@@nahor88 There are amazing food options in virtually every major city in the world. $10K a month for a tiny one bedroom apartment is not worth it, idc how good the food is.
I used to work in food service that delivered and this is beyond accurate lmao. This is why I can’t stand people who say Friends is better than Seinfeld.
Seinfeld was ahead of its time. Friends was more idealistic in a time of innocence. Seinfeld reflected reality in a humorous way. The only thing accurate in Friends was their portrayal of female nature.
I was once just a couple streets too far for delivery from jimmy John's, the employee just flat out said sorry cannot help and hung up. Never gave them business ever again. Such a pretentious business model.
Back then before cell phones it would have been a bigger deal. A worry about going to meet someone at the delivery range without an actual address, and have them not be there, no way of calling them back or asking where they are. Even in larger delivery areas now, they sometimes have to call for directions. Though the delivery person wouldn't really care AFTER they'd brought the food there.
Everyone is commenting on Elaine going to great lengths, but I’ve never understood why they were being such a dick to Elaine about delivering the food even when she tried to meet them halfway
Oh I love love love this episode .. best one.. Elaine becomes the janitor, George is the construction worker and Kramer is picking garbage on the roads 😂😂😂😂
I always loved the next scene with Elaine walking all dirty with the old carpet in her shoulder and saying hello to George while he is working in the street
No delivery boy would actually take back the food and refuse payment after already delivering the food into someone hands. Edit: it seems like most comments here do not get my joke. So please stop commenting.
Of course-- however: This is wacky fiction, _not_ reality. Holy moly, if you start looking at this show that way you'll never enjoy its cartoony and bonkers world.
@@craigwilson3532 :D More bosses than you realize have that problem IRL. And some associates that they work with every day-- the doofus supervisor/manager doesn't even know their name or title.
I love all of the people calling out how unrealistic this plot point is or providing reasonable alternative solutions. You clearly don't understand this show lol.
Eh, it's fun to think about what the most logical action is in these wacky scenarios. Obviously the best option for Elaine is just to invite the gang to eat at the restaurant.
@@switch12345678 read your own post you said the building was across the street and far away at the same time that makes no sense if across the street would be able to call for pick up order and would be able to walk there before they finish cooking it
yes, but they're all kinda terrible people deep down. They're petty, neurotic, disloyal (except to each other generally), and constantly lie. It's great.
@@walden6272 I work at a Chinese Restaurant . That's why I said Panda Express sucks. It's a joke. Basically, everything comes in a bag. Then they just heat it up.
I love the way they always went to great length trying to cover something up rather than admitting to it. Like when Jerry or George had a problem with one of their girlfriends. Just ask her about/tell her what's bothering you. lol
Friend of mine who lived in Manhattan yrs ago, said some restaurants really do this. They have/had a delivery boundary of up to 10-12 blocks. Basically for safety for their delivery runners.
But that was barely hitting a boundary, it was literally only 1 street out of bounds. Not even a street, ACROSS the street. No restaurant would refuse for that. Even in NY.
Postmates and Uber Eats have their drivers picked up food 15-20 minutes away and deliver 20 minutes on the opposite direction. It's stupid. The food does get cold and the ice on the drinks melt. Their drivers spend more of their time on road than delivering.
Elaine could have just gone and picked up her carry out order at the restaurant! Fast forward to 2020, I loved going to pick up my carry out food. A way to get out of the house during the pandemic!
The time and fantasy she puts on making them deliver, wow! She would have been able to go to the restaurant, back home, eat quicker than all her "doings". :)
This “delivery to certain places” problem is now dependent on the circumstances because Uber Eats, Grubhub, Post mates, and Doordash would allow you to circumvent those boundaries of delivery.
It's obviously just a show and shouldn't be taken too seriously, but you could argue that allowing people from outside the radius to pick up food at the edge of the radius, could result in a huge increase of trips to the edge of the radius, increasing their delivery time and cost.
I love this episode. I'm just annoyed how Mrs Alister assumed Elaine worked there. Like who is she Just a regular tenant or like someone who's in charge because she should know who works for her in that building. I know it's just a TV show lol
I love how Elaine straightened herself up and answered "Yes, ma'am." We're all women of a certain age who knew women like Mrs. Allister who could fuss at us and make us feel like children in two seconds.
Ironically the best Chinese restaurant nearest me is called China Panda. I'm probably within their delivery zone but I always pick it up myself, something that apparently didn't occur to Elaine here and bring it home. Even if it was out of delivery distance she could take a bus, taxi, Uber/Lyft or even drive over there and back. Obviously though, that eliminates the plot. Am shocked that the janitor's closet which she pretended was an apartment was unlocked, what with all the chemicals and dangerous items in there, especially since the superintendent was concerned about children getting into hazardous items in the basement.
You can probably pick up that janitor closet today for a clean million.
I have no idea how anyone can afford living in New York
@@doct0rnic The amazing food options always make me consider living there, but yeah, it's just not practical.
@@doct0rnic rich parents helps
@@nahor88 There are amazing food options in virtually every major city in the world. $10K a month for a tiny one bedroom apartment is not worth it, idc how good the food is.
@@distantraveller9876 Nothing compares to the variety and authenticity you get in NYC greater area.
That must be some flounder
Never saw that episode, it's hilarious 😂
Accurate
Why can’t she do take out? 😂
She is lazy
why doesnt she just go out to the store??
Elaine would rather knock on people’s doors in a building she doesn’t live in than walk to the restaurant to pick it up. Yep, that’s NYC! 🤣🤣
Strange custom these New Yorkers have
Because she wants to do it more often and the restaurant is far away.
Lmao I actually never thought of that. She totally could just end up picking it up 😂😂😂
That's not NYC, just Jews
@switch12345678 - You’ve obviously never lived in NYC. Nothing is “too far away”. We’re talking about a few city blocks, not miles.
Clearly fictional. I’ve never seen a chinese restaurant turn down cash.
Wow really
Or a delivery guy who would refuse a tip after traveling to the customer
These delivery guys on bikes riding on the wrong side of the street risk their lives for delivering food. It’s nuts.
Yup
George can get a black family to let him watch a movie in there apartment but Elaine can't get some white dude to order food for her
I love that Elaine would rather it alone in a random janitor’s closet than alone in a restaurant.
The restaurant is probably far more away from her home, so it does make sense.
@@_Shadoh_yes, because this show always makes sense. 😂❤
I like how Kramer thinks the janitor closet is a "sweet setup" 🤣🤣
Well, he is Stanley Spadowski
Couple of french doors would really open that place up. Oh, but they have a slop sink.
The rent on that janitor's closet: $4000/month
Complete with a dirty mop...a nasty sink and the permeating smell of BLEACH😂
totally worth every penny
Yes. BACK THEN. It’s 2024 bro need some inflation on that! And a migrant has 1st dibs for free so… 🤷♂️
1:03 That delivery driver cares too damn much. Just take the money and tip.
And then what? 85th street? Wall street? Mexico?
@@DavidTheRoss 🤣
Yeah, sometimes I think this whole show might not even be real.
@@jackhouse1618 Some of it was based on true events just exaggerated 🤷🏽♂️
Exactly lol. No delivery guy would care
“See there’s a certain flounder” Lol
@@RobertMcGlynJrRob when she knocks on the guys door across the street
Who you with?
1:48 That old man had no intentions of listening or paying attention to Elaine. My man was just standing there replying to her lmao
Good actor
It honestly came across like that dude had serious dementia lol
His brain popped after Elaine said she was his neighbor from across the street.
I'm the same way, already a grumpy old man. I have no patience for random people's shenanigans. Get to the point, be honest, or take a hike.
i always do that when someone is talking to me but not saying much. " who u with? , when is that? ,"
A foodie would definitely go through these lengths.
Wouldn't a foodie prefer to eat at the restaurant? Who cares if it's by yourself.
@@jackgrimaldi8685 takeout? tell him you are going to work? This episode is so dumb that's what I love about Seinfeld
A Foodie would go to the resturant
A foodie is Amberlyn Reid look her up lol.
And no way Chinese immigrants would refuse to cross the street to make money.
"Um nothing I just um...I wasn't in there" hahahaha
😂
I used to work in food service that delivered and this is beyond accurate lmao. This is why I can’t stand people who say Friends is better than Seinfeld.
Seinfeld was ahead of its time. Friends was more idealistic in a time of innocence. Seinfeld reflected reality in a humorous way.
The only thing accurate in Friends was their portrayal of female nature.
Friends was NOT realistic living in NYC!! Seinfeld was definitely more accurate of the lunacy of the city!
Reminds me of when John McEnroe played tennis. "it was on the line! The lines are good"!
Both shows are great and really well written
Friends is overrated
Like a restaurant would mind you meeting them within delivery range to get your food. Lol
🤣
I know. It's like they don't want business.
I was once just a couple streets too far for delivery from jimmy John's, the employee just flat out said sorry cannot help and hung up. Never gave them business ever again. Such a pretentious business model.
Back then before cell phones it would have been a bigger deal. A worry about going to meet someone at the delivery range without an actual address, and have them not be there, no way of calling them back or asking where they are. Even in larger delivery areas now, they sometimes have to call for directions. Though the delivery person wouldn't really care AFTER they'd brought the food there.
That can be a recipe for disaster if the person ordering is a thief looking to rob the delivery driver
Like the delivery guy would take back the food and refuse the cash 😂
He's a very dutiful emplyoee.
Can't believe they got George Cheung in a bit part. He's a legend in 80's action movies
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
@@MisterMcKinney Oh I believe.
I remember him from Rambo 2
He worked at Ancient Chinese Secret in Arrested Development.
Hey Idjits
Its DELIVERY...
In order to get TAKE OUT...
Its neccessary to be
IN
the place and then
GO OUT
of the place with the food.
"If we deliver to you, then what? 85th street, Wall St, Mexico, 81st street?"
Everyone is commenting on Elaine going to great lengths, but I’ve never understood why they were being such a dick to Elaine about delivering the food even when she tried to meet them halfway
In reality Elaine is billionaire heiress but she potrays the role of a common girl perfectly. Calling her a janitor must be hilarious for her.
Also in real life
Elaine: "There's this certain flounder and they won't deliver it to my side of the street."
Guy: "When is that??"
who u with
Who let you in
𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 😂🤣
Where do you work?
Who let you in is a good question
3:10 - I like how the delivery guy is trying to get a peek inside like he knows he shouldn't be there for some reason. 🤣
These delivery guys are smart and not very trusting.
Oh I love love love this episode .. best one.. Elaine becomes the janitor, George is the construction worker and Kramer is picking garbage on the roads 😂😂😂😂
Don't forget Newman....THE HUMANITY!!!!!
Definitely in my Top 5 episodes.
Hey what episode is this??
@@vastavvikta5456 The pothole. Season 8 episode 16.
I always loved the next scene with Elaine walking all dirty with the old carpet in her shoulder and saying hello to George while he is working in the street
Especially when she drops that old sewing machine and Newman runs it over. 😂😂😂😂
Oh it's that episode okay. The one where Kramer adopts a road
1:49 love how clueless the guy acts lol
Yeah, that's the joke....
Stupid comment.
Funniest part of clip
Great combo of clueless and mean.
The way all 4 of them are in that closet, just hurting each other.
No delivery boy would actually take back the food and refuse payment after already delivering the food into someone hands.
Edit: it seems like most comments here do not get my joke. So please stop commenting.
It’s the lunacy of it all! NYC is wacky.
Of course-- however: This is wacky fiction, _not_ reality. Holy moly, if you start looking at this show that way you'll never enjoy its cartoony and bonkers world.
This was the 90s bro..the world is upside down now. Lol
The most ridiculous part is the landlord lady had no clue who works for her lol
@@craigwilson3532 :D More bosses than you realize have that problem IRL. And some associates that they work with every day-- the doofus supervisor/manager doesn't even know their name or title.
I love all of the people calling out how unrealistic this plot point is or providing reasonable alternative solutions. You clearly don't understand this show lol.
Eh, it's fun to think about what the most logical action is in these wacky scenarios. Obviously the best option for Elaine is just to invite the gang to eat at the restaurant.
1:03 - 1:37 - She should've said she locked herself out or just run off with the food.
That's what I would have done too!
"oh man i've been dying to try this flounder again ever since having it on vacation and i'm so hungry i think i'll just eat it here on the curb!"
Or she was running to the shop next door but the delivery came early. Still a great show.
"Taking it over to a friends to share together" easiest answer ever.
@@clrdr7 we all know you have no friends bro
Elaine is sick... 😆 She couldn't just order it by going in the place and take it home....lol..this is the best show.
Why should she when the restaurant is far away but the building is just across the street?
@@switch12345678 read your own post you said the building was across the street and far away at the same time that makes no sense if across the street would be able to call for pick up order and would be able to walk there before they finish cooking it
@@basillah7650 lol, but the restaurant is not in the building where she received all the deliveries. Did you see the video at all?
yes, but they're all kinda terrible people deep down. They're petty, neurotic, disloyal (except to each other generally), and constantly lie. It's great.
@@basillah7650How dense are you
I’ve always called Panda Express: “China Panda”
🤣
@@holly9679 And the food suck's.
@@bak-mariterry5180 lol
Panda Express is too Americanized. Order from a good Chinese Seafood Restaurant, you get some top quality Chinese food.
@@walden6272 I work at a Chinese Restaurant .
That's why I said Panda Express sucks.
It's a joke.
Basically, everything comes in a bag.
Then they just heat it up.
Julia was pregnant during filming of this season so the stuck her in lots of big jackets and strange situations to hid her big tummy.
Like that ever really hides a baby bump.🤣
Her reason is its better to get delivery than eat it alone.. yet invites them all to the janitor room haha
I would’ve taken off with the bag and ran for my life lol, dude already got the money
Hey Idjits
Its DELIVERY...
In order to get TAKE OUT...
Its neccessary to be
IN
the place and then
GO OUT
of the place with the food.
I love the way they always went to great length trying to cover something up rather than admitting to it. Like when Jerry or George had a problem with one of their girlfriends. Just ask her about/tell her what's bothering you. lol
3:58 - Sweet Setup........only Kramer
It’s funny but there are questions like, where’s the actual janitor?
Loafin around instead of cleaning up that junk in the basement.
Scruffy's on break.
Kramer walks out with chains 😂
borrow this
So where is the actual janitor?
Ordering takeout.
lazin on the job
Cleaning out the basement.
Janitors meeting.
Partaking in the moldering vegetable lasagna down in the basement, because that's where it's at.
Must've been some tasty flounder.
Friend of mine who lived in Manhattan yrs ago, said some restaurants really do this. They have/had a delivery boundary of up to 10-12 blocks. Basically for safety for their delivery runners.
Did they deliver on foot or with a bike?
But that was barely hitting a boundary, it was literally only 1 street out of bounds. Not even a street, ACROSS the street. No restaurant would refuse for that. Even in NY.
May be it is a honorary agreement among restaurants, so the restaurants don't encroach territory of other restaurants in the area?
@@angeleyeszarai yea but what's next, Mexico? China?
Hey Idjits
Its DELIVERY...
In order to get TAKE OUT...
Its neccessary to be
IN
the place and then
GO OUT
of the place with the food.
Just pick it up at the restaurant to go.
I never understood why she just didn’t go the restaurant and get a Take Away. There’s even a Take Out sign in the restaurant.
It's funnier this way
Elaine is uhhh......supercilious
It is too much of a drag
@@purplevodka100 I'm a Seinfeld superfan, but I'll admit, little things like that are part of the reason Seinfeld isn't everyone's cup of tea.
why would i watch someone buying take away? thats not funny
the neigbhour deserves an emmy just because of his face
There should have been a reason why Elaine couldn't just go to the restaurant and pick up the food herself
Adress discrimination. Elaine has a point. They should deliver all parts.🤦♂️
Then what....85th street...wall street...Mexico...84th street....
She just wants to be a victim.
Postmates and Uber Eats have their drivers picked up food 15-20 minutes away and deliver 20 minutes on the opposite direction. It's stupid. The food does get cold and the ice on the drinks melt. Their drivers spend more of their time on road than delivering.
Food would be spoiled, the restaurant would be blamed.
Elaine: the original SJW.
1:37 No flounder for you!
Well done. You are no bottom feeder!
Hi I've loved how elaine's fakes her voice when she called the Chinese restaurant & order some food 🖐🙂♥️🥣🍲🥘
Elaine could have just gone and picked up her carry out order at the restaurant! Fast forward to 2020, I loved going to pick up my carry out food. A way to get out of the house during the pandemic!
True, but considering it’s Elaine, and also cause she was starving and not think right
@@dwaugh2215 clearly not starving if to lazy to get it herself
The time and fantasy she puts on making them deliver, wow! She would have been able to go to the restaurant, back home, eat quicker than all her "doings". :)
Classic comedy at it's finest 🤣🤣🤣
Too many holes in it for me. Elaine is going out of her way to make this a lot more complicated that it actually is.
If you’ve never had flounder before, it is absolutely worth faking an address for
Not really
@@royalewithcheese7 yes really u ball fondler
I mean it worth faking an address but not picking up togo yourself
Hey Idjits
Its DELIVERY...
In order to get TAKE OUT...
Its neccessary to be
IN
the place and then
GO OUT
of the place with the food.
Isn't flounder what fish sticks are made out of? Fish sticks are fine but I wouldn't go to these lengths for them.
This “delivery to certain places” problem is now dependent on the circumstances because Uber Eats, Grubhub, Post mates, and Doordash would allow you to circumvent those boundaries of delivery.
*circumcision
@@flisko123 😱😲🐋
I was in a restaurant once I asked skip the dishes would you deliver some food no I can’t I have gps can’t go out my boundary
@@bernicemiller3879
Try that again with some punctuation.
Hey Idjits
Its DELIVERY...
In order to get TAKE OUT...
Its neccessary to be
IN
the place and then
GO OUT
of the place with the food.
The neighbour "When is that?" 🤣
Why does the delivery guy cares where Elaine really lives? That restaurant's policy is to not deliver beyond a boundary and she solves that problem.
Exactly, he made a sale I don’t see what the issue is.
It's obviously just a show and shouldn't be taken too seriously, but you could argue that allowing people from outside the radius to pick up food at the edge of the radius, could result in a huge increase of trips to the edge of the radius, increasing their delivery time and cost.
I love this episode. I'm just annoyed how Mrs Alister assumed Elaine worked there. Like who is she Just a regular tenant or like someone who's in charge because she should know who works for her in that building. I know it's just a TV show lol
I love how Elaine straightened herself up and answered "Yes, ma'am." We're all women of a certain age who knew women like Mrs. Allister who could fuss at us and make us feel like children in two seconds.
Wall Street .. Mexico 😆
Elaine would rather eat fish around tons of disgusting chemicals then go to a restuarant...sure...
Just realized this is paying hommage to the marx bros
That was a badass janitor's meeting.
Hey Idjits
Its DELIVERY...
In order to get TAKE OUT...
Its neccessary to be
IN
the place and then
GO OUT
of the place with the food.
She name names
🤣
"you are on the list!"
YOU GOT ME BLACKLISTED AT HOP SING'S??!!
@@bossfan49 lol
Hey Idjits
Its DELIVERY...
In order to get TAKE OUT...
Its neccessary to be
IN
the place and then
GO OUT
of the place with the food.
Address discrimination!
If she paid for the order she should get the food.
Ironically the best Chinese restaurant nearest me is called China Panda. I'm probably within their delivery zone but I always pick it up myself, something that apparently didn't occur to Elaine here and bring it home. Even if it was out of delivery distance she could take a bus, taxi, Uber/Lyft or even drive over there and back. Obviously though, that eliminates the plot. Am shocked that the janitor's closet which she pretended was an apartment was unlocked, what with all the chemicals and dangerous items in there, especially since the superintendent was concerned about children getting into hazardous items in the basement.
“Lazin’ on the job”!
😂😂😂
At that point just go for pick up lol
In all that time asking neighbors to borrow their house, she could gone and bought the Chinese 😅
Exactly 🤣
Their.
This episode was released two days after I was born.
You mean, you don't know the faces of the janitors YOU hire, or see everyday? Lol 😂😆😂 ..You've never seen Elaine in your life!! Lol
Address discrimination 😂
At 00:57 that doesn't look like Elaine. WTH is going here? Was she a two-face all along?
This is not Elaine, this is Hungry Elaine
Julia Louise Dryfus has always had an expressive face. She was genuinely a good actress and had solid physical comedy abilities.
You're right! That'd be something else if it happened.
@@abodzaytoun 🤣👍
Chinese I know would never do that!! no way they're wasting food and taking money back. Ps. I'm chinese
Elaine the hottie
Why would a restaurant limit itself to a radius for delivery. Because they hate money. This is self imposed limitation.
BEST. SHOW. EVER!!!
I LOVE Elaine....She's SOOOOO BEAUITFUL!!!!!!
The way the guy hangs up is hilarious!!! 🤣
Elaine is so awesome! 😂
They don't make shows like this anymore!
“Right. Because I’m the ..janitor”
No flounder for you !!!
Trivia time. What baseball player was on the keyring that George lost in the pothole?
Phil Razuto (not sure how to spell his last name). “Holy Cow”
@@12Blueace Rizzuto.
The way she hands back the bag and he hands back the cash. This is address discrimination! 😅
Who are you with?
Delivery guy doing too much. Elaine doing too much
Who are you with?
Mexico??
Bit of a leap.
Love the writing. LOL
When is that again? The guy in the apartment she knocks on, is an underrated joke
I didn't know what he said
Who are you with?
He reminds me of a muppet.
So he just takes back the money even when she paid him? That sounds really strange, and usually some would just run off with the food after paying.
Such humiliate yourself for getting food order. Something wrong with americans.
I'm 24 and I like Seinfeld I never met anybody my age like it
👍 Keep it up!
Seinfeld is a great show, doesn't matter what other people think! 😀
I’m 23 and I love watching it
Elaine could be in serious danger if the man let her in.
Seinfeld makes me so hungry for Chinese food
All she had to say was she's going to run so arrands and grab the bag and walk off.
Was that the same restaurant where they were kept waiting for a table and the group wound up leaving without any food?.....Cartright???? (lol)
Seems like a different restaurant and different host.
That was Hunan 5th Ave. Very different interior.
She name names!
I would have taken the food from him and ran.😂.