Viral: Woman finds a working phone in her takeout food; here's what she did next

Time of India

21-06-2025

Image credits: X/@nypost
What is the best surprise you would expect when ordering a takeout? That it tastes better than you imagined, is in more quantity than you ordered or has some little freebie dishes with it? Well, an Adelaide woman got the surprise of her life when she found a shocking object at the bottom of her takeout box.
In a TikTok going viral on the internet, Shraddha, a woman shared that she had ordered a hotpot from a takeaway shop the previous week. She ate most of the meal at the restaurant but took some home to eat later.
When she was picking at the bottom of the container, she noticed something strange. 'I was picking at the bottom, and the container was feeling a little bit weird,' she said in the video.
'So, I kept digging, and at the bottom of the container was a working phone.'
She showed the phone that she picked out from a bowl of hot soup and while it may have been working it was already showing a temperature warning.
'I rang the place, and I was like 'Hey I found a phone in my hotpot' and they were like 'Oh yeah we did have a phone missing from one of our chefs',' she continued.
'They were apologizing, and I was like 'no worries, I'll bring it back'.'
Not only did the woman return the phone but she also chose to not name the restaurant, saying, 'Everyone makes mistakes.'
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A free meal for her kindness
Explaining the incident she revealed that apparently the chef had put his phone down in the takeaway container and since it was black, it blended with the surface, thus getting lost inside the hotpot.
For her kindness in asking about the phone and returning it, Shraddha received $50 from the restaurant where she had originally paid $35 for the hotpot. Additionally, the chef asked her to inform when she visits again and receive a free hotpot.
The woman also added that her eating the hotpot at home was a complete coincidence as she had earlier thought of eating it the next day but felt hungry upon reaching home. Had she followed through and microwaved the meal, the story could have been completely different, she said.
Social media reactions
While Shraddha's reaction to the incident may have been calm and composed, the netizens felt the complete opposite.
Many added how the restaurant got off lightly and that she should have asked them for a "lifetime of free hotpot."
Another X user was concerned about the cleanliness of the food with the phone being inside it, writing, "That is literally so gross. He puts the phone down everywhere. Holds it to his face. Touches it after he touches everything Imagine the germs and bacteria she ate 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮"