‘Genius': Aussie's Uber Eats hack to score free food goes viral

News.com.au

3 days ago

A woman claims to have 'cracked the code' to scoring free food when ordering Uber Eats, saying that all it takes is a little kindness.
Taking to TikTok, content creator Emma Kate Boyd explained, 'All you have to do is write something really nice in the caption' when using the food delivery app.
When ordering Vietnamese takeaway from Melbourne restaurant Miss Chu recently, she wrote 'I f**king love Miss Chu' in the order notes of the app.
'They gave me a free dessert,' she said proudly, holding up a container of chocolate pudding.
'It really is that simple – spread a little love, get a little love.'
News.com.au reached out to Uber Eats for comment, and while they couldn't quantify how often restaurants give out free items, it's understood that this does happen across the platform.
Ms Boyd's video quickly went viral, racking up over 40,000 views, as users shared their own experiences trying this.
'I wrote a cute note once and they refunded my whole order,' said one user.
'I did that and they just put hearts on my items,' wrote another.
Meanwhile, some argued that she shouldn't have shared this information publicly, as now everyone will do it and restaurants will catch on.
'Don't tell people this!' said one.
However, others claimed it hasn't worked for them.
'I've done this for every order for five years and never got anything free,' they said. 'Most people just hate kindness, sadly'.
It comes after a woman went viral last month for sharing a nifty way she got larger portions of takeaway food – and it came down to channelling your inner man.
Emily Lemus claimed that using a man's name when ordering might lead to more generous portions – because workers assume they have bigger appetites.
She seemingly 'proved' her theory by ordering identical meals from Chipotle, one with a man's name and one with a woman's, and then weighed them to see which one was larger.
Every time she conducted the experiment, the man's order was slightly heavier.
In the same month, a delivery driver also shared his tricks and tips for ordering from places like UberEats.
'You don't need to scam anyone or lie about your order,' he explained online.
He said customers need to join restaurants' loyalty schemes that sometimes offer first-time customers free food.
Additionally, he explained, 'Honestly, if you've got a birthday, you've got free food. Some people use this every year like clockwork'.