Uber Eats has apologised over a "mix-up" after a Nottinghamshire man fought to reclaim £82 for an accidental order of butter and sausages. Warren Blackwell, 42, was in the middle of cutting a hedge at 12.20pm on Tuesday, June 27, when he realised he had made an unintentional and unfortunate food order on Uber Eats.
With his unlocked phone in his pocket, the Beeston-based gardener had unknowingly ordered a £82.30 delivery - consisting of several butters and a variety of sausages and ham. Recalling the morning, he said: "It felt a bit hot in my pocket so I looked down and I saw I was on UberEats and it said 'order pending' - so I was panicking at that point thinking 'what the hell I had ordered'. I realised it was too late and the order was for more than £80 of mostly different butters, a packet of vegan sausages and Cumberland sausages."
After realising his error Mr Blackwell said he met the driver, who had travelled from the Sainsbury's on Carlton Street, and explained he had ordered it accidentally. "The only contact I could find was for the driver so I gave him a ring but he answered and then put it down, but I thought he's driving so he can't talk. Then I thought I'd just go meet the driver and explain what happened - I met him and told him it was a mistake so he said 'okay, I'll take it back to the shop'."
