When you order a takeaway for pick up…

tom_e said:
I get "you don't look like a Sharon" quite often when I pick stuff up.
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Not to do with picking food up, but I know what you mean, one day many moons ago I left the house in a hurry to get a train to Stansted Airport so that I could have a leisurely brunch in the restaurant Giraffe.
At check-in I showed the passport I’d grabbed on the hurry-up.
The check-in agent said, “I prefer you with the shoulder length hair Jean-François”
I’d grabbed my wife’s passport in my haste to get to Liverpool Street for the train!
I called her, and she broke the land speed record up the M11 from London in her little Fiat, but I made the flight.
 
where are you based? difficult finding a good takeaway through Just-Eat etc around the Wimbledon area... i can be a judge ;)

but back on topic.. either order number or full name.

What's even worse, when an order was ready for collection, and people were waiting for their order, we would call out the contents of the order and the person would come to collect.
There would be the odd few who would stand up 'yes', pickup the order then leave.. only to receive a call back once they get home saying, this isn't their order.
I mean come on.. at least know what you ordered before you pickup someone elses meal... or even the person picking up the wrong order, and me having to chase them down the road saying they picked up the wrong order
 
Raymond Lin said:
Why do people do that?
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Here's one for you, why is the card machine at both my local Chinese takeaways experiencing technical issues that have lasted for as long as I've used the establishments. I mean, these technical issues are actually outlasting the ink that was used to write the sign in the window.

Are our friends at HMRC really that gullible?
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Here's one for you, why is the card machine at both my local Chinese takeaways experiencing technical issues that have lasted for as long as I've used the establishments. I mean, these technical issues are actually outlasting the ink that was used to write the sign in the window.

Are our friends at HMRC really that gullible?
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it's one way of not having to deal with the fee's associated with using a card machine.. its not uncommon for a takewaway.. (not just chinese) to make an excuse or to not use it
 
im4gine3 said:
it's one way of not having to deal with the fee's associated with using a card machine.. its not uncommon for a takewaway.. (not just chinese) to make an excuse or to not use it
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Yes, I think the taxi drivers struggle with the same fees that every other establishment seems to cope with.

In the interests of fairness, I could park my cynicism if someone had the information on what these fees actually cost. I don't use every takeaway in the town so it's hardly scientific, but it does seem strange that the chippy and Indians manage the fees better than the Chinese.

I'll nail my flag to the mast here and state that IMO this has absolutely nothing to do with fees that everyone else manages to build into the price, and 100% down to a complete reluctance to be honest about takings for tax purposes.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Here's one for you, why is the card machine at both my local Chinese takeaways experiencing technical issues that have lasted for as long as I've used the establishments. I mean, these technical issues are actually outlasting the ink that was used to write the sign in the window.

Are our friends at HMRC really that gullible?
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I dunno, the thing is that take aways are not a chain so i don’t know why their machine don’t work. On a different example, my barber who used to take cards until last year, he has gone back to cash during the pandemic.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I dunno, the thing is that take aways are not a chain so i don’t know why their machine don’t work. On a different example, my barber who used to take cards until last year, he has gone back to cash during the pandemic.
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Oh, that's another good example actually. I think with certain barbers they're actually on a par with car wash establishments i.e. a front for money laundering.

I've just realised that I'm taking the thread on a tangent and if you find that irritating then genuine apologies.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Here's one for you, why is the card machine at both my local Chinese takeaways experiencing technical issues that have lasted for as long as I've used the establishments. I mean, these technical issues are actually outlasting the ink that was used to write the sign in the window.

Are our friends at HMRC really that gullible?
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Have you reported them? If not, then why not?

What happens when someone turns up with card only or worse a mobile phone only so can't even use a ATM if there is one nearby
 
Raymond Lin said:
The best one I had was that someone made an order, it was around 2 bags’ worth and I handed it over. I got a call later telling me I gave him the wrong half. Apparently he went half with his friend and one half was his and he got the wrong food.

I didn’t know mind reading is a thing.
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2 bags worth... drugs to go takeaway is it?
 
builder22 said:
you'd have to be a bit special to turn up at a random takeaway and expect to pay with your phone!
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Yeah and what can I say. I had a moron buy a ton of shopping in front of me in Asda and then he goes well over the limit (pre Covid) and then tells the checkout lady if she can start removing stuff to get to the £30-£40 limit. This resulted in 5-10 minutes of removing stuff and holding everyone up. Wish I had joined another queue but I'm guessing that guy never takes his wallet with him anywhere.
 
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There are only 2 takeaways we really go to.

One asks for the postcode and uses that as a collection reference, the other just gives an order number.
 
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