Everyone knows that New Yorkers can’t cook. OK, sure, some manage to heat up some frozen Trader Joe’s mini tacos or boil water for ramen, but the city folk just love ordering takeout.
And so Thursday night, chaos erupted when popular food delivery service Seamless went dark. Those looking forward to ordering some sesame chicken to their doorstep after a long day at work were forced to find alternate means for satisfying their bellies.
People understandably panicked. They would have to leave the house to get food? Or call a restaurant to put in an order? Were we back in the Dark Ages or something?
https://twitter.com/kristalberg/status/779105879840923648
Ok people @seamless is down- anyone remember how to work the microwave?
— Kiel Porter (@kielporter) September 23, 2016
No @Seamless ?!? This means… I have to put on pants and look people in the eye out there in the world #idratherstarve
— Nathan Chang (@natekchang) September 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/RyanCBrinson/status/779116184977477632
https://twitter.com/filmfromage/status/779129587578044416
#tfw @Seamless doesn't work and you have to call the restaurant. pic.twitter.com/AqWXDAXM8m
— Jenny (@jennyloe) September 23, 2016
SEAMLESS IS DOWN! RIOT IN THE STREETS!
— Slow Release Glorilis (@YoGlo_) September 23, 2016
An undetermined number of New Yorkers starved Thursday night, unable to get out of the apartment to the Chipotle down the street. Meanwhile, some took it upon themselves to help solve the problem—or at least find someone to fix it for them.
hey @BilldeBlasio seamless is down
— Jared Ray Johnson (@yungpanko) September 23, 2016
Yeah Mayor De Blasio, why the hell weren’t you jumping to remedy this public crisis?
But this whole situation brings us full circle to the fact that New Yorkers were generally unconcerned with the several explosives that were found around the city earlier this week. Because a Seamless outage is definitely a more horrifying.
https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/777900212358619136
Stay strong, New York City.