r/grubhubdrivers • u/matchstickmango • 7h ago
late night drive thru
If you’re ever wondering why your late night fast food order is taking forever, its because the lobby is closed and the employees won’t serve you unless you wait behind ten other cars in the drive thru. Just accepted a low ball offer ($6 for 5ish miles), not something I would ever normally accept but rent comes out tomorrow and I didn’t have enough in my bank account to pay it and eat tonight so I was desperate. Been online all day and had only made $45. I head to Popeyes, 8ish minute drive from where I was and the lobby is closed. Since there was a line of ten or so cars, but none of them were to the window yet I just stood outside the window hoping I could just grab the food that was already ready real quick instead of waiting behind everyone who still needed to order. The employee tells me it’s drive thru only and slams the window in my face as I’m trying to explain I’m just picking up a grubhub. I unassigned the order because at that point the money really wasn’t worth it. I imagine I would have spent at the very least half an hour waiting in line for food just to have my tip reduced because it took forever and the customers food absolutely would have been cold by the time they got it. I’m never staying out past lobby closures again. Such fucking bullshit.