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- 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+150As someone who had a roommate in college that delivered pizzas, let me say that a pizza delivery guy makes THE BEST college roommate.
They are almost always gone, and when they come back, they usually bring pizza. - canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -4/+42as someone who did this in college, let me say that this is spot on.
- headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37"They do more drugs than your mom in the sixties. "
Everyone in the restaurant business does a lot of drugs, or drinks a lot.
"Delivering pizza does terrible things to your social life."
It does worse things to your poor car. - ActiveMatx, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36I want some pizza now.
- cool4u2view, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26I always associate Japanese and Taiwanese with knowing martial arts, the Chinese I associate with...umm... I don't know, human rights violations..
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+30Chinese Delivery Secrets:
1) No women drivers ...whatsover, and yes we're all the same old squinty eyed midget no matter what place you order from. Don't be suprised you keep seeing the same dude.
2) We do have roaches, we love our roaches. We never call the pest control, we just have roach parties where the cooks and drivers stay up till midnight with the lights off for a couple hours. We turn the lights on and quickly run around with newspapers in a drunken stupor trying to smash as many roaches as we can find. Rats and mice are bonus points. Extra chicken doughnuts for the grand master with the most roach laden newpaper.
3) We all post our huge neon lit signs on top of our car advertising that we're delivery drivers and we have lotsa money. Come rob us, we dare you, we know kung fu. When we're done kicking your ass, consider it your lucky day if we let you call us "bad mother *****". - TopherT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20The problem is, that delivery surcharge doesn't reach us, its to compensate the owner for not having us taking orders or working grunt work in the store.
- Damovisa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18"Everyone in the restaurant business does a lot of drugs, or drinks a lot."
I definitely have to agree with that. The hospitality industry and drugs go hand in hand. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20All I have to say is that the pizza delivery girl who comes around my house is HOT. I tip the guys pretty much crap, but when the girl comes ....hellz yeah!
- Ryetronics, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Yes, this article was totally dead on. I took pride in knowing all the short cuts for getting around town, even if it only shaved off maybe 10 seconds of drive time. About your social life, I just dated a girl that worked at the pizza joint with me, so problem solved. The best part of this article though is the section about the college students vs the lifers. We had a few lifers working at our place, and it was kinda sad b/c they were in the mid to late 30's, but still thought they were our age.
Driving around pizzas at 2am is a good portion of the "good old days" for me. Pretty much everyone was stoned at all times. - nahoda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I never thought of asking a pizza delivery guy about a neighborhood that I am looking to move into. It really makes alot of sense. They are there late at night, and they can walk right up to peoples' houses.
- viriiman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16"Print view"
http://www.associatedcontent.com/pop_print.shtml?content_type=article&content_type_id=56358 - gd007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"They do more drugs than your mom in the sixties. "
Now I know why my pizzas smelled funny at times. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14I delivered for a chinese place for a while. I am white, I cannot tell you how many times I got the "you don't look chinese to me" line.
- tomi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Depending on my order, I usually tip a lot (that's if you call $2-3 a good tip...). Like if my order's $15.34 or something like that, I'll just give them a $20. That's like nearly $5 tip. *shrug* I just round off to the next multiple of 5 dollars. If the order's like 9 something (or 14 something, or 19 something), I try to give at least a dollar tip.
No wonder my pizza's always good. =P I always thought my $3-4 tips were hardly a tip... - Neticule, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13oh yeah, another nice thing about bein a pizza driver, is that I get alot for free from the gas stations lol. at the end of the day we will have 5-6 bad orders/fake orders. Ill snatch 2 or 3 pies, and goto some of the gas stations i always goto, and drop them off one, they always give me free coffee, candy, one place even trades me pizza for lottery tickets LOL
on a side note, i HATE when parents make their kids answer the door. they NEVER tip, NEVER. A few times I have heard their parents in the background saying "let him keep the change!" and they wont ***** give it to me, little ***** bastards! - SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Click on the print version and it is much easier to read. Multi-page articles suck...
- rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Yeah, really - that part of the article was pretty educational. Although it might feel weird, I'd really want to give the guy $20-$50 to talk to me for 10 minutes about the best places. I mean, if you're spending $400,000 on a house, you might as well get honest talk from a guy who knows all the neighborhoods. It's what, 0.01% of the cost of the house? *Completely* worth it, considering you're probably trusting your realtor who you also don't even know - and the realtor is a professional, he/she is most likely biased, and trying to get a high commisssion.
- Sheir, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Haha, my brother is a pizza delivery man, but he's a big ***** with a bunch of tattoos, so no one ***** with him.
His top hobbies, according to his myspace, are "Smokin' some blunts," and "Charming old ladies for big tips".
The former is listed 4 or 5 times. - TopherT, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I'm a relatively new driver and I wish I'd have read this first. I wondered if all delivery jobs were this high pace and yet so boring. The tips are nice, the money in your pocket at the end of the night is a bonus but the weird hours, the constant running around and the constant repetition is really a drag. I'm not surprised that alot of people go with drugs, I'm now considering whether or not I could operate at the shop while high, might make the whole thing a bit more tolerable.
(Yes I somone did try to rob me at knifepoint once but I just dropped the pizza bag and sprinted the hell out of there, we be in great shape too) - Damovisa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"Not only that, but after you’ve lived the life of a pizza delivery driver, any job you have afterward feels kind of cushy."
I was a delivery driver in Australia and I've gotta say, this comment does not apply over here.
If you can deal with the terrible pay, it's the cushiest job I've ever had. There's nobody to stop you picking up a few orders, delivering them and then taking your sweet time getting back.
Hell, when I did it, I spent more time eating garlic bread while parked on the side of the road listening to the stereo than actually delivering orders. But then we don't rely so much on tips here I guess so it's less important to do it properly... - Neticule, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Yeah, ive delivered for dominoes for about 5 years now, since i turned 18 actually. Its a good job, if you can zone out the repetitiveness of it all.
The guide is definitly right about neighborhoods, you give me any address in this town and I can tell you if its a good place to raise kids/buy a house :)
Like others have said, it is hell on your car. Im on my 3rd car in 5 years, spent about 2 grand on each one. On a good day of work I will put 100-150 miles on it, within a month I have put a couple thousand miles on it. 2000 miles, in a small 8 mile town gets pretty repetitive lol.
I mostly decided to get the job because I absolutely loved driving, unlike most people. I drive like an absolute maniac, but at the same time im very safe, never been in an accident in 5 years, and every close call I have had has been other drivers faults. If your one of those people that loves driving their car, its a great job, especially if you have a ton of music, and a decent stereo system in your car :) - Four20, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9This is all true, and this is the best quote ever.
"The pizza that arrives at your door may have been made by someone on cocaine, taken out of the oven by someone on prescription pain pills, and delivered by someone who smoked pot on the way to your house." - rkuchiki, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Usually when I order pizza it comes to $15.xx and i just give the driver a $20, so thats $4+ tip. No wonder they liked delivering to me, even though at the time I lived in the middle of nowhere.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I'd rather hear the top secrets of Chinese laundries. I'll get to the bottom of these "ancient Chinese secrets" some day!
- DJcrayon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Being a former pizza delivery driver myself, I could definitely vouch for this point
I knew the nice and not so nice areas of the neighborhood, on the outside, you would never tell the difference. - jonnyx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Speaking from personal experience, it seems also that pizza delivery drivers must have some sort of unwritten immunity agreement with the local police. In my short stint as a driver and cook (that's right bitches, I'm taking your order, making your food AND driving it to you. Be nice!) neither me nor any of my co-workers ever got a ticket or even pulled over, even though our driving was, to say the least, a bit suspect at times.
And don't even get into driving under the possible influence of any matter of substances... - Floydian23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Fedex pays well, a pizza place gives a pizza driver like $1 per hour. The tips are the only money! I bet you got paid a normal decent wage with the lumber. Pizza drivers work solely for tips!
- dohidied, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@MrTea
You can usually add a tip to a debit card transaction. - Civil44, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I deliverd for six months in college made some serious cash and nearly destroyed my car. This article is pretty dead on but the drug thing is deffinatly the whole food industry period.
- mywhitenoise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Calgone?
- knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9never really thought of the dangers of delivery work.
i think it would be scary *****. - coldshuts, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Actually, on a delivery it's not 15%, it's minimum 2$ and you should pay more if:
- you live far
- live at the 4th floor without an elevator
- live in a building with a damn slow elevator
- delivery was fast
- driver has a good attitude
- you got a big bill
Anyone that don't understand this should never call for pizza, get some McCain at the grocery. - 1911wolf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I used to always tip $2-$3 for my pizza, but when gas prices went up I upped the tip to $4. The drivers fight amongst themselves all the time for my zone. I used to work at the same local shop they do 14 years ago when I was younger, so I know how important the tips are to cover the expense.
- Neticule, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I have worked pizza delivery for about 4 years, and we have a $1.50 charge for all deliveries now, didnt used to be like that about 2 years ago, it was free delivery (dominoes). The thing that makes me mad about this, is when a customer asks about the charge on the phone, we have to tell them its "because gas prices went up so high". BUT, I still only get 1 dollar per delivery i take, for gas, same dollar i got 5 years ago. so when the customer gets told that, they automatically assume im getting 2-3 dollars from the store each delivery, and i get stiffed :(
Just like the customers, i absolutely hate that delivery charge, its not fair to say that a pie is 12 bux and then it comes out to 17.50 at the end. - Floydian23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I drove for a bit in college and the worst was when some girls handed me a plastic baggie of change for a 16 dollar order. I looked at them and said, come on, but they just giggled, said sorry, and took their food inside. I had to count the lame coins once I got back to the store, a measly $15.25. No tip, and I actually paid for 75 cents of their pizza. Their address was banned and our store no longer would serve their names, ah sweet revenge, don't piss off a pizza driver! That's a hell of a suggestion if you like a place's pizza.
- cphuntington97, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"I spent more time eating garlic bread while parked on the side of the road listening to the stereo than actually delivering orders"
I think I know why you had that "terrible pay" problem... ;-)
"But then we don't rely so much on tips here"
well that's interesting. - 1911wolf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@usermike
Maybe you ought to try tipping your UPS or FedEx driver, if you do medium to high volume business with them. Every Christmas I leave a very nice tip for both since I have had the same guys for years. They come at exactly the right time of day that I want them to, and treat my packages with respect. No door tossing, puddle dumpers here. Same thing for my USPS Carrier, with a Christmas tip. He always brings my Priority Mail to my door and hand it to me and doesn't shove everything into the apartment mailbox.
Too bad you never delivered to me guy. When I had my LCD delivered and wall mounted, I busted out the beer and pizza for all.
If you think normal wages by the employer should cover everything from end to end for your pizza. You wouldn't mind then if your $15 pie will now cost you $25-$30? - 83457, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@voidofmind
1 - Page based layouts are annoying
2 - Original page looks like ***** in Opera - cybernezumi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@Floydian23 "Countries I go to without tipping or with minimal tipping have slow service and more instances of lesser quality service."
I'd say its more of a cultural thing. There's no tipping in Japan and I've never gotten better service . Personally I think a proper wage should be factored into the cost of service like it is here, even if it is one of the reasons Japan has a higher cost of living. - diaverde238, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I worked as a driver for Papa John's during college. In 2003 they actually payed me double and put me up in a condo on the Gulf of Mexico in Panama City Beach during spring break! The money flowed like mad. I even started an independent taxi service, picking up drunk kids and driving them 2 miles to their hotels at $20 a pop.
- Floydian23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Don't order a pizza then, because chances are, unless you order from dominos, that your driver is stoned out of his mind. And some people can easily maintain all their wits while stoned, as well as be in great shape and run marathons. Look up what pot does to the body as you are obviously not well informed.
- thehans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I was hoping to find out that all pizza delivers are gigolos, banging lonely MILFS.
- biscrage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6psst... your ignorance is showing.
i bet you wouldn't have a clue if he was high or not since you obviously don't know what you are talking about
P.S. Stoned Domino's driver ;) - gamerage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I've seen quite a few films where a pizza delivery man knocks on the door and then an orgy ensues. Why is that not on the list?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Because management wants you to do their work for them. I absolutely LOVE living in China because they have no tips and the marked price is the price you pay!
- WyllyWylly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5>> Druggies are losers
So are people who knock down spaced-out delivery drivers. Lucky for them, you probably don't even notice when someone *does* come to your door stoned. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9"Pizza Delivery Driver Secret #5: Anything less than a dollar is a stiff."
I really hate the whole culture of tipping and tip based income. It should be a bonus you give somebody for doing a stellar job, not an expected part of their income. It's not like I get a 15% markup on every voicemail system my company delivers.
Instead of having people pay a compulsory 15% that's not on the bill, why not just raise prices by 15%, and raise wages accordingly? - tomi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Since when do you pay mail people for your mail? Oo
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