For this year’s Stupid Hackathon — which is exactly what it sounds like: a hackathon devoted to pointless technological developments — programmer Max Goodman made a program that automatically orders a randomly selected meal from a randomly chosen restaurant. This is only minorly stupid, of course. What catapults the app, Picnic, to masterpiece-level stupidity is that it sends the food to a randomly chosen address, and then orders you an Uber to transport you there. Over the weekend, he tried it out.

You can see Goodman testing the app here, astonished that it might set in motion a chain of unforeseen events, bending humans to the will of the machine.

The test run was, I would say, a rousing success.

I'm on my inaugural run of my app "Picnic". Currently in a car headed to Daly City somewhere. — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

Here's the menu for today: Dolmas, Coconut Water, and a Lebanese Omlet. The app generated a very generous tip... pic.twitter.com/LEZbKWztEq — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

Heading down the highway to Daly City pic.twitter.com/Rt6TpS4FkP — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

Uber driver: "Where should I drop you off?"

Me: "Uhhh... just this corner here." — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

The delivery estimate was 45-60 minutes so I have some time to kill... — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

I'm not really sure where I'm going to be able to eat this meal. This is a *terrible* place for a picnic. — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

Perhaps this chair over here! pic.twitter.com/qEFJ0yD0a5 — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

This feels like a real-life point and click adventure game. — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

So the restaurant I "ordered" from is closer to my start point pic.twitter.com/2fvlsilPCL — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

My picnic seat pic.twitter.com/m2JIp6KQDU — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

Holy shit it happened pic.twitter.com/VzYonlqvoN — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

But there was a shocking twist.

OH NO I DON'T HAVE UTENSILS — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

neither did the hotel around the corner pic.twitter.com/ZOTF7ilXIo — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

I got caught stealing plastic cutlery from a hotel — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

omelet devoured. Dolmas time. I've never had Dolmas before... pic.twitter.com/45XtXlFyOX — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

first bite was gross but it's growing on me. good pairing with the coconut water. good job bot. — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

So very satisfied. Time to pack it up and reflect on lessons learned. pic.twitter.com/F1DSsRTFVA — Max Goodman (@chromakode) May 15, 2016

Recounting his odyssey for Motherboard, Goodman wrote:

My picnic taught me a few things: With the right perspective, even a quiet gas station at the edge of the city can be an interesting place to visit. That aimlessness is a necessary state of mind, worth making time for. (Also that I don’t really like dolmas very much, but that’s okay.) And finally, to be ready for a picnic anywhere at any time, you’d really better bring your own utensils.

The code for Picnic, which functions as a Chrome browser extension, is available on Github. You’ll need to set your browser to dev mode in order to use it. Goodman writes that “the code is very hacky, and certainly contains bugs,” so use at your own peril!