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by al_borland 743 days ago
I only order for myself typically, and often when I get the complete wrong order it is for a family. Once I got 2 normal meals and a kids meal. Sure, it was more food, but nothing I ever would have ordered. Most of it was thrown away, and I ended up re-ordering what I wanted. More food isn't always a bonus. I felt bad that the food was being wasted, and for whoever's food I got, since they now had a hungry kid that was going to have to wait another hour for their meal.

Sometimes it is too late to re-order, as the restaurants stop taking orders or close between the original order being placed and the delivery. I've had that happen a few times. I've had some really sad dinners some nights due to that.