I don’t know if more people are ordering, or there are less drivers now, but it’s becoming increasingly difficult to order on Uber Eats. Many times now it just says there’s no delivery drivers available and I can’t order anything.
Other people found a similar problem?
Heard people saying Ubereats drivers being more picky about climbing stairs above second floor.
Oh that’s interesting, I’m on the 4th floor but I always meet them half way and walk to the 1st or 2nd to get the food. Do you think they just see the floor number and don’t come, or I’m somehow getting reviewed badly because I don’t go all the way to the main entrance to meet them, and it’s causing others not to come?
I have trouble only when there’s a distance to be traveled. Anything in the neighborhood, and I get good and quick service. I had a driver once tell me that she was the only one to accept the delivery because of the distance.
Is distance not a better pay off like regular uber?
I’m not sure how they are paid. I get the impression that many short deliveries are the way to go.
Bummer. But I guess mcdonalds tastes just as shitty 10 minutes in a bag as it does 30 
Does the food app have a rating system for the workers as well?
This is not a gripe.
I’ve never used this thing before, but my interest would be in sweets, like soda pop, Snickers bars, Dove Bars, Morinaga caramels, etc.
Will they do a delivery that’s strictly composed of those kinds of things?
Edited to add: Went through the whole process and got cold feet at “Place order.” Maybe next time.
Yes. I have done this many times. I use it for heavier (liquid) things that I don’t want to haul uphill from the grocery nearby. All major grocers (and some niche ones) + the largest convenience store chains are available
Thanks for that information, @Celeborn!
Why did you get cold feet?
I quit Uber Eats after waiting for over an hour for a delivery, finally cancelling, and them wanting to charge me. I’m now using Food Panda. It seems better. Not perfect, but better.
I’m glad the merger never went through.
Well, I’d never used Uber Eats before, so I had this lurking idea that I’d probably done something wrong somewhere. So I chickened out. 
I quit using uber eats when the driver left our food on the dirty ground down the road at some unspecified location and uber eats shrugged their shoulders and told me to just give the driver stars. I don’t understand how this isn’t a serious food safety violation. What if a restaurant served your food across the restaurant on the floor and told you to go find it? Who would eat that? And the real kick to the balls was that I had to pay beforehand so I was completely over a barrel.
The amount of times I’ve seen/heard food delivery employees have nasty shits and leave without washing their hands has forever made me not interested in paying more for soggy food in loads of disposable packaging and cutting profits of local businesses!!!
I like uber taxi though, until they went cashless. Just a shit company on every level.
It’s like - take a commercial food platform but remove all the food safety features of a typical restaurant, worker’s rights, income tax requirements, and… oh I guess that’s it. The only redeeming feature for the loss of all of that is that it’s slightly more convenient than what delivery was before.
Pretty much 
Do you live out in the sticks or have mobility issues? Most people I know don’t use it for purely soda or confectionery as we’re in spitting distance of a 7-11.
I’m elderly, and my lungs are not in the best of shape. I use convenience stores for conventional food as well, but I also have a sweet tooth.
Ah I see, just order something small from Uber on your first go round then, to reduce the stakes if something goes wrong. Honestly it’s an extremely convenient app to use, I think it could be of great use to you.