Reddit user shared a seven-second clip of security footage
An American woman is searching for answers after a DoorDash driver scrawled “514” on the facade of her home during a delivery.
“Ordered food today…the driver came to deliver it but then wrote 514 above my garage in permanent marker,” a Reddit user named Abigail, who works on the handle, wrote alongside a photo of the vandalism.
She added: “It’s all caught on camera. I’m just really confused lol.”
In another post, the Reddit user shared a seven-second clip of security footage showing the DoorDash driver’s bizarre act in broad daylight.
The video shows the driver walking to the house with a plastic bag containing the delivery. Moments later, the man returned to his vehicle and grabbed a permanent marker before walking back to the house and scrawling ‘514’ on it. He left the building shortly afterwards.
Why did my dasher write ‘514’ on the side of my house?
byu/geelenthusiastt indoordash
Reddit users were quick to share theories about what the numbers could mean. Several users speculated that the driver would mark the house so it could be robbed later.
A user wrote: “If someone from a South American country, like a thief here in my country sees a house that could contain things of value, they mark it to rob it later, usually with more people, they use different symbols and code to inform about what’s in the house (e.g.: dog, armed owner, high technology, art, etc.) I don’t know how likely it is where you live, but that was the first thing that came to my mind Please note when I saw it, stay safe.”
Another user commented: “If it is a theft code, your car may have been marked stolen from the catalytic converter in the video. Hyundais in particular have very easy to access catalytic converters. We had someone perform a service at our house recently, and the next day the catalytic converter was gone. While we can’t prove it was related to the previous service, I suspect that on some jobs that come to homes, people keep an eye out for those that would come by later. You’ll probably get a cut.”
When the user revealed, he decided to hide the identity of the driver. Abigail wrote: “People are confused as to why I censored their faces and some of the comments here are exactly why – I don’t know them. And while yes they have destroyed our property, I’m not here to hate/harass them I don’t know why they did it, but I also know that people can take things online and take them too far – so I could very well be putting them in danger by putting their face out there. I posted this because I really thought it was strange/stupid and wanted to know if it had happened to anyone else.”
