So not the pizza delivery guy but the person who ordered the pizza. I wanted to share a laugh, an apology, and an understanding why I was on the do not deliver list for 4 years in college. I know this may be a TLDR but to me it's worth it to get it off my chest. One night as a college freshman my friends and I decided we wanted pizza. My friends and I would always give weird names and just be lil craps to make the driver laugh. This particular night my buddies and I had got these "flaming cauldrons" and placed them around the room to prep for Halloween in another few months as it was the start of the school year. We decided we should make the driver think we were satanists and donned our black clothes and robes. We ordered the pizzas and started our plan. One buddy placed a pentagram on the floor in salt and surrounded it with lit candles on the points. My other buddy mixed fruit punch Kool aid with a bit of thickener in it to make a nice blood color and consistency. I...I being an actor had the job of selling it and placed blackout contacts in my eyes and put on my hooded robe. Then came the whipits, whipits are small canisters filled with nitrous oxide. Aka, laughing gas. Nitrous as a gas is heavier than air and therefore will lower your voice by an octive. I with already a low voice would breath it in at the door before a answer and make my voice far lower than normal. The pizza guy knocks and the stage was set. I inhaled the gas, opened the door with my hood up and looking down. The driver said the total and I slowly looked up while still holding my breath with the gas. The driver saw my eyes all blacked out, my buddies drinking thick re liquid, and the pentagram on the floor surrounded by candles and was getting creeped out. I about the run out of breath and in the deepest voice I could muster boomed out "I am SATAN, bow before me!" The delivery driver dropped the pizza and I doubt touched any steps on the 4 flights of stairs. My buddies and I enjoyed the laugh, AND the pizza. All it cost was $25 and four years on the do not deliver list. To that driver, I'd love to say I'm sorry.

A woman called the store to order a pizza. The girl answering the phone asked her if she wanted to leave a tip and i heard the woman say "50 cents". The girl didnt know if she said 15% or 50 cents. Needless to say, the woman ended up not pre tipping. And of course, me being the lucky individual I am, was the driver to recieve this order. This woman was staying in an extended stay hotel. I walked up the stairs (my COPD does not do good with stairs). I knocked on the door, and I hear her yell "WHO IS IT". I say my stores name and she says "hold on a minute". This woman, clearly high, answers the door. I ask her if she wants to leave a tip and to sign the reciept. She says "i thought i told the store to leave a 50 cent tip. I guess they didnt understand". She took the receipt and closed the door. In the back of my mind im thinking to myself "she better not steal my fucking pen". After a few minutes, she opens the door and asks me "is this line where i put the tip and i sign here?". I said yes and she shut the door again. After what seems like a million years, she comes back and hands me the receipt. With my lovely 50 cent tip. And an incorrect total amount.

Edit: yes I got my pen back

Edit 2: the woman is apparently a regular for the store. I didn't realize this at the time until my coworkers told me they knew her and she always tips 50 cents.

Picture included of the receipt.

https://imgur.com/a/Uxjklkd

So the delivery instructions said to call when close. The destination was only 6 minutes away so you should know I’m already close. Anyway, at 2 minutes I called the number and of course it went right to voicemail. So sure I left a sarcastic message saying,”your notes said to call so here is your vm.” I get to the house and call again and this time someone answered. A female, but it’s a dude who came out. I said, “I called the number but it went to voicemail.” He was like yeah her phone is on do not disturb.

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Then don’t instruct the driver to call when close and your apartment is literally on the same floor not 6 units in. As I clearly saw him exit the apartment and come to the door.

Okay, rant over.

I just started this job last week and normally I work until close so I don't know if it has to do with the register being closed or what. But I feel like I am being ripped off although it is only a small amount as it has only happened twice, it is still my money. For example last night, I owed $95 and had $105 made of 5 $20's and a $5. So I give them the $20's expected to get a $5 back but I never do. I just don't see how that is acceptable.

I just applied to Dominos for delivery driver position, I used to work at Pizza Hut as a driver part time but I want to start working full time. My question is if I had a reckless on my record (about 3 years ago) will this effect getting hired? I’m not a fan of the kitchen work, my coworkers hated it since I’ve heard you don’t make barely anything in tips.

So I've filled out all my stuff and I'm technically hired right now, but haven't been able to actually train or work yet. I'm supposed to be a delivery driver and was supposed to start Wednesday, but I haven't been put in their system yet apparently. I've called a few times the past few days (they told me to) to check if I'm in it yet and so far still nothing. At first I wasn't too worried about it and figured it was just a waiting game but the further this goes along, the more nervous I've been getting about possibly losing this job. I've not done anything wrong, it's just that I'm afraid this whole thing will be too complicated for them or something and they'll just sort of quietly let me go without actually telling me.

They've still said I'm hired and not to be discouraged the last time I talked to the manager and stuff, which was probably about 2 days ago at this point. They said they'll call me back once they see that I'm in their system, they've said they're working to try to get me in it and have emailed AND called the helpdesk to try and get things going, and they also said that I'm on their schedule and stuff so I'm sure they WANT me there since it's probably messing up the scheduling and stuff, so I truly do believe that they're working on getting it fixed. They also said they recently switched to a new system and that might be part of why it's being weird. But like I said, the further I go along with no updates, the more nervous I've been getting. Any advice? I might call again, but has this happened to anyone else? Did you eventually get an answer or get to work there after a few days of dealing with this?

I’m 19 and this will be my first ever job ever. I got a position as an e-bike rider. I used to be into biking and im kind of excited to be able to cycle during the job, however i’ve never had experience riding bikes in traffic and i need to brush up on road safety rules ngl. (Only got my L’s and haven’t had much opportunity to practice due to personal reasons.) My parents aren’t happy with my position since they think it is unsafe and more suited for guys. Is it really that bad? For what it’s worth I live in a fairly safe city. Any tips for a first-timer? Im starting to feel like i’m way in over my head… 🥲

So last week I came back from a delivery and started making pizzas. I saw my manager kind of freaking out but I couldn't hear what she was saying because the oven is so loud and my hearing sucks.

I asked another co-worker what was going on and she said a kid got stuck in a video game machine.

It was busy at the time so I asked my manager later what happened. She said that a parent came up upset to complain that their kid was stuck in one of our machines in the video game room. A threeish year old kid had climbed in one of the claw machines through the door where the prize comes out.

Well my manager went to go check it out and the family apparently was videotapind and taking pictures. But when they saw my manager they put on sad faces and acted angry. My manager wasn't sure whether to call the fire department. The parent used a pocket knife to break the lock on the machine.

The kid was fine. He apparently was having a good old time playing with the stuffed animals while he was stuck in there. Then the other manager had to run to clear out the machine because all the other kids were trying to steal the toys out of the now broken machine.

I was laughing my ass off but I'm not even surprised. We get msnh different groups of people who come in to eat, drink beer and talk for hours. And ignore their little hellions. So we have kids running around, screaming and causing mayhem nightly

I drive a 2022 HRV. I was thinking about leaving my current job to become a pizza delivery driver. I’d be working 3 days a week for 5 hours a shift (i’m in high school). i was wondering if this would be a bad idea to do this to my car or should i be good?

I enjoy delivering pizzas a lot more than my previous job. I am just concerned because I am averaging about $15 an hour and that is before I subtract cost of gas/vehicle maintenance & repairs. I enjoy doing deliveries and seeing the customers smile. It is nice to get away from my computer desk, but I feel like I am almost paying to deliver pizzas.

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If u don’t tip and it’s contactless I ain’t knocking on your door it’s that simple idc if it takes an hour for u to find it on ur door not my problem

So I'm fairly likely to get a job delivering for Pizza Hut soon. Before tips and everything it says my base pay will be $7 an hour, which surprised me how low it was considering I have a friend doing deliveries for Domino's who makes 10 an hour. But it'll be my first job so I'm not too worried about it, I figure I'll stick with this for a bit and work my way up. Anyways though, I live in a fairly nice area that I'd argue is upper-middle class, so considering the 7 an hour base pay how much would I possibly make with tips added in as well? I know it's impossible to truly tell but I figure there might be some reasonably predictable answers

So I delivered tonight to a senior living apartments and was stiffed. Nothing noteworthy other than to get a laugh on here. The lady’s order was 25.49. She gave me 25 but with a big innocent smile and before I could say anything she closes the door. I reread the total and shook my head. I was like damn no tip plus shorted .49 cents. But again, pry social security and maybe innocent. Or she knew hence the smile!

Would love to hear your story 😱

Kind of a strange post but I wanted to ask drivers on this sub - what do you think about body camera footage? Practically speaking, it could be either a deterrent for personal safety or proof of what happened in an incident or complaint. But also just - you know - video footage of every interaction.

Pretty much the title. The biggest perk of the gig apps was I could decline those orders. Now im at a pizza chain, and I have to serve them. Shit sucks. So depressing. Druggies, hard criminals, hoarders, prostitution rings, bums, tweaked out moms with their children crying in the background, ughhh. Shit wrecks my soul.

So I get an order to this guy that pretty much always tips 10 bucks, so I'm already happy on the way there. But I get to the door and he says, "hey man, I already got a 10 for ya, but if you want to play a little game you could win more!" And I'm like what the hell are you talking about haha. So he says "I got a deck of cards, and you tell me when to stop. If you get a 2-10, I'll give you 20. If you get a face card, I'll give you 50. If you get an ace, I'll give you 100. And if you get the ace of spades I'll give you all of it. Dead serious." And I'm like what do I have to lose worst case scenario I double my tip. So I do it and wait about halfway through the deck and get a jack. Hell yeah just matched my best tip ever in like 4 years of delivering. So I thank him for that and he says "oh we can't have that, give me the 50 back. I want to be your best tip ever" and literally swaps me for the 100. I was obviously dumbfounded, he just casually doubled my tip. So I thanked him best I could and left. Probably my best story from my time delivering

So I arrived and rang this guys doorbell and he answered very puzzled. He said he didn’t order a pizza. I showed him the receipt and he read it and sighed. “That’s my dumb bi$$h ex wife she forgot to change the fu$$ing address.” I said well it’s paid for wanna take it? With my eye cocked and smirk. He ignored the joke and immediately started calling the ex. Now here I am with an order pry out of our delivery zone but kind of anticipating the exchange between he and her. Ha. He gives me the address and low-and-behold it’s near my store. I arrive there and was forcing back my smile cause she knew she fu$$ed up. I said, “here you are miss your ex husband said update your address.” She half turned her head as if to say, “yeah no shit.” Anna, get your $hit together. lol. $3 dollar tip but the drama was worth it.

So I go to the door of a house with their order. I knock. I hear a male voice say, 'I'll handle this.' This immediately piqued my curiosity.

Guy comes to the door in his red bathrobe. Greet him, and hand him the clipboard to sign the CC receipt. He immediately says, 'I'm not signing that.' I looked confused. He continued, 'The young lady on the phone said it would be 30 minutes, and it's been more than 30 minutes, I don't want it, you need to take that back and refund my card.'

Since I saw the pizza being pulled out of the oven and I immediately drove to his house with no delay, I was thinking there is no way this took over 30 minutes, but I didn't argue about that. Instead, I replied, 'Sir, we haven't had a 30 minute guarantee in more than 30 years, so I don't know where you got the idea this was going to be free.'

He replied, 'I don't want to hear any of that nonsense, just refund my car.......' I leave that last word unfinished because as he was saying it I was turning around and walking back to my car with his order in hand. I got about halfway there and busted out in a full belly laugh. The absurdity of the entire situation was hilarious. I did check the time, and it was 33 minutes since he ordered, so he was technically correct about the time.

As I drove back to the store while enjoying a few slices of his fresh pizza, the manager texted me and told me to bring that order back, dude was being an ass on the phone. I replied, yeah, he was the same at the door, I'm already returning.

About an hour later he came back to the store, demanding we refund his money immediately. Manager told him we already voided the order, but it was up to his bank how long they would keep the hold on his money.

Some people.

“That car pulled out right in front of you!”

“Yeah he did!” I said, while giving a hearty laugh.

“Doesn’t that bother you?”

“Shit, if I let things like that bother me, this whole town would be littered with bodies!” while bursting into gut busting laughter.

The guy gave me a very stern look and stared at me as he slowly rolled up his window.

Just another tale from the pizza guy.

I (27f) just got a job offer to work at Pizza Hut. I really needed a job and Pizza Hut was only place that offered me a job. The idea for me to work as a delivery driver came from my mom and uncle. According to my mom, my uncle got a job at Pizza Hut after his divorce left him broke. My uncle says the tips are great and the job is fun, he said he even met my aunt (his second btw) while working at Pizza Hut. My uncle says he heard from a former manager that some drivers have made up to $800 a week. Even after some encouragement from my mom I still feel skeptical about this whole thing. The job starts at $10 an hour. I've done Door Dash before and the tips aren't exactly the most generous in my city. I usually have to go to a city further out from where I live to get better tips with Door Dash. Is my uncle right, or am I over blowing this whole thing?

I once delivered a pizza to this guy who was so drunk he paid me with a full red solo cup of change. He said, “it’s all…there man…(belch) believe me you can come in and count it…but I wanna sit down and eat.” I chuckled and grabbed the cup. I said, “nah you’re good man.”

I got to my car and checked and there was clearly a lot of quarters and a bunch of gold dollars. I figured that’s good enough my man enjoy that drunk pizza I’m sure it tastes fucking AMAZING right now.

Delivered pizza to this guy on a Sunday night. I knocked on his door and he answered with a strong hungover disgruntled voice. Not rude but definitely to the point. When he bumped the door he heard his keys jingle. He immediately changed his tune to super happy and said, “shiiiit, I been looking for these allllll weekend!” I laugh. “I came home fucked up Friday night and thought I lost them but I guess I just fucking left them in the door…maaaaaan.” Lmao dude was now gonna top it off with pizza and I assume more beer.

Hi guys I have a question, I just ordered some pizza and they put stickers inside the pizza boxes (over the pizza when closed).

it was still sticking when I opened, but is there a chance that the heat from the pizza removes the adhesive and makes the sticker fall onto the cheese? If not, is there another better way they could have done this for advertising?

Hi all! I figured this was the appropriate place. On Friday during the bad snow, I started my first day as a delivery driver at a pizza place. They have the option to use a company car. On my second delivery of the night, I got a delivery half a mile away. I was super psyched to run there, grab my tip and run back. Unfortunately, a chevy cruze had different plans. I got hit by somebody tailgating me in the snow as I slowed down to turn into the neighborhood. Luckily everything is fine, the car is getting repaired, and the GM told me yesterday not to worry at all and that he + DM + Franchise owner all view it the same way, that I was rear ended at the end of the day and the other driver was at fault. But damn, I can't believe my luck. First day, and the car was getting towed from an accident scene on my 2nd delivery. Would yall have been panicking all weekend like I was?

I wanted to share this post with anyone in a similar situation to me: considering a pizza delivery job after working as a door dasher. Since Door Dash has slowed down this last year (at least in my area), I've been looking for other work. Like me, you may have considered pizza delivery, thinking that these two jobs would be similar. Having recently gotten a job as a pizza delivery driver, let me tell you, they are not. The core of the issue is this, and it makes a big difference:

Door Dash is a delivery job. Pizza Delivery (despite the name) is a food service job. Consequently, Door Dash is relatively low stress, whereas pizza delivery is high stress.

Door Dash, being only a delivery job with minimal customer interaction, is pretty low stress. You set your own hours, drop the food off at customers' doors, and don't have to deal with too much chaos or customer issues.

Pizza delivery, on the other hand, is way more involved. I expected managers and clocking in and some light cleaning work between orders. I did not expect having to do everything in the store when I wasn't delivering: working the register, answering calls, food prep, as well as cleaning and dishes. It's a lot, and the constant task switching, multi-tasking, and generally chaotic environment can be very stressful and draining. You also end up having a lot more interaction with customers, be that in answering calls, working the register, and even in delivery (for some reason people who order pizza want to interact with the delivery man more. Something about the more frequent customer touch points, and because delivery drivers often service the same people). It's a different gig entirely.

In summary, if you are an introvert like me, Door Dash is great, but (somewhat surprisingly) Pizza delivery is not. Lots of people seem to handle it okay, but you need to have a fairly strong stress tolerance, like you do in most food service jobs. It's customer focused, constant multi-tasking, and GO GO GO. Just thought I'd share this, as it often isn't made clear. (Of course, your experience may vary).

Looking for advice! Within the last year I changed pizza delivery jobs, and am just now realizing the place I currently drive for does not keep track of credit card tips I receive. They are not reported anywhere on my paystubs or my W-2’s. I receive all my CC tips + delivery fees in cash every night. I have not been keeping track of how much in CC tips I’m making per night (I’m a young adult and new to the game lol). Any advice on how I can handle taxes this year? I don’t want to get in any trouble and I want my reported income to be higher than just my $10 hourly wage so I can find a place to rent in the near future. Any advice is greatly appreciated, again I’m young and confused on how this all works lmao

i ordered dominos last night. everything went wrong. the delivery time was supposed to be 50-60 minutes, and it ended up being 2 hours. my pizza was wrong. i tried to call them to get a replacement pizza, got told that a manager would help me, and was left on hold for half an hour. i called again, and i was on hold for another half an hour before somebody answered. the dude sounded stoned (can’t blame him) so it’s 50/50 about whether or not i’m getting a refund for that pizza. when he said “so you got the wrong pizza?” a guy in the background shouted “not another one!”as sad as it was that i didn’t get my pizza in the end, it was funny.

i worked at pizza hut for a year and it was awful. i worked every holiday, i worked every saturday night. i have been in this dude’s position countless times, so i feel him. you got 3 employees, 30 orders in the queue, every order is running up on 40 minutes, the phone is ringing off the hook, and you got shit burning in the oven because the pizzas are coming out too damn fast. you’re getting swamp ass from the oven, you got sauce up and down your pants, and you got mushrooms stuck to the bottom of your fucking shoes. it gave me war flashbacks. god only knows how many fucked up pizzas i gave customers. i hope those dominos employees are okay.

I am currently an assistant manager at my store. I've worked here for 5+ years and decided that it was time for me to start looking for a new job as I'm just exhausted and also somewhat fed up of the current staff. I started working as a Line cook in December and thoroughly enjoy the job. I've always been a dependable worker rarely have I ever called out and was always willing to come in if needed and at one point in time was working 90+ hours a week for a period of 2-3 months. Recently I've been feeling more comfortable with my new job and wanted to start transitioning to that job full time so I'd have to work at nights which would make me unavailable at the pizza spot. I let my boss know a week ago starting super bowl week I would not longer be able to work weekend nights but would still work super bowl night. I am still willing to work full time but I'd only be available for morning shifts and I could quit but didn't want to till at least the summer time as the only reason I wanted to stay was to make sure the store was okay while I helped find replacements for staff. The other assistant manager gets her nail tech degree I'm may and will be leaving and the shift lead also just got another job which pays an extra 4$ compared to the pizza spot and he was already unreliable so I doubt he'll show up to work if he gets schedule at the pizza spot and he is also scheduled at the other job. As well as one of the main cooks (she's been there 15+ years) who work Tues thru Sat is also about look for another job. I don't want to quit or put in a 2 month notice yet (something I've said to every store manager) but i just don't know.