BC neighbourhood fed up with unwanted Uber Eats deliveries
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Uber Eats has become a helpful tool for ordering food when stuck at home or just craving that burger from a favourite restaurant, but residents of a New Westminster, B.C. neighbourhood are fed up because they've been receiving deliveries they never ordered.
From large orders like 10 bags of McDonald's to small like a single order of gravy, the residents and even police were left puzzled.
As Travis Prasad reports, whether it's someone's idea of a prank or something more sinister, residents are fed up.
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Please accidentally drop this off at my home. My family will figure out what to do with the food.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@hectorelmexican4014 ...Mira! so diablo Meh,hee,cah,no!
Absolutely
Exactly complaining about free food..like fr drop it off to me ill send u my address!!
@@christanicholsen4092 ...Don't press your luck Christa, you may end up with 67lb. of burgers and fries at your front step!!!
The true definition of first world problems...
Thank you, bruh. I literally came to the comment section to make that exact point. 😂❤
I know right?
Oh no! I got free food that I don't have to pay for...
Whatever shall I do?
They literally called the cops for free food. Man put my address on that list. Send 30 orders a day I'm broke as hell.
the guy running the card scam maybe doing it to those houses because he can view those homes from his address.
I want 10 bags of McDonald's!!! Now gunna watch my building entrance lol
Mmm big macs
Darlene Jeanette...Would you like that with 15 milk shakes? 😋
Why would you be fed up with free food that you don’t have to pay for? Like all you can eat buffet but not a buffet free dinner breakfast and lunch.
Unless you have a royal taster....
just mac Donald/uber doing it's new advertisement campaign
Lol
Why would you eat random food delivered to your door in a bag?!?!?!
@@sew_gal7340 if it’s sealed and driver seems legit packaging legit yum yum
What a great problem to have
You dont know if the food has been poisoned or tampered with. Its risky to eat them
@@treyondaren3542 I'd take my chances with all the free food, an coffee being delivered to my doorstep
@@treyondaren3542 the bag comes sealed straight from the restaurant
Sad none of them have thought of getting the free food and giving it to some homeless people near by!
That's my thought as well, especially if you keep getting them.
I was thinking the same Thing, like first off it's free food, and secondly if you don't want it then give it to the homeless.... Hell I know families who have a hard time affording food and have kids, they would love getting free food.
That makes too much sense. There would be spending energy on that that way they won't be on the news if they did that.
If it kept happening, yeah probably safe to donate it. But its similar to receiving a package by mistake...if you just keep it, you're technically stealing, so I could see some folks being hesitant.
Send it all to my house please! I will act grateful too!
As an Uber driver I can tell you that in newer neighbourhoods the GPS doesn't know where the addresses are. I had one yesterday that took me to a completely wrong house. I however contacted my customer to ask where I might find their house. There are a number of new neighbourhoods going up in my city and so I have to contact customers regularly to find them or I contact Uber support through the app. If drivers are just following the pin on their map it's their responsibility to verify the address before dropping off.
Yes I AGREED 💯%
I highly doubt this is what's happening.
Nah it's Uber and McDonald's laundering money for sure 💯
that is what I thought initially also...but ther is something bigger at play
I drive for DD / Skip and use Google maps for my directions...does UE send directions there?
while not perfect, Google usually gets me close enough to the persons house.
I could sure use some of those free bags of food dropped of at my house on this non stop rainy day 😂
Omg I'm so annoyed at the amount of free food showing up at my door ... It's making me sick. I'm so angry 😡😭 help me 😢
What's wrong with taking the food to the homeless? That's what I do whenever I have a lot of food leftover or a messed up order.
Most full-time working humans, like this woman is, do not have the time to load up their car every day and head down to the Downtown Eastside and try to hand out cold, old fast food.
Lol at having to go all the way downtown Vancouver to find a homeless person!
@@ky9933 how classist of you.
UberEATS deactivate your account went you miss one order
I tried that once from an Italian restaurant and got yelled at for not having garlic bread.
How do I sign up for the unwanted food program
Sean Beckett...You don't. You just show up an grab as many bags you can grab!
@@trkrla5113 😂
LOL if it's paid for I would just take it
Mcdonalds is poison...they couldnt pay me to eat it
As a former homeless person, stop telling ppl to give it to the homeless. No we don't always want your strange random crappy fast food any more than you do--that's not a solution.
Why the same address?
Good question I thought the same thing
I understand getting a ton of deliveries constantly that aren't yours Could get annoying. However, if nobody comes to claim the items then it's yours at that point like just eat the free food or give it to the homeless people. I don't know like there's got to be something
I know that it can often be difficult or confusing when customers don't specify where exactly their apartment is located. Sometimes the GPS will take me to the wrong location and I have to contact the person who ordered it to specify... However, I'm with DoorDash, not Uber eats.
Meanwhile my customer is reporting the order as not delivered 😆🤣
I handed a guy his items to his face through his front door and he said "thank you very much," then marked it undelivered.
Um....... why is it nobody accidentally drops off Starbucks at my house?!..... just in case I like green tea frapps, banana bread and all cold fruit teas.👍🏾
OMG easy solution. Take all those Uber deliveries and share them with the neighbors and eat all of them.
Going to the news to complain about free food?
Who does that?
so customer who paid for merchandise did not get it and others are getting unwanted orders
Correct. The "customer" who paid for these food orders are credit scam victims.
@@ky9933& probably not even in the same continent. Always check your credit statements!
this never has happened to me although some days i wish it would lol. the cops not wanting to do anything nothing new, although like many of us the cops would love to tell these people to shut up and take the free food lol. i am sure their neighbors world love it if they would share i am sure there are poor people living not far from these complainers who would love to receive the free food.
I sure would not be mad I would be eating that as well as my family
Ikr
It was the app’s problem; I remembered I delivered to the same customer twice on Friday; I went back to the restaurant they said the first one was cancelled.
But that doesn't explain why so many orders would go to one home incorrectly.
@@christinajackson3461 also no one would pay $10 in fees to order a side of gravy
@@christinajackson3461 ...It was Nigels' fault!
@@trkrla5113 lol
Last week the story was about people not being able to afford food. This week it's about people upset about getting free food. Does anyone see any workable solution to the problems being reported?
I think maybe a thousand people living on kraft dinner in NWest may see this non story and just come get it daily as well as anything else left out. Problem solved, LOL!
I had one from Delivery Dash. I figured it was because DD almost always messes up by order so they just messed up someone else's. I don't use DD anymore. North Carolina.
This is credit card fraud. I'm a driver and this happens a lot. They're doing this with Walmart orders too.
Me getting an Uber eats ad before watching this 💀💀
How are they complaining about free food?? Throw items in the freezer and keep it for later. Unless you see the driver there, then redirect them
That's a first world problem right there. Oh no, they're giving me food for free
I think she should set up a homeless shelter at her front door. Lol.
Would you accept a free drink from a stranger in a bar?
Yes 👍
Noneya Business.
@@snirtgonzo354 lul
Sure why not? You buying?😁
Oh my gosh you poor souls, nobody should be put through such mental anguish as to be delivered so much free McDonald's 😂
Exactly what the officer said it has to do with people using stolen credit
Give it to someone in need
Still doesn't fix the problem
This is definitely screaming "I live in America" 😂😂 like, come on now !!
You have the pin marker when verifying the address all piled in one
Example Apt A 100 then on the second floor Apt A 200 and third floor
Apt B 100 in another floor
I dont think people understand that it's odd for free food to show up. Has anyone heard of poison or drugs?
Give it to the homeless
This is how wealthy Canada is. To cry over food inflation one day then free food deliveries the next
😂
Gaslighting the poor,
Ill take em!
First world problems, sheesh.
Exactly!
First-world people are so insufferable.
The drivers are running a scam, pretty obvious. Order a bunch of food on stolen cards and collect delivery fees + tips. I bet that McDonald’s is just down the road and they’re doing it all day
The Uber Driver app and algorithm doesn't work like that. It also yields little financial return for that amount of fraud.
Very probable, given who/what Uber eats hires as drivers!
You've never delivered for one of these apps
And they bother to actually deliver it somewhere??? LOL
People complaining for getting free food the logic of this world
Local Karen calls the POLICE over free food windfall
You're being seated . But they're using the same principle with Uber it's the equivalent of sending a foe 20 pizzas
it is safe to eat if it have tags attached
Goku: Here's my address.... And keep them coming. 😁
Legitimately a news report of the embodiment of first world problems.
Ooooh no!!! free food how will you ever manage the stress? 😬
Keep the McNuggets flowing to my home with a Side order of Starbucks :)
I'd love it!
Problems I wish I had
Man deliver to my house. No questions asked
Enjoy the free buffet! 👍🏽
They'll never catch them
Can you imagine in those poor countries they hear people are complaining about receiving free food my god 😂
Smart to come online where the trolls are with this and giving your general location to them. I dont see your problem decreasing at this point.
lady hit the fast-food jack pot !
Lucky people
Sooooo they are complaining about free food???
WHY NOT ☝️🧐,, donate it to a soup kitchen daily? Give to the poor or just pass out to your neighbors? Someone wants to send you free food, what's the problem?
Either there's an error in the app that causes it to enter the wrong address, or someone's using the address with the intent to take the food from the location.
Since so many are coming from McDonalds, I would go into the nearby stores and talk with the manager about the issue. They could stop deliveries to that address.
The police aren't taking it seriously enough nor actually doing a few simple things they could do, like going to the restaurants and finding out what credit card numbers were used to make the deliveries with.
Bahahahahaha I had a piece of heavy equipment stolen and the police refused to review street light camera footage. I highly doubt they’re going to investigate free food being given to someone.
Police aren't gonna waste their time on this, it's food, now if the food was poisoned or laced then they would interfere, but at this point they don't see the harm.
It's free food , if you don't want it then give it away to the homeless or to the families who have a hard time affording food and have kids who are probably hungry.
That's not how this works. McDonald's doesn't know the addresses it's all in the app. McDonald's might be one of the only places that deliver out to a new neighborhood.
No, the stores do not have access to the address the order is for. I remember working at a restaurant and I did to go orders, the resturaunt has no customer personal information besides name and the food order itself. You have to contact Uber eats/doordash and they have to sort it on their end.
Someone forgot their correct address and is hungry somewhere
I wish this was africa or india or latin america, people would be so happy and wouldnt call the police and the media for this God given blessings
And they don't just take the free McDonald's because?
Easiest solution:
Get in contact with a local food bank and give em a ring when u see a bag on your porch. Would take the same amount of energy used to complain on t.v, complain to Uber, and complain to your friends, family, and colleagues.
Food banks won't take fast food
What you expect, look at that massive apartment complex. The name should be on the receipts also the delivery driver name also. Most likely you gotta e-mail em if you can't get through on phone which is almost all the time.
Tbh free food?? This is the opposite of a problem
I would eat like a king, or if I was homeless , find this location!
Why you doing this to me? every morning I wake up to find a vehicle, but I find more work........ are you an affiliate of the feds? those bastards!
I’d be happy to give them my address if they’d like to drop off free food to my residence. Think of it as a alternate.
I GUESS EAT THE FOOD, ROFL.😂😂
If anyone wants to send me "unwanted" drop off, please send to Baltimore, Gough Street. I do not eat at McDonalds, and I love tacos and Indian food (Samosas). Skip the gravy.
Only in America would this be a problem
We're mad at free Starbucks being dropped off?
Oh poor things
Free food…….lol…….Cry me a river! Donate or enjoy. This doesn’t seem like a huge problem.
Why would you want to eat something random that appeared on your door step, or give it to someone else who might eat it and possibly die or get sick?
Oh ye of little faith. That’s why you have an “official taster” silly. 😂😂
This is absolutely horrible. These residents should not have to suffer these atrocities. I hope they come out of this situation, unscaved.
Me too. I'm thinking and praying for them.
Thoughts and prayers 🙏
People still call mc donalds food?
I mean they could have donated...
Kind of seems like a jerk thing to complain about, even jerkier to call the police over. Hell free food dropped at my door, yes please 🤷🏾♂️👑
Hahahah. Complain about free food. Chow down!
Give me free dilivery I wont say anything lol
Feed the homeless with it!
Somebody is paying for it.
I want to live in these neighborhoods for the free food
Give them to the homeless!
So free food and she is mad if she doesnt want it give it to the homeless
Free food ?
Uber........sucks
Wow I use to work for Uber got fired bc of scammers. Which is not right I showed proof of my delivery. They still dismissed me saying I went against they guide lines. When they are being scamed
You should have done your job correctly.
You can deliver to my house. I won't mind. I live close to Los Angeles
Someone is delivering free food all the time 😂 why are you upset?
I would like to I have this problem
another reason pre paying for delivery whether food furniture appliance clothing is ridiculous not to mention fees gratuities tips insanity
They're "fed up"? 🤔
This is straight out of a comedy sketch
If this still a thing?
I like some "Free food" please!