Those are all reasons I disliked Instacart as well, lol. Many times it was just not worth the time. But in today’s economy, I am basically taking what I get unless it’s just stupid.
I am not a fan of the multiple shops in one batch. It’s just too much to keep up with in some cases and it’s not worth the payoff, in my experience. So I am picky about what I take.
As far as sitting at the store, that makes sense actually. I guess if you like a particular store, or in my case in my kids’ town, the only store, you do need to sit up there…
Today was a bad day, although the app said it would be busy and had higher pay than usual. You really never know what you will get with this. It does have huge potential though. It sure beats my old job my many miles.
The multiple shops can be stressful, but I make sure neither order is too large before I accept them. Then I just keep a basket or two with me so that I can keep things separated along the way instead of having to do it at checkout.
It's too bad that we don't really have a location that has 3-4 busy stores in the same radius. All of my stores are separated, but at least there are lots of them and plenty of work usually.
Yeah it’s the nature of the gig game. Grub hub dropped their mileage rates recently which hurt bad. Plus it has just gotten slow. That’s why I am looking back at instacart.