Has anyone else had this happen before?
Fairly new driver here. Had an order for McDonald's the other day that came in and auto accepted the SECOND I completed the previous order. So I drove to McDonald's immediately. I get to the pickup counter, and I don't see the order. I wasn't terribly far from McDonald's, but even so, that location is usually really fast with fulfilling orders.
The manager walks up and asks if I'm here to pick up for "clients name". Yes I am. He says
"Dude, we made that order an hour and a half ago, and somebody already picked it up. Since then, 4 other dashers have come to pick it up. You're the 5th. You gotta get ahold of someone on the app, because we're not making this order again"
While I still can, I text the client saying something to the effect of :
"Hey man, sorry if you've already gotten several previous texts like this, but have you gotten your food yet? Because McDonald's says someone already picked it up, and somehow I still got this order."
"No, I haven't. I've been waiting like an hour and a half too. The app just keeps updating me with new dashers, and you're the only one that's reached out so far."
I tell him I'll see if there's anything I can do on my end, and walk back into McDonald's. Mind you, I'm still sitting in the "start pickup " screen this whole time. I tell the manager that customer STILL hasn't gotten his food, and ask if they can PLEASE make his order again. Nope, their involvement is over, unless he wants to re order. Customer doesn't want to do that, understandably.
At this point I'm not sure what to do for him, so I tell him just to request a refund in the app, and report a bug (if he can). I tell him I'll vouch (again, If I can) somehow, and I'll also report a glitch. I apologize for the inconvenience, and he assured me that he doesn't blame me, he in fact appreciates the great communication. He's in the middle of typing something else, when the app cancels the order because I "took too long" to pick up the order, thus cutting him off.
Overall he was super chill about the whole experience.
Has anyone else experienced this? What was the right course of action there? Will this affect my rating, and if so can I clear it up?
TL:DR
Got an hour and a half old order that had already been picked up by a different dasher, and reassigned to 5 other dashers. Customer never got the food, and McDonald's refused to remake the order. App cancels the dash and cut me off mid conversation with customer.