Sorry, But Your Delivery Driver Might Be Eating Your Food

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Inside Hook

Sorry, But Your Delivery Driver Might Be Eating Your Food

 

The good news is, you’re not just being paranoid. The bad news is, there’s a chance your delivery driver might be eating your food.

In fact, it’s actually happening more often than most people think. According to a new study by US Foods, 28 percent of delivery drivers have admitted to stealing a bite or two of a customer’s order. In the same survey, only 21 percent of customers reported that they suspected a delivery driver of helping themselves. So if anything, we’re being too trusting with our Seamless orders.

This is definitely alarming, but maybe not terribly surprising, news. While over a quarter of drivers admitted to stealing a bite of your dinner, that’s out of 54 percent who admitted the smell was tempting. So that means 26 percent of drivers have incredible self control, and 46 percent are lying.

Unsurprisingly, most customers weren’t thrilled by the idea of sharing their order with a stranger. When asked how upset they would be if a deliverer “grabbed a few fries along the way” while delivering their burger, customers gave an average answer of 8.4 out of 10, on a scale of 1 meaning “no big deal” and 10 ranking “absolutely unacceptable.”