What we endure Delivering to houses In a typical neighborhood, half the houses do not have numbers visible from the road even in broad daylight. At night, one in five house numbers are visible from the road. This includes mailbox and curb numbers. Unfortunately, most customers don't turn on their porch light at night. In fact, it's usually their neighbors who have their porch lights on, everyone on the street except the customer. This can make you walk up to the wrong house. There is a significant safety risk when a driver walks between the car and the customer's house. The car topper informs third parties that you have food and money. There is often no place to park, so you must park a few houses down the street. When a house has no visible numbers, the driver must get out of the car and walk door-to-door to hunt for the right house. Sometimes a row of houses won't have any numbers, so you must knock door-to-door. You must do this while holding the pizzas and the drinks in any kind of weather. Customers make you waste an average of two minutes before they are ready to receive the pizza. The driver must knock or ring the bell an average of two times. For more information, see the house numbers section and take note of the ordinary mistakes that are prevalent. Last updated: August 8, 2008 return to top