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>be me

>22 and poor in college

>deliver food for a restaurant for a few months

>sometimes people order takeout but don't pick it up

>if it happens late enough in my shift I get to take it home with me

>always ate the best those nights since it was free

>be me now, 35+

>started calling corporate restaurants and ordering takeout about a half hour before close

>always spoof the caller ID to show up as my ex wife

>been doing it for about 3 years

>never pick it up

>gives me a warm fuzzy feeling knowing i gave some young person a free meal and also my ex gets black listed from every restaurant in town

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[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Too bad they force you to throw the food away now, supposedly to prevent this very thing from happening

[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If the customer and the employee are working together they could do this to steal from the restaurant.

Now I'm not sure why it happens over in USA, but in my country the reason we throw away our food is because of health and safety regulations and all that blah blah blah. Sometimes though you might be able to get a free meal

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It never says anywhere that he pays for it. I guess that's why it's only corporate restaurants

[–] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would explain the block listing as well

[–] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

A man of the people.

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] aeternum@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

anon had a wife? I call bullshit.