“Laid out a spread,” “Thanks to whoever ordered the assorted sashimi” ... Delivery riders show off food marked for “self-disposal” [What do you think?]

[Financial News] As delivery services were disrupted by a Coupang system outage, it emerged that some delivery drivers ate food processed for “self-disposal” and posted photos as proof.
On the 10th, a series of posts mentioning “self-disposal” appeared on online communities and social media (SNS), accompanied by photos of food such as assorted sashimi, pizza and chicken.
“Self-disposal” is shorthand used among delivery drivers for “disposing of it themselves.” Delivery platforms encourage drivers to dispose of food themselves when it cannot be delivered because of a problem with the product or a customer’s cancellation.
One delivery driver posted a photo of tteokbokki, dumplings and seafood rice bowls under the title “Laid out a self-disposal spread.” Another driver, who laid out three pizzas and several boxes of chicken, wrote, “Whether it’s compensation or a deduction, it won’t be the full amount anyway,” and added, “I’ll eat 100,000 won worth and get docked 20,000 won.”
Another driver posted a photo of assorted sashimi, saying, “The yellowtail is already good to eat,” and adding, “Thanks to whoever ordered the assorted sashimi.”
This flurry of posts stemmed from a large-scale system outage that occurred recently. Coupang had a system outage for about two hours and 30 minutes starting at midnight on the 9th, during which food orders and deliveries also could not be processed normally on Coupang Eats.
Some restaurants were unable to deliver orders even after finishing the cooking, while cases mounted of delivery drivers who had already picked up food being unable to complete deliveries because they could not check customers’ addresses.
However, it has not been clearly established whether the people who wrote the posts deliberately exploited the system outage to obtain the food or went through the normal self-disposal process. Coupang said it plans to compensate customers, restaurant owners and delivery drivers affected by the outage.
Online reactions to the story were mixed. Some criticized the drivers, asking, “Customers must have been furious because they didn’t get their food and couldn’t get in touch. Did they really have to post photos as proof?” Others responded, “The drivers just took care of food that was marked for disposal because of a Coupang system error,” and, “I hope they at least enjoyed it.”
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