Delivery driver gets shorted tip and given poor review due to entitled rich customer locking him out, so he turns the tables: ‘A seemingly senseless inconvenience… annoyed them for weeks.’

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• Delivery Driver Revenge

  "I spent some time doing deliveries for the apps you all likely know. It’s a great last resort to avoid dy*ng, but it’s a pretty soul-crushing gig because you see how very little the companies and most customers think of you, so your spirits can get pretty low some days.

  On one of those days, I delivered an order to a beautiful 3-story townhome in a row of townhomes that overlooked the street. Each home was separated from the street by a gated front yard that locks from the inside."

  -SevenBillionChickens

• "Upon trying the front gate, I found it locked. I called the customer but the phone number didn’t ring through; they hadn’t bothered to provide a working phone number. This is a constant source of frustration with the gig: customers will live in a place where it is difficult or impossible to get to them, they’ll provide no means of contacting them or refuse to check their phones, and then get mad at the drivers for not being able to get to them.

  And that was the case this time."

  -SevenBillionChickens

• Ugh, this makes me so infuriated. Why can't people just have empathy and maybe some spatial awareness? Is it really that hard?? 

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• "After being unable to contact them, I set the order just outside the locked gate, took a photo of the order, messaged them to inform them of the situation, wished them a nice evening, and left. It was fairly late at night— maybe around 1 am— and the area was completely empty of cars and people, so their food wasn’t in immediate danger of being stolen by a passerby. I considered the matter settled.

  Shortly after, I saw that my rating took a hit and my tip was removed by this customer. I had delivered the food as closely to the customer as they had allowed me to get, they had refused to let me get further, and they had penalized me for it.

  This sort of thing happens often, but as I said, I was already in no mood for more of it today.

  So I decided to get some petty revenge."

  -SevenBillionChickens

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• "I ordered a bike lock from Amazon— one that isn’t expensive but is still extremely difficult to cut through. The kind you can only unlock with a combination. When it arrived I set the combination to a random 4-digit number, since leaving it at the starting 0000 would make it too easy to guess.

  If I retaliated too soon, it might be apparent that it was their snubbed delivery driver, and though these companies rarely penalize their drivers for anything, it wasn’t worth the risk of losing the gig at the time. So I waited a couple of weeks, then I decided it was time.

  Late one weeknight, I returned to the vicinity of the townhome in question. I parked a couple blocks away, threw on a hoodie capable of covering most of my face, and removed any distinguishing accessories. All was silent and completely d*ad, but I still walked casually to avoid suspicion, in case someone happened to appear."

  -SevenBillionChickens

• "When I got to the row of homes, I made sure the hood was pulled up, lowered my face, and strolled up to the right one. In a fluid motion, I wrapped the bike lock around the metal bars of the gate and clicked it closed, tightly trapping their front gate shut. Then I strolled casually away.

  You locked me out and then punished me for not getting in? I will punish you by locking you in!"

  -SevenBillionChickens

• "I have no way of knowing what problems— if any— this caused in their lives. I like to imagine they walked out the door the next morning in a hurry to get to work, saw them at they were locked in, and had a terrible day from there. Maybe they were late to work. Maybe they couldn’t get the lock off for a few days and it annoyed them every time they forgot and tried to leave that way. Maybe such a seemingly senseless inconvenience that they were powerless to understand or seek retribution for annoyed them for weeks.

  There was surely another exit, and they probably had an acquaintance somewhere with strong bolt cutters, but the possibility that this upset them, confused them, threw a wrench in their day, and maybe even cost them something, makes me ecstatic."

  -SevenBillionChickens

• This revenge might be extremely petty and maybe not even that satisfying, since he didn't see how it played out, but the daydreams of the possible karmic outcomes are enough to keep ya going. We applaud this delivery driver! Somebody needed to force these entitled folks to face the consequences of their selfish actions. 

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• BlushCrush-

  Now that's some next-level petty revenge; I hope they had to do the classic "climb out the window" exit!

• No-Machine-6607

  This is evil… I’m gonna keep this the back of my mind just in case

• Dave411

  You can also fill out magazines subscription cards with their information. Check the “Bill me later” box. Yes, I’m old and petty

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