A group of friends learned what it meant to live in the future when their food delivery arrived via drone.
Deirdre Lavin, from Ireland, recorded the moment their food arrived “from heaven,” in a video that has gone viral on TikTok, garnering almost half a million views since being shared on July 6.
In the clip, she and friends stand outside in their backyard looking up into the sky, as a drone flies overhead—and, using a long string, lowers their bag of takeout onto the ground.
Lavin and her friend can be heard laughing in a mixture of excitement and shock, and, naturally, saying “thank you” to the drone.
She captioned the clip: “POV you’re hungover and the drone delivery service is the most exciting thing to happen to you.”
She added: “My Boojum came from heaven today,” referencing the popular Irish Mexican food chain which recently began expanding to Britain.
TikTok users loved the clip, shared to her account @deirdrelavinwith, with one commenter laughing: “Thanking the drone is so Irish.”
“How do birds not intercept this?” another wondered, as one declared it was: “the best thing I’ve seen ever.”
“Plus the free string as well,” one joked. “What a time to be alive.”
To which Lavin replied: “What will they think of next?”
Plenty of commenters asked where Lavin had ordered from, hoping their next DoorDash order would come from the sky, but Lavin explained it was from relatively new all-drone delivery service Manna.
Deirdre Lavin was waiting for her food delivery after a night out when she heard the noise of a drone approaching. She caught the moment their food was dropped from the sky.
TikTok @deirdrelavin
Manna launched its operations in Ireland, and so far only delivers in the Dublin 15 area, so interested customers may still have to be patient.
Speaking to Newsweek, Manna CEO Bobby Healy said: “Within the next 12 months, Manna will roll out the service to the majority of the 1 million or so people living in suburban Dublin.
“We are incredibly thankful to our customers and small businesses we work with for making our service in Dublin 15 so successful to date.”
In the United States, companies aren’t just working on food delivery via drone: in Ju;y of this year, San Jose company Archer Aviation signed an agreement with Southwest Airlines to develop plans for a flying taxi service for California airports.
A four-passenger electric aircraft is hoped to beat the traffic and transform airport commutes by car, which can take up to 90 minutes, to 10-20 minute flights.
Newsweek reached out to @deirdrelavin on TikTok for comment.
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