Food Delivery Rider Warns Other Riders About Fake Delivery Pranks; Claims He Was 12th Victim

It’s often a happy thing if you’re well-fed and getting a lot of food sent to your door from your friends or loved one. That’s what heaven sounds like to any hungry Singaporean.

However, there comes a point where too much is just too much, because one can’t realistically accept and eat all that good food.

And it’s also harassment when they didn’t want it in the first place.

Food Delivery Rider Got Pranked

On Monday (12 Apr), one food delivery rider tweeted about his experience of getting caught up in a rather large scale food delivery prank, a rather common occurrence these days.

“If you receive an order for this address, please decline as somebody out there is using her address to prank food riders,” the driver wrote, attaching a screenshot of the order he had received.

It was to be delivered to a particular HDB residential unit in Yishun, coming up to a total of $34.59.

Whoever ordered it had also opted for cash upon delivery, meaning that the driver could only collect payment for the food after arriving at the customer’s location.

They also added an instruction to knock upon reaching as the doorbell was spoiled.

Unfortunately, the order was made without the knowledge of the house owner.

Once he reached the unit, he saw a sign stuck on the door written by the owner, informing him that the address was used for food delivery order pranks and to cancel all food orders to this place.

The rider and the owner were thus made the victims of a food delivery prank.

Understandably, he wasn’t too happy about it, seeing as he made a second tweet about the incident with a string of angry curse words that should not be replicated in this article.

KANINA I CYCLED ALL THE WAY TO YISHUN JUST TO GET PRANKED KANINA TO WHOEVER IS PRANKING US RIDERS CCB pic.twitter.com/7RwHnrAjjN

— 𝙝𝙯 (@harithzairiiiii) April 11, 2021

And He’s Not the Only One

According to his tweet, he was the 12th delivery rider who had been pranked by being sent to this particular unit with food deliveries when the owner, in reality, hadn’t ordered anything.

Sadly, such pranks haven’t been uncommon as of late, with it being a rather trendy harassment method now that food delivery has become more prominent in our daily lives.

Gone were the days where loan sharks would hang pig heads on doors and spray paint huge red letters spelling out “O$P$”—they’ve evolved to using this modern tactic to inconvenience and embarrass the unwilling recipients.

One food delivery prank involving a unit in Bedok Reservoir attracted unwanted attention when multiple food delivery riders showed up all at the same time.

The perpetrator, revealed to be unlicensed moneylenders, had wanted to cause a big public spectacle, and they succeeded.

Other cases in Joo Seng and Braddell Road had also been investigated previously.

Merchants and food delivery riders end up getting dragged into this mess as innocent third parties where merchants end up making food that gets wasted most of the time, with the riders not being able to receive compensation for their trip as well.

Police View This Seriously

Pranks are only fun if they don’t cause harm to anyone, but such pranks of this nature could get you in serious trouble.

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) told the media that they view these incidents seriously, saying that they have zero tolerance for loan shark harassment activities.

“Those who deliberately cause annoyance and disruption to the public sense of safety, peace and security will be arrested and dealt with severely in accordance with the law,” they added.

There’s really no use bringing innocent people into disputes between two parties.

Feature Image: Twitter (@harithzairiiiii)