Im an Uber Eats driver yes, we eat your fries, and thats not all that happens behind the scenes

They’ll have fries with that.An Uber Eats driver is spilling the beans on a host of unsavory behind-the-scenes behavior committed by the culinary couriers — from purposefully slowing down when customers are rude, to swiping your precious food.“I don’t make a habit of it, but yeah, I’ve taken fries,” Tom, 33, who asked to keep his surname anonymous to avoid losing his job, told UK license plate firm Plates Express, The Sun reported.The deliveryman admitted that while he tries to remain “professional,” sometimes he just can’t resist the urge to pilfer from a customer’s order, especially when the packaging is unsealed or partially open.“When you’re stuck in traffic with someone’s [fries] next to you and you’ve not eaten in hours, it’s tough,” lamented Tom, who copped to skimming more than once.“One night I was out late, and hadn’t eaten all day,” the fry-jacker admitted.“The bag was open, and I took a nugget.

Not proud of it but also not the first.”The Uber Eats professional claimed that every delivery driver yoinks fries “whether they admit it or not.”According to an alarming US Foods study from 2019, more than 1 in 4 delivery drivers were guilty of munching on the food they were supposed to be dropping off.Taking an unauthorized food tax isn’t the only way that Tom bends the rules, he revealed.

The sneaky burger courier claims that he also likes to punish impolite patrons by taking his time during their delivery.“I do my best to be quick, but if someone starts messaging me saying ‘where are you?’ or ‘hurry up’, I slow down,” Tom declared.“I’m not gonna race across town for someone who’s giving me grief.”He added, “I get that people are hungry, but I’m juggling traffic, queues, and tight timings.

When they’re rude, it just puts me off.”Tom said customers can maximize their chances of getting their food on time — and hopefully untouched — by tipping and saying “thank you.”“I don...