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Delivery story 396

UWGwolf writes:

I worked for Pizza Hut in Roswell, Georgia from 2008-2009 as a driver, and in that time I learned that folks who order pizza aren't typically the brightest folks around. In May of 2009 (spring in Georgia, a.k.a. hot and humid) I received a large order (over $100) to Westside Parkway (business complexes.) In Roswell, business are notorious for not only stiffing the driver but not telling anyone else in the office they ordered, which adds an extra ten minutes to the delivery time while we try and locate the person who ordered. So, needless to say, I was not thrilled about taking this order.

Regardless, however, I left with the order and arrived on Westside Parkway (which runs from Roswell north to Cumming.) Construction had closed the middle part of the road, so only the Roswell side was accessible. I drove up and down the road twice, and had no luck finding the address. So I called the customer.

Wouldn't you know it, though, the woman who answered the phone had absolutely no idea how to provide directions to her workplace! After trying to coax some sort of clue out of her for a good ten minutes, she finally put her boss on the phone who proceeds to tell me to get on S.R. 400 (highway) and get off at exit 13. My Pizza Hut worked exit 7 and a small portion of exit 8. These people had ordered from a Pizza Hut six exits south of them!! Needless to say, I told the customer they would have to order from a location closer to them, to which my manager wholeheartedly agreed. I had driven for a good 25 minutes, all for nothing. My car got decent MPG, but I was having a bad day for tips, so I lost out on gas money.

I have since left Pizza Hut and enrolled in college so that I can work a better job someday, one that does not depend on peoples' generosity to make a living. I always, however, tip at least $5 to anyone who delivers my food, simply because I can now empathize with their plight.