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Does anyone else order delivery but get SO a nervous about going outside to get it?

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231 views 10 replies 10 participants last post by  NotMeantToBe  
#1 ·
I do this quite often. I'll order food to binge on, always ordering it to be dropped off at my door. Then, when it arrives, I get so nervous about going outside to get it. I don't want anyone to see me. I have to work myself up to step onto the porch for 20 seconds to retrieve my food.

Doing this right now with pizza.
 
#4 ·
i'm a delivery guy - if it eases your nerves, no one ever assumes that a customer has bulimia or something like that. i always think a single person with a big order is just having friends or family over, even if they're alone in a tiny apartment. it's easier to spot anorexics tbh, because they'll have the exact same calorie-optimized stir fry order as me lol
 
#5 ·
delivery guys are always soooooooo nice (last time i ordered was months ago when i wasn't fighting for paychecks lmao) and i always tell myself that they are used to see people ordering wayyyyy more food than me since i live in a really big city and close to the city center, and idk maybe they are going to think im ordering for many people and not only just for my dumb ass lmao

but i get your feeling, i kinda feel it when im ordering directly to the food shop, like i can't go to the pizzeria or stuff

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#7 ·
Yes haha now I write “please leave my food at the door I’m sick” in the notes section and they never knock anymore but I get paranoid even that people driving by will see me and somehow know I’m a bulimic hog even though I know that’s irrational
 
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#9 ·
There's one place I absolutely cannot order from, because the delivery drivers visit my gas station regularly.
 
#10 ·
Yes! I try to order early in the morning or late at night (anywhere from 12-5 am) so my neighbors don’t notice but I can’t help but wonder if they know anyways lol.
 
#11 ·
I don't give a shit what the delivery person thinks of me but my neighbours yeah bc I have to see them all the time. where I live it's a super tiny place everyone is on top of each other and they're all nosy af. I just hate the thought they're judging me for being a fat greedy pig but I know in reality they don't care. they probably think I'm rich or something with all the deliveries I get LMAO if they only knew :') well they might bc I dropped so much weight and they always remind me of it
Same here, I'm not too worried about what the delivery person is thinking. They always seem nice and I'm sure they are desensitized to large orders.

It's the neighbors I worry about. They tend to talk a lot amongst each other and a few are close-ish with my mother. I worry that word of my delivery habit will get back to her, and this is not something I want her to be aware of.