🎙️ BONUS | Outrageous Delivery Fees

**Nick** (0:01)
The Nick, Luttsy & Susie O'Neill Podcast.
Welcome to the bonus podcast. One for you today, David, actually.

**Luttsy** (0:10)
What is it?

**Nick** (0:11)
Well, I've got one for you. Uber Eats vibe.
So yesterday, while I was sick, Monday, whatever you're listening to this on, a Sunday night, I turned quite ill, like a gastro-y bug. I think I got it from my daughter, hurled around a toilet, woke up at sort of 1am sick, woke up again at 3.30am. I think I messaged our producer around 4am. I don't think I can make it. Violently ill. When you're not self-inflicted vomiting, i.e. not from alcohol, it's just the worst, like...

**Luttsy** (0:39)
It doesn't happen very often, does it?

**Nick** (0:40)
It doesn't. It really doesn't.

**Luttsy** (0:41)
It's a bit of a shock.

**Nick** (0:42)
It's super unlucky.
Anyway, I had one of those nights, in one of those days yesterday, I was sitting on the couch, my wife is at work. Obviously, I'm at home alone with my dog, Pam. She's gonna do nothing for me. And I needed a can of Coke. Like, you know you need a sugary drink when you're out. I couldn't put any other food down. So I literally Uber Eats a singular can of Coke.

**Luttsy** (1:03)
What? What was the delivery fee?

**Nick** (1:05)
Guess how much an Uber Eats can of Coke cost me?

**Luttsy** (1:08)
Well, I mean, it depends from time to time. I've paid as much as $9.

**Nick** (1:11)
More.

**Luttsy** (1:12)
Really?

**Nick** (1:12)
More, yeah. $18.50 for a singular can of Coke.

**Luttsy** (1:16)
What?

**Nick** (1:17)
So the can of Coke itself was $3.50 from like the 7-Eleven or whatever it was.

**Luttsy** (1:21)
That was the entire bill.

**Nick** (1:21)
So $18.50. So $10 was an Uber fee. Then there was a service charge. A small goods fee. There was a small goods fee of like $3.20. Apparently, if your items are tiny, you have to pay more.
I've got so many questions. Like, how sick were you? Could you not get in your car and drive?

**Luttsy** (1:39)
Were you that sick?

**Nick** (1:40)
Yeah, you were just... And I was being sooky and you're sitting here in couch. You're like, I can't be bothered. And I really should have just got more stuff with it.

**Luttsy** (1:46)
That would be the obvious thing.

**Nick** (1:47)
Yeah. Or get a meal. And the second one was, yeah, why didn't you get more stuff with it? Because I didn't feel like food at all. And even looking at pictures of food was making me feel gross. Like I couldn't put anything down, but I just felt like this can of Coke. So even going on Uber Eats, finding the can of Coke, that was hard enough.

**Luttsy** (2:03)
I was like, you were pretty quick then.

**Nick** (2:04)
Yeah. Oh, mate. I was, but yeah, the one can of Coke.

**Luttsy** (2:07)
So why are you in here then? Why are you getting catchered off you now?

**Nick** (2:09)
Well, but I haven't vomited.

**Luttsy** (2:10)
Seriously, I know you're being a hero being back at work. I get it.

**Nick** (2:13)
Thank you.

**Luttsy** (2:14)
But I mean, I'll be very disappointed if I get a fricking bubble for you.

**Nick** (2:18)
I imagine that Luttsy's not in tomorrow, or at least as an excuse if you don't want to come in, David. And you missed all the six year to the Olympic celebrations.

**Luttsy** (2:25)
Oh, no, I've got a big day tomorrow.

**Nick** (2:28)
Yeah, that's that tomorrow. Well, no, I haven't vomited since 4 a.m. Monday morning.

**Luttsy** (2:34)
OK. Must have been food poisoning, I reckon.

**Nick** (2:37)
Yeah, I did. I did have a food truck, which was Vietnamese, at a bowls club. That was the last thing I ate before.

**Luttsy** (2:42)
I don't know why it was interesting to say the country there.

**Nick** (2:46)
Well, you know, this feels more offentic.

**Luttsy** (2:49)
I know your dog's racist. There's no need for you to be buddy.

**Nick** (2:53)
Just let you know what I ate, you know? It could have been that. It could have been the food poisoning.

**Luttsy** (2:58)
I don't know, but just don't... I'm in a bloody airlock room here. You've got to make sure you're not sick when you come into this room because there's literally no air that gets in here.

**Nick** (3:06)
We just won't kiss today and then we'll be fine. OK. And no hugging. Susie's loving it because she's in Sydney, so she's like... Oh, my way. I'm the only one in my studio and also the studios down here are brand new, so they're really nice and bright and energised.