Uh, Why Is There Canine Hair in This $35 DoorDash Order?

A person needed to throw away $35 price of DoorDash meals the second it arrived at his doorstep. The explanation why? There was fairly a little bit of canine hair connected to his supply. 

TikTok content material creator Hunter (@hunterp1017) observed {that a} picture of his supply was sitting on a large bag of pet food. When “Pocahontas” got here to ship his order, he realized that it was lined in canine hair, which made the supply really feel unsanitary. However what made it worse was how the person delivered his meals. “Pocahontas” let his canine, which was sitting within the backseat of the car, chew and tear at Hunter’s dinner. 

Later, Hunter went to examine the contents of his baggage, noticing apparent high quality points that will make his meals unsafe to eat. Posting to his platform, Hunter mentioned that he “received’t be ordering from DoorDash once more” after the expertise. His video now has 570,000 viewers, with others including their ideas and even defending DoorDash by saying drivers aren’t “all unhealthy apples.” 

Hunter’s DoorDash Expertise

When Hunter determined to order from DoorDash, he did so as a result of he wasn’t feeling effectively. He had an extremely tough day at work and hoped for a pick-me-up to lighten his day. 

The content material creator famous that he doesn’t normally order DoorDash as a result of it’s “so costly.” DoorDash deliveries usually come with an extra service payment and meals supply payment, alongside different prices relying on the order location and the scale of the order. Then, there’s including a tip, which is normally someplace between 15% and 20% of the bottom order. 

When Hunter obtained an alert that his meals was picked up, he checked out a photograph provided by the Dasher. There, he noticed a regarding quantity of canine hair within the automobile the place his drink and meals had been. 

Hunter sat at his kitchen window ready for the order. And that’s when a Dasher named “Pocahontas” arrived. “Pocahontas steps out,” Hunter mentioned. “Pocahontas is a six-foot-two, six-foot-three Black dude, and he’s reaching in to get my meals. … He will get out of the automobile; he has my meals bag. As he’s pulling the bag out, the canine is actually sticking his nostril in my meals bag and biting on the bag, and he’s, like, attempting to get, like, get the bag away from the canine.”

Hunter Examines His DoorDash Order

Hunter went exterior to satisfy the person, already realizing he didn’t need to eat the meals.

“So, I stroll out to the automobile. I get my mango drink. Have a look at this [expletive] after I get inside. As you possibly can see proper right here, this was within the cup,” Hunter mentioned, whereas straight pointing towards a canine hair floating in his beverage. “Now, the restaurant, for some purpose, didn’t put a seal excessive of the cup, and I did say one thing to them about it, too. However that’s canine hair sitting on high.”

Later, Hunter urged different DoorDash drivers to have some “frequent courtesy” when delivering orders.

“Everyone has their very own opinion, however in the event you’re gonna ship individuals’s meals and do stuff like that, have some frequent courtesy, and perceive that not everyone needs canine hair all on their stuff,” he added. 

Viewers had their very own horrifying encounters to share within the video’s feedback part, starting from drinks being consumed and refilled earlier than making it to an individual’s doorstep to drivers consuming half of the order earlier than it arrives. 

“I work in a kitchen,” one commenter shared. “I want we might inform the tales we have now of DoorDash drivers and get individuals to cease ordering. We’ve seen individuals use their youngsters to choose up the meals, drink drinks and refill them, straight up inform us their going to eat the meals within the automobile, go away half the order behind as a result of they’ll’t observe the signal that claims to examine in with workers earlier than taking order (we hold the new meals in a hotter and the chilly separate so it doesn’t get sizzling), seize the entire mistaken order, are available in smelling so unhealthy I can’t think about the situation of their automobile. We seal our baggage and have switched to solely bottles for drinks to keep away from the consuming and refilling scenario, however I definitely received’t be ordering by means of DoorDash.”

One other commenter shared that they might by no means buy meals from DoorDash, contemplating how uncleanly individuals will be.

“If I can’t go purchase one thing I received’t eat,” they said. “I’m not spending $25… for a McDonald’s meal or letting another person aside from the particular person making my meals deal with it. Some persons are simply not clear.”

Ought to Hunter Report the State of affairs to DoorDash?

Viewers urged Hunter to not see it as a problem with all DoorDash drivers. As an alternative, they beneficial seeing it as a problem with only one particular person. 

“Report all of it to DoorDash,” added one viewer. “I’ve carried out this for years. I don’t mess with meals, I’m clear and presentable, my automobile is all the time clear and smelling clear and I don’t have pets…I can’t do the hair in every single place.”

However, prior to now, different clients have had points reporting complaints to DoorDash. Buyer assist doesn’t all the time assist refunds or redeliveries, particularly if the shopper technically obtained their order. 

DoorDash buyer assist has beforehand rejected claims of consumers receiving the mistaken gadgets, resembling a buyer ordering Arby’s and getting cough syrup at their doorstep. That leads some platform customers to depend on chargebacks.

Hunter says he meant to report the order as a result of he needed his a reimbursement. It’s unclear whether or not he obtained it.

AllHipHop reached out to Hunter by way of TikTok direct message and remark and to DoorDash by way of press e mail. We’ll let you understand in the event that they reply. 

@hunterp1017 I received’t be ordering @DoorDash once more. #fypシ #foryoupage ♬ authentic sound – H U N T E R

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