First World Problems

[Spidey]

Mugs behaviour - should have requested a car driver delivery

[TreatyStones]

While a great story, i can’t bring myself to give that a like.

[Fran]

@Bandage

I’d been footixing for much of the afternoon/evening & my boys were being minded by iPads/phones with my life partner away on a hen (cc Manchester United 2025/26 thread). No car & not arsed cooking dinner…I mooted a takeaway dinner treat & McDonald’s was their giddy ask.

So I ordered via Uber Eats & all seemed normal initially. But then the estimated delivery time began oscillating weirdly…10 minutes, 7 minutes, 12 minutes, 6 minutes. 8 minutes etc etc. You could see the fucker’s location on the app map, fannying around & doubling back on himself. This went on for ages so I was thinking then…this food will certainly be cold when it arrives.

He eventually rocked up & was all flustered, as if he’d been lost. I accepted the overarching (cc Micheál Martin) paper bag, thanked the chap (as Irish people usually do when they shouldn’t) & proceeded to head inside. Then I realised there was liquid leaking through the bag & leaving a trail on the floor. I placed the offending bag in the kitchen sink & observed the 2 drinks with straws were no longer upright in the 4-item cup holder &…the other 2 spaces in the cup holder were holding the Smartie Mini McFlurrys which were now mixed with Fanta Orange from the capsized & practically empty drinks.

The boys’ food in separate bags hadn’t been soaked but was indeed very cold. They started to pick away at it nonetheless & I began wiping up the floor. Around 5 minutes later my phone rang & it was an automated call from Uber Eats hq telling me my driver is trying to make contact with me. I ignored it but a few minutes later the doorbell rang & it was the delivery guy again…he said his phone battery was very low & he needed a charged phone to accept further orders & asked if I could charge his phone for a while. He said he’d wait outside for 15 minutes (I wasn’t inviting him in) & I agreed. Meanwhile the lads were seething that their dessert treat was inedible when they finished nibbling at their piping cold Happy Meals & nuggets.

I couldn’t really enjoy the end of Sunderland-Arsenal while this randomer’s phone was charging away & he leaning on his bike right outside my front door. I was by then getting incessant messages on the Uber Eats app about my order not being delivered & my driver’s location etc etc. Yer man rattled the door after around 20 minutes & I gave him the phone back, hoping he’d just fuck off. He explained he hadn’t been able to close off the order (that would explain all the messages on the app) & should have taken a photo of the delivery bag at our front door to enable him to do so. He asked me if I could retrieve the bag, as he couldn’t accept the next order until closing this one.

So I toddled back inside & I hadn’t cleaned up yet. I grabbed some of the paper bags from the kitchen table & the main one from the sink. Oh yeah that one was the leaky/soggy one so I left another fucking trail of Fanta on the kitchen floor & back down the hall. Yer man took the bags & started fiddling with them & lining them up at the front door to take a fucking picture, like a florist finalising a bouquet arrangement.

I left him to it & went back inside to clean the latest trail of liquid from my floors again. I didn’t rate my delivery or click into the app to claim a refund, as I just wanted to forget about the traumatic experience & see if Wolves could continue to frustrate Chelsea at the Bridge (cc @neilld). But It’s now 1.20am & I can’t get no sleep.

You’re a patient man

[Foggydew]

I’m shocked they are just a one car household

[backinatracksuit]

@TreatyStones

While a great story, i can’t bring myself to give that a like.

I’ve given it a like even though I stopped reading at the point where yer man is charging his phone while standing outside

[neilld]

It’s the kind of story that would tip a Japanese salary man over the edge. Inevitable murder.

[Bandage]

I didn’t know there was a car delivery driver request option (cc @Spidey).

It’s these nuggets we can apply to improve our lives that draw us back to this toxic hellhole of a site.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Bandage

I didn’t know there was a car delivery driver request option (cc @Spidey).

It’s these nuggets we can apply to improve our lives that draw us back to this toxic hellhole of a site.

Why didn’t you just walk down to Lynch’s and get a proper take away?

[Bandage]

Sure I was footixing & the (young) kids were settled. It’s not 1790s Huddersfield ffs sake…let’s walk down to the village in the dark to scavenge for some food.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Bandage

Sure I was footixing & the (young) kids were settled. It’s not 1790s Huddersfield ffs sake…let’s walk down to the village in the dark to scavenge for some food.

I assume that a volunteer member of the IFSC Brigade would have been aware that McDonald’s have been cancelled due to their support of the IDF invasion of Gaza?

[PhattPike]

A McDonalds fucking delivery. I assumed people only ate there when stuck on a long motorway journey and there were literally no other options. The idea of getting one delivered to your house is absurd.

[Bandage]

Does it not occur to you that places like McDonald’s & their branding appeals to 5 & 7 year olds?

FFS sake…I wasn’t ordering for myself. You horrible bastard.

[PhattPike]

Sorry brah - as a fellow 21st century Dad I should have had greater sympathy for your predicament there.

I hope the sprogs haven’t had the magic of MaccyD’s ruined for them by this whole experience.

[StoneCold]

https://archive.ph/kHy9z

Rathwood Garden Furniture: Some customers are starting to run out of patience

Mary and Nuala seething at being left waiting for the outdoor rattan furniture set

[myboyblue]

Living in Dublin sounds awful.

[Julio_Geordio]

@StoneCold

https://archive.ph/kHy9z

Rathwood Garden Furniture: Some customers are starting to run out of patience – The Irish Times

Mary and Nuala seething at being left waiting for the outdoor rattan furniture set

Marylin bought dining chairs from Rathwood on August 25th. On September 17th, their customer representative informed her they could not confirm when the stock would arrive.
“I immediately requested a cancellation and refund, which was confirmed to be returned on September 20th. Despite several follow-ups, I have not received my refund, and this is hard-earned money. To this day, I have been eating breakfast, lunch and dinner standing up, as I never received the chairs I paid for.”

This made me laugh

[Raylan]

Rathwood: The unravelling of one of the most complained about companies in...

https://archive.ph/5HxFJ

[myboyblue]

A cunt of a spot

[StoneCold]

Far from rattan Bridie and Nuala were reared

[PhattPike]

You’d wonder now will Marylin ever get to experience the luxury of a seated breakfast.