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The Daily Dot

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

Woman looking frustrated(l), Hand holding phone with doordash app(c), Woman holding up product(r)

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‘They need to be PENALIZED for this’: Woman forced to go to store to find item after male DoorDash shopper claimed it was out of stock

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

Customer gets male Instacart shopper. She can’t believe the substitutions he chose

male instacart shopper

‘Between 2:49 and 2:50, he checked out’: Customer gets male Instacart shopper. She can’t believe the substitutions he chose

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Inmate orders platter of wings from Publix on Instacart. It backfires

instacart publix order

‘I’m thinking I’m finna deliver this man his last meal’: Inmate orders platter of wings from Publix on Instacart. It backfires

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Phone with Instacart(l), Woman talking(c), Pepper in bag(r)

instacart-male-shopper-moldy-peppers

‘They are so incompetent’: Male Instacart shopper delivers watermelon with ‘12 colors,’ moldy bell peppers

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot. She graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

male-instacart-shopper-replaces-cheez-its

‘I don’t even have a cat’: Customer gets male Instacart shopper. He replaces Cheez-Its with something unexpected

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Customer says Instacart shopper made fun of their 20% tip

instacart fresh cookies tip

‘I’m a shopper…I would never say that to one of my customers’: Customer says Instacart shopper made fun of their 20% tip

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Man says he can never go back to Walmart location after experience with Walmart greeter

Walmart Story

‘Just gonna Instacart from now on’: Man says he can never go back to Walmart location after experience with Walmart greeter

Hand holding phone with map(l), Instacart(c), Burned down house(r)

instacart-burned-down-house

‘I think you got there a little too late’: Instacart driver arrives at customer’s house. It’s burnt down

Instacart customer ordered lemons. Her shopper delivered plastic ones

Massive Instacart Fail

‘This is the doing of a man’: Instacart customer ordered lemons. Her shopper delivered plastic ones

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Instacart driver returns customer’s order after she calls out his attitude

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‘This is the issue with tipping before service is done…’: Instacart driver returns customer’s order after she calls out his attitude

Male Instacart driver says there’s no salsa in the entire grocery store. He gets marinara

Instacart Male

‘I’m convinced that men go about Instacart shopping the way they go about their day-to-day life’: Male Instacart driver says there’s no salsa in the entire grocery store. He gets marinara

Woman talking(l), Phone with instacart app open(c), Woman with long receipt(r)

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‘It’s not customers responsibility to make up for lack of pay’: Viewers divided over Instacart shopper urging customers to tip after getting paid $25 for 250-item order

Instacart shopper says customer asked her to drive 20 miles for $4.

Instacart Shopper Servant

‘Ur Instacart shopper is not your servant’: Instacart shopper says customer asked her to drive 20 miles for $4. It got worse

Woman considers canceling Sephora order after getting male Instacart shopper. She should have

Male Instacart Sephora Shopper

‘Do I just cancel the order?’: Customer considers canceling Sephora order after getting male Instacart shopper. They should have

Angela Shanice Littlefield is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot with a focus on pop culture and tech news. She&#8217;s a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She has written and worked for entertainment figures such as Sirius XM Radio Personality Sway Calloway, and published work for Grammy U, the NAACP&#8217;s Crisis magazine, and Austin Monthly magazine.

Angela Littlefield

Instacart shopper says she was scammed by a fake customer, got her account hacked

Instacart