FEW things are as upsetting as a nicked chip. Girlfriends do it, siblings do it, and now, it appears, bloody delivery drivers do it.

Footage from the doorstop of a home in Melbourne’s inner east shows a man, believed to be a delivery driver for Uber Eats, helping himself to the king of all chips from a customer’s bag.

Seriously, that thing is massive.

The CCTV footage, sent to Melbourne radio station 3AW on Wednesday morning, shows the driver ring the doorbell then stare longingly into the bag.

He pulls out the chip then gobbles it down quickly. He wipes the greasy, salty fingers on his pants and rings the doorbell again.

The customer told 3AW he was shocked by what he saw.

“I can’t believe he didn’t just take one in the car, instead of at our front door,” he said.

The customer is a friend of Collingwood President Eddie McGuire. He told McGuire’s Hot Breakfast show on Triple M that the brazen theft took place about 6.20pm last Monday.

“This has been a bit of a common occurrence at my place where sometimes the Uber [Eats] comes in and you go, ‘it’s a bit light’,” McGuire said.



“Anyway, so a good friend of mine had the home security system going and he said, ‘you need to come and have a look at this one, old pal’.”

Melbourne resident Amanda Walker contacted Uber Eats on Facebook in August to tell them “one of your drivers just stole my food”.

“I can’t actually believe this,” she wrote. “I have already put a complaint in. The driver was so shocking. Couldn’t find a park so drove away with my food and still sent the invoice.”

Uber Eats responded: “That doesn’t sound right, Amanda!”

No. It does not.

News.com.au approached Uber Eats for comment. A spokeswoman said:

“We know how important food safety is, and we ask delivery partners to take great care during the delivery process to ensure the quality of meals they deliver for restaurants reflect the restaurant’s standards.

“Delivery partners using Uber Eats are expected to comply with the Uber Eats community guidelines which explain they can lose access to the app for tampering with orders.

“We encourage users of the app to contact us with any concerns or issues they may be having and we will work to resolve these with them.”