Michigan Schools Ban Grubhub After Too Many Pizza Deliveries for Students

School staff have better things to do than handle pizza deliveries

A number of Michigan schools have had to ban students from using apps like Uber Eats and Grubhub to order delivery direct to school. The Detroit Free Press writes that some schools were seeing up to 15 deliveries per day come through the doors (pizza seems to be the most popular choice), with kids whipping out excuses like “mom forgot to add money to my lunch account.”

The schools flagged multiple issues: there’s safety, given that the apps will send strangers onto school grounds, and the fact that schools are responsible for issues of food safety and allergic reactions once the food arrives. Plus, school staff generally don’t have “handling pizza deliveries” written into their job description. There’s a glaring question that hasn’t yet been answered here: Given that users generally need a credit card to make purchases on these kinds of delivery apps, what the hell kind of parents are letting their kids order ad hoc delivery to the classroom?

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