Delivery story 77 Pizza Pete writes: Here's a dumb robbery story. I deliver for a large, national chain in Newark, Delaware (home to the University of Delaware) where they have had problems with the locals mugging drunk college kids. I was making a delivery in January with three feet of snow on the ground at a large apartment complex almost entirely made of college kids. A guy in a ski mask approached me as I was walking up to the building. It was pretty cold, and this was week number 4 on the job for me, so I didn't really think too much of it when he said, "Ok, where is it?" Assuming it was the customer taking a smoke outside while he waited for the pizza, I showed him the red square pizza bag and was about to pull it out when I saw the revolver in his hand. He closed the distance to me pretty quickly, and I was inbetween two parked cars, so I couldn't get away. He took all my money and my cell phone, and like in all the training videos, I just assumed he would then run away. He didn't. The rest of the transaction went like this: Robber: Ok, what's in the bag? Me: It's a pizza. R: You're holdin' out on me, what's in the bag? M: It's a pizza. R: Dude, what's in the bag? M: (pulling out the receipt from the top of the bag) It's a medium cheese pizza. That'll be 9.99. R: (blank stare) Ok, what's in the car? M: More pizzas. (Long pause) R: Sorry to have to do this, I've been down on my luck lately. M: (as sarcastic as possible) I hope everything works out for you. He then did two more robberies in the area and they caught him after the third one. He's now serving 9-11 years in state prison. And the gun he used was worth more then the money he got from all three of us. return to top