Cautionary Tales

[SeattleUte]

Too busy to even commute, and home with my soon to be college-bound son, I decided to order us a nice lunch. Opened my DoorDash app and was pleased to see a whole array of interesting new restaurants I'd not known of before. I settled on a Taiwanese place, and ordered $75 worth of enticing food. Was pleasantly surprised at the shorter than usual delivery time.

The customary texts come, and finally, driver is approaching. He phones me, Alabama number, which is not unusual. Says he's arrived and waiting to meet me. Weird. Just leave it I say. I go outside, not a sign of anyone. No bag of food on the porch. I start barking at the driver, he's at the wrong place. He is in fact not at my house. Turns out he can hardly speak a word of English. Frustrating!

Suddenly a sickening feeling. I realize he's in Philadelphia and I'm in Seattle. My HS age daughter has been with mom on the east coast on a work trip, and apparently ordering DoorDash to the hotel. Unfortunately, they've checked out.

There really should be a pop up warning you're not ordering from where you're calling.

[Bo Diddley]

What did you end up getting for dinner after everything was said and done?

[SeattleUte]

I ate leftovers. Told him to fend for himself, walk to the store. I was too demsralized. But picked up a pizza for him tonight on my walk.

[Moliere]

Now I’m wondering if you or fusnik are the oldest people on this board. This is seriously something my late 70s dad would do and he’s in the verge of having dementia.

[Pelado]

Now I’m wondering if you or fusnik are the oldest people on this board. This is seriously something my late 70s dad would do and he’s in the verge of having dementia.

Only on the verge? Sounds like your dad's not quite as advanced in age as SU.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Ha! I did something similar a few years ago. I ordered carry out pizza from Papa Murphy’s. When I got there they could not find my order. I had ordered it from a restaurant in Washington state with a similar name.

[smokymountainrain]

old people are so adorable!

[Northwestcoug]

Hey I’m old too!

I parked downtown and entered some money in a parking app. Didn’t realize I had put it in my default car, and I was driving my wife’s truck

at least I got the discounted price paying the fee online.

[Bo Diddley]

I'm not hip enough to use this new fangled Doordash app.

[Paperback Writer]

This happens regularly with my MIL. She splits her year between Colorado and Texas. I have made it a routine to walk by her Texas house on my daily morning walks so I can pick up the packages she orders from Amazon and mistakenly has delivered to her Texas address rather than her Colorado address where she is currently residing.

[smokymountainrain]

This happens regularly with my MIL. She splits her year between Colorado and Texas. I have made it a routine to walk by her Texas house on my daily morning walks so I can pick up the packages she orders from Amazon and mistakenly has delivered to her Texas address rather than her Colorado address where she is currently residing.

[YOhio]

Too busy to even commute, and home with my soon to be college-bound son, I decided to order us a nice lunch. Opened my DoorDash app and was pleased to see a whole array of interesting new restaurants I'd not known of before. I settled on a Taiwanese place, and ordered $75 worth of enticing food. Was pleasantly surprised at the shorter than usual delivery time.

The customary texts come, and finally, driver is approaching. He phones me, Alabama number, which is not unusual. Says he's arrived and waiting to meet me. Weird. Just leave it I say. I go outside, not a sign of anyone. No bag of food on the porch. I start barking at the driver, he's at the wrong place. He is in fact not at my house. Turns out he can hardly speak a word of English. Frustrating!

Suddenly a sickening feeling. I realize he's in Philadelphia and I'm in Seattle. My HS age daughter has been with mom on the east coast on a work trip, and apparently ordering DoorDash to the hotel. Unfortunately, they've checked out.

There really should be a pop up warning you're not ordering from where you're calling.

lol. What a fuckin' moron.

[Commando]

Pretty sure you have to confirm address of delivery. And it also gives you the address of the place you order from...