Back in a Philadelphia

[tahnan]

I've complained in the past about being "in a Philadelphia", that metaphysical state inherent to this place that keeps you from getting anything you'd actually want, even the simplest of demands.

The website for DiningIn tells me: We sincerely apologize, but zip code 19143 is currently outside the delivery area for DiningIn. We hope to be able to provide service to this zip code in the future. It's not that they don't serve Philadelphia; they just don't serve our zip code. Terrific.

But what really pissed me off tonight is that New Delhi, on 40th and Chestnut, won't deliver to us. They deliver to Center City--that is, the other side of the river--but they won't come eight blocks west and five blocks south.

It's infuriating. It's frustrating. It's, well, Philadelphia.

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

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You don't need DiningIn.
Fuck DiningIn!
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[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Yeah, DiningIn is just awful. I stopped using them after they changed _everyone's_ password to "password" as a "security measure".

[leighjen.livejournal.com]

I know, DiningIn totally sucks, but we can't find any Thai places that deliver and DiningIn claimed to have two that would deliver, but not to us.

[jeffurrynpl.livejournal.com]

I was leaving a Scrabble tournament at 42nd and Locust a few years ago and tried to call a cab. They said it would be an hour and a half because I wasn't calling from a landline and they couldn't trace my call, or some such nonsense. I didn't realize it was a trend, but I was glad to get back to New York.

[incontango.livejournal.com]

If I found a university, will you move back?

[spenceraloysius.livejournal.com]

New Delhi has a nice lunch buffet.