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BBC News
7 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
Police hunt fake delivery driver after Plymouth Co-op robbery
Police are searching for a man dressed as a delivery driver following a robbery at a Plymouth Co-op and Cornwall Police said it was called to Peverell Park Road at 12:55 BST on Tuesday after a man, dressed as a food delivery driver, entered the filled a bag with items from the tobacco and cigarette counter and pushed past staff who challenged him, police said."The suspect escaped on an electric-style scrambler bike. No-one was threatened or injured during the incident," the force added. A scene guard has been put in place and police said they were searching for the suspect, including house-to-house force has asked anybody with information to get in touch.
The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
I'm an Uber Eats driver, here are the secrets I'm not supposed to tell you, yes we do eat your fries
AN UBER Eats driver has revealed what really happens behind the wheel of your food delivery — from sneaking the odd chip to deliberately slowing down when customers are rude. Tom, 33, who asked not to share his surname as he still works for the platform, told Plates Express that while most customers are polite, the job isn't always straightforward and when he's hungry, stressed, or disrespected, he sometimes bends the rules. 1 'I try to be professional. But when you're stuck in traffic with someone's chips next to you and you've not eaten in hours, it's tough,' he said. Tom admits he's dipped into customer food more than once, especially when the packaging isn't sealed or the bag's already half open. 'I don't make a habit of it, but yeah, I've taken fries. Everyone does, whether they admit it or not,' he says. 'You're five hours in, tired, hungry, and the food's just there — it happens. 'One night I was out late, and hadn't eaten all day. The bag was open, and I took a nugget. Not proud of it but also not the first.' Tom says the way a customer behaves can influence how quickly their food arrives. He says: 'I do my best to be quick, but if someone starts messaging me saying 'where are you?' or 'hurry up', I slow down. I'm not gonna race across town for someone who's giving me grief. '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 says there are things customers can do to get better service from him. He adds: 'If someone tips or just says thank you, I do try to remember them. I don't get the same people often, but when I do, I'll make sure their food stays upright, dry — whatever it takes. 'But if they ignore me or slam the door, yeah... I'm not going out of my way next time.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
People Are Sharing The Dumbest Things They've Ever Done For Lust, And It's Relatable But Also Hilarious
The things people do for love can be surprising — but when it comes to lust? That's a whole different story. People will jump through hoops, or even rings of fire, just to get laid. It's a universal experience: giving in to our deepest desires for a fleeting moment of satisfaction. Sometimes it leads to laugh-out-loud stories; other times, to major regret. Dimensions / Getty Images, Viktoriya Skorikova / Getty Images A recent thread on the r/AskReddit subreddit asked users to share the stupidest things they've done for lust, and the responses did not disappoint. From driving for hours through snowstorms to hooking up with strangers in parking lots, lust often overrides logic in ways that are as wild as they are relatable. And in some rare cases? These impulsive decisions have even led to lasting relationships. Here are 19 of the most outrageous things people have done in the name of lust: Elegant couple in love. 1."Alright, I fully expect no one to believe this story, I was almost 20, I worked at a pizza restaurant. I met this woman nine years older than me, and we immediately clicked. She was hot, wild, adventurous, married to this tatted barbarian-esque dude about thrice my size." "She started meeting me at my work on my lunch breaks for Went on for a month or two, until she developed this idea for me to switch to a delivery driver in order to have time together at her house. Since I was the opening shift manager, this would be a pay cut for me, I explained. She said I'd 'make it back and then some in tips and other frivolties' (I'll never forget that sentence, lol). So I started doing deliveries. It turns out she was only one of many, many people ordering delivery. I only got to show up at her house ONCE being employed there. Bad plan, didn't work. And then I myself had an idea. I quit, started a night shift job at a warehouse, but kept the pizza joint's shirt, pizza delivery bag, and car decal. The pizzeria owner was pissed that I'd 'lost' these things and said don't come back. Soon after, I was going to a different pizza joint, ordering her a pizza, and then it a couple times a week. Long story short, the husband eventually started to wonder why the [redacted]'s pizzeria guy was delivering pizzas from Domino's. I was confronted. I was threatened. I was grabbed by the pizza-shirt and yelled at. He took away my decal and my pizza bag. All in all, it was a very patient and measured response, all things considered. But that's not the wildest part. She divorced the guy the next year, and we got engaged. Resulted in six years of a crazy, manic life of ups and downs. Ugly divorce at the end. Moral of the story: next time you watch a porn where the dude shows up to deliver a large sausage pizza, look for the pain behind his eyes." –u/crowmagnuman 2."A girl that I was dating woke me up by calling me whenever she got home from the bar with friends. She had a few drinks and was with another frisky lady friend, and was begging me to come over for a threesome." "I got dressed and drove across town at 2:00 a.m. as quickly as I could…only to find them both passed out in different rooms, with little recollection about the phone call. It was a very disappointing drive back home alone." –u/El_mochilero 3."Drove from Long Island to Boston in a blizzard so bad that I only crossed Northeast Connecticut and Massachusetts successfully by slaloming in the wake of semi-trucks the whole stretch of I-84 and the Mass Pike. Totally worth it, she's my wife now." –u/CanisArgenteus 4."Listened to all of her podcasts so I could have 'things to talk about'…ended up coming off as a full-blown creep who knew way too much about her. Definitely not worth it. –u/turkishdad3 5."I had all my papers ready to attend UBC, but instead followed a girl I'd met on Skype to Finland. She ended up banging a few friends of hers in our apartment. I still live in Finland, though." –u/HatHuman4605 6."I once confessed to a girl as we were walking down the road how much I was in love with her and how very, very badly I wanted her. Almost on cue, we came up to an old train track that had been asphalted over, but you could still see the bulge of one of the railroad spikes. She said, 'If you pull that out, you got it.'" "That night, I came back with a sledgehammer, and it still took several hours to get it out. I showed up at her house around 3 a.m., and her roommate just sent me right into her bedroom. I woke her up covered in sweat, grime, rock dust, and blood, holding out that railroad spike with a face-splitting grin. Best night ever!" –u/JoeMojo 7."Met a woman at a parking lot to go have sex out in the woods. Basically, I was willing to risk having my organs harvested to get a little something something. And it was worth it. The sex was phenomenal. We hooked up off and on for a couple of months, and to this date, I still have all of my original organs." –u/thecountnotthesaint 8."This girl randomly messaged me on Facebook to hang out. We weren't friends on there, were never friends IRL, and never had the same friend groups. All I knew was that she lived in my town and was friends with a girl I went to middle school with, and she looked familiar. That's it. When she randomly messaged me and asked to hangout, I was in an Xbox party chat with my friend, so I was just messing around not taking it seriously and said, 'not unless you want your ass ate, lol' she said 'OK, lol,' and then I met up with her, parked down some road, and got in her car. I had never eaten ass before, so I ate her ass for like 20 seconds and then stopped, put it in, lasted maybe 45 seconds, and then was like 'welp, guess I'll see you later.' She chuckled and said bye. By the time I got home, she had messaged me 4-5 times saying, 'Oh btw, I have herpes, you might want to get checked.'" "Around the same time, a random dude messaged me and asked if I was with her (I honest to god had no idea she had a BF, I knew literally nothing about her and it didn't say anything on her FB profile or else I wouldn't have done anything with her), and was saying, 'she has herpes and didn't tell you.' I obviously got freaked out and blocked both of them and sprinted to my bathroom and began vigorously and ferociously scrubbing my junk for legit 30-45 minutes, hoping I was good. I later deduced her boyfriend, after discovering she wasn't coming home, logged into her account, saw the messages with me, and then started messaging me on both accounts to scare me as revenge for sleeping with his girlfriend. My friend that I was in the Xbox party with dubbed me 'Facebook Herpes' and we kept that as an inside joke until the end of our friendship." –u/itsLustra 9."Bailed on all of my friends and family during family day after basic training in the Army to hook up with this chick who was pretty much the biggest walking red flag. If we'd gotten caught, I could have ruined my entire career. As it was, she ended up trying to baby trap me because her goal was to fake an injury and get kicked out after I knocked her up so she could still get Army benefits. She ended up doing the same thing a few weeks later to another guy, but he actually knocked her up." –u/ADegenerateWarlock 10."Let my ex pour maple syrup all over me in an attempt to fulfill his food fantasy. So. Fucking. Sticky. But we did have a REALLY good laugh." –u/darksideradtownusa 11."We both lusted heavily for one another and worked in the same building. We had sex in a room where the lights were off, but the door didn't lock. We finished. She left first. I waited a few minutes. In that brief interval, someone walked in and flipped on the lights…and I had to awkwardly say something about 'just getting up from the chair after resting my eyes' to get out. The first week of scratching that itch, we took two-hour lunches for three days…raised some eyebrows in her office, so we had to stop that. Totally worth it. Mid-20s when it happened, and it was electric." –u/Brennerkonto 12."I let a guy I met online have sex with me in a FedEx parking garage, and then we continued across the street in a Panera bathroom. 10/10." –u/Elfie_Elf 13."Moved cities to be closer to her. Saw her once when I moved back, and she definitely either forgot we were supposed to meet up or didn't give a shit about it. We went from talking every day constantly to not talking. On the bright side, I'm back in my home city, and life has improved significantly." –u/Pimpdaddypepperjack 14."Stayed with a person who legitimately hated me because sex was excellent, A1, impeccable. Absolutely not, would not do again. I have since been with equal and better partners, so the staying was just for naught." –u/More_Weird1714 15."In university, I had a crush on my limnology TA. I joined a group that decided to do a polar bear plunge in a lake in Algonquin Park in November just so he could see me in my bathing suit and maybe get some ideas." –u/Camemboo 16."Flew to another country to go to a rave with a very beautiful woman who was barking at me in the comments of my last Reddit post. Absolutely worth it. Even though long-distance didn't work out in the long run, I came away with tons of incredible adventures and stories." –u/the_Ex_Lurker 17."I went to Cuba some years ago with my family, and some girl was giving me eyes while I sat with my parents watching a show. I excused myself and sat beside her, where she suddenly stuck her tongue down my throat. We were making out when I distinctly remember her hugging me around my waist. We later went to the nearby stairwell and had sex. I woke up the next morning, hungover and missing my phone and a fair bit of Cuban Pesos (which were in my pocket). I also got crabs. Not worth it." –u/5fives5 18."Hooked up with a girl when I spent a few months in Japan. Went out with her often and eventually started falling for her. I arranged for her to come over to where I lived shortly after I went back home. Paid for her flight, had her stay with me, bought everything for her when she was here, and by the time she left, I thought we could maybe start a long-distance relationship. About a month later, she suddenly tells me she met someone else and proceeds to ghost me. This was back before smartphones and social media became the norm, so it was really hard to contact her in general. She had no internet presence, and the only way we contacted her was through Messenger and her email." "Five or so years later, I was cleaning out my email inbox and stumbled onto old messages between us and decided to email her just for the hell of it. Interestingly enough, she emailed me back but only to tell me she's married and never to contact her again. All in all, no, not worth it." –u/hoobanostank 19."There's a lot to list, but I think my worst judgment was when I was about 18. I was talking to this girl I met online, and drove about 25 miles to see her in the middle of the night. This was back when I had to print out maps from MapQuest and she lived deep in the hills above Hollywood." "We're hanging out outside her house smoking cigarettes, and then she tells me that the house across the street is used for filming and that it's open. The thought of being mugged or murdered in that house came across my mind, but I had a huge thing for goth girls at the time, and she was the first I'd had a chance with. So I decided to say fuck it and take the chance. Looking back, I can't say if it was worth it, but it did play out in my favor. She was on her period, so we didn't smash, but I got to get a BJ/HJ overlooking Hollywood in a house I still can't afford. I've been committed for a long time, but if I were single now and something like this came up again, I wouldn't willingly walk into a situation that can quickly turn against my favor and odds of survival for some strange reason. I'd just offer to pay for a room lol." –u/PeeTee31 Have you ever done something a little misinformed in the name of lust? Share your stories in the comments below! Note: responses have been edited for length/clarity.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Incredible way hardworking Amazon delivery driver takes moment to honor the American flag
A hardworking Amazon delivery driver was captured on camera taking a moment to honor the American flag. Mike Jacobson was at his job at Hill Air Force Base in Utah on Tuesday when he got an alert on his phone that someone was at his front porch. When he checked to see who it was, Jacobson was stunned to find that it was a delivery driver taking time out of her day to unravel the American flag on his porch in Mountain Green that got caught up in the wind. Jacobson, who watched on with his co-worker, told Fox13: 'She was finishing up her photo - and she looks up at the flag - and we just saw her unwinding it from the flag pole. 'And [my co-worker] and I were both... that is really cool - look at her taking the time to do that,' the proud homeowner said. He decided to share the video so the employee, Mikayla Blakey, could be properly recognized by her bosses for her incredible gesture. But, according to Blakey, this is not the first time she's fixed a flag, and will most likely won't be her last. 'I was raised to always be aware of every flag that you see, and if it is twisted or something is wrong with it, you fix it,' Blakey, the daughter of a retired Army Sgt. First Class, told the outlet. 'And if you cannot, you retire it because it's a symbol to our country,' she continued. Not only did her father serve, but Blakey, who referred to herself as a military brat, as she has several family members who have served in the Armed Forces. Jacobson quickly realized Blakey wasn't just a valuable employee, but she was also a dedicated citizen. 'I thought, man, not only is she dedicated to her job, but dedicated to her country in order to make just a little small gesture. 'And these little small gestures to me that are big, especially when you're doing them out of the public eye,' he said. Blakey, who has only worked for the company for a little more than a month, said the moment should serve as a reminder that 'every day should be a Memorial Day.' 'Anytime I see a flag like that, I'll always fix it. It should be on everybody's mind to represent that flag and to know what it means. 'It's coming up soon. Every day should be a Memorial Day,' she added. A similar moment took place in July 2019 when a veteran took it upon himself to climb a flagpole and fix an American Flag at the Navy SEAL monument in Virginia. Dom Raso, a former SEAL, was on his daily 3.5-mile morning run when he noticed the flag was loose that day. 'I couldn't go by this flag this morning and not give it everything I had,' he said. Raso had some help getting up on the flag and in a later video, he was seen hugging bystanders who thanked him for fixing the flag.
The Independent
14-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
DoorDash delivery driver pleads guilty to stealing $2.5 million in deliveries scam
A former food delivery driver pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to steal more than $2.5 million from DoorDash by getting the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred, federal prosecutors said. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in San Jose to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Devagiri, 30, of Newport Beach, California, admitted to working with three others in 2020 and 2021 to defraud the San Francisco-based delivery company, federal prosecutors said. Prosecutors said Devagiri used customer accounts to place high-value orders and then used an employee's credential to gain access to DoorDash software and manually reassign the orders to driver accounts that he and others controlled. He then caused the fraudulent driver accounts to report that the orders had been delivered when they had not, and manipulated DoorDash's computer systems to pay the fraudulent driver accounts for the nonexistent deliveries, officials said. Devagiri would then use DoorDash software to change the orders from 'delivered' status to 'in process' status and manually reassign the orders to driver accounts he and others controlled, beginning the process again, prosecutors said. Devagiri is the third defendant to be convicted of his role in this conspiracy. Two co-defendants previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, authorities said. Devagiri faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. He is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 16, 2025.
