DoorDash driver reveals the shocking amount he made after working exhausting 12-hour shift
Niamh Shackleton
Featured Image Credit: Instagram/spencerjoycesworld
A DoorDasher has gone viral after revealing how much money he made after a tough 12-hour shift.
Last week, Spencer Joyce posted a video to Instagram where he shared that he'd challenged himself to accept every DoorDash order he received over a 12-hour period.
Spencer, who is based near Virginia Beach, started his shift at 8am and wrapped up around 9:15pm, he explained in the now-viral clip.
Over the 12 hours, he was 'active' for just short of 10 hours after incorporating a handful of short breaks into his busy day. Over this time, he drove a whopping 221 miles.
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"My earnings before taxes, wear-and-tear, gas, insurance etc. was $215," Spencer went on to reveal.
"My biggest tip was $14.25 from a Food Lion grocery order and my smallest tip was $3 from a Starbucks order," he continued.
"I'm tired as hell as my car needs a tune up badly now," Spencer concluded the clip.
People were quick to share their thoughts on the video and how much Spencer made.
"Damn man, you could make more working pretty much anywhere," one commented.
Another said: "That’s a horrible pay for 12 hours."
A third person wrote: "I thought you were going to say between $400-$500."
Somebody else penned: "Gotta respect the hustle but door dashing isn’t to get rich. It’s to get by."
In a follow-up video, Spencer explained that he did the long shift as part of an experiment for a YouTube video. Spencer is one half of the YouTube reaction channel 'Embrace The Suck 21'.
Elsewhere, he wrote to his followers on Instagram: "I should qualify the context of this: I usually don't accept orders less than $6 or that give less than $1/mile and I'm multi-apping with Instacart as well."
Spencer has since chatted to UNILAD in the wake of his video blowing up online.
He told us: "I've done DoorDash on and off since 2019 just for extra cash, but I fell on hard times after just getting my Commercial Driver's License & having to wait a little bit to start work, which is when I had to move into my car to live and doing DoorDash and Instacart was my lifeline."
Spencer added: "The video I did was simply a challenge for a YouTube video and I did not expect it to blow up like it did! Luckily I've secured a job as a trucker that I begin on August 11th."
UNILAD has contacted DoorDash for comment.