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As the days progress, the Dasher faces repeated disappointments. With a total of 13-hour workdays that yield paltry earnings—$115 over one stretch followed by an even worse Tuesday where he barely scraped together $64—his spirits also dip. The math seems disheartening: despite clocking in full hours, working at the mercy of DoorDash's acceptance framework leads to drastically low returns.