Update: Man tells neighbor, Sandy, and her 9 and 11-year-old kids, to stop begging for meals after he spends $235 on DoorDash in 2 weeks

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• Doordash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub are just a few of the many, many food delivery apps one can use. Are they fast? No. Are they cheap? No. Is the food quality good? Sometimes! If it can arrive in under 2 hours, those limp fries and lukewarm salads might be okay. 

  I find myself rarely using these apps because the fees, tips, and delivery charges are pretty outrageous. I used to create an order that would cost maybe $25, then watch as the total rose to like $43 after taxes and all the other aforementioned charges. Then I'd just close the app and walk to a different restaurant instead. That's easy to do in a big city! But for a lot of people, using these apps is a real lifeline. 

  You can, if you want to, get delivery of groceries, too. It doesn't have to be fast food or take out: you can literally get like, a bag of apples, or a large pile of snacks, or all of the ingredients needed to make a sandwich, delivered right to your door. In some cases, that's the better option, because at least that food will last you for multiple meals. 

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• Well, someone better tell this guy, his neighbor, and her 2 young kids about that option to buy groceries. Because he offered to help out his neighbors, only to realize they're taking advantage of his niceness. 

  Here's what happened when he decided to text the Mom about the situation!

  Context: I’ve been helping my friend Sandy and her kids ages 9 and 11 and one of the biggest things I’ve done is send the kids food via DoorDash all out of the kindness of my heart and expecting nothing in return. However for the past two weeks, they text me almost daily asking for a meal. As you can imagine it’s getting expensive and I’m starting to suspect that she’s instructing her kids to hit me up for food rather than cook herself or order using her own money.

  Hmm, so first off, perhaps he shouldn't be texting with the kids in the first place? Maybe the Mom should be the one handling this stuff. After all, kids don't have any idea about the real value of money, but Mom does. 

  Although I told the kids that they can always text me if they need something, I didn’t think it would be this frequent. So I decided to text their mom, who works full time and lives with her fiancé (along with her kids) if her kids would stop asking me for food and that was her response. I feel this is very ungrateful. 

  What should I do?

• 'Decided to cut off friends kids and this was their mothers response'

  
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  Straightforward! It could've been worded a little bit kinder, but he's saying, in no uncertain terms, what he means.

• And Mom did not take this well

  
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  Delivery driver shows up with pizza and coffees for the neighbor's family. 

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• I imagine it'll be an uncomfortable time when they see each other in the hallways for a while! 

  The Mom is acting like her daughters have been relying on this person for their entire lives, but it's only been 2 weeks. Surely they were fed before that. I know it's never been harder to afford food, but when you're 11 and 9, you can start to use the microwave to heat up frozen meals or leftovers. There's not much stopping the kids from reheating some leftover rice and beans, which are two of the cheapest and healthiest food options out there. Food pantries even give away this staple all the time for that reason. I know kids are picky, too, but if they're really in a pinch, they can always eat from the food pantry, and just hope that they're given some kid-friendly options like fruit or granola bars. 

  I imagine the meals they're getting DoorDashed probably aren't the healthiest. And it must be frustrating to eat meal by meal, instead of having any kind of snacks around the home. Again, we don't have tons of details about the Mom's situation, but she clearly feels entitled enough to demand that a neighbor feed her kids expensive takeout. 

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• This person added more context, though. Turns out the family is working, so in theory they have money for food. 

  Edit: wanted to add some more context. So Sandy’s kids are from an ex and not with her current fiancé. Both Sandy and her fiancé work. The kids have known me longer and although I did tell them that they can always reach out to me if they need something, I suspect their mom is secretly taking advantage as the kids often ask me to send food for their mom (and her fiancé) too. Just in the past two weeks, I’ve spent nearly $235 on DoorDash.

  Edit 2: I told the kids no and instructed them to ask their mom or her boyfriend to feed them. Sandy is very aware of what I do for her kids as she herself has included food for herself in a few of these food request.

  The fact that there are two whole adults caring for these children, and yet they're all still shamelessly eating off their neighbor's plate, is pretty wild. 

  Other people were flabbergasted by the audacity. 

  Commercial_Toe5042

  DoorDash everyday for two kids? In this economy?? Chile bye 

  lvjyjpg

  even crazier not even just the kids, the mom had been requesting food in the orders as well, the entitlement is crazy

  lizzyote

  dont get the girls use to something

  Cut off the friend too. I can understand becoming defensive if she had no clue this was happening but this line would make me see red.

  Is no one home to feed these kids? Isn't that something that's been cracked down on in the last decade or so?

  nov8tive1

  I cannot imagine a scenario where I would have come home from work having been away from my kids a whole day and not covering the basics-"hey, what did you end up having for dinner" probably being at the top of the list.

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