Customer Ghosted GrabFood Rider With 27 Packs of Chicken Rice in Yishun at 1am

When we’re hungry and lazy to walk downstairs to buy a packet of cai png, food delivery services always come to our rescue as we can order food at a simple click and just nua around until the food comes to your doorstep, without even needing to move.

And to show our appreciation, we should be thanking food delivery riders for their efforts.

Not ghost them, like this customer did.

Large Chicken Rice Order

Mr Chua, a friend of a GrabFood delivery rider, took to Facebook to express his unhappiness about what happened to his friend the night before on 6 August, posting screenshots of his account in private group GrabFood Delivery Rider Singapore.

(It’s unknown why it reflects only $4.90 for the order)

The screenshots documented a purchase for 27 packets of chicken rice made by a user named “xiaoxue” at 1am from an unnamed chicken rice stall. The customer also indicated that they would pay in cash when the food arrived.

What someone would want with 27 packets of chicken rice at 1am for, I don’t know. Is it even possible for 27 people to be in the same house?

The address, stated as Blk 703 Yishun Ave 5, was provided, but there was no unit number available.

Mr Chua described in the post that his friend tried to contact the customer to get their unit number, but after multiple attempts, the customer still did not answer.

Stranded at 1am with a bike full of 27 chicken rice packets, it’s no wonder that the rider would feel frustrated. Poor rider.

Xiaoxue Strikes Again

Apparently, this person might’ve been a real troll, for someone else also shared that they received an order from a customer named xiaoxue as well. Like the previous experience, this order was also a large order and was to be delivered to an address in Marsiling, without a unit number.

(It’s also unknown why it reflects only $5 for the order)

This person also opted for cash payment upon delivery.

Seems like cash upon delivery options were causing quite a few problems for riders, as it is easy for customers to ghost riders in this case, causing some netizens to call for the abolition of cash on delivery options.

Not The Only Time

Sadly, it’s not the only time that delivery riders have been “pranked” by customers who purposely ordered large amounts and then ghosted the rider after leaving no unit number details.

Earlier in April, a food delivery rider also received a large order, but when he arrived at the address, a note was found on the door saying that they never ordered anything from online and to stay away.

It was later speculated that loan sharks were trying to harass the owner of the house with various food deliveries (what an innovative method) but nothing’s clear.

The sad part is that, besides the effort wasted by the delivery rider for unpaid orders, the hawkers who provided the food do not actually get paid, as they only get paid after the customer pays.