I Got Busted: DoorDash Exposé!
Image Photoshopped with bag & shake
To all Sequoyah high school students who wonder about the options you have for lunch at school, I’ll stop you right there. You have two (occasionally three if a food truck decides to make an appearance): the lunch you pack the night before, whether it consists of leftovers or frozen Trader Joe’s food, or the Choicelunch Sequoyah provides. No more, no less. And that’s where I went wrong. One slow-paced school day, I bent the rules and thought about what the world of online-order food could bring to me. I learned my lesson quickly: ordering DoorDash would not, in fact, be a “pick-me-up.” It would actually be quite the opposite.
Before I go on, this goes out to the staff who put effort into making this school a better place: I apologize for the confession I am about to make. I ordered DoorDash. I ordered a chocolate milkshake from Shake Shack, and I deeply regret it for a variety of reasons. One is the elephant in the room: I wasn’t allowed to do this, and I broke the rules. I respected the milkshake more than my reputation as a trustworthy student. The lesson I learned, however, turned out to be deeper than just a spur-of-the moment craving. This rule makes sense, considering the awful possibility of things that could be brought onto school grounds by a stranger via DoorDash bag.
Many people’s reasoning after breaking rules is often: “I wasn’t thinking straight.” However, there comes a time when you are no longer supposed to use excuses, and high school is that time. I was more than capable of understanding that ordering a milkshake to the school campus was not okay; this was one of those times where I should have used my head, not my heart. And for this, I apologize on behalf of all the other students who got away with such rule-breaking and decided to follow their hearts. I hope this might make the ones who got away with it feel guilty for their choices.
So how did it all go down, you might ask? During B-Block, times get rough. I had some free time during class and was browsing the DoorDash app. I added some things to my cart after my friends and I decided it would be an amazing idea. Obviously, not an amazing idea. I ordered my shake to the Gamble House, and realized it wasn’t there even after it said it had arrived on the app. I messaged my DoorDasher and he told me that my co-worker had kindly picked it up for me, and brought it inside. The next thing I know, Marc is carrying my DoorDash bag on campus.
This paragraph is where a full and detailed review of the chocolate milkshake from ShakeShack would have appeared. I would have had the time to explain whether or not my consequences were worth it; however, I am unable to do so. It seems as if my consequences came to me quick and simple – that I would never lay eyes on that milkshake. Although I made it close enough to the brown DoorDash bag with my name written on it, it turns out that when it’s your school director holding it, it’s safe to assume you won’t be receiving the food anytime soon. Spotted: Marc Alongi carrying an unknown ShakeShack bag to the DFAB room, and later seen to have walked out – without it. Did he throw it away, or even worse: Did he drink it?
Considering the only consequence I have so far received was the potential that I may have bought Marc a middle-of-the-day spontaneous sweet treat, I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands. Instead of wasting time trying to figure out where the mystery DoorDash went, I would rather crack the code and get down to the root of the problem. Why do we, as high school students, buy DoorDash? I personally can attest–considering I am the only one to come clean about (or at least get caught) ordering DoorDash–that my reasoning was not sound enough for me to cut myself some slack: “It was a serious craving, and I felt I could get away with it.” I’m sure some of you can understand how serious cravings can get, but it’s clear I made a cowardly move when I felt the dying need to order Shake Shack straight to my school campus.
All jokes aside, I hope to positively impact the school by helping high schoolers set their priorities straight, so I conclude this article with a new perspective on ordering DoorDash to school.
If I learned one thing, it’s DON’T DO IT!