A clever DoorDash user decided to take matters into her own hands after ordering a pizza delivery – picking up the meal herself while earning some cash along the way.
Chronicling the hack on TikTok, the woman detailed how she delivered the order to herself after the app took too long to assign a driver to the job.
Shalom, a DoorDash delivery driver herself, placed the order as a customer and then logged into her work account to accept the job delivering the food from Papa John’s.
In the clip, which has garnered more than two million views since being posted earlier this month, she shows confirmations of the order and of her accepting the job.
After picking up her food, she even left herself a $2 tip.
Her work account showed she would earn $11.75 per ‘active hour’ from the time she accepted to the job, plus tips.
Shalom also gave herself a ‘splendid’ five-star rating before showing herself enjoying the meal.
While the savvy hack would appear to be a no-no, there is no official company rule prohibiting DoorDash workers from doing it.
Viewers of the clip revealed that they have pulled the same trick on DoorDash, and at least two claimed they did it on other delivery apps.
‘I did this as well on Uber Eats. I tipped $15 since it was the max, and it was five miles out and I’m in San Francisco,’ wrote a commenter.
Another person added: ‘I’ve been doing it for years now! It’s definitely not worth the pennies they pay for what you spend.’
One fan of the practice tried to explain the math involved to make the hack worth it.
‘The best is when you do hourly, so if you make it take 30-60 minutes you get the food for free in a sense,’the commenter wrote.
A DoorDash spokesperson poured cold water on the trick, saying it ‘makes no sense.’
‘Let’s be clear – this isn’t a life hack or tip, it’s a stunt,’ the spokesperson said. ‘Consumers can already pick up their own orders. This might make sense as content but it makes no sense in real-life when pickup is right there.’