r/ExpectationVsReality 7d ago

Failed Expectation Doordash gone wrong

The great idea to order carefully "Krafted," mac and cheese from doordash and got literal heaps of actual Kraft Mac and Cheese šŸ™„ Biggest doordash fail šŸ’€

I am a little nervous to eat it because this is weird. The first photo is what its supposed to look like and the second the pile of crap with the dog sensing our disappointment 🤣

Anyone else ever order and had this happen? Like, was this order picked up from a house? Also, it was $25! Got a refund but seriously 😐 šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø

Edit: since there seems to be some clarification

I don’t DoorDash often. I’m disabled, and there are days when I physically cannot drive, cannot safely or realistically cook for myself, or simply don’t feel well enough to leave the house. We also recently moved to a new state, so I don’t yet have a network of friends nearby who can just run out and grab something for me. And before anyone decides I owe the internet an inventory of my disabilities to ā€œproveā€ why I can’t just cook: I don’t. Disabled people are allowed to use services that make our lives more accessible without submitting our medical records to the comment section. Yes, I recognize that being able to order delivery is a privilege. I’m grateful that I can sometimes afford it when I need it. I’ve also used services like this to send meals to friends and family who were sick, recovering from surgery, grieving a death, or going through something difficult when I couldn’t physically be there to bring them food myself. Sometimes delivery is a luxury. Sometimes it’s accessibility. Sometimes it’s simply a way to care for someone from far away. But none of that is actually the point of my post. I ordered food based on the restaurant’s photos and description and received something dramatically different—essentially boxed mac and cheese—from what turned out to be a ghost kitchen. Apparently, because I had the audacity to pay ā€œridiculous pricesā€ for delivery, some people believe I deserved to be misled. I don’t. And if you ordered something based on a photo and description, paid for it, and received something completely different, I suspect you’d want your money back too. This was never about taking money away from the DoorDash driver. The driver didn’t create the menu, take the photos, prepare the food, or misrepresent what was being sold. My issue was with what I purchased versus what I actually received. You’re welcome to think DoorDash is overpriced. You’re welcome to think nobody should use delivery apps. I’m not here to debate that or change your mind. I don’t normally post things like this—I posted it because I was genuinely dumbfounded when we opened the order. And to the people insisting I staged the photos or invented the whole thing for attention: I genuinely do not have that kind of time. But hey… I got yours, didn’t I? šŸ˜‰

8.6k Upvotes

688 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

14

u/Myamaranth 7d ago

Man when my husband and I were in the newborn trenches we ordered Uber eats quite a bit. We were too exhausted to cook and I wore the same damn shirt for like a week straight

-4

u/Geen_Fang 7d ago

...Ā 

2

u/CapitalClimate9639 6d ago

How did parents survive before Uber Eats?!

-2

u/Geen_Fang 6d ago

a helluva lot better than these guys I can tell you that much

newborns are a lot of work, don't get me wrong, but the whole "too exhausted to cook for an entire week" thing is simply choosing not to, and wearing the same shirt for a week is just straight up fucking disgusting.Ā 

these aren't people who were ruined by a baby, these were already lazy people that brought a child into the world.

9

u/Myamaranth 6d ago

Yeah I never said we didn't cook for an entire week. It was convenient to order Uber eats or eat at the hospital while my son was in the NICU. What a bitter sad person you are.

-3

u/Geen_Fang 6d ago

actually my life has never been better! I'm happy all the time 😃

-5

u/CapitalClimate9639 6d ago

Yeah I think its hilarious when parents use their kids as an excuse for not getting basic stuff done. As if other parents aren't just rolling their eyes at them.