DoorDash Glitch Leads To Free Food And Alcohol For Chicagoans, And Countless Memes

A glitch last night on the food-delivery service DoorDash led to many people in the Chicago area ordering food, liquor and other products without paying a dime. The volume of free food ordered from Chicago-area restaurants astonished employees and overflowed counters and drive-thrus.

Shortly after people online took notice of the apparent bug, many began posting memes in droves reacting to the situation.

Me after the DoorDash glitch pic.twitter.com/7hCE2t3cWF

— Stream the Vote (@StreamtheVote) July 8, 2022

The DoorDash ceo waking up tomorrow pic.twitter.com/XqYddIvDWg

— cesar (@jebaiting) July 8, 2022

Ain’t gone be a wing left in Chicago with this DoorDash glitch going on 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/ghqIyF2Ktj

— Your Fav Person (@Cameron_773) July 8, 2022

The glitch allowed customers to check out and receive items without specifying a mode of payment. On social media platforms like Reddit and Twitter, those who had ordered free stuff shared their gains in several viral posts.

Aww nah, y’all going to jail. DoorDash not having this 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/kFsfKHmluG

— j (@ItsJB23_) July 8, 2022

y’all getting free food on DoorDash and ordering McDonald’s ?! y’all trippin 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

— 🫧 TRINAE 🫧 (@trinae_dapisces) July 8, 2022

Those who weren't so lucky shared their regret at missing out and sleeping during the DoorDash glitch.

Nobody woke me up for the doordash glitch ??? Where tf is the loyalty ?? pic.twitter.com/ck1rYLSbNH

— urfavcancer 😝 (@mariyahlaveila) July 8, 2022

me watching all these people finesse doordash pic.twitter.com/u18BcINNwm

— 💫 chicken rude+unreasonable 💫 (@niq0tine) July 8, 2022

Alongside people celebrating, a number of people also criticized those who had ordered free food for still not tipping DoorDash drivers. Some posters scolded others for not taking restaurant workers, who had to do a lot of extra work Thursday night with the influx of orders, into account either.

So y’all got a Doordash glitch to where you can get anything you wanted for free and nobody thought to start tipping workers $1,000+ ??

— Niccoya (@niccoyat) July 8, 2022

I ain't even mad at the doordash glitch and yalll getting over on doordash but yall messed up for STILL not tipping those doordash drivers. It's honestly sad. pic.twitter.com/d2RoXYFF6s

— CRAZYA (@CRAZY4Bey4) July 8, 2022

3rd shift employees after the doordash glitch : pic.twitter.com/LlTpLnMJH2

— deejay 🏀 (@DBrewton23) July 8, 2022

DoorDash, in statements to the New York Post, said that it canceled fraudulent orders after finding out about the glitch. Many of those who took advantage of the free stuff wondered if it would actually turn out to be free in the end, or if DoorDash would come to collect. After all, the food delivery service does have the name, phone number and address of everybody signed up for deliveries, as well as credit card information.

Some users seemed to believe they could avoid getting charged by using gift cards or even locking their credit cards, but a lively debate raged over whether these strategies would actually work or not.

Y’all think doordash free till y’all wake up tomorrow & they strip y’all accounts down 😭😭😭😭

— 🤟🏿🤫 (@__JectBabyTy) July 8, 2022

careful now ppl doordash out for blood pic.twitter.com/tFZMrmlnyG

— caillou. (@hoodrichxbarbie) July 8, 2022

#Doordash tomorrow after they overdraft your accounts 😂😂! pic.twitter.com/qNPXNWnbAk

— Vincent Nsubuga (@vincentnsubuga) July 8, 2022