Unless you have literally 0 start up cash, I feel like youd be better off with a bike. An old 26 inch mountain bike isnt the fastest, but can handle this sort of weather pretty well. Speaking from experience, unless the place you are going is very close to a subway station, downtown transit can be pretty unreliable for getting places promptly, a bicycle almost always wins.
That's ~$12.50 per hour. That's awful.
Yes, but still better than $0.
;-;
Get a bike. People sell them second hand for peanuts.
Please don't do it unless you're doing a very small area and can deliver food in a timely manner.
If you deliver on foot / transit and it takes longer than it should, I'd blacklist you via a support ticket and no tip and 1 star rating. I don't want warm/soggy food.
Yeah forget OPs need to make money, it would be a real shame if your hand delivered food is a wittle wate.
This is such a crazy thing to say to someone. You're not going to get fresh food from door dash, Uber eats, or anything like it. Taking that out on the employee (gig worker actually) is an insane take.
If I'm paying money for something and someone takes a job they can't do on time that's on them. I don't pay to have my food come late because they want to walk.
If he serves a small area walking might even be more efficient than a car and be fine, but that's on him to properly manage.
I'm not going to pay again for that, and I'm going to rate accordingly so others don't have to put up with it either.
Edit: and if apps offered a way to decline certain delivery methods up front, I would.