DoorDash driver ransom

I used to be staunchly anti-DoorDash. Then life got busy. If you aren’t careful, it’s an easy way to rack up expenses and eat unhealthy food. However, where I live there are a lot of relatively healthy options.

In the middle of a busy week, this is a lifesaver. A few taps of a button and my food is on the way. However, there are moments when it feels like a driver is taking forever. By and large, my experience with DoorDash drivers has been great, but I know many have horror stories.

This got me thinking about the particularly bad drivers out there. To be fair, DoorDash is not a great paying job, and in a world of rising prices, it seems like it’d be hard to scratch out a living doing deliveries. But what if there was a solution? What if enterprising drivers could hold your food for ransom unless you were willing to pay an additional fee?

In some ways, this is just an emotionally charged tip. If the driver got to set the required payment, then things would start to get interesting. DoorDash would never build this for obvious reasons, but… can you imagine?

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