It really baffles me when people order the equivalent of a catering order via a delivery app
It really baffles me when people order the equivalent of a catering order via a delivery app
by weGloomy
39 Comments
MjrAdvntg
People are clueless
IceMaker98
Even ignoring the amount of work and just like ‘no we won’t do that’ this inspires, they probably are getting overcharged for this! I’m almost certain whatever place this is has catering cheaper for the same amount of food.
Ouestucati
Customers will always try to get away with 20% more than is explicitly allowed. This is one of those situations. Someone should learn from it.
Ambitious_Win_1315
The more annoying thing to me is that they couldn’t just group it altogether and line itemed the order
Sonikku_a
Our online ordering stops them once they hit $150 worth of food. More than that probably means we need notice to plan that shit out
Any_Nectarine_7806
If it is a common occurrence, take them off the app. We offer a pared down menu on DoorDash: high margin/easy to sell items. The more complicated stuff customers can come in for. Especially as the shit margins you make as an operator on these apps.
CurrentSkill7766
I’ve seen places put limits on app orders. It wors, but it also might chase away lazy and phone-phobic customers.
“For orders over $[fill in amount], please call the store directly, at least 24 hours in advance.”
adamszmanda86
I got a tour bus the other day without warning. Closed down service to just tend to them. They ate me out of house and home.
Redbeardo47
Yeah, that’s some bullshit. The apps need to have some sort of safeguard in place to prevent this.
PoPo573
Then the Door Dash driver makes a 10% or more tip on it and all you get is the stress of having to do this in the middle of a rush.
Original_Landscape67
“Could you put all that crispy fried chicken in a steambox for me?”
Jacob520Lep
Two dozen chicken dinners?
What kind of asshole doesn’t plan in advance for a party of that size?
rendeld
have to imagine this is a last minute oh crap everyone is ending up at my house situation, but then again people can be strange.
BlacksmithEasy5996
4:15 pm? Should carry you right into the dinner rush 🤣. I had a lady on Mother’s Day call and ask why she couldn’t order a catering breakfast at 7 am for pick up at 8. Our app only gives you a 3+ hour windows for catering pickups to prevent this. So she ordered “family meals” (feeds 4) instead. Couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t ready at 8 am on the dot. Meanwhile I was alone and my dining room had to slow to a crawl. I love customers 😭.
Pichupwnage
Fuck people that do this
brittttpop
And the app will say “pick up in 15 minutes”
Background-Agent-854
wonder how much they tipped the driver.
Ragepower529
Why is it? DoorDash makes. It’s super easy to expense stuff.
I mean I’ve done orders on DoorDash for like 200-2200 worth of food before. Got a bunch of credit card points and just expense the receipt right away.
Like if your company is small enough, but making billions of dollars per year, they let a lot of the corporate expenditures just go unnoticed or no one cares.
HoundIt
These should always be canceled with a reason of “quantity needs at least 48 hours advance notice.” Inconsiderate slags.
PlasmaGoblin
Probably some stupid reason too… “I didn’t want to call and place this” or some last minute get together.
BotGirlFall
Not a delivery app but I work in a neighborhood dive bar with a one person kitchen. We had a walk in 35 top the other day and I had to cook for completely by myself. That would be a big group even with a normal size kitchen and multiple line cooks. It absolutely kicked my ass
mynameisnotsparta
What a boring order. Everyone got chicken.
Zappomia
Pharmacy reps…
super_banned_
Chicken dinner for 24
TheWorstPartIsThe
I’m not surprised at all. I order catering a lot and many catering websites aren’t equal to regular apps or delivery services.
Two recent examples: one catering site would not let me place an order for pickup before 1 despite having done it before and clearing with the manager. He ended up having to manually overwrite the order. Another catering site wouldn’t let me order catering sizes and regular meals (for the dietary restricted) and then the account got locked because they didn’t tie the catering and regular profiles together and it glitched out.
Commercial-Shoulder4
Just fyi, your owner or manager or whoever manages the third-party integrations can set an order cap to prevent this.
sqwabbl
where the hell is this restaraunt? these prices are crazy cheap
bobi2393
Maybe they got a 50% off coupon from DoorDash and figured it would be cheaper?
KULR_Mooning
God damn my almost my rent 💀
Every_Okra_3604
It’s baffling that your owner allows that to go through.
StuffonBookshelfs
That’s doesn’t seem like nearly enough pita.
hibbitydibbidy
I was just trying to do something nice before alcohol class.
Snoo-55425
And then the dasher is there within twenty minutes harassing FOH the whole time they wait.
FishermanUsed2842
If I was feeding over 20 people, I would always expect to make arrangements ahead of time. You wouldn’t just pop into a restaurant with a group of 20-25 without calling first. This doesn’t seem any different to me. Good for you making it work.
sinsemillas
Our lead time would be three hours on any order this size.
Tally-Writes
We don’t use DD, but if we have a very large order for company or a very casual gathering, we always call and put it in days (or more) ahead of time and then go pick it up. We would never order and expect it that day! 😭 That’s so rude and inconsiderate of staff and other customers.
i__hate__stairs
It baffles me that locations auto-confirm every order regardless of what it is.
Edit: Actually it doesn’t baffle me. Most small business owners are greedy, untalented fucks who would never find themselves in the situation of having to deal with the fallout themselves, they just collect the money, and we know what corporations are. I dont know why I said that.
Pernicious_Possum
That’s on owner/management. The rank and file will just do what they do. They think if the business allows it, then there’s no problem
horses_in_the_sky
Spending $500 on uber eats without even so much as a call to the restaurant is diabolical work
39 Comments
People are clueless
Even ignoring the amount of work and just like ‘no we won’t do that’ this inspires, they probably are getting overcharged for this! I’m almost certain whatever place this is has catering cheaper for the same amount of food.
Customers will always try to get away with 20% more than is explicitly allowed. This is one of those situations. Someone should learn from it.
The more annoying thing to me is that they couldn’t just group it altogether and line itemed the order
Our online ordering stops them once they hit $150 worth of food. More than that probably means we need notice to plan that shit out
If it is a common occurrence, take them off the app. We offer a pared down menu on DoorDash: high margin/easy to sell items. The more complicated stuff customers can come in for. Especially as the shit margins you make as an operator on these apps.
I’ve seen places put limits on app orders. It wors, but it also might chase away lazy and phone-phobic customers.
“For orders over $[fill in amount], please call the store directly, at least 24 hours in advance.”
I got a tour bus the other day without warning. Closed down service to just tend to them. They ate me out of house and home.
Yeah, that’s some bullshit. The apps need to have some sort of safeguard in place to prevent this.
Then the Door Dash driver makes a 10% or more tip on it and all you get is the stress of having to do this in the middle of a rush.
“Could you put all that crispy fried chicken in a steambox for me?”
Two dozen chicken dinners?
What kind of asshole doesn’t plan in advance for a party of that size?
have to imagine this is a last minute oh crap everyone is ending up at my house situation, but then again people can be strange.
4:15 pm? Should carry you right into the dinner rush 🤣. I had a lady on Mother’s Day call and ask why she couldn’t order a catering breakfast at 7 am for pick up at 8. Our app only gives you a 3+ hour windows for catering pickups to prevent this. So she ordered “family meals” (feeds 4) instead. Couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t ready at 8 am on the dot. Meanwhile I was alone and my dining room had to slow to a crawl. I love customers 😭.
Fuck people that do this
And the app will say “pick up in 15 minutes”
wonder how much they tipped the driver.
Why is it? DoorDash makes. It’s super easy to expense stuff.
I mean I’ve done orders on DoorDash for like 200-2200 worth of food before. Got a bunch of credit card points and just expense the receipt right away.
Like if your company is small enough, but making billions of dollars per year, they let a lot of the corporate expenditures just go unnoticed or no one cares.
These should always be canceled with a reason of “quantity needs at least 48 hours advance notice.” Inconsiderate slags.
Probably some stupid reason too… “I didn’t want to call and place this” or some last minute get together.
Not a delivery app but I work in a neighborhood dive bar with a one person kitchen. We had a walk in 35 top the other day and I had to cook for completely by myself. That would be a big group even with a normal size kitchen and multiple line cooks. It absolutely kicked my ass
What a boring order. Everyone got chicken.
Pharmacy reps…
Chicken dinner for 24
I’m not surprised at all. I order catering a lot and many catering websites aren’t equal to regular apps or delivery services.
Two recent examples: one catering site would not let me place an order for pickup before 1 despite having done it before and clearing with the manager. He ended up having to manually overwrite the order. Another catering site wouldn’t let me order catering sizes and regular meals (for the dietary restricted) and then the account got locked because they didn’t tie the catering and regular profiles together and it glitched out.
Just fyi, your owner or manager or whoever manages the third-party integrations can set an order cap to prevent this.
where the hell is this restaraunt? these prices are crazy cheap
Maybe they got a 50% off coupon from DoorDash and figured it would be cheaper?
God damn my almost my rent 💀
It’s baffling that your owner allows that to go through.
That’s doesn’t seem like nearly enough pita.
I was just trying to do something nice before alcohol class.
And then the dasher is there within twenty minutes harassing FOH the whole time they wait.
If I was feeding over 20 people, I would always expect to make arrangements ahead of time. You wouldn’t just pop into a restaurant with a group of 20-25 without calling first. This doesn’t seem any different to me. Good for you making it work.
Our lead time would be three hours on any order this size.
We don’t use DD, but if we have a very large order for company or a very casual gathering, we always call and put it in days (or more) ahead of time and then go pick it up. We would never order and expect it that day! 😭 That’s so rude and inconsiderate of staff and other customers.
It baffles me that locations auto-confirm every order regardless of what it is.
Edit: Actually it doesn’t baffle me. Most small business owners are greedy, untalented fucks who would never find themselves in the situation of having to deal with the fallout themselves, they just collect the money, and we know what corporations are. I dont know why I said that.
That’s on owner/management. The rank and file will just do what they do. They think if the business allows it, then there’s no problem
Spending $500 on uber eats without even so much as a call to the restaurant is diabolical work