A DELIVEROO RIDER has admitted delivering alcohol to underage girls in a public area without checking their ID as per company guidelines.
The teens believed to be 14 and 15, ordered the alcohol from a BP service station through the online delivery service Deliveroo to Newhaven Harbour in the capital on Saturday (13/02/2020) afternoon.
After news spread of the incident on the local Deliveroo WhatsApp other riders were furious at actions of the rider nicknamed ‘C’.
Another rider called ‘Hurry up Shrimp’ believed to be in her 20’s commented: “I mean you’re supposed to check everyone’s ID even if they look 50 to input it in the app.”
‘C’ responded: “I was using my friends account anyway, so it not really my problem.”
‘Hurry up Shrimp’ added: “That’s nice of you that you don’t care if they get fired when they kindly let you use their account wanna be my friend too?”
Liam Grey, 23, from the Leith area of Edinburgh said: “I’ve been a food courier for five years now, It’s people like this who give us ‘OG’s’ a bad name in this line of work.
“He should be struck off for not complying with Deliveroo’s age requirements.”
This alarming incident shows that young people can have easy access to age prohibited items on delivery’s apps such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo with no robust checks in place.
Deliveroo’s policy on identity-checking states on the rider the application and before an order is completed: “You must check the customer’s ID for all orders containing alcohol or other age-restricted products, regardless of whether they look old enough to purchase those products.”
Deliveroo and BP have been contacted for comment.
