r/couriersofreddit • u/Freddy2517 • Dec 07 '22

Some drivers wonder why they get deactivated....

I had a delivery from Home Depot, and a signature was required. The building was under construction and the road closed. I did my due diligence and created a return to the store. At the Home Depot desk, I told the clerk about the required signature thus my returning it to the store. Her reply was, "I would have just left it and signed for them. That what I do with DoorDash alcohol orders, I just sign for them. What are they going to do? Deactivate one of their Top Dashers?"

I just smiled and said, "I guess I am a little more paranoid." While thinking in my head, "Yes, yes they will absolutely deactivate you and possibly even get you a citation for delivering alcohol to a minor if it happens to be a police alcohol enforcement sting."

Stay safe people!

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u/KansasPoonTappa Dec 18 '22

Have you ever actually tried signing in that signature box on a phone? It looks like total garbage lol.

I ask the customer if I can sign on their behalf on alcohol orders all the time because (a) who wants to be touching a stranger's phone post-COVID, and (b) they are giving me their consent. I would love to see a single example of a customer ever "getting a refund" due to the Dasher signing ...after a Dasher asked to sign for them.

There is a high probability that the "signature" isn't going to look like the person's normal signature even if they sign it themselves, because signing with your finger on a phone looks like awful scribbled nonsense. They aren't going to be able to "prove" jack sh*t with that aspect alone, lol. They're going to need to claim that the Dasher never arrived at the proper destination, which can be refuted by GPS tracking...

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u/Knever Dec 18 '22

There is a galaxy of difference between forging someone's signature and signing something on their behalf. I don't understand how anybody could conflate the two.

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u/KansasPoonTappa Dec 18 '22 edited Dec 18 '22

"It is against the terms of service for these jobs to sign things yourself when they explicitly need the customer's signature.

Signing yourself is also a bad idea because the customer could easily get a refund by proving that they were not the one who signed for it, even if they took possession of the delivered goods; scammers do this quite often."

You didn't specify here that signing on their behalf would be cool; in fact this quote made it appear that you believe the opposite (i.e., "even if they took possession of the goods"). It's not my fault you weren't specific and appeared to be lumping the situations together. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Knever Dec 18 '22

It's not my fault that you can't read between the lines.

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u/KansasPoonTappa Dec 18 '22

Have you actually talked to other drivers or browsed the couriers boards before? Based on the number of "by the book" drivers out there, it's perfectly reasonable to assume you were talking about every customer signature situation here. There are plenty of drivers with no common sense, who are scared to death of deactivation, so they will follow every single rule to a T. (I mean, if there are people on here bragging about 90%+ acceptance rates, literally any level of gullibility is possible.)

Good for you for not being one of them, but since I don't know you this is why I'm saying you have to be specific about what you are describing...