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A tale of 31 burgers: 'Apparently my 2 yr old knows how to order DoorDash'

Cathy Free

By Cathy Free The Washington Post

Published May 25,2022

A tale of 31 burgers: 'Apparently my 2 yr old knows how to order DoorDash'
Kelsey Golden was playing with her 2-year-old son, Barrett, on her front porch last week when a DoorDash driver pulled into the driveway.

The delivery woman climbed out of the car and held up a large paper sack.

"Your 31 cheeseburgers?" she asked.

Golden, 36, said she was sure the driver had the wrong house.

"I stared at her for few seconds and said, 'Um, I don't think that's for me,' " she recalled.

Then she took a close look at the receipt. It had her name and address on it.

That's when she realized her toddler had used her cellphone to mistakenly order a delivery of 31 cheeseburgers from the McDonald's on Highway 77 in Kingsville, Tex., about six miles from her house.

The cheeseburgers cost $61.58, but the total was $91.58 after app fees and a $16 tip.

"And he doesn't even like cheeseburgers!" Golden said. "Barrett prefers Chicken McNuggets."

Instead of taking pictures and laughing at his reflection like he usually does, Barrett had called up her DoorDash app and accidentally placed a delivery order.

DoorDash doesn't require secondary security checks or face recognition to place an order if you're signed into the app, she said.

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Golden said she received a text from DoorDash before the driver showed up that afternoon on May 16.

"They said it was going to take a bit longer to get me my order, and I was confused," said Golden, who works as an enrollment assistant at the private school attended by her other children, Grayson 6, and TJ, 5.

When the driver showed up, everything became clear. But then as Golden peered into the brown bag, she realized she had a problem: What to do with 31 cheeseburgers?

"Actually, we had 30 and a half," she said. "Even though Barrett doesn't like cheeseburgers, he did eat half of one."

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