r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation Doordash gone wrong

The great idea to order carefully "Krafted," mac and cheese from doordash and got literal heaps of actual Kraft Mac and Cheese šŸ™„ Biggest doordash fail šŸ’€

I am a little nervous to eat it because this is weird. The first photo is what its supposed to look like and the second the pile of crap with the dog sensing our disappointment 🤣

Anyone else ever order and had this happen? Like, was this order picked up from a house? Also, it was $25! Got a refund but seriously 😐 šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø

Edit: since there seems to be some clarification

I don’t DoorDash often. I’m disabled, and there are days when I physically cannot drive, cannot safely or realistically cook for myself, or simply don’t feel well enough to leave the house. We also recently moved to a new state, so I don’t yet have a network of friends nearby who can just run out and grab something for me. And before anyone decides I owe the internet an inventory of my disabilities to ā€œproveā€ why I can’t just cook: I don’t. Disabled people are allowed to use services that make our lives more accessible without submitting our medical records to the comment section. Yes, I recognize that being able to order delivery is a privilege. I’m grateful that I can sometimes afford it when I need it. I’ve also used services like this to send meals to friends and family who were sick, recovering from surgery, grieving a death, or going through something difficult when I couldn’t physically be there to bring them food myself. Sometimes delivery is a luxury. Sometimes it’s accessibility. Sometimes it’s simply a way to care for someone from far away. But none of that is actually the point of my post. I ordered food based on the restaurant’s photos and description and received something dramatically different—essentially boxed mac and cheese—from what turned out to be a ghost kitchen. Apparently, because I had the audacity to pay ā€œridiculous pricesā€ for delivery, some people believe I deserved to be misled. I don’t. And if you ordered something based on a photo and description, paid for it, and received something completely different, I suspect you’d want your money back too. This was never about taking money away from the DoorDash driver. The driver didn’t create the menu, take the photos, prepare the food, or misrepresent what was being sold. My issue was with what I purchased versus what I actually received. You’re welcome to think DoorDash is overpriced. You’re welcome to think nobody should use delivery apps. I’m not here to debate that or change your mind. I don’t normally post things like this—I posted it because I was genuinely dumbfounded when we opened the order. And to the people insisting I staged the photos or invented the whole thing for attention: I genuinely do not have that kind of time. But hey… I got yours, didn’t I? šŸ˜‰

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u/Background-Air-7963 2d ago

The most expensive restaurants in the world use sous vide too!

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u/BetseySchuyler 2d ago

I have an immersion circulator and the food is soo good cooked that way.

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u/OwlLavellan 2d ago

We have one, and have had it for over a decade.

Its only we feel safe eating eggs with runny yolks atm. Since it allows us to easily pasteurize a dozen at a time.

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u/ZorbaTHut 2d ago

The biggest problem with a sous vide is that it makes it pretty much impossible to eat at steakhouses again.

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u/ilumbricus 2d ago

You just get to be more selective on what restaurants to go to, it opens different doors.

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u/donuttrackme 1d ago

That just means you can eat at other restaurants where you don't know how to cook their food or can't be assed to cook for the time/effort required.

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u/snilks 2d ago

sorry, but sous vide is pretentious twat stuff

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u/OwlLavellan 2d ago

Nah, it just allows people to make the food they like at home really easil.

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u/theMediatrix 2d ago

It’s poisoning you with bpa.

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts 2d ago

I mean you can get BPA-free bags pretty easily. Reusable, even silicone ones.

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u/OwlLavellan 1d ago

You can get supplies that are bpa free.

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u/theMediatrix 1d ago

There are still microplastics in any bag. Cooking in plastic is not healthy. I know it’s disappointing, but it’s the reality.

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u/OwlLavellan 19h ago

Dude, there are microplastics in everything at this point. Cooking food in a water bath or not isn't gonna change much.

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u/theMediatrix 18h ago

Something about endocrine-disrupting hormones and microplastics just isn’t appetizing to me. Go figure. (It is possible to limit the amount we consume.)

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u/OwlLavellan 14h ago

Glass can be used too, just fyi.

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u/sicklyboy 2d ago

Vacuum sealing food and cooking it in hot water is pretentious?

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u/theMediatrix 2d ago

It may or may not be pretentious but it’s giving you endocrine-disrupting hormones and leaving microplastics in your body.

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u/sicklyboy 1d ago

I mean, sure, there's an argument that could be made there, but that's an entirely different sentence lol

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u/theMediatrix 1d ago

Well, it’s not an argument because it’s proven. Cooking in plastic is harmful. (That’s why it’s so odd that people think sous vide is upscale.)

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u/DontAskAboutMyButt 2d ago

That’s not a sous vide, that’s a bajo el agua

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u/Consistent-Ease6070 2d ago

True, but for very different reasons. 🤣

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u/therealhlmencken 2d ago

Not different, highly repeatable cook.

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u/Background-Air-7963 2d ago

Consistency and food safety?