Well, fortunately, nobody was hurt, but the Uber Eats meal sank to the bottom of the bay.
Sometime before 9 p.m., the driver "was driving around the yacht basin, thought he was turning onto a roadway, and learned too late that he was mistaken," Galveston police spokesman Kurt Koopmann told the Galveston County Daily News.
The area where the boats are kept is fenced off from the street and parking lot, but wayward cars have a way of ending up in the strangest places if there's even a tiny chance they will. The driver was unhurt, and authorities managed to fish him and his vehicle out of the bay.
Beyond the vehicle, there was no evidence of further property damage or criminal activity, Koopmann said. Somewhere on the island, somebody went hungry Friday night.
In the annals of misbegotten Uber Eats deliveries, this one probably rates a solid 6.5 to 7. Just know that "Uber Eats crazy delivery story" is a Google rabbit hole waiting to happen: miscreant drivers, crazed customers, half-eaten food, spilled drinks, fictional restaurants, homemade sex toys, free Krispy Kreme. Enter at your own risk.
Appetites run amok; manners fly out the window. As one Reddit user/driver noted, "Do this job long enough and you will deliver to naked people."
I didn't know that food delivery could be so exciting. Thrills and spills every minute.