Ask a Delivery Driver

So I work at a Pizza Hut delivering pizzas, and I figured that since other people have done it, I'd join in.

So, what do you want to know about my job? Keep in mind that I can only answer questions related to Pizza Hut. I don't know shit about Domino's or Papa John's.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Pretty much, yeah. What happens is that when somebody orders just a cheese pizza, at least in my store, the taker will put down extra cheese so that the person making the pizza knows that it's JUST a cheese pizza.

EDIT: And my job at delivering actually ecompasses a LOT of things. I answer phones, cut the pizzas, clean, do the dishes, etc. I'm basically a go-to guy when I'm not delivering.

And no, I haven't been shot at.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

No, no they haven't.

Maybe I should buy a package of condoms....

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Snowknight

How often are people rude in one way or another when you make a delivery? (Or, for that matter, when they did/didn't get something they didn't want.)

I haven't made too many deliveries yet, but when I have made a mistake, or been rather late on the delivery, the closest that somebody's gotten to rude is "We were wondering when you'd show up!"

Wojo: Remarkably, the lowest amount I have received is no tip at all.

Megalith: I would if I could, but I can't.

andkeener: What would have to happen is a BIG fuckup on our end. For example, on a Friday somebody ordered a carry-out pizza. Long story short, the guy was forced to wait a good hour because one of the drivers had accidentally taken it for delivery. Needless to say, the manager was rather pissed, and the guy in the end got I think that pizza at a discount, and another pizza for free. It also hadn't helped that earlier the pizzas in the oven had been jammed and caught fire (we have a converyer-belt style oven, which lets us put a pizza in one end, it comes out near the cut table on the other), which alone had put us 100 bucks in the hole.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It depends on how I did. If I did really well, got your entire order right, got it on time (or before it was due), and if it was busy on top of that, then I would expect up to a 20% tip (and I live in a suburban area).

However, that is rare for me at the moment as I am still familiarizing myself with the area.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Fatt

Tritoch beat me to it. I wanna hear the biggest tips you got.

Have you ever (or how often) made people who tip less wait longer to get their food? My friends in the delivery/courier business do this all the time, but I never had the chance to ask a pizza guy.

Do specific customers ever request for YOU specifically to deliver a pizza?

What is the most amount of pizzas you had to deliver in one run?

Let's see... I think my biggest tip had been around 5 bucks so far. I dunno, though, I never keep track of that. ^^"

I have never been specifically requested.

I've delivered about 3 or 4 pizzas to one place before, that's my biggest run.

Oh, and GTFO my thread, Dinner. >=(

How ya doing, buddy?

....I plead the 5th? ;_:

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by The Wise Vivi

How many orders do you get for Cheesy bites?

A LOT. They're also a BITCH to make the crust. We have to put in a false wall around the pan, stretch the dough over the wall, lay the cheese down around the edge, then fold the dough over the cheese, and then take two rings which we use to cut, then we have to tear the dough a little more so that it comes off easy. All in all, it takes about 5 minutes for ONE crust.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?