If another restaurant with a listed number in the phone book or their website refuses to answer the phone once I've paid for an order online and for delivery, I'm putting a brick in the bag, duct taping said bag to my bullbar, and driving into said fictional places.
What the fuck?
Service + Delivery fees?
What's the fucking difference between going to a counter, ordering, you waiting longer than one should wait... as opposed to them getting a digital order paid upfront, with a delivery address to boot?
It fucking does my head in, yet... when I call these assorted and listed numbers, they're barely ever up to date...and even then, straight to Voicemail (they never return your call no matter how polite you are), or just a beep beep beep beep nothing burger.
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I'm over it completely now.. these motherfuckers do whatever they fucking please. There's no truth in advertising anymore. They are scum.
I will be 100% cooking for myself here on in.
Fuck them.
Die die die die an extremely public financial death, I say.
I mean what's the fucking service between plopping something into a fucking paper bag and then getting some smelly Indian or Pakistani to drop it off at your house 5-55 minutes AFTER YOU ORDERED even if they're a 3-4 minute trip away?
Shit is never warm... drinks never very cold... hell, half the time these invalid drivers manage to tip over the drinks, which flow into the food bags, which break just as you're entering your door and they're 200 metres up the road..
The one time I caught one of these lazy fuckers trying to drop food off without entering the property gates or placing the food higher than where the young pup on the chain could very quickly get to it, I ran out to his car...threw my hands up in the air and said "what, the fuck, are you doing?"
He called me racist because of that.
Some import coward afraid of hard work and puppies called me racist.
So, yeah... then... I was as racist as FUCK. He's giving me the bird... I'm charging his car.... making little dick gestures at him with my fingers... then he went off in a racist tirade against Aussies... and I had to stop him because I ain't racist, Aussie, or prone to letting room temperature cumin skins talk shit.
I literally shit you not...
That same dude showed up to deliver food for the first time in months a few minutes ago, patted the dog, asked for no fights, and we shook hands...
All could have avoided the first time if he read the fucking order slips on the bag (ie. "Lacey is a nutty pup, she barks, she leaps, she loves any kind of animal, but she doesn't like or understand her chain")
:crampe:
Fucking karma... :crampe:
We used door dash for Chinese for this Chinese place we love and my man does it without telling me ahead of time because I bitch about the money.
When he orders food for dinner from this place it's 208 bucks with door dash. Where normally it's only 160 something.
It's goddamn ridiculous.
Door Dash, Skip The Dishes, they all have the same fees. There are still a few Italian and Greek places you can call and place a delivery order. They are cheaper than food deleivery services.
Quote from: Dove on November 30, 2023, 02:17:44 PMWe used door dash for Chinese for this Chinese place we love and my man does it without telling me ahead of time because I bitch about the money.
When he orders food for dinner from this place it's 208 bucks with door dash. Where normally it's only 160 something.
It's goddamn ridiculous.
How expensive is it in your country for a bloody takeaway,jesus.
Quote from: Dove on November 30, 2023, 02:17:44 PMWe used door dash for Chinese for this Chinese place we love and my man does it without telling me ahead of time because I bitch about the money.
When he orders food for dinner from this place it's 208 bucks with door dash. Where normally it's only 160 something.
It's goddamn ridiculous.
that's 25% just to deliver?
what the fuck?
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 30, 2023, 03:26:25 PMthat's 25% just to deliver?
what the fuck?
Yep. They include a tip and delivery charge
Quote from: reaps the honest on November 30, 2023, 03:24:56 PMHow expensive is it in your country for a bloody takeaway,jesus.
He likes to get a bunch of sides like extra egg rolls, dumplings, ragoons....we like leftovers lol.
Quote from: Dove on November 30, 2023, 03:48:26 PMHe likes to get a bunch of sides like extra egg rolls, dumplings, ragoons....we like leftovers lol.
I was gunna say ! It's like £25-£30 ($31-$38) for a takeaway here for me and the Mrs.
Quote from: reaps the honest on November 30, 2023, 03:50:30 PMI was gunna say ! It's like £25-£30 ($31-$38) for a takeaway here for me and the Mrs.
Everything included? How much food? That seems low.
Quote from: Brent on November 30, 2023, 03:53:48 PMEverything included? How much food? That seems low.
Thats rice,chicken chow mein,pineapple chicken,10 sweat and sour pork balls,pancake roll and a bag of pawn crackers.
Quote from: reaps the honest on November 30, 2023, 03:57:10 PMThats rice,chicken chow mein,pineapple chicken,10 sweat and sour pork balls,pancake roll and a bag of pawn crackers.
That is a decent price for that much food.
Quote from: Dove on November 30, 2023, 03:47:09 PMYep. They include a tip and delivery charge
Is the chinese food at least good?
Down here in florida it's fucking awful -- just like the pizza
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 30, 2023, 06:12:07 PMIs the chinese food at least good?
Down here in florida it's fucking awful -- just like the pizza
Thats what I tell my older kids and mom...the fucking pizza sux bawlz. I wonder if its because all grocery stores are Publix?
I've never had delivery for ANY food since back in the 90's when I got pizza delivered sometimes. I'd sooner eat broken glass than trust my food to some delivery asshole...hell, I barely trust the cunts making it!
Quote from: Lokmar on November 30, 2023, 07:29:39 PMThats what I tell my older kids and mom...the fucking pizza sux bawlz. I wonder if its because all grocery stores are Publix?
I just recently found a spot that is halfway decent
Jesus these old people love them some Publix -- which baffles me because they are so much more expensive than anywhere else
Quote from: Lokmar on November 30, 2023, 07:31:15 PMI've never had delivery for ANY food since back in the 90's when I got pizza delivered sometimes. I'd sooner eat broken glass than trust my food to some delivery asshole...hell, I barely trust the cunts making it!
I point blank will not order delivery. I reserve the right to tell the proprietor they got my order wrong by standing at the counter and refusing payment if necessary.
A more reliable way to operate I think. Give a fuck if it's less convenient, at least I'm getting what I'm paying for.
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 30, 2023, 07:45:29 PMI just recently found a spot that is halfway decent
Jesus these old people love them some Publix -- which baffles me because they are so much more expensive than anywhere else
Where is that?
The variety is lacking at Publix. Whenever I come down there, I have to bring 15 rolls of Bob Evans Italian Sausage cause the italian sausage down there is ass. We use Bob Evans in spag sauce.
BTW, my mom word salads Publix to "Public"...drives my daughter bat shit crazy!
They should open a side hustle in the sex trade.... call it "Pubic".
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 30, 2023, 06:12:07 PMIs the chinese food at least good?
Down here in florida it's fucking awful -- just like the pizza
West Coast pizza is pretty disgusting too. ..at least it was in the 80's and 90's... shit like pineapple, artichokes, human breast milk cheese on rolled sourdough oats with mounds of sweet basil or some such..
Wheeling, West Virginia wasn't much better in 1990, but at least we got chunks of questionable meat (sliced hotdogs), unflavoured tomato paste, sharp cheddar cheese, on a less than savoury pie crust.
I gagged in both instances...
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 30, 2023, 06:12:07 PMIs the chinese food at least good?
Down here in florida it's fucking awful -- just like the pizza
Omg....it's SO good. This place is pricier but it's the best.
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 30, 2023, 07:45:29 PMI just recently found a spot that is halfway decent
Jesus these old people love them some Publix -- which baffles me because they are so much more expensive than anywhere else
Hahahaha I loved Publix when I lived in FL. They had this blue berry cheesecake ice cream i was addicted too.
And as you know i was in that awful relationshit so I needed my ice cream lol.
I live too far away for any delivery. I order in pizza when I am at my boy's place. It is a straight delivery charge.
My man doordashed Lebanese food last night.
Would not even tell me what it costs.
I didn't even tell him what I wanted. I told him to order for me. I love when this guy just kinda tells me what to eat lol.
Quote from: Dove on November 30, 2023, 09:36:37 PMHahahaha I loved Publix when I lived in FL. They had this blue berry cheesecake ice cream i was addicted too.
And as you know i was in that awful relationshit so I needed my ice cream lol.
Publix are all grocery stores that are modeled to serve tourists. No surprise really, because Florida is a tourist destination. They're like shopping at a jumbo version of the Bodega you go to for the necessities. Seriously, how the fuck do they not have all the same shit I can get in Springfield, IL?
Quote from: Dove on December 03, 2023, 02:01:39 PMMy man doordashed Lebanese food last night.
Would not even tell me what it costs.
I didn't even tell him what I wanted. I told him to order for me. I love when this guy just kinda tells me what to eat lol.
I bet he's naked sometimes when he tells you that!
Quote from: Lokmar on December 03, 2023, 04:08:19 PMI bet he's naked sometimes when he tells you that!
Maybe! Lol.
Update...
I made the mistake of feeling lazy and ordered in through an app, like I said I would never do again.
Ordered 135 minutes in advance of the chosen delivery time (plenty of time, right?)
Wrong... they were a further hour and ten or so minutes past that.
So I refused delivery.
This is where things get interesting... neither the food delivery service nor the restaurant have currently working phone numbers when you click... then an AI bot tries to give you a 5 dollar voucher and talk over you.
So I typed "I DEMAND A REFUND FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT" and suddenly our text window was deleted... :crampe:
These motherfuckers are in for a rude awakening... I'll spend thousands to get back my 30 bucks of late and unaccepted food.
Word to the wise. Australia has perhaps the worst customer service and care framework of most nations in the world.
Because most Aussies enjoy taking it in the arse after they do bottom line calculations.
I'm not Aussie though. This is just sport for me.
You want to see weird animals and poisonous creatures from here? Go to a local zoo. Boycott these motherfuckers if you can. It's a house of cards.
This is why you don't bother with the delivery services. The driver probably treated it like a bonus meal, the hole in the wall where they cooked the slop already had the promise of your cash... done deal and you'll take whatever they choose to deal you and fucken like it, right?
Have you thought of cancelling the payment process through your bank? I believe it's three to five business days for the transaction to go through, you could always ring your customer service and state flat out that you didn't get the service you paid for. Might tale a little while to get your money back while the fraud squad does their due diligence, but I imagine you would be successful.
Quote from: Adolf Oliver Bush on December 08, 2023, 08:09:40 AMThis is why you don't bother with the delivery services. The driver probably treated it like a bonus meal, the hole in the wall where they cooked the slop already had the promise of your cash... done deal and you'll take whatever they choose to deal you and fucken like it, right?
Have you thought of cancelling the payment process through your bank? I believe it's three to five business days for the transaction to go through, you could always ring your customer service and state flat out that you didn't get the service you paid for. Might tale a little while to get your money back while the fraud squad does their due diligence, but I imagine you would be successful.
I was very polite with the Indian/Nepalese and he was parked on the nature strip for near 20 minutes.
Doesn't hurt that they won't eat beef.... :yeahhh:
Yeah, the transaction has to go through first and be something other than "pending" before I can contest it. Already tried...
It's the autobahn of highway robbery....
We used Door dash and got Qudoba.
Just me...the man...and my 18 year old.
87 bucks. And we didn't get drinks from the place because just a 20 Oz of soda was fucking 4 bucks. So they ran to CVS for drinks.
Just ridiculous.
It was good though.
Quote from: Dove on December 14, 2023, 01:31:07 AMWe used Door dash and got Qudoba.
Just me...the man...and my 18 year old.
87 bucks. And we didn't get drinks from the place because just a 20 Oz of soda was fucking 4 bucks. So they ran to CVS for drinks.
Just ridiculous.
It was good though.
I just go to the restaurant and order takeout.
No doordash fer me. It's about 3 blocks away.
20 of them or so.
But maybe you live far away from a restaurant?
Quote from: Dove on December 14, 2023, 01:31:07 AMWe used Door dash and got Qudoba.
Just me...the man...and my 18 year old.
87 bucks. And we didn't get drinks from the place because just a 20 Oz of soda was fucking 4 bucks. So they ran to CVS for drinks.
Just ridiculous.
It was good though.
I signed up to Door Dash the other night and deleted Menulog account. Door Dash was offering free delivery and 30% off any order. Thought I'd try it.
Went to order a mixed seafood Chinese medley, with extra seafood (about 6 bucks more). They wanted 12 bucks additional for white rice and I said fuck that.
Lo and behold, my bag arrived and when I opened it, it was the smallest rectangular take out container ever with "extra seafd" written on top of it.
Where the fuck did they put the extra? The bottom half inch was just crunchy onions and sesame sauce.
And at 32 dollars after all discounts applied.
So I got butt raped by a family of small prawned Shen Li's! :crampe:
Quote from: Frood on December 14, 2023, 01:46:09 AMI signed up to Door Dash the other night and deleted Menulog account. Door Dash was offering free delivery and 30% off any order. Thought I'd try it.
Went to order a mixed seafood Chinese medley, with extra seafood (about 6 bucks more). They wanted 12 bucks additional for white rice and I said fuck that.
Lo and behold, my bag arrived and when I opened it, it was the smallest rectangular take out container ever with "extra seafd" written on top of it.
Where the fuck did they put the extra? The bottom half inch was just crunchy onions and sesame sauce.
And at 32 dollars after all discounts applied.
So I got butt raped by a family of small prawned Shen Li's! :crampe:
That would infuriate me!
Quote from: JOE on December 14, 2023, 01:37:56 AMI just go to the restaurant and order takeout.
No doordash fer me. It's about 3 blocks away.
20 of them or so.
But maybe you live far away from a restaurant?
Nope. Not far.
We just don't like public. Its...peopley out there lol.
Quote from: Dove on December 14, 2023, 01:55:23 AMThat would infuriate me!
I'm beyond getting mad at this stage.
Australians by and large have no idea about good reasonably priced ethnic cuisine for take away/aka take-out...and the hyperinflationary costs they pass onto the customers is just disgusting.
You can often even pick where their ingredients come from... ie discounted roast chickens from the supermarkets the later night before, sparingly made into a grab and go sandwich the next day (no cheaper than 8 bucks, despite the whole chicken discounted to 4-6 bucks)... or the bread that so called Italian pizzeria and sub shops use... it's got the markings of unique supermarket bread tins, and they purchase long soft breast sticks around 5 pm when they get discounted 90%... then toast them, slap on a few thin cold cuts or sliced cheap beef cuts, and call them Italian Subs and Cheese steaks...
The cheese is always the most nasty generic black and gold grated shit which they also sparingly put on their shit pizzas...
And heaven forbid you try to order what you want on something... instead of their trendy little shit named shit concoctions that have been decorated by the gram with mostly shit or unworthy ingredients.
Try to order a double pepperoni pizza in Australia, get 4 razor thin extra slices, plus the shit cheese, plus some paste that is meant to be sauce, and you'll pay as much as a fully optioned deluxe pizza... because you called their bluff... and they still want to fuck you.
Same with the so called Mexican restaurants in my new area... there's like 4 of them. All 4 have a precooked beans and rice mixture which they gratuitously add to a very small amount of meat on a long life European breadwrap from the supermarket, and a few other odds and ends. Wrap in foil and charge 18 to 28 bucks for.
And when you tell these dumb conniving cunts to put the rice and beans on the side of the dish, they flat out tell you off... that it's not authentic Mexican food your way (exactly... it's Tex Mex, and they're even fucking that up)...
....most of my online orders get cancelled.
With the fake Tex/Mexican restaurants I leave a note on my online order something like: "you're not a Mexican restaurant, not even a Tex Mex restaurant. You use beans and rice to fill 80% of a dish. I want my beans and rice on the side.. you should be able to do that because I've paid for additional helpings of meat at exorbitant add on prices. I will tear through my bag and foil pack the second it's handed off, inspect your attempt at anything Mexican related, and if it has beans and rice in it like a south of the border sushi roll, I will be hard-pressed to not put it through someone's windshield before the owrson has a chance to put on their seatbelt"...
Quote from: JOE on December 14, 2023, 01:37:56 AMI just go to the restaurant and order takeout.
No doordash fer me. It's about 3 blocks away.
20 of them or so.
But maybe you live far away from a restaurant?
We will use doordash Sweetie. I can afford it.
Didn't use door dash today BUT....we did go to Miejer.
Had the whole morning planned at like 6am. Laid in bed and planned. He was gonna take me to Starbucks and then we were gonna go to Miejer.
Then I fell asleep while he showered and he couldn't get me up lol. Morning gone.
We just went though and it's a big fucking deal because he HATES going to large stores. Hates it. This is a very gentle man. His vibes are always good. But in the car we could be having the most pleasant convo ever and he will suddenly start screaming random cuss words like he has tourettes. Saying shit like "penis hammer dick nose motherfucker" and then he just resumes the convo as if he didn't just spazz out and cause my soul to leave my body.
So a trip to Miejer was...well...I just said "It's okay honey" A LOT lol.
Home now cooking taco meat. We ate making chicken wings. Nacos. And stir fry.
No StarBucks for me:(
He calls all of you guys my "weird internet people" lol