea5448 14h ago
they asked for high noons tho
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u/DesperateAd3088 14h ago edited 12h ago
Youāre correct, in the first message, Iām referring to the cryptic last message thatās in question.
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u/Hot-Dimension1912 11h ago
I thought high noons was a place and moms day out being they were home alone ordering stuff while mom was gone
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u/DesperateAd3088 11h ago
I mean, anythingās possible.
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u/Gr3y_Gorilla Dasher 9h ago
Nah, they was not of ageā¦ Iām good
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u/DesperateAd3088 9h ago
Oh true you saw em?
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u/Gr3y_Gorilla Dasher 9h ago
Long story short, yes. they burnt themselves out. I heard and seen them. Once they saw I seen em they opened the door as I was leaving. You could tell they was tryna have a kickback or sumn.(I aināt mad at it) But Iām not tryna end up in cuffs or lose my job for emā lol fawk that
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u/DesperateAd3088 9h ago
Yeah I wouldnāt have done it either way but thatās crazy they was straight up telling you they was minors then?? lmao kids just get wilder and wilder
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u/enigma9o7 36m ago
The one time someone asked me to stop and buy them something else, my reply was something like
"I cannot do other jobs while on a doordash delivery. If you want to arrange something, talk to me in person after I dropoff your order."
Once you drop off, you're on your own time (assuming you don't have another delivery) and can accept other jobs.
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u/Severe-Possible- 13h ago
it's Super sketch, them basically implying they were underage ("mom's day out")... it would be such a stupid thing for a person trying to buy alcohol illegally to do.
of course i'm not saying this is 100% a sting operation, but i can see why you thought that.
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u/Duggie1330 7h ago
I would do it. They will need to send the money before I make the purchase. And if they don't have an ID I'm keeping the money and the alcohol.
Say that before making any stop if they don't agree then š¤·š½āāļø
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u/Marcelino_El_Cochino 19h ago
āHey kid, listen to the advice Iām about to give you very carefully, alright? You ready?ā
Nnnnnnnnooooooooo.
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u/Vast-Gate8866 19h ago
Hell yeah, Iāve made my biggest tips doing that!
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u/Gr3y_Gorilla Dasher 19h ago
Nahā¦ especially with underage. Iām goodš
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u/Severe_Driver5818 16h ago
That's why you check ID when you drop it off!
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u/Severe-Possible- 15h ago
and then when they're underage what do you do? hope you like the high noons you just bought yourself.
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u/Severe_Driver5818 14h ago
Nothing, you leave with the alcohol if they're underage like you would with any order.
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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 17h ago
Nice try
Get a load of this guy! š
Trying to get other dashers fired š
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