Parking during lunch hours has been a pain point for me. Downtown Portland is very congested during business hours and a lot of the jobs during the day time requires driving into and out of downtown. So, here’s how I get away with not paying for parking.
Last week, I got a parking ticket trying to avoid paying for parking downtown while working a Postmates job. I’ve been good about paying for parking since. But if I can dodge paying for parking knowing there’s no potential penalty, I’d do it.
It has been exactly one year since I completed my first Postmates delivery. It’s crazy how fast one year pass by. It felt like it was only yesterday I was at my Postmates orientation.
This post is for the late night hustler who wants to take advantage of late night conditions to make a few quick bucks on Postmates. Is that you? Keep reading. If you drive for Postmates and Caviar in Portland like […]
In November 2015, Pizza Maria closed its door for good with a Facebook post. There haven’t been any more Caviar restaurant closures that I’m aware of. On the contrary, the number of restaurants that use Caviar’s on-demand delivery fleet has […]
Portland, Oregon is known for a lot of things. Restaurants, food carts, breweries, rain, coffee shops, and great public transportation, to name a few. One thing Portland is known for that is highly relevant to someone working as an on-demand […]
Updated: 2/4/16 – corrected information about shift caps. I was pretty gong-ho about getting all the shifts when I first started driving as a courier for Caviar. I grabbed shifts for the sake of grabbing shifts, not knowing for sure […]
Here are the 8 restaurants in Portland that Caviar Couriers will love delivering for. (Note: Some of these are not suitable for couriers on bike). Related: 7 Portland Restaurants Caviar Couriers On Bikes Should Avoid Delivering For Thick Pizza This food truck […]
I received an exciting email from Postmates today. Starting tomorrow, January 8th, they’re going to start paying us couriers for the time we spent waiting at the merchant. The email included the pay model and an example of how it […]
Parking is your worst enemy if you work for Postmates and Caviar. It would help a lot if you know ahead of time whether a restaurant has horrible parking before accepting a job. So, here is my list of restaurants […]
There are a lot of factors that can determine if you get a tip and how much. These factors can be objective like quality of your customer service and accuracy of order, or plainly subjective like whether or not the […]
