If you cocked up the takeaway

[roarrfeckingroar]

If you / your partner accidentally just ordered agreed takeaway for one of you (say pizza via an app) and it was a genuine mistake, how would you / they react?

So ordering one meal instead of two?

They would laugh about it, call me an idiot (lighthearted) and then make another order, or just grab some other food and we would share the takeaway that arrived.

And I would do exactly the same with them

Yup exactly - one not two.

Thank you. That sounds like a healthy reaction.

I'm hormonal so I'd be pretty grumpy and over react. You can't mess up the treat!

If one of us had accidentally ordered one meal instead of two? If it wasn’t too late when we realised, the one who had messed up would call and add to the order. If we realised when it was delivered, call the person who messed up an idiot and look in the kitchen to see what there is to pad it out and share the meal. The story of the time one of us accidentally order one curry and we had to have a bag of mini cheddars with it would probably live on for several years.

Laugh about it. Place a new order and share what came whilst you wait.

Oh I've done this - accidentally only ordered mine and forgot dh's. We laughed about it and shared my chips while we ordered dh's. Wasn't a problem.

Oh it would definitely be annoying! There's a lot of anticipation waiting for a takeaway to arrive, especially if you're really hungry and looking forward to what you've ordered.

Dh forgot to order chips for me the other day- I ate his 😂.

We’d be amazed that the other had attempted to use an app to order a takeaway and would nip down to the local Chinese and order our usual from the nice lady behind the counter.

So what happened OP?

If I made a mistake like that DH would be very disappointed, but wouldn’t nag at me because I am very organised and I don’t make mistakes like that. He’d go out and get himself a McDonalds.

If he made the mistake I’d be a lot less gracious as he does have history of cock-ups and he has a lot less on his mind than me. I’d passive-aggressively make myself some toast.

Laugh Cursed, them Curse my fat fingers and/or broken phone, be relieved I ordered the spicy Mexican so I didnt have to share and just re order .

It happens. No one died waiting fir an extra 30 mins

Presuming it wasn’t too late to do so and we both liked the food, we’d probably have a laugh about it, share what arrived and order something else and then share that. If too late we’d hope there was some fries in the freezer, throw them in the oven and make some cheesy chips.
Of course the “injured” party would have complete teasing rights over the person who forgot to order for the whole night!

DH once forgot my onion bhajis off an Indian takeaway, I was proper cross. Id been looking forward to it all day. Anytime you order any food in now we all ask if there’s any ‘bhaji items’ needed 😂

As long as it wasn't just yet another thing they do where they don't think/ don't think of me / fuck it up to make a point / fuck it up to get out of doing it again / are doing it to be pass aggressive about something

Then we would have a laugh, hoy some chips in the airfryer and I'd get the rest of the wine in the bottle.

Either share what there is or go out for the forgotten one.

Tbh if he'd only ordered what he wanted and mysteriously forgotten my order I'd be quite annoyed. If he'd forgotten something that was key but shared - eg the rice - I'd not be so fussed.

Apologise, snog, order more food. Job's a good 'un.

Depends on the stakes; if easy, cheap, close by takeaway and DP walked in, immediately realised error and turned around to fix it I’d shrug it off.

But if it was expensive or a special treat or money was tight or I was hangry I’d be annoyed by it. If there were two lots of delivery charges because of it I’d be sad about the unnecessary money spent too which wouldn’t improve my mood!

That’s a good point too. If the orders’ food was find and they’d forgotten the other person through carelessness, or had form for making mistakes like that through not putting effort in then that’s a whole other situation.

This. Completely forgetting someone else's food is a bit odd. Getting it wrong is different.

Come on then OP, tell us how he reacted.

Depends on how the person who made the mistake behaves. Properly apologetic and quick to try and out it right? Fine- these things happen, share while we wait for more to arrive. Defensive and sulky? I eat what's arrived and let the other person sort themselves out.

Depends on how hangry I was. I could see myself getting pretty annoyed tbh, although of course I would not sulk, hold on to anger, be passive aggressive, or be violent and abusive.

Has your partner been any of those things OP?

We would probably split the one and add to it but we are rural and takeaway takes a while here. Round the corner might get second one. I would find it odd that someone could forget a whole person.