I deliver pizza for Dave's Pizza in NM. Sometimes, as most of you know, things get very busy and delivery times go up. And like most good pizza places, if the customer calls in then they may end up getting the pizza at no charge. Some people are very unappreciative and don't even tip for a no charge pizza. One night recently though, I delivered an order that was late and no charge and the people gave me an $8 tip just for making the trip because no other place delivers to them. Another story relates to something that happened to another driver. It is a bad story, but kind of funny. The driver was delivering 3 large pizzas to the housing authority in town, a $31 order. The driver arrived and knocked on the door. A woman came to the door, took the pizzas, and told him she would be right back with the money. She went to a back room while the driver waited. After 2-3 minutes, the driver realized something wasn't right and called the manager on his cell phone. Shortly after, the woman came to the door with the 3 pizzas and handed them back to the driver, telling him that she couldn't afford $31, and she slammed the door in his face. As he was walking back to his car, he felt something was wrong and decided to check the pizzas. He openned the top one and saw it was all there. Then, he openned the middle pizza and saw that it was half eaten. He further checked the bottom pizza and when he opened the box, he found a bed sheet stuffed inside so that the box would hold its form. Needless to say, a police report was filed.
One last story. Occasionally we get prank or false orders from kids. The owner often uses caller id and calls them back if he can. One time he told the kid on the other end he was gonna call the police. That scared the kid, and not only did he admit he had a part in it, he also ratted out a friend who was also involved. The owner also tries to get hold of these kids parents. Those kids never pranked again. Another time a girl called in an order and the driver went to make the delivery to find out that it was a prank. The owner called the girl, as she gave her home phone, and started telling her that he doesn't appreciate the prank as it costs him money. Not a few minutes later, the owner got a call from the girl's father. Apparently, she told her dad that the owner was giving her a hard time. The owner told the dad to mention the address she had given to the order taker. The father then told the owner that he would talk it over with his daughter and if she did do it, he was gonna come in and have a talk with the owner; and if she did not admit to it he was still gonna come in. Well, about half hour later, the father comes in with his daughter and made her pay for the pizza out of her own money, and to further teach her a lesson the father made her give the driver a $2 tip for the trouble.
