Why Not Order a Victim Online?
January 22, 2012
Well, here’s a new spin on predictive search. CNet News reports, “Chicago Restaurants Stop Taking Cell Phone Orders.” In parts of Chicago, so many delivery drivers have been robbed by cell phone users that businesses are now limiting their orders to landline customers. Writer Chris Matyszczyk reports:
“Chinatown and Hyde Park are the two areas where cell phone miscreants appear to have had their pizza and eaten it.
It seems to have become such a problem that the local police had to issue a warning to all business owners, complete with certain cell phone numbers that have already been involved in such incidents.
What a racket; the criminals don’t have to search for a victim. Victims come to them. But since when is this specific to mobile orders? There are whole zip codes in my area that businesses refuse to deliver to, and this began long before cell phones became common.
The write up points out that the landline-only policy is impractical, anyway. Almost everyone has a cell phone, and landline subscriptions are in a free-fall. A cell-phone order ban could put a delivery establishment out of business. Purveyors of that famous Chicago pizza may want to look into the forbidden zip code option instead.
Cynthia Murrell, January 22, 2012
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