Y’all have been there: busy doing another thing when the DoorDash delivery rider calls your phone, and you get pissed, so you choose to do your thing, and attend to your order once you’re done, such as filling that last row on your Google Sheets, or finishing a level in a video game.
Such was the fate of this gamer, who chose to complete that part of his game upon learning his DoorDash order had arrived. He lives in an apartment and has kind neighbors. During that time, since he was engrossed playing his video game, his neighbor instead picked up his order, but since it wasn’t originally the responsibility of the neighbor to attend to his order, the neighbor dropped the order in his area, and the food spilled over the floor. In these instances, who’s at fault?
“I have been living on my own for about half a year now, renting the basement of an apartment. I have an upstairs senior neighbor who rents the apartment above me. I’ve interacted with him a few times since moving in, and he seems to be a decent guy. We’ve gotten along fine, and I’ve even borrowed and returned several tools to repair things in my apartment since this is my first time renting a place,” the DoorDash customer told Ridesharing Forum.
There were two incidents when he had this “bad encounter” with his neighbor. The first was when he ordered Taco Bell via DoorDash, and the other was when he ordered a tech product.
“The first incident happened when I DoorDashed some Taco Bell after work. I was playing some games on my PC when I got the notification that it was delivered, and I couldn’t grab it immediately,” the customer continued.
Oops. While customers pay for their orders, it is their responsibility to attend to the orders that have arrived, as the driver could be waiting and still has other orders to manage from other customers.
The customer chose to finish the game first, but when he came outside at the doorstep, the order was nowhere to be found, so he messaged the neighbor, saying, “Hey, did you pick up my food?’
He said there was no immediate response from the neighbor until a minute later, when he reportedly heard footsteps or movement upstairs. He opened the door and saw the neighbor dropped his order down “about five feet” onto his steps.
So I hurried and finished up my game and went outside to grab it, and it wasn’t on either of our doorsteps. So I go back inside and message him, “Hey, did you pick up my food?”
“Before I could say anything, he went back inside, and I set my order down on the floor inside, and a few minutes later, I realized my Baja Blast had seeped into my tile floor. It was sticky for a few months after that,” the customer complained.
Oh no.
But then, he never learned. There was another instance when he ordered a GPU for his PC online, and a pillow from Amazon. Same old thing. He wasn’t able to attend to the orders, and relied on his neighbor to pick those up for him. Thankfully, he told Ridesharing Forum the GPU and the pillow were not damaged. Well, only the Taco Bell order. For more food delivery news, sign up for your account on Ridesharing Forum today.