Keith Stonehouse wasn’t paying attention – and 6-year-old Mason took advantage.
The diminutive resident of Chesterfield, Michigan, a township near Detroit, was hanging out with his dad one Saturday night in January when he reached for his phone.
“He took my phone to play, and I wasn’t paying attention. I was watching my show,” Keith said FOX 2 Detroit.
According to the outlet, Mason ended up ordering nearly $1,000 worth of food. Grubhub “got wind” of what happened and gave the family an equivalent gift card, the outlet wrote.
He is not the first child, accidentally or on purpose, to take advantage of technical solutions for ordering food or playing games. Uber Eats has refunded a family whose 4-year-old son ordered more than A$1,000 worth of ice cream per The Irish Times.
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As for Mason, he went on the Grubhub app and started cooking. He ordered shrimp from Happy’s Pizzas (the restaurant has several shrimp dishes on its menu menu), chicken sandwiches from Shawarma Yes! Bar & Grill and Leo’s Coney Island ice cream, Keith’s favorite, the outlet reported.
Then the orders started coming. Footage from the Stonehouse’s Ring camera shows driver after driver delivering or delivering deliveries, per FOX.
Keith thought nothing of it at first. “My wife owns a bakery and people always bring stuff from weddings or events,” he told the outlet.
After that it kept happening. “Cars enter the driveway as cars exit the driveway,” he said, then saw a fraud report from Chase inquiring about a $439 charge for Happy’s Pizza.
One thing might be unique about Mason’s story: he tipped 25% on every order.
After the incident, Mason said he drained his piggy bank from $115 to one cent. His lesson? “Only one,” he told the reporter. “They took my money.”
“This is my lesson first and foremost, and hopefully parents see this and learn from it,” said Keith.
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