The woman lives on a newly built housing estate and is sick and tired of her neighbour’s antics, as they continually order Just Eat takeaways but put her address down for the delivery
A woman is stressed and frustrated as her neighbour keeps sending Just Eat deliveries to her address because theirs hasn’t been added to online maps for delivery apps to make use of. Getting a takeaway is a treat many people are keen to indulge in, eagerly awaiting the ring of the doorbell from a Deliveroo, Uber Eats or Just Eat driver.
But when it’s not actually your order, it can quickly become irritating. One woman is at her wits end over her neighbour’s antics, with her doorbell being rang at all hours of the night – and she’s keen to make it stop.
Taking to Reddit, she sought advice on the best way to deal with the situation, and to get her neighbour to stop using her address whenever placing orders with Just Eat.
She titled her post: “Is there a way to stop a neighbour using my address for Just Eat?
“I live on a new build estate and the road behind me doesn’t seem to have been added to delivery apps. I frequently get a neighbour order to my address and put in the delivery instructions their own address.
“Naturally, no one looks at this and I end up with my doorbell ringing late at night or morning with food for them. I wouldn’t mind as much if they came to intercept it but they stay home and wait for me to send it round.”
The woman explained she has reached out to Just Eat but they always ask for the order numbers to be able to take any action, but she doesn’t have these.
Fellow Reddit users were keen to share their thoughts. One person said: “Why don’t you just put a note on the door? ‘We have NOT ordered any food. This order is for the road behind. Please do NOT ring our bell – we will NOT answer’.”
Another said: “Reject the delivery and tell them that you don’t know who ordered it. Once they don’t receive their food after a couple of times they’ll soon stop as they’ll get blacklisted as a no show”.
A third advised: “The choices are either to deny all knowledge of the order to the driver, sending them away; or to take in and eat the succulent Chinese meal, denying all knowledge to the neighbour.
“Why would someone order a takeaway to someone’s house if not as a lovely present for the occupants?”
A fourth suggested: “Go and speak to your neighbour and tell them to stop doing it. If they continue, then eat the food until they do.”
Someone else also suggested: “The obvious answer is to tell the neighbour to stop and to not send it around if it continues. Say you didn’t order and that it must be a mistake. If you keep just going along with it then they will keep doing it.”
And someone else advised: “Add the address to Google Maps and Openstreet Map. I live in a private row of 5 houses. When I moved in, getting anything delivered was a pain. They would always go to the next street over.
“The neighbours said it was a problem and there was no way to fix it. I just added my address to the maps. I then showed a couple of neighbours, they did the same. It takes a little while for things to update, but now we get proper deliveries.”