I'm an Uber Eats driver — yes, we eat your fries, and that's not all that happens behind the scenes
They'll have fries with that.
An Uber Eats driver is spilling the beans on a host of unsavory behind-the-scenes behavior committed by the culinary couriers — from purposefully slowing down when customers are rude, to swiping your precious food.
'I don't make a habit of it, but yeah, I've taken fries,' Tom, 33, who asked to keep his surname anonymous to avoid losing his job, told UK license plate firm Plates Express, The Sun reported.
3 'One night I was out late, and hadn't eaten all day,' the fry-jacker (not pictured) admitted. 'The bag was open, and I took a nugget. Not proud of it but also not the first.'
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The deliveryman admitted that while he tries to remain 'professional,' sometimes he just can't resist the urge to pilfer from a customer's order, especially when the packaging is unsealed or partially open.
'When you're stuck in traffic with someone's [fries] next to you and you've not eaten in hours, it's tough,' lamented Tom, who copped to skimming more than once.
'One night I was out late, and hadn't eaten all day,' the fry-jacker admitted. 'The bag was open, and I took a nugget. Not proud of it but also not the first.'
The Uber Eats professional claimed that every delivery driver yoinks fries 'whether they admit it or not.'
3 Tom said that open or partially sealed bags are particularly hard to resist.
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According to an alarming US Foods study from 2019, more than 1 in 4 delivery drivers were guilty of munching on the food they were supposed to be dropping off.
Taking an unauthorized food tax isn't the only way that Tom bends the rules, he revealed.
The sneaky burger courier claims that he also likes to punish impolite patrons by taking his time during their delivery.
3 Tom (not pictured) said every delivery driver has been guilty of fry-way robbery.
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'I do my best to be quick, but if someone starts messaging me saying 'where are you?' or 'hurry up', I slow down,' Tom declared. 'I'm not gonna race across town for someone who's giving me grief.'
He added, 'I get that people are hungry, but I'm juggling traffic, queues, and tight timings. When they're rude, it just puts me off.'
Tom said customers can maximize their chances of getting their food on time — and hopefully untouched — by tipping and saying 'thank you.'
'I don't get the same people often, but when I do, I'll make sure their food stays upright, dry — whatever it takes,' he said. 'But if they ignore me or slam the door, yeah… I'm not going out of my way next time.'
Unfortunately, Uber Eats couriers have been accused of more than simply taking a few fries off the top
Like something devised by Brad Pitt's blue-collar rebel in 'Fight Club,' some mealtime motorists in Australia have been stealing whole orders in an ate-and-switch scam that's left both restaurants and customers high and dry.
The way it works is that the delivery people accept a pick-up gig, arrive at the restaurant, and then pretend to verify that they've collected the order. But instead of delivering the goods, they keep it for themselves.
Once outside, said pick-up is canceled and another delivery provider is assigned the job, only to arrive and find there's nothing to collect.
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