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AIBU?

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To be really annoyed by dh’s attitude?

19 replies

Cubancigar55 · 10/01/2019 21:45

Both late home from work tonight and so decided to order pizza. After an hour and 15 mins the food still hadn’t arrived, so dh rang to find out where it was. The pizza place apologized, and said it was on its way. Alls good.

About ten minutes after this, dh’s phone rings and it’s the delivery driver ringing because he can’t find our house. 5 mins later and he arrives but with the wrong order. He’s only gone and given our order to someone else and he has 1 pizza left, which is not remotely what we ordered.

We’re both pissed off cos it’s now about 2 hours since ordering and we’re starving. Driver offered us the full money back plus this random pizza. Dh wasn’t happy and was insisting he’d ring the shop to complain. Driver asked him not to, as he’d get the blame, and was offering to give us the money. He gave dh £20 when the order had only been £16.

I’m really annoyed with dh. We’re both hungry, and yes it was the driver’s fault, but it was a mistake. And he was trying to rectify it by reimbursing us and leaving a random pizza. I’m more annoyed at the random who had ordered one pizza and then taken 2 (knowing full well it wasn’t their food!) the driver also tried to ring this woman but she wasn’t answering her phone (surprise, surprise).

Aibu in thinking dh should have cut the bloke some slack? I’m just as pissed off as him re the lack of food, but there was no need to keep saying he was complaining to the point where the bloke gave us extra money above the cost when he’s probably only on a minimum wage to begin with!!! So now we’ve had a big argument and falling out over it. I just think he was unreasonable!! Aibu?

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Smellyrose · 10/01/2019 21:47

I’m with your DH - you were waiting two hours for food and the the guy turned up with the wrong delivery! It’s not brain surgery....

Sirzy · 10/01/2019 21:48

To be honest I would have just phoned and complained from the off. I wouldn’t have got into any bargaining!

2019Dancerz · 10/01/2019 21:48

Well were you going to take the single pizza having paid for two? If not the driver was clear he didn’t want you to tell the shop so you deserved at least the cost of the missing pizza. When I order pizza dh would have no idea how many I’d ordered so the cf pizza eater may not have originally been a cf!

Auntiepatricia · 10/01/2019 21:49

He’s a prick. That poor driver! Had your DH never had a really shit time and made a mistake. He really didn’t need to ram it home.

A bit of empathy and kindness goes along way.

Cherries101 · 10/01/2019 21:49

I personally would have rustled up a pasta dish in 30mins thus saving myself the argument, and I got home at 9pm every day this week.

Cubancigar55 · 10/01/2019 21:50

Possibly not, but then to tuck in knowing it’s the wrong order and not answer your phone when the driver tries to contact you does suggest cf.

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Auntiepatricia · 10/01/2019 21:53

To all the people so quick to complain, that pizza driver is probably a pizza driver by necessity rather than choice. But after a call from the DH he may well get fired.

Or maybe he’s a shit pizza driver but personally I’d sooner suck up the pizza mistake than risk major upset and stress in someone else’s life.

Sirzy · 10/01/2019 21:55

And when people stop using the company because of constantly getting the wrong orders then that will do the business, and staff, a lot of good!

If companies don’t know service is poor they can’t take steps to improve.

Cubancigar55 · 10/01/2019 21:56

Exactly auntiepatricia, that’s my point.

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Auntiepatricia · 10/01/2019 21:58

The driver was clearly desperate to avoid the company finding out. That tells me all I need to know. OP was also there and very uncomfortable and upset at her DH putting the screws on the man so that tells me it was wrong.

Boyskeepswinging · 10/01/2019 21:58

I agree with Cherries. Having had similar experiences in the past (ie waiting an unreasonable amount of time for a delivery) I now ensure we always have a "quick and dirty" dinner in the house - something quick to prepare. So, yes, pizzas (the Co-op stonebaked are fantastic), pasta and instant sauce, chicken nuggets and wedges, that sort of thing.

You'll save yourself a fortune and eliminate being hangry!

Cubancigar55 · 10/01/2019 21:58

Cherries101 I rustled up some pasta last night, fancied a change tonight.

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Cubancigar55 · 10/01/2019 21:59

Sirzy we’ve never had this problem before, so I think it’s a case of a genuine one-off mistake, rather than anything more widespread.

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Butterymuffin · 10/01/2019 21:59

Not clear what you wanted to do instead - just take the random pizza and pay for the ones you ordered? Say nothing? Complaining is not unreasonable, as long as you're calm and not shouting about it.

I reckon you've both got fractious with one another through hunger. Decide which one of you is going to the nearest chippy / drive through McDonalds and you'll be right Smile

Auntiepatricia · 10/01/2019 22:00

The right thing to do would have been take the pizza, show some displeasure and at most take £10.

Sirzy · 10/01/2019 22:00

So best they know now so they can tackle it and stop it becoming an issue.

If you where given the wrong meal in a restaurant would you just accept it? That is as much someone just making a mistake

Cranky17 · 10/01/2019 22:03

I’m with you, poor bloke must have been frantic to have offered you some money

Aridane · 10/01/2019 22:21

Well - yes - money to be refunded as your order wasn't delivered. And random pizza of no use to anyone so it's given to you

Disquieted1 · 10/01/2019 22:30

Your husband did something that you disagreed with. No need to have a big argument and falling out over it. Let it go.

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