A NEIGHBOR has revealed how a food order led to a call to the police after a takeout mistake.
The debacle, posted to Reddit, had people calling the situation “wild.”
Redditor Windupbirdie19 recounted the mixup in a post to the social media platform.
“I ordered takeout tonight from a new rotisserie chicken restaurant, too tired from driving home from vacation,” Windupbirdie19 wrote.
“When it arrived I asked my husband to grab the food while I warmed the baby’s bottle and got her food ready.
“After I walked over to the table where he was unpacking the takeout bags, and he said: ‘I didn’t know you ordered from Five Guys,’ which is when we realized that someone else’s food must have been mistakenly delivered to us.
“We didn’t eat it, just set it aside in case someone came,” she added.
The neighbor later knocked on the door to inquire about a Five Guys delivery.
“We said yes, but we had already opened it before we realize our mistake, but we hadn’t eaten any. She left without a word, talking on her cell phone,” she said.
“About 10 minutes later there was another knock. To my surprise, the police were here and asked if I had ordered take out and if the food was at my door.
“I explained our mistake, then basically said have a good night and left.
“I feel bad for opening the food but it was an honest mistake. The police showing up has me questioning myself though,” she added.
The food delivery fiasco had many Redditors chiming in on the situation in the comment section.
“That was a sincere error. It is strange that she contacted the police instead of speaking with delivery service,” one wrote.
“Honest mistake,” another added. “That was a wild move to call the cops over a burger.”
“You didn’t touch the food, you only unwrapped it, so she could have just taken it. Wildly exaggerating to call the police,” a third commented.
