r/doordash • u/Fantastic_Web_2940 • 3h ago
Dasher kept knocking after I said to stop, just feeling bad about the whole situation
I ordered a cupcake today because I’m on work calls all day, I have it set to leave at door. I live alone as a young woman in an apartment in nyc. The dasher arrives and rings the doorbell, I don’t answer because I’m listening to a call, he rings again. I realize he’s not going away so I go and turn off the camera quickly and run to open the door and he hands me the bag. He kind of looked at me weird (but could be my imagination) I say thank you! And close the door and put the cupcake down and hurry back over. A minute later I’m set to speak, and he rings the doorbell. As I’m speaking on camera he continually keeps ringing the doorbell, I mute myself and say “I’m on a work call?” And the guy goes “open the door” and begins POUNDING like two firsts pounding. At this point I’m just scared in general, because I unfortunately have been attacked before in nyc two years ago and have anxiety, so I’m on the verge of tears. I tell him please go away and he keeps pounding saying “I need something from you,” I just go mute and stop reacting and then I get a call from my front desk, they tell me he is downstairs and needs a photo of the order. I tell them to tell him to just take a picture of anything and I’ll make him five stars I just don’t want him to come back up. They tell me he’s freaking out and they don’t know what to do so they send him back up against my will. At this time I’m chatting with support who’s confusing me because they’re saying not to answer the door. I put the bag outside my door and he takes a photo.
I feel bad about the situation because I did not know he wanted a photo, but also I really think DoorDash should make it so there’s some other way to mark it as handed off or something else. I now look like a terrible person to my front desk and the guy because I wouldn’t open the door but I was genuinely scared. I just wish this wasn’t a thing. I’ve had a couple of weird experiences lately with services in nyc and it’s getting me down. Can’t even eat the cupcake because I feel like trash