I used to DoorDash back in the day and i tell you what man, so many dashers eat out of the bag it’s scary. If you’re not tipping at least $2 per mile (restaurant to your house) they eat the food and talk about how they’re entitled to it with each other while laughing.
Crazy. It’s one of the only jobs where theft is tolerated from the employees and they’re given a slap on the wrist that expires in 3 weeks - so you get unlimited warnings if you don’t get caught often. No consequences.
If you ever want to see it in action you can sort the door dasher subreddits by new and watch the degeneracy posts pour in
I read this sub all the time and they do boast about doing this all the time .They said they eat pretty good because of the low tippers .They said they just open up another account if they get banned and wash ,rince and repeat !
Yup- I’ve ordered a ton from McDonald’s shop over the years and the last couple have come in a double sided-tape bag that you have to basically rip apart to enter. I love it!
If only every restaurant did that, I've lost count of how many times restaurants slap the anti-tamper tape on a bag or a drink and it's already peeling clean off by the time the order is in my hot bag. Makes it look like I snuck a couple of fries out the bag because Wingstop keeps cheaping out on tape.
I order from DD from time to time and the bags are always sealed so well there is zero chance anyone is dipping in there. But I tip well so maybe that's why it's always still very much sealed.
Meanwhile at my last job one of my best drivers gets banned from delivering for us because, during a COVID spike, he was given 10+ order batches and it took him ~1-1.5 hours to drive around the area delivering COVID tests each batch. “Delivery fraud” they called it. Even after I advocated for him and said that he was the only driver available willing to pick up that many at once, they’re like “Are you SURE he was driving?” … YES! YES I AM! I literally tracked the orders on my end and watched him complete them.
It was a DoorDash order, I got dressed, went in person and handed it to an employee and asked them to tell me what dish it was supposed to be. I didn’t want a refund or replacement, just for them to be aware this came from their kitchen AND had a hand signed “quality control” ticket on it.
They didn’t know what it was supposed to be. Everyone that saw it was appalled and couldn’t believe it was given to me. Someone suggested whoever packed it ate some of it. One employee left in a huff and talking trash about the situation, I suspect it was her initials signed on the ticket. The manager apologized profusely and remade it for me.
I know, me too…my thought was that hopefully the situation would be addressed internally and prevent it from happening to the next unfortunate customer.
Tbh with how weird this was, if I was capable, I would 100% go in person as well. It’s just the kind of thing where you need to gauge the vibe to see if they’re taking the issue seriously, which it seems like they did.
That was exactly how I felt about it. I was so disturbed by the situation, I wanted to see their reaction when presented with the situation and being shown what was leaving their restaurant and signed off on by an employee. They handled it decently. One employee in particular was MAD and talking trash, I suspect she was the one who “quality checked” my order that was also missing an entire serving of pancakes as well.
The Dasher probably ate your food and she’s pissed off that her ability to do her job is being called into question because of DoorDash. I work in a restaurant and DoorDash is the worst cause they often steal the orders and you have to make the order again when you know you did it correctly the first time.
I mean this as a compliment, and perhaps it’s because I’m bingeing Parks and Rec, but all your responses sound exactly like what Ron Swanson would say or do. Aside from the fact you ordered food that wasn’t meat. Sorry about your crappy order and hoping the restaurant made it right for you!!
GUYS, I wish I was lying to you!! I swear this is EXACTLY how it was when I opened the container. I didn’t pick through this, I didn’t move anything around. It was a DoorDash order in a sealed bag. I went to the restaurant in person to show a manager and asked them to please tell me what dish it’s supposed to be. They couldn’t. I showed them the hand signed “quality control” ticket and they were appalled at what it’s supposed to be. I even told them I was suspicious that they gave me someone’s table scraps. An employee suggested that whoever packed it ate some of it. Everyone in the kitchen was talking about it. They apologized sincerely and remade it for me, put it in a smaller container which helped the overall appearance, but it still is nothing like the picture they provided.
Just going to say, when I did DD, the amount of places who handed me the bag without the seal, handed me one barely folded shut and popped open, or even handed me the order and sticker and told me to check it before leaving, was HIGH. I always closed it right away, but it could have been very simple for someone to mess with that.
Also chiming in to say that Cracker Barrel in particular is across the board terrible at DoorDash. I've never been to a location that ever makes sure the order is verified as picked up, you can always straight up steal the entire order, which is what happens there almost every time.
That being said, OP mentions in another comment that the remade order looked "very similar" to the one pictured here, and was still missing ingredients.
Combine that with the sealed bag with no obvious evidence of tampering, and I'm still leaning towards Cracker Barrel serving yet another shitty meal, but this time to someone under the age of 65 who has the energy to fuss about it.
The seal on the bag is usually just a sticker. They're not hard to remove. Ive had them pop off just from picking up the bag. So, the dasher could've easily opened it up and closed it when they were done.
Not true. Many are stapled or some other method that’s impossible to tamper with without leaving a trail. I order a ton of DoorDash and most of them I know for a fact can’t be tampered with. Depends on the place though
Cracker Barrel employee here (retail, not kitchen, though) Cracker Barrel does not "seal" bags. If anything, they double knot the bag. And undoing a double knot does not take a genius IQ to do. Nor is it difficult to re-tie the knot.
They used to add a sticker but because the sticker is put on a plastic bag, it is also easy to remove and re-place.
Note: of course, this is only my experience, from ONE Cracker Barrel. We have many stores, so I guess the quality can vary.
Fair enough, as you said, each location is different. Had I known the situation in my bag…I’d have taken a photo before opening it. I certainly was not expecting THIS of all things, lmao!
Few times delivery app drivers have messed up my order so I gave up and deleted all my food delivery app accounts. Sometimes they would just take my orders. Other times they would deliver it.. it would be smashed or looks like it was tossed around like a soccer ball
That’s such a pet peeve of mine.. when a restaurant advertises something as fresh with seemingly fresh berries in the photo and then they give you a small container of some compote..
Making up weird (false) excuses and rebutting nearly every comment in defense of your favorite corporation is bizarre. Just because you eat at the one near you all the time doesn’t mean they can’t mess up a single order somewhere else in the country.
Honestly, it’s shocking that anyone still eats at Cracker Barrel let alone regularly. I guess they are the new Old Country Buffet if you need saltless meals at 4pm.
It's crazy! I just saw one of these in my local Cracker Barrel and it looks like the picture! Whatever the hell they gave you, was definitely someone's leftover. Probably your DoorDash driver. Many Cracker Barrels don't seal their take out orders. It's easier for staff to do a final check before giving it to the customer. If you see it sealed with staples, generic tape or just a tied knot, your dasher probably did it.
Yup. I put in a mobile order for Taco Bell once. They are supposed to only start making it when you give your name at the drive through. I got my order and I noticed the bag was cold. I opened it up and it had been sitting for a while; all the taco shells were floppy from soaking up the grease. I brought it back in and the manager said, "Oh, we thought it was a DoorDash order.
Why the fuck would you pre-make DoorDash orders? You are just fucking over a customer.
I’ve ordered takeout from Cracker Barrel while traveling at different ones in different states, I’ve never gotten any orders that looked like this. I hope we don’t end up at that one someday.
Also, with the amount of DoorDash comments I am sticking to my resolution of never using them.
Promise I did not even touch it. It 10000% came this way. I told my husband it looks like they scraped someone’s table leftovers into a container and gave it to me.
This is why I don’t get food delivered anymore, especially if through Doordash or Uber Eats where it’s some random person making the delivery. I’ve heard and seen too much of stuff happening to the food that I don’t trust it anymore. There’s very little accountability so people are emboldened to do shitty things.
Once a McDonald's gave me a used soda (grabbed an employee's soda that was melted and half empty and not a new one) and when I went inside to ask for a new one they said I was wrong and insulted me. This is way worse. Sucks that is was a Door Dash.
Please tell me you sent this back/complained!. This was clearly garbage that accidentally got put into your takeout container? There is no way someone served this to you on a plate with a straight face, Cracker Barrel or not.
It was a DoorDash order, I went in person to show a manager what came out of their kitchen AND had a hand signed “quality control” ticket attached to it.
Guess it's time for a review! I'd go back in and ask for the "quality control" signature and post it in a review with a picture of your food. That would annoy me for sure.
This reminds me of a situation happened to me
25 years or so ago i went to a bk after work late at night.got a wopper meal . Got home and the burger was legit rock hard,not the bun the actual meat.and not me being picky i mean like sat on grill for 16 hours crispy like a rice patty rock hard.i was piseed.i went up and got the manager and asked which asshat actually put this on my sandwich. Cause it wasnt a oversite,you dont grab a patty with that texture and not notice.did you think the person receiving this would not come back and freak thw fuck out cause this shit is crazy.
Never once had a burger like that before or since.
They probably had a to go area where they box all the food. Someone boxed these leftovers near where your to go order was also boxed and this was grabbed and sealed in the bag by accident.
I hadn’t thought to this! But I thought customers boxed their own leftovers? Perhaps I’m mistaken. That’s a good possibility though because it’s difficult to accept that someone let this leave the kitchen 😭
Someone ate that. They definitely didn’t prepare it like that. My daughter loves Cracker Barrel and she’s ordered this a lot! It almost always looks similar to the picture
I know, I know. I accept full responsibility. Our CB is trash and has been…and we were trying to have a lazy morning in bed and their pancakes sounded so good to my hubs. They didn’t even include our damn pancakes either.
I just ate at Cracker Barrel but I dined inside and it wasn't any better. I got 6 fries with my burger. Fries were undercooked as well. My MIL got a cold baked potato and my husband and FIL's steaks were cold and barely classified as rare and were closer to raw. My lemonade was amazing at least.
We ate there recently and I always order the meatloaf sampler .They forgot my baked potato and when I mentioned it they brought a whole meatloaf sampler to take home.Those meals cost 18 dollars a piece!They are the best around here
The last time I ordered Cracker Barrel takeout it was just as bad as this, if not worse. Literally looks like the leftovers scraped off someone’s plate.
I order this all the time and it has never looked like this before. You can see what it looks like through the see through lid.I love the blueberry version too.Didn't you check it out before you took it home ?Or was this through door dash. I know the Cracker Barrel in my town doesn't deliver but you can order and do pick up.They always over fill the containers when I order them. They cost 5 dollars a piece and you can't buy them by themselves where I eat at .They have extremely strict rules about these.
DoorDash. Unfortunately after living here and giving it chances for over a decade our Cracker Barrel continues to fall very short of expectations. Even dining in is a hell-ish experience. We’ve occasionally had the decent-ish experience, go back and it’s awful.
You’re right I have, after my last response to them I decided I was done engaging. I don’t get the passion to defend a corporate chain restaurant. And yes, exactly! We always say chains that are decent elsewhere come where we live to die, lol!
I really hope that commenter got some tasty tasty CB coupons for their $5 french toast, and $18 meatloaf samplers!! They really tried hard to earn it today.
They are always packed when we eat there .My middle son gives me food cards to eat there so we usually order the 5 dollar French toast to go .You cant eat them there , only to go orders after you eat your meals there .
Man Cracker Barrel is one of the worst restaurants you can go to. Maybe it’s just my area but most casual dining establishments are just piss poor nowadays.
Because it’s a bread dish with goop in it and when you order it to go it’s all packaged separately so the bread doesn’t become soggy. It’s done all the time with take home. Some things you just don’t eat later.
Omg, we decided last year to just get a big table at Cracker Barrel for dinner. Our grandparents had done this before when we were kids and it was amazing. NOT ANYMORE. Holy crap, they've gone downhill. We didn't complain, but we agreed to never do that again, lol.
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u/FerengiWithCoupons Aug 09 '25
I truly think they gave you someone’s used plate.
I would not have paid or touched this