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Cheeky tourist used my address for their takeaway!!

360 replies

WellLarDeDar · 04/04/2021 18:06

I live near a park, so we get a lot of tourists in the area.

Today, some girl visiting the park ordered herself an uber eats delivery to specifically my exact address so I had a driver knocking on my door. I thought he must be in the wrong place so asked to look at the address so I could direct him, as that sometimes happens, but it was my full address on there! It's quite an obscure address as well as it has a different postcode to the rest of the street and the house has a name instead of a number, which we don't display so you would need to look it up to get the whole thing. There was even a description in the delivery instructions.

She wasn't close by to receive the delivery either and the poor driver was really confused and awkward and was trying to call her and she didnt pick up her phone, and he was stuck waiting there for quite a while going are you sure it's not yours, you dont know anyone called name that could have sent it, it's been paid for so I have to deliver it, the person who ordered it needs to be at the address it's ordered to. I felt so bad for him.

AIBU to think that is blo*dy rude?! I might not have minded if she had asked first or had been around to receive it but to me I just think its really inconsiderate. When she finally turned up I asked her if she didnt think it was a bit inappropriate and rude and told her not to ever do it again and she just acted like I had been super offensive and sarcastically told me to have a nice day.

Some tourists can be so lovely and others are just so self absorbed.

OP posts:

mooonstone · 04/04/2021 18:52

@daisypond Not every restaurant accepted takeaway collections at the time. This was last summer where lockdown had lifted, but dining inside wasn’t allowed yet. Restaurants were accepting delivery or drive thru only, as no customer contact. Also each restaurant has their own delivery radius, and this restaurant didn’t deliver to our houses. Any other passive aggressive questions?

GreyhoundG1rl · 04/04/2021 18:53

The cheek if it! I’d have held onto it.

Exhausted4ever · 04/04/2021 18:54

@LabbyNoona

I’ve put a random address right next to a park on a deliveroo order before, only way of getting something delivered to the park

But then I watch like a hawk and jump up and collect as soon as I see the driver! Would be mortified if they rang the bell

I'm very surprised they would even let you take it, surely anyone could say oh that's my takeaway and pinch it otherwise

TakeYourFinalPosition · 04/04/2021 18:55

This happens a lot here, it seems; the house next to our big park has a sign on the gate asking people to wait there for delivery drivers and not to open the gate; and a note for delivery drivers that they haven’t ordered anything and it’ll be someone in the park.

I don’t think takeaways in the park were a thing here before lockdown; but I guess as people can’t eat together inside, they’ve found a way to do it outside...

TakeYourFinalPosition · 04/04/2021 18:56

I'm very surprised they would even let you take it, surely anyone could say oh that's my takeaway and pinch it otherwise

You can show that you’ve ordered on both Ubereats and Deliveroo. Although right now they basically just throw the order at you, it’s supposed to be a contactless drop off.

It’s always a risk someone else would pinch it when it goes to a communal front door; etc, so I guess it’s an occupational hazard.

Not that I’ve ever done it!

Howtomakeevery1 · 04/04/2021 18:57

I’d have accepted and either eaten it or thrown it away - no way would she get away with that. The restaurant and driver did nothing wrong they get paid the only person that loses is the self entitled who uses an incorrect address.

toocold54 · 04/04/2021 18:59

Really unfair to the driver to claim you hadn't taken it if you had. Best to just say that as it came to your address you figured it was for you and ate it! I mean, I would have just given it to her but if you want to "punish" her fair enough, but not ok to drag the driver into it.

It’s not dragging the driver into it. They delivered it to the correct address. If the girl phoned up the takeaway they would have said they delivered it and OP would agree to the takeaway that she had received it.
You can’t be a mug else people will walk all over you. All the girl has to do was knock on and ask if it was ok to use the address and she’ll wait outside.

toocold54 · 04/04/2021 19:01

I don’t think takeaways in the park were a thing here before lockdown; but I guess as people can’t eat together inside, they’ve found a way to do it outside...

I’ve never heard of takeaways getting delivered to a park either!
Surely you could take a packed lunch or get a sandwich from a shop - or just wait to eat when you get home

Alienchannell21 · 04/04/2021 19:01

I don't live near a park but if a randomer used my address to order food then lurked about my front door to take it I'd be raging. Also If they didn't collect it then you may be a risk of being 'blacklisted' from future deliveries.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 04/04/2021 19:02

YANBU for calling her an entitled rude dick.

YABU for not just taking it and eating it. That's the only way she'll learn not to be so cheeky!

JustLyra · 04/04/2021 19:03

I don’t get why they didn’t put a note on it. There’s always a notes box.

We had to do that for a while on one app as their system only added the houses with numbers to the postcode, not the four that only names.

Always put in capitals “Please use red gate at left of green gate” type thing. And made sure someone was hovering by said red gate.

HunterHearstHelmsley · 04/04/2021 19:04

I've ordered to the One Stop next to the park before, or the garage over the road. It would never occur to me to use a residential address.

I wish I lived near a park now. Free takeaway!

Mumteedum · 04/04/2021 19:12

And I wonder if the same sense of entitlement extends to leaving all the rubbish behind. FFS. What is wrong with people. This isn't ok.

Sjdmcfeet · 04/04/2021 19:12

I had this maybe 5 times as we lived near football stadium/pubs but no takeaway for miles apart from a mining chippy I used to take them I'm and ignor the door or tip.it out into a carrier bag and leave it on the path

GabsAlot · 04/04/2021 19:13

its bloody lazy and rude youre not the loal pick up point

Butwasitherdriveway · 04/04/2021 19:14

I think it's fine had she have bothered to be there.

picknmix1984 · 04/04/2021 19:15

I'd have eaten the thing and thanked her

HollyGoLoudly1 · 04/04/2021 19:16

Super entitled and cheeky. Can't believe it's so frequent that houses near parks have had to put signs up! Some people have no respect or consideration when using public spaces. It's someone's private home, not a public convenience for you to use at will

Plumbear2 · 04/04/2021 19:16

@Butwasitherdriveway

I think it's fine had she have bothered to be there.

If the resident of the house says it's not fine then it's not fine. Honestly the self entitlement of some people is astounding.

jessstan2 · 04/04/2021 19:17

How very odd! I've never come across that before. She certainly had a lot of cheek.

Iwantacookie · 04/04/2021 19:18

Wow I didnt know this was a thing. Our park has a kiosk in it anyway and all the other parks round here I can think of are less than a 5 minute walk to a supermarket with a costa machine inside.

swiftt · 04/04/2021 19:18

I honestly wouldn’t care, I don’t see why it’s such a big deal. I’d have just said sorry, I haven’t ordered anything and let the driver contact the customer. I probably wouldn’t have even answered the door if I wasn’t expecting a delivery anyway.

Butwasitherdriveway · 04/04/2021 19:18

@Plumbear2 but OP is pissed off because of all the palava and the girl not showing up.

If the girl had been outside her street waiting, OP would barely have noticed.

toocold54 · 04/04/2021 19:19

And I wonder if the same sense of entitlement extends to leaving all the rubbish behind. FFS. What is wrong with people. This isn't ok.

Good point! I bet it is.

Plumbear2 · 04/04/2021 19:21

[quote Butwasitherdriveway]@Plumbear2 but OP is pissed off because of all the palava and the girl not showing up.

If the girl had been outside her street waiting, OP would barely have noticed.[/quote]
That's not the point. Nobody should be using an address without permission.

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