A woman who purchased an iPad through the DoorDash app said it was stolen from her. “Tell me why my [expletive] driver stole my iPad. And what’s crazy is like I’m outside, I’m waiting for the iPad, and he says ‘He delivered my [expletive]… What?’” said La.breezy (@favcurlyhead.kei) in a video that has gotten 330,000 views.
She lambasted the driver on the platform and, despite calling them 18 different times, did not get the iPad back.
She orders a Black Friday deal, only to get nothing at her doorstep
La.breezy wanted to capitalize on a huge Black Friday deal Apple offered, so she placed a DoorDash order for an iPad that is normally worth $800. On that particular day, she purchased the item for $270.
La.breezy assumed the item would arrive, she would enter a PIN for it, and she would have her new product in hand. That did not happen. Instead, the driver said the item had been delivered, despite it not being with her. Confused, La.breezy told the driver he must have delivered it to the wrong address.
“It was supposed to be handed to me. He didn’t even get a picture. I don’t know how he did that [expletive],” she said.
The driver claimed she was having a party on her street while sending a string of “addresses and codes” not related to her order at all. After some time, La.breezy decided to call the police.
A follow-up on the story
La.breezy did call the police that day. They arrived around four hours later, and despite her hopes that they would assist with her issue, they explained that she needed to reach out to the “post service” to get her iPad.
“Wherever they tell me that’s a federal offense and they really don’t get involved in that. So I would have to, the postal service would run their own investigation,” La.breezy told her viewers.
DoorDash gave La.breezy a refund, but she has to wait to reorder the item from their platform.
The TikToker is still hoping that she can press charges against the DoorDasher.
“I like, I really want him to pay for that [expletive]… I don’t think you should steal [expletive],” La.breezy said.
Why does DoorDash allow drivers to steal items?
Many commenters on La.breezy’s original post noticed an issue with DoorDash. That is, items get stolen regularly on the platform. “The way that [people steal] DoorDash orders, I’m surprised that DoorDash is still in business,” said one commenter.
According to r/doordash, the issue comes with fake accounts. DoorDash requires that new drivers present a real ID to get on the platform, but its verification system does not necessarily check for fake IDs or alternative accounts.
“It’s not that they don’t ban drivers. It’s that they have so many fake accounts and door dash let’s em through. I don’t get how it happens as you need a drivers license that matches what you are putting on there so I am guessing they make a fake Id and use that on the site to get started. I saw in Detroit this dude has an ID that straight up says ‘That Guy’ as his name,” said one Reddit user. “Like right now if I wanted to I could open up 3 new accounts in all my cousins names and dash as my cousins because just knowing their basic info and having one photo of their ID and I’m in.”
@favcurlyhead.kei ♬ original sound – La.breezy
DoorDash issues not just for large orders
Sometimes it is not even DoorDashers who are stealing food and other items from the platform. Passersby will grab DoorDash orders from restaurants without being affiliated with the platform.
“There are a lot of jackals out there that prey on the DoorDash and UberEats racks,” added another Redditor. “When the restaurants set the food out for the drivers, literally anyone can grab those bags of food if the restaurant does not add the human verification step.”
With the platform’s issues, many users have urged others to avoid placing large orders on DoorDash, or to avoid using the service altogether, at least until something changes.
The Mary Sue has reached out to La.breezy and DoorDash for comment.
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