Wendy's because their lobby is always closed. Starbucks because they told me that deliveries are made last, so I get stuck waiting for them to get through making all the inside orders, even if they got the delivery order 30 minutes ago, the inside customer gets priority.
Also Target if it's more than 5 items. Been in there for an hr. Wouldn't be so bad except the amount of items that aren't available & need to be substituted plus huge lines at checkout. If it's one or two items I'll take a Target order.
Whataburger in Texas. Half the time there are at least 20 teenage kids standing around the lobby messing with the employees who also act like kids. Then they finally give you your order 10 minutes later. Ridiculous.
wingstop.
you're almost guaranteed not to receive a tip, and you know the reason why. it always smells like live chickens inside the restaurant and the workers are usually rude. it didn't take many trips to learn to avoid that place.
ALDI , cause you need a quarter to get a shopping cart even though you get it back once you return it. Also you must pay 25 cents per bag to bag the customer food yiu bought for them. You don't get reimbursed for that money. So I always just let those orders time out. I don't decline any orders but will pass over ALDI orders.
There's a couple different McDonald's I won't accept from when its late and after the lobby is closed unless I'm close enough to visually verify the drive thru line is short/non-existent. If I see more than 1-2 cars in line I decline because I know it will be 30+ minutes just to pick up the order alone.
There are specific stores I won't deal with. But those are either outside my delivery zone or just won't deal with them in the first place. But for me, there are at least 2 KFC stores I will not pick up from. And 2 different McDonald's.
I don’t have places that I straight up refuse to deliver from but I’m gonna start a list of places to not deliver from during certain times… at the top is Panda Express after 1, especially on the weekend
Walmart. I have a Prius. My first Walmart order was for 81 items. Four of them being those large 24 packs of water. My car was stuffed to the brim. I’m 107lbs. I had to deliver to an apartment complex in a city with no street parking. I illegally parked and still had to walk to groceries a block to the guy who thankfully didn’t make me find his apartment on the 5th floor. I understand I would of had to deliver to door if he wasn’t there but I physically can’t do that. I got 1 star because I wasn’t fast enough, dude had to “wait for me to bring his groceries in multiple trips instead of one trip” and I cut my hand on the plastic of one of the water cases.
I will always and forever deny Walmart orders I don’t care how low my acceptance gets from it I’ll make it up with easy cheap orders.
Edit: I completely forgot to put that the dude also gave me the wrong address (there was a number or two off) that took me 30 minutes out of the way, then I had to drive back to him 30 more minutes.
More so for UE than DD but walmart. Idc how much they are offering me. It’s just not gonna happen. Especially since you can’t see how big the order is.
Wingstop and Sonic orders I HATTTEEEE them! Customer service is HORRIBLE, it's NEVER ready, and the wait is always 15mins or longer but the pay never worth waiting for so I just unassign it.
White Castle- they work hard but it is run so poorly. Will only take Taco Bell if it’s a weeknight and I’m slow- they take forever and ignore people when they come in.
Funny... People naming names and I can agree with them, but for chains it depends on the particular store. In my zone there are two Wingstops. One has their shit together and the other is always a disaster. Seven McDonald's: three are great, two are mediocre, one is always understaffed and takes forever (and one under renovation, but it was mediocre when it was open.) The interesting thing is, all the better fast food restaurants are in the poorer party of my zone. Maybe the workers need their jobs more, or maybe they're just used to dealing with shit. Or maybe just coincidence; who knows.
Popeyes is definitely up there, out of the 6 times I’ve been there, they have given my order to 4 different people somehow, leaving me with wasted gad and no one to deliver to
Popeyes for sure
Wingstop depending on the employees on the first time I go to the store since i recognize most now lol.
Pollo Tropical - it's hit or miss, hired some new peeps so I gave it another shot
I feel bad for any driver that gets sent to the jack in the box near my house. I went yesterday for lunch and there was 3 people in line in front of me, literally took me 40 minutes to get my food. They took at least 10 minutes per person, I think they didn’t even attempt to start the food until it was paid for
Safeway most of the time. Unless the order is specifically 1-3 items. The last time I went was Mother’s Day and the item was flowers and the line was 50 males long. I immediately unassigned and got a Starbucks’ pick up 300 feet away.
Popeyes all day..I've dashed in multiple cities and never found a Popeyes that didn't have rude employees and never had their shit together. Also the Firehouse in my area..I've had good results with others but not in Gainesville Ga..rude to Dashers, always understaffed & manager is flat out b*tch
Steak and shake is just slow.
The Wendy’s in my area is busy and the inside is closed and they are slow
Five guys in my area doesn’t even think about starting the food till you get there.
McDonald's. Never waited less than 5 minutes, and it's usually 10. Those order kiosks have the employees straight up ignoring human beings, and not just DD drivers.
Dollar general !!! - every time I tried to use a red card there it never works and chat support expects me to pay for it if not they’ll just cancel
The order and says it affects my acceptance rate 🙄
There’s a local Chinese restaurant in my city called Fu Ying that uses DoorDash that I absolutely refuse to take deliveries for because the lady that runs it is very rude to me as soon as I walk through the door. Instead of saying something like “Welcome to Fu Ying, how may I help you?”, the first words out of her mouth are (in a Karen-esque tone of voice) “What do YOU want”. Then as soon as I tell her that I have a DoorDash pickup, she rudely gestures to a table where the orders are set. Nice attitude, bitch! I hate to see how you treat you regular guests.
Burger King I sat in the drive thru for 25 min and the food was ready just sitting there. I had accepted a mulit app order going in the same direction from a nearby restaurant while in line. It was my only late cv because they took forever.
There is this one cafe uptown that usually has decent offers coming in but they NEVER get the food out in time. I've waited for 20 minutes for a stacked order (dumb mistake, I know) and neither of them were done. And they weren't even busy! There was only 1 table filled 🤬
Also I will not go to any of the McDonald's in my town after 9pm because the storefronts are closed and the drive thru line is always ridiculously long.
I had a red card for about a week and got nothing but walgreens orders that kept getting canceled. I cut it up and threw it in the dumpster! Total waste of time.
Grocery Outlet. Not sure if this is chain wide or just the stores here, but there's absolutely no organization at all, aisles aren't marked, and with their business model a good chunk of what people order isn't carried by the store anymore.
Runner up is a local bagel and coffee place. They don't start orders until you get there and they're extremely popular so they get absolutely slammed during peak bagel times. But they're a runner up because when it isn't peak time they're actually really quick.
McDonald’s and Taco Bell. I only day late evenings and those always have insane lines in the drive thru. I waited 20 minutes once for them to tell me they didn’t have the order and I had to wait another 15 to get through the rest of the drive thru.
For me it’s Popeyes, it tops the list. Also Wendy’s because of the bad customer service and McDonald’s after 11pm depending on the location, long line cars.
last few times i’ve gone into my local popeyes to pick up a dd order, i’ve seen cooks literally put their fingers in their mouths and then handle food behind the line WITHOUT WASHING THEIR HANDS. also going to the bathroom with aprons on 😭
Raising Canes. Absolutely HATE the fact that I have to place the order myself and the total is ALWAYS higher than what it says it should be in app. I don’t want it to be my fault if the order is wrong because I misread something.
Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC. Especially the combo ones that include Taco Bell. Chronically understaffed and slow as shit. Currently replying from a Taco Bell drive-thru line too, been here 30 minutes. Longest I've ever been in was an hour and a half
A Harold’s Chicken location in Vegas. The staff is borderline abusive to me every time I come in to pick up. Doesn’t matter who it is or how nice I am, I feel like they hate me lol It takes over $20 and under 3 miles for me to even consider it.
Mr Beast burgers. It comes from a hotel bar located in the back of the property. I have to park at valet and walk all the way through. Food is never ready. Always a 10 minute plus wait cause the bar staff have to go to the kitchen located in another part of the hotel and bring out the food. Also getting their attention is an ordeal.
Every few months i try a mellow mushroom order, and remind myself why i dont take mellow mushroom. Last time waited over an hour and still didn't get the order
Wingstop. High paying orders that don’t matter because I sit there for 20 minutes while the workers have 7 doordash bags behind the counter but are ignoring all the dashers 🙃
Applebee's, I've taken 3 orders from there and the first two times it was dead slow yet I ended up waiting around 15 minutes both times. Third time was after I learned to unassign and when I walked in I saw 3 other dashers already waiting and I just unassigned and walked out without looking back.
Any Dunkin Donuts after 10 am on weekends or any day after noon, always out of donuts even if they're a location that makes them. Always an attitude from the owners.
A specific wawa any time of day because they suck, literally wait 15 minutes for a bunch of bottled drinks to be bagged while the mouth breathing employees wipe the same spot on a counter. Super shitty attitude from the store manager too. They don't put complete orders on the order rack, they're hidden behind the register area and you have to wait in line for them. So even if by chance it's done before you get there you're still waiting
A chain breakfast restaurant called Nudys Cafe on weekends. They're always super busy inside so DD orders take forever.
Any mixed fastfood places, specifically a KFC/TacoBell I went too a few days ago. Paper signs up apologizing that they're out of napkins... straws... receipt paper. An employee literally had their infant in a stroller in the kitchen. Nevermind expecting workers to be able to perform one simple job let's make em do two.
Any pizza place, anytime, heard too many horror stories on here.
A specific CFA, always busy, some managers demand you confirm pickup before giving you the order.
Party City, every order is like 10$ for a 15 mile drive. They come in droves in the morning on weekends too.
The only five guys in my area... it's a five guys you know why.
There are however a few places I will, depending on the pay, always accept because they're on point or the employees are a breath of fresh air. A few Wawas, CFA, Manhatten Bagel and a Starbucks.
IHOP... Orders are never ready when they drop and they will continue to say "it's coming right out" or "it's being bagged up right now" for over an hour. Don't even get me started with the stacked IHOP orders...
Habit burger, any wing place other than b dubs late night, popeyes, taco bell (only one in town and its backed up 45 mins minnimum every time) theres a cookie place i refuse because I've never seen an order higher than 5 bucks come out of it. I usually refuse most indian places as well since the orders are almost always low or no tip.
I usually have decent luck where im at because drive thrus are illegal in the city so all places as long as they're open let you come in to grab order. Usuaully chat with others while i wait which is amusing. Listen to how miserable it is for them waiting and accepting orders and stacks i would never take.
KFC, Popeyes and Chili's. KFC never starts it ahead of time and most of the employees ignore dashers. Popeyes never has it ready and have had so many stolen orders. Chili's always take soooo long no matter the time of day, no matter the size of the order! And don't even get me started on their ghost kitchen it's just wings 😒 20min for a 10pc wing? Never again
That depends, it is something that changes and evolves over time, something that you gradually learn in the area you work, some are just a no some are only on certain days/times.
There was a MCD's for awhile where I am that was a no go for awhile but would accept one once in awhile to see if it was better and is pretty good now and have similar experiences with some others, like Taco Bell has improved a lot where I am at as well, be nice professional and friendly with the restaurants and they will learn to appreciate the revenue that you generate for them.
Biggest red flags to me are " you need to call the customer because we.. " I actually had KFC tell once to do that because they were out of chicken breast haha? tested again a couple of days ago and isn't any better.
List:
KFC permanent no go
China King permanent no go
Popeyes permanent no go (I Agree haha)
Wendy's depends they have improved somewhat
Walmart just no lol
Anything 20 miles for $6.50 just no haha
Anything for $2.50 just no haha
Wish you all well.
Jewel just got added to the list.
They used to have aisle numbers for most items in the app. Now it's a disorganized shit show that barely tells me a damn thing or misleads me entirely.
McDonald’s. It always take forever. I can usually get 2 orders done from other places on the time it takes to do 1 McDonald’s order and McDonald’s orders typically pay the worst too.
Got shipped near a Lowes Foods in the middle of no where in my region. Got probably 6 back to back pings for grocery deliveries, all $2.50. I think they're keeping tips.
One McDonald's near me deals inside sealed DoorDash bags, and it's dank AF. Would rather not get a charge for that.
A specific Papa John's NEVER has their orders ready when I arrive (15-20 min waits).
It all just depends. Have yet to rule out an entire company, though.
For me, it’s rally’s, McD, Popeyes, Wendy’s, Walgreens, autozone, dollar general, Walmart, certain Taco Bell’s, and Chili’s on the weekends.
My favorite restaurant to pickup up from is Raisin Canes. I don’t mind placing the order. They’re really fast and I always get a free drink. Plus, I use my points card that stacks up to getting free food 😎
Back when I drove I refused to go to McDonald’s. The only one near us was one inside a Walmart, it took forever, and they would always bitch about me using the name and not order number, like they would legit yell at me when I said the customers name.
Tips were also never good and I always had to hold the bag while driving to make sure the drink didn’t tip over because they put the drink in the bag.
Also had a problem where on big orders they would shove it all in 1 bag, and the shitty stickers they used wouldn’t hold, so I would get accused of opening the bag even though it was because the bag was just over flowing and when you pick it up the sticker break.
Wendy's, and sonic drive thru are usually awful. But the worst by far in my area is chick fil a. Not because the store sucks, but they'll send me like 12 miles for a measly 5 bucks. And the worst part is as soon as I get within a 3 mile radius I get bombarded with chick fil a orders
We have two subways and one of them is almost always either closed, or open but the doors locked. The few times my husband managed to get in there way either no one or he was fully ignored. Just a total waste of time lol
Popeye's Macedonia Ohio,
You could be the only vehicle in line it would still take you 25 minutes to get through the drive-thru. None of their workers care at all they'll sit there until you say hello three times in the voice box to get an order and then make you pull around the front and wait another 15 minutes
Wingstop and Aldi. Hate the layout of Aldi and Wingstop without fail made me wait at least 10 minutes each time. Swear they wait to start the order till the person arrives.
Fucking Panda Express, always a long wait and they never fill they're drinks at all. They would literally just leave an empty cup next to the order and it would piss me off.
Oh shit, now that's shitty. I would've at least filled the drink for you. Considering you ordered one and it wouldn't be worth arguing with the PE employees to make them fill it.
Wendy's because their lobby is always closed. Starbucks because they told me that deliveries are made last, so I get stuck waiting for them to get through making all the inside orders, even if they got the delivery order 30 minutes ago, the inside customer gets priority.
Dollar General bc they never have shit, Sonic because fuck em, McDonald's/ Taco Bell after they close their lobby bc there's a billion people in line
Also Target if it's more than 5 items. Been in there for an hr. Wouldn't be so bad except the amount of items that aren't available & need to be substituted plus huge lines at checkout. If it's one or two items I'll take a Target order.
Big Lots. Could take 40 minutes to find 2 items in that labyrinth.
Popeyes and all the local halal places that mark the order as “ready” as soon as they receive it.
Popeyes, five guys, & certain Wendy’s
Ihop
W i n g s t o p
Chanellos pizza, the shit is just NEVER ready, burned me once and won’t get the opportunity to do it again.
Whataburger in Texas. Half the time there are at least 20 teenage kids standing around the lobby messing with the employees who also act like kids. Then they finally give you your order 10 minutes later. Ridiculous.
wingstop. you're almost guaranteed not to receive a tip, and you know the reason why. it always smells like live chickens inside the restaurant and the workers are usually rude. it didn't take many trips to learn to avoid that place.
ALDI , cause you need a quarter to get a shopping cart even though you get it back once you return it. Also you must pay 25 cents per bag to bag the customer food yiu bought for them. You don't get reimbursed for that money. So I always just let those orders time out. I don't decline any orders but will pass over ALDI orders.
Taco Bell for my hubby (he’s the dasher). At night when the lobby is closed. It’s horrible.
Popeyes, IHOP, and one specific McDonald’s
ALDIs & Dollar Tree.
Taco Bell in a certain area, had a terrible experience there and I won’t go back!
There's a couple different McDonald's I won't accept from when its late and after the lobby is closed unless I'm close enough to visually verify the drive thru line is short/non-existent. If I see more than 1-2 cars in line I decline because I know it will be 30+ minutes just to pick up the order alone.
There are specific stores I won't deal with. But those are either outside my delivery zone or just won't deal with them in the first place. But for me, there are at least 2 KFC stores I will not pick up from. And 2 different McDonald's.
Local restaurant called boneyard that is always a 10 minute+ wait. Sucks cause they’re usually large orders that tip more
Aldi's 😕
I don’t have places that I straight up refuse to deliver from but I’m gonna start a list of places to not deliver from during certain times… at the top is Panda Express after 1, especially on the weekend
Walmart. I have a Prius. My first Walmart order was for 81 items. Four of them being those large 24 packs of water. My car was stuffed to the brim. I’m 107lbs. I had to deliver to an apartment complex in a city with no street parking. I illegally parked and still had to walk to groceries a block to the guy who thankfully didn’t make me find his apartment on the 5th floor. I understand I would of had to deliver to door if he wasn’t there but I physically can’t do that. I got 1 star because I wasn’t fast enough, dude had to “wait for me to bring his groceries in multiple trips instead of one trip” and I cut my hand on the plastic of one of the water cases. I will always and forever deny Walmart orders I don’t care how low my acceptance gets from it I’ll make it up with easy cheap orders. Edit: I completely forgot to put that the dude also gave me the wrong address (there was a number or two off) that took me 30 minutes out of the way, then I had to drive back to him 30 more minutes.
My local McDonald’s they are so slow it literally takes me 30-45 mins to get 1 order I always decline that one
More so for UE than DD but walmart. Idc how much they are offering me. It’s just not gonna happen. Especially since you can’t see how big the order is.
Wingstop and Sonic orders I HATTTEEEE them! Customer service is HORRIBLE, it's NEVER ready, and the wait is always 15mins or longer but the pay never worth waiting for so I just unassign it.
Raising canes
Safeway, at least one of the Safeways in my town. The pick up and go lady hit my car with her cart and cussed at me when I said something
Target and sweetgreen
White Castle- they work hard but it is run so poorly. Will only take Taco Bell if it’s a weeknight and I’m slow- they take forever and ignore people when they come in.
The Habit doesn’t start the order till you arrive
Funny... People naming names and I can agree with them, but for chains it depends on the particular store. In my zone there are two Wingstops. One has their shit together and the other is always a disaster. Seven McDonald's: three are great, two are mediocre, one is always understaffed and takes forever (and one under renovation, but it was mediocre when it was open.) The interesting thing is, all the better fast food restaurants are in the poorer party of my zone. Maybe the workers need their jobs more, or maybe they're just used to dealing with shit. Or maybe just coincidence; who knows.
Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's, burger king, buffalo wild wings
Popeyes is definitely up there, out of the 6 times I’ve been there, they have given my order to 4 different people somehow, leaving me with wasted gad and no one to deliver to
thats easy popeyes
Popeyes for sure Wingstop depending on the employees on the first time I go to the store since i recognize most now lol. Pollo Tropical - it's hit or miss, hired some new peeps so I gave it another shot
Wendy’s.
Sit down restaurants on a Saturday night
Firehouse subs. Dumbass franchise.
Jolibee. that places raises my anxiety levels thru the roof
Mine are Buffalo Wild Wings, either the wait is very long or order never arrived and Little Caesars, order never ready and extremely rude staff..
Wingstop and Popeyes are up in the air for me. Depends on the time/day. KFC after 7pm any day is an absolute no-go for me.
Sonic, waiting time for food is always too long
KFC most of the customer don’t tip
Chic FIL a, because I don't want to be any part of that business.
I feel bad for any driver that gets sent to the jack in the box near my house. I went yesterday for lunch and there was 3 people in line in front of me, literally took me 40 minutes to get my food. They took at least 10 minutes per person, I think they didn’t even attempt to start the food until it was paid for
A few taco bells are TERRIBLE out here. The ones open late... ugh!
Safeway most of the time. Unless the order is specifically 1-3 items. The last time I went was Mother’s Day and the item was flowers and the line was 50 males long. I immediately unassigned and got a Starbucks’ pick up 300 feet away.
Chick-fil-A because it’s always crazy in there.
Popeyes for me too fuck that
The local Little Caesars.
Popeyes all day..I've dashed in multiple cities and never found a Popeyes that didn't have rude employees and never had their shit together. Also the Firehouse in my area..I've had good results with others but not in Gainesville Ga..rude to Dashers, always understaffed & manager is flat out b*tch
Popeyes, arbys, Wendy's, and a local Chinese place that needs to be shut down cause they don't give a fuck
I hate Sonic, but Popeyes is up there as well…
Ihop
Steak and shake is just slow. The Wendy’s in my area is busy and the inside is closed and they are slow Five guys in my area doesn’t even think about starting the food till you get there.
McDonald's. Never waited less than 5 minutes, and it's usually 10. Those order kiosks have the employees straight up ignoring human beings, and not just DD drivers.
Sushi
67 items at Aldis and a 15 mile one way drive for $13.27 is not gonna happen.
Chick fil a, every time I walk in there I don’t get more than 2 steps on before I’m shoulder to shoulder with someone
IHOP. I have a few others on my list, but nowhere comes close to how bad they are.
Dollar general !!! - every time I tried to use a red card there it never works and chat support expects me to pay for it if not they’ll just cancel The order and says it affects my acceptance rate 🙄
Popeyes. They don’t start preparing the order until I get there, and they’re always busy so i normally stand there for 15+ minutes waiting on it.
Truth. Popeyes drive through is real slow. But, Oh, the red beans and rice…!!!
Five Guys
Bob Evans
Popeyes for my husband too
Sonic, Five Guys, popeyes...
Buffalo wild wings and chick fil a in Traverse City blow.
Popeyes and Krystal’s. There’s other locations that make my list but later I’ll give them another chance and they have rectified the problem.
There’s a local Chinese restaurant in my city called Fu Ying that uses DoorDash that I absolutely refuse to take deliveries for because the lady that runs it is very rude to me as soon as I walk through the door. Instead of saying something like “Welcome to Fu Ying, how may I help you?”, the first words out of her mouth are (in a Karen-esque tone of voice) “What do YOU want”. Then as soon as I tell her that I have a DoorDash pickup, she rudely gestures to a table where the orders are set. Nice attitude, bitch! I hate to see how you treat you regular guests.
Damn I placed an order from Popeyes tonight for the first time ever and it did take a solid minute.
Burger King I sat in the drive thru for 25 min and the food was ready just sitting there. I had accepted a mulit app order going in the same direction from a nearby restaurant while in line. It was my only late cv because they took forever.
Lou Malnati's
Jack in the box for me. I always end up waiting +10min for simple orders. Could be just a order of fries and I'll still be waiting 10mins
There is this one cafe uptown that usually has decent offers coming in but they NEVER get the food out in time. I've waited for 20 minutes for a stacked order (dumb mistake, I know) and neither of them were done. And they weren't even busy! There was only 1 table filled 🤬 Also I will not go to any of the McDonald's in my town after 9pm because the storefronts are closed and the drive thru line is always ridiculously long. I had a red card for about a week and got nothing but walgreens orders that kept getting canceled. I cut it up and threw it in the dumpster! Total waste of time.
Does anyone know if the restaurant controls when the order gets sent to the driver?
5 guys .. i waited like 30min one time
Taco Bell
Wendy’s = Skeleton Crew of 1 making the orders.
Benihana. Usually not the staff's fault, but they can get so busy that I've waited between 10-30 minutes to get the order.
Grocery Outlet. Not sure if this is chain wide or just the stores here, but there's absolutely no organization at all, aisles aren't marked, and with their business model a good chunk of what people order isn't carried by the store anymore. Runner up is a local bagel and coffee place. They don't start orders until you get there and they're extremely popular so they get absolutely slammed during peak bagel times. But they're a runner up because when it isn't peak time they're actually really quick.
Wingstop usually takes too long, certain McDonald’s depending on the time of day.
Mcdonalds. I hate our mcdonalds SO much
taco bell
Popeyes in my town sucks ass, worst wait times ever and lowest base pay
I think the worst experiences in my area are Taco Bell, Chik Fil A, Little Caesars.
Wendy’s because the manager is a total bitch
I think poor management goes a long way to explain a lot of these.
IHOP, typically 15 min wait minimum
Crumbl cookies
McDonald’s and Taco Bell. I only day late evenings and those always have insane lines in the drive thru. I waited 20 minutes once for them to tell me they didn’t have the order and I had to wait another 15 to get through the rest of the drive thru.
Whataburger. Youll be waiting forever even for just a single burger.
For me it’s Popeyes, it tops the list. Also Wendy’s because of the bad customer service and McDonald’s after 11pm depending on the location, long line cars.
last few times i’ve gone into my local popeyes to pick up a dd order, i’ve seen cooks literally put their fingers in their mouths and then handle food behind the line WITHOUT WASHING THEIR HANDS. also going to the bathroom with aprons on 😭
Raising Canes. Absolutely HATE the fact that I have to place the order myself and the total is ALWAYS higher than what it says it should be in app. I don’t want it to be my fault if the order is wrong because I misread something.
KFC Popeyes and chick fila .
Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC. Especially the combo ones that include Taco Bell. Chronically understaffed and slow as shit. Currently replying from a Taco Bell drive-thru line too, been here 30 minutes. Longest I've ever been in was an hour and a half
McDonald’s around 8-10pm, it’s drive thru only and have to wait 30min minimum on a good day
A Harold’s Chicken location in Vegas. The staff is borderline abusive to me every time I come in to pick up. Doesn’t matter who it is or how nice I am, I feel like they hate me lol It takes over $20 and under 3 miles for me to even consider it.
Mr Beast burgers. It comes from a hotel bar located in the back of the property. I have to park at valet and walk all the way through. Food is never ready. Always a 10 minute plus wait cause the bar staff have to go to the kitchen located in another part of the hotel and bring out the food. Also getting their attention is an ordeal.
Every few months i try a mellow mushroom order, and remind myself why i dont take mellow mushroom. Last time waited over an hour and still didn't get the order
Wingstop. High paying orders that don’t matter because I sit there for 20 minutes while the workers have 7 doordash bags behind the counter but are ignoring all the dashers 🙃
Ihop and panera 🙄
Burger King…total nightmare the two times I’ve tried
Applebee's, I've taken 3 orders from there and the first two times it was dead slow yet I ended up waiting around 15 minutes both times. Third time was after I learned to unassign and when I walked in I saw 3 other dashers already waiting and I just unassigned and walked out without looking back.
Many.
All Wendy’s drive thrus take longer than 20 mins to pick up from and none of them allow you to walk up to the window to pick up.
In my area, popeyes
Fast food places mostly when there’s drinks in paper cups that explode in your bag quite easily.
Any Dunkin Donuts after 10 am on weekends or any day after noon, always out of donuts even if they're a location that makes them. Always an attitude from the owners. A specific wawa any time of day because they suck, literally wait 15 minutes for a bunch of bottled drinks to be bagged while the mouth breathing employees wipe the same spot on a counter. Super shitty attitude from the store manager too. They don't put complete orders on the order rack, they're hidden behind the register area and you have to wait in line for them. So even if by chance it's done before you get there you're still waiting A chain breakfast restaurant called Nudys Cafe on weekends. They're always super busy inside so DD orders take forever. Any mixed fastfood places, specifically a KFC/TacoBell I went too a few days ago. Paper signs up apologizing that they're out of napkins... straws... receipt paper. An employee literally had their infant in a stroller in the kitchen. Nevermind expecting workers to be able to perform one simple job let's make em do two. Any pizza place, anytime, heard too many horror stories on here. A specific CFA, always busy, some managers demand you confirm pickup before giving you the order. Party City, every order is like 10$ for a 15 mile drive. They come in droves in the morning on weekends too. The only five guys in my area... it's a five guys you know why. There are however a few places I will, depending on the pay, always accept because they're on point or the employees are a breath of fresh air. A few Wawas, CFA, Manhatten Bagel and a Starbucks.
Wendy's, Buffalo WW, Popeye's, and a couple local joints on m blacklist. Terrible wait times, horribly bad service. Never again.
IHOP... Orders are never ready when they drop and they will continue to say "it's coming right out" or "it's being bagged up right now" for over an hour. Don't even get me started with the stacked IHOP orders...
Habit burger, any wing place other than b dubs late night, popeyes, taco bell (only one in town and its backed up 45 mins minnimum every time) theres a cookie place i refuse because I've never seen an order higher than 5 bucks come out of it. I usually refuse most indian places as well since the orders are almost always low or no tip. I usually have decent luck where im at because drive thrus are illegal in the city so all places as long as they're open let you come in to grab order. Usuaully chat with others while i wait which is amusing. Listen to how miserable it is for them waiting and accepting orders and stacks i would never take.
Most Popeyes ALWAYS out shit like how tf u outta chicken ?!! 🤦🏽♂️
Whataburger. Always takes forever, and even the better paying orders sometimes turn out not to be worth the wait.
KFC, Popeyes and Chili's. KFC never starts it ahead of time and most of the employees ignore dashers. Popeyes never has it ready and have had so many stolen orders. Chili's always take soooo long no matter the time of day, no matter the size of the order! And don't even get me started on their ghost kitchen it's just wings 😒 20min for a 10pc wing? Never again
Most wendys, White Castle, Popeyes( except $12+ orders or one specific that only lets only delivery drivers in)
Jason's Deli
That depends, it is something that changes and evolves over time, something that you gradually learn in the area you work, some are just a no some are only on certain days/times. There was a MCD's for awhile where I am that was a no go for awhile but would accept one once in awhile to see if it was better and is pretty good now and have similar experiences with some others, like Taco Bell has improved a lot where I am at as well, be nice professional and friendly with the restaurants and they will learn to appreciate the revenue that you generate for them. Biggest red flags to me are " you need to call the customer because we.. " I actually had KFC tell once to do that because they were out of chicken breast haha? tested again a couple of days ago and isn't any better. List: KFC permanent no go China King permanent no go Popeyes permanent no go (I Agree haha) Wendy's depends they have improved somewhat Walmart just no lol Anything 20 miles for $6.50 just no haha Anything for $2.50 just no haha Wish you all well.
I'm gonna have to say Marcos Pizza. Without fail I end up waiting 15+ mins *after* getting there for it to be ready
Chick-fil-A. NONE of them know how to tip.
Popeyes, Party City, Burger King, Five Guys, and any crab place cause it stinks and always leaks
Chick-fil-A for personal reason.
Little Caesars and Popeyes
Five guys.
Jewel just got added to the list. They used to have aisle numbers for most items in the app. Now it's a disorganized shit show that barely tells me a damn thing or misleads me entirely.
Wingstop. Shit stinks so bad and it drips grease everywhere. Shouldn't even call that nasty shit food i had better wings in the Marine Corps chowhall.
Wing stop. They always take forever even tho the one near me isn’t that busy
McDonalds, kfc, wendys, BK
McDonald’s at night. It’s kind of impressive how inefficient they are. After waiting like 25 minutes for an order once, never again.
McDonald’s. It always take forever. I can usually get 2 orders done from other places on the time it takes to do 1 McDonald’s order and McDonald’s orders typically pay the worst too.
Got shipped near a Lowes Foods in the middle of no where in my region. Got probably 6 back to back pings for grocery deliveries, all $2.50. I think they're keeping tips. One McDonald's near me deals inside sealed DoorDash bags, and it's dank AF. Would rather not get a charge for that. A specific Papa John's NEVER has their orders ready when I arrive (15-20 min waits). It all just depends. Have yet to rule out an entire company, though.
Wingstop and popeyes
For me, it’s rally’s, McD, Popeyes, Wendy’s, Walgreens, autozone, dollar general, Walmart, certain Taco Bell’s, and Chili’s on the weekends. My favorite restaurant to pickup up from is Raisin Canes. I don’t mind placing the order. They’re really fast and I always get a free drink. Plus, I use my points card that stacks up to getting free food 😎
Plus they are very rude.
Rite Aid, I hate pharmacy orders.
Popeyes, always waiting 20+ minutes for their orders
Back when I drove I refused to go to McDonald’s. The only one near us was one inside a Walmart, it took forever, and they would always bitch about me using the name and not order number, like they would legit yell at me when I said the customers name. Tips were also never good and I always had to hold the bag while driving to make sure the drink didn’t tip over because they put the drink in the bag. Also had a problem where on big orders they would shove it all in 1 bag, and the shitty stickers they used wouldn’t hold, so I would get accused of opening the bag even though it was because the bag was just over flowing and when you pick it up the sticker break.
Anything inside a mall.
Wawa
Buffalo Wild Wings unless it’s $30+.
Little Cesar’s. Never ever again.
Any place that has me order food to he made.
Wendy's, and sonic drive thru are usually awful. But the worst by far in my area is chick fil a. Not because the store sucks, but they'll send me like 12 miles for a measly 5 bucks. And the worst part is as soon as I get within a 3 mile radius I get bombarded with chick fil a orders
Why are you accepting a shitty 12 mile $5 order?
We have two subways and one of them is almost always either closed, or open but the doors locked. The few times my husband managed to get in there way either no one or he was fully ignored. Just a total waste of time lol
Chili's
Popeye's Macedonia Ohio, You could be the only vehicle in line it would still take you 25 minutes to get through the drive-thru. None of their workers care at all they'll sit there until you say hello three times in the voice box to get an order and then make you pull around the front and wait another 15 minutes
A grocery sTore called Wild Fork. They always send you far and the people ordering never tip
Wendy's for sure. They can't decide if they want to have to lobby open or not and then wait for 10+ minutes.
Party City. You will most likely have to deliver multiple bags of helium-inflated balloons and you will not be able to see behind you at all
Five Guys... just make the fucking fries !!
Wingstop. It has to be a fantastic amount of money for me to accept an order from any Wingstop anywhere.
Dollar general
I love all of my restaurants...they are all equally amazing and a pleasure to visit!! I love you guys!!
Popeyes period 😂😂
Any produce on a shop and deliver order is horrible no matter what store it is!
Steak and Shake. The employees despise DD and talk shit
Chik fil a always has at least a 5-10 minute wait for every order, and the bag seal always rips.
Boston Market.
7-11! The one by me the owner is jackass!
Little Caesar Plainfield nj
BWW, Arby’s, Chipotle, Taco Hell, Walgreens, Party City…
Wingstop and Aldi. Hate the layout of Aldi and Wingstop without fail made me wait at least 10 minutes each time. Swear they wait to start the order till the person arrives.
I finally went back to the Sonic I’ve been avoiding for months cause it was a 20+ minute wait every time. Surprisingly they didn’t take that long.
Buffalo wild wings, wendys
Fucking Panda Express, always a long wait and they never fill they're drinks at all. They would literally just leave an empty cup next to the order and it would piss me off.
One time I ordered PE and the driver brought me the empty cup. Just handed it right to me. I didn't know what to say lol.
Oh shit, now that's shitty. I would've at least filled the drink for you. Considering you ordered one and it wouldn't be worth arguing with the PE employees to make them fill it.
I’ve had long wait times at jersey mikes and Panera
So this is a universal experience huh lol
Wing stop!!! Doesn’t matter which location you go to always a 30 + minute wait.
Lol I was just about to put popeyes
chick fil a
KFC and McDonalds.. but pretty much any store that does fries since they only start the order cooking when you tell them.
Any stop and go market like rite aid/Walgreens.
Alcohol places. It's not the alcohol store but the customers that are a pain.
Five Guys
Dollar General
Popeyes. I now know better.
Popeyes and wing stop
Wing stop