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The 9 harrowing stages of coping with last night's Just-Eat outage

Chaos. Utter chaos.

Jul 27th 2014, 10:03 AM 5,104 Views 0 Comments

WELL, IT FINALLY happened. Online food ordering service Just-Eat.ie crashed last night and Ireland failed to cope. It was a Saturday night for God’s sake, what were we supposed to do, cook?

What we went through… we must never speak of again.

1. Disbelief

The initial moment it hits you is the worst.

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What? Surely it can’t be. You refresh… but nothing.

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2. Shock

It’s TRUE.

Nooo! Some dastardly chef has just sliced a wire in the kitchen. We're working on getting things fixed and will be back ASAP #computersaysno
— Just Eat Ireland (@JustEatIE) July 26, 2014

Source: Just-Eat.ie/Twitter

3. Panic

Check the presses, what time is it? Are there any canned goods? Is it too soon to call the guards?

Source: Leon McCarthy/Twitter

4. Crushing realisations

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5. Near starvation

This. This is how it all ends.

@JustEatIE plz do we're starving here
— Daniel Huber (@johnny19w) July 26, 2014

Source: Daniel Huber/Twitter

6. Hopelessness

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7. Anger

Someone in @JustEatIE I.T. department should be shot.Decides to carry out maintenance on a Saturday evening.Surely busiest time of the week
— DaveB (@D_BagmanMUFC) July 26, 2014

Source: DaveyB/Twitter

8. Regret

Maybe you overreacted just a TEENY TINY bit.

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9. Relief

It’s back! Go forth and replenish your soul with a massaman curry and a side of spring rolls.

Or just get that can you were too lazy to walk to the shop for.

God bless us, everyone.

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The 9 harrowing stages of coping with last night's Just-Eat outage