Friday and Saturday night were both pretty slow, so I decided to blog them together. I made $20 each night. Friday night was non-tipper night. When you only have six runs in a night and most of them only give you $1 or $2, it makes for a pretty bad night.
I didn't really have any interesting customers this weekend, just ones that haven't learned to tip.
Worked 8 hours, had 11 deliveries, and made $40 in tips.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Where's My $10?
Friday night was pretty busy as usual. I had good deliveries that all tipped. Mostly $4 and $5 at each.
One customer ended up giving me a $5 tip, but she tried to rip me off first. Mostly because she didn't understand math and not because she was trying to rip me off. I think. When she came to the door, she asked how much it was. I told her $29.70 She had four $10 bills and asked if I had change. I didn't think I did, because it was only my second delivery of the night. Each night I keep my tip money folded in half in my wallet to keep it seperate from money that is already in there so it's easier to count at the end of the night. I didn't have change in my tip money, but I had 2 $5's in my wallet. I gave those to her and she handed me 3 $10's and a $5 tip. As I'm walking to the car I'm thinking, "Where is the ten that I changed for her"? She kept it and handed me back a five for a tip.
I went back and her husband came to the door. I explained that she only gave me enough to cover the pizza plus a tip, but that the $10 that I changed for her wasn't there. He asked how much the total was and I told him she paid the total, but that she never gave me the ten dollars that I gave her two fives for. He kept asking if she didn't give me enough to cover the total. I was beginning to think I was going to have to explain it to him by saying, "If I had ten oranges..." She came back to the door and acted like I was trying to rip them off or something. I told her that when I gave her the fives, she should have given me the ten. That has nothing to do with her total, that's my money. I finally got them to understand and they gave me the other ten.
Luckily, the rest of the night went by without me having to explain basic math to anyone else.
Worked 4 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $40 in tips.
One customer ended up giving me a $5 tip, but she tried to rip me off first. Mostly because she didn't understand math and not because she was trying to rip me off. I think. When she came to the door, she asked how much it was. I told her $29.70 She had four $10 bills and asked if I had change. I didn't think I did, because it was only my second delivery of the night. Each night I keep my tip money folded in half in my wallet to keep it seperate from money that is already in there so it's easier to count at the end of the night. I didn't have change in my tip money, but I had 2 $5's in my wallet. I gave those to her and she handed me 3 $10's and a $5 tip. As I'm walking to the car I'm thinking, "Where is the ten that I changed for her"? She kept it and handed me back a five for a tip.
I went back and her husband came to the door. I explained that she only gave me enough to cover the pizza plus a tip, but that the $10 that I changed for her wasn't there. He asked how much the total was and I told him she paid the total, but that she never gave me the ten dollars that I gave her two fives for. He kept asking if she didn't give me enough to cover the total. I was beginning to think I was going to have to explain it to him by saying, "If I had ten oranges..." She came back to the door and acted like I was trying to rip them off or something. I told her that when I gave her the fives, she should have given me the ten. That has nothing to do with her total, that's my money. I finally got them to understand and they gave me the other ten.
Luckily, the rest of the night went by without me having to explain basic math to anyone else.
Worked 4 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $40 in tips.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Two Days In One Post
I never got around to posting for my Saturday night shift, so I'm just going to lump it in with Thursday.
Saturday night was the least busy of the three nights I worked last week. A driver takes a delivery based on a list on the computer. Next up takes next delivery. Saturday I was next up and the delivery was to a part of Moody that is notorious for not tipping. The driver behind me on the list asked if I'd let him take that one and me get the next one. Sure, no problem. So my delivery comes up and it's to the Hampton Inn in Leeds near the Bass Pro Shop. Two different people tell me, "That's a good one, I got $10 there last time". So I'm definitely glad to trade my no tip for it. When I get to the room the guy comes to the door and is paying in cash. He hands me the money and says, "There's something that should make it worth your drive". On the way back to the car I take a look. Three dollars. Tipping $3 is fine, but don't try to sell it like you're giving me a huge tip.
It was slow, so I got cut early. Worked 2.5 hours, had 4 deliveries, and made $22 in tips.
Thursday night was slow again. I was hoping with the NCAA tournament starting we'd be busier than we were. I only had one customer try to stiff me, but he tipped me without knowing it and I didn't realize it until after I'd left. He had $15 in his hand and asked his total. I told him $13.35. Then he turns around and asks his buddies for fifty cents. So I'm assuming he's going to tell me to keep the change. I tell him to have a good night and he says, "I have some change coming back, dog". I tell him I don't carry coin change and hand him $1 back. On the drive back to the store, I remembered that he handed me that fifty cents also, so actually I owed him $2. Oh well, it didn't kill him to tip me $1, even if he didn't know he did.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 5 deliveries, and made $22 in tips.
Saturday night was the least busy of the three nights I worked last week. A driver takes a delivery based on a list on the computer. Next up takes next delivery. Saturday I was next up and the delivery was to a part of Moody that is notorious for not tipping. The driver behind me on the list asked if I'd let him take that one and me get the next one. Sure, no problem. So my delivery comes up and it's to the Hampton Inn in Leeds near the Bass Pro Shop. Two different people tell me, "That's a good one, I got $10 there last time". So I'm definitely glad to trade my no tip for it. When I get to the room the guy comes to the door and is paying in cash. He hands me the money and says, "There's something that should make it worth your drive". On the way back to the car I take a look. Three dollars. Tipping $3 is fine, but don't try to sell it like you're giving me a huge tip.
It was slow, so I got cut early. Worked 2.5 hours, had 4 deliveries, and made $22 in tips.
Thursday night was slow again. I was hoping with the NCAA tournament starting we'd be busier than we were. I only had one customer try to stiff me, but he tipped me without knowing it and I didn't realize it until after I'd left. He had $15 in his hand and asked his total. I told him $13.35. Then he turns around and asks his buddies for fifty cents. So I'm assuming he's going to tell me to keep the change. I tell him to have a good night and he says, "I have some change coming back, dog". I tell him I don't carry coin change and hand him $1 back. On the drive back to the store, I remembered that he handed me that fifty cents also, so actually I owed him $2. Oh well, it didn't kill him to tip me $1, even if he didn't know he did.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 5 deliveries, and made $22 in tips.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
In The Red
Friday night was the first real busy night we've had since the new manager took over the store. We stayed at the edge of disaster the entire time. In the kitchen there is a computer that acts as the center of the delivery driver's world. It displays the delivery orders and is where the driver dispatches each run as it is ready to leave the store.
Basically, as each order is ready to leave it is dispatched to the next driver on the list. Last night was extremely busy and we were short on drivers. So every order on the computer was listed in red. Meaning it was already late before leaving the store. Really great for tips.
All my runs except for the very first one I took were late before it was even in the hot bag - that's the bag that keeps your pizza hot from the store to your house. Luckily, I delivered to mostly good customers who still tipped on late orders. From listening to some grumbles, the other drivers weren't as lucky.
I didn't deliver to it, but I did pass by the house from last week with the weird concrete demons in the yard. Last week when I delivered there, there were red lights on either side of the front door. Last night I noticed the red lights had been replaced with green lights. There's something strange about that place, and if I ever get a delivery there again, I'm going to ask what the lights mean. I'll let you know what I find out.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 10 deliveries, and made $47 in tips.
Basically, as each order is ready to leave it is dispatched to the next driver on the list. Last night was extremely busy and we were short on drivers. So every order on the computer was listed in red. Meaning it was already late before leaving the store. Really great for tips.
All my runs except for the very first one I took were late before it was even in the hot bag - that's the bag that keeps your pizza hot from the store to your house. Luckily, I delivered to mostly good customers who still tipped on late orders. From listening to some grumbles, the other drivers weren't as lucky.
I didn't deliver to it, but I did pass by the house from last week with the weird concrete demons in the yard. Last week when I delivered there, there were red lights on either side of the front door. Last night I noticed the red lights had been replaced with green lights. There's something strange about that place, and if I ever get a delivery there again, I'm going to ask what the lights mean. I'll let you know what I find out.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 10 deliveries, and made $47 in tips.
Decent Thursday
Thursday night was pretty good. I delivered to good customers who all tipped. I even went back to the America's Best motel in Leeds where I tossed the penny back up on the guy's box a week or so ago and got tipped $3. That doesn't sound like a lot, but getting tipped $3 at that place is as surprising as getting tipped $50 anywhere else would be.
Nothing really funny happened though.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $30 in tips.
Nothing really funny happened though.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $30 in tips.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Space Continuum Vortex In Leeds
So I'm just now getting around to updating from last Friday night. I try to update the day after I work, but Saturday was my birthday and I've been busy this week so far.
The only real customer of note I had was a rather strange encounter. I pull up outside a house in Leeds that looks straight out of a horror movie. Old, wooden house with the huge front porch. No lights on except for two red light bulbs on either side of the door. Oh, and big concrete demon sculptures in the front yard. Already not loving this one.
I go to the door and just before I knock, I notice a large metal sign hanging to the right of the door. It's got English and underneath that, what looks like several different Arabic languages. It says, "You Are Now Leaving The American Sector". Oh boy.
I knock and the lady that comes to the door is a 1960's holdout. Close cropped hair and military hat. She tells me that she wants to give me a good tip, so she's giving me $3 (that's average by the way). She then tells me about how she believes in sharing the wealth and that we shouldn't keep what we make. I thought about what an interesting conversation we could have had if I had mentioned that delivering pizzas is my second job and that I'm one of those "evil" conservatives that believes in the exact opposite of sharing the wealth and people should go out and earn their own "wealth" instead of trying to take mine.
But in the end, I decided just to thank her for the $3, re-enter the American Sector, and be on my way.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $30 in tips.
The only real customer of note I had was a rather strange encounter. I pull up outside a house in Leeds that looks straight out of a horror movie. Old, wooden house with the huge front porch. No lights on except for two red light bulbs on either side of the door. Oh, and big concrete demon sculptures in the front yard. Already not loving this one.
I go to the door and just before I knock, I notice a large metal sign hanging to the right of the door. It's got English and underneath that, what looks like several different Arabic languages. It says, "You Are Now Leaving The American Sector". Oh boy.
I knock and the lady that comes to the door is a 1960's holdout. Close cropped hair and military hat. She tells me that she wants to give me a good tip, so she's giving me $3 (that's average by the way). She then tells me about how she believes in sharing the wealth and that we shouldn't keep what we make. I thought about what an interesting conversation we could have had if I had mentioned that delivering pizzas is my second job and that I'm one of those "evil" conservatives that believes in the exact opposite of sharing the wealth and people should go out and earn their own "wealth" instead of trying to take mine.
But in the end, I decided just to thank her for the $3, re-enter the American Sector, and be on my way.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $30 in tips.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Non Tipper Night
After several weeks of good customers, I was bound to have a night like last night eventually. The first half was decent, but it got messed up by the non tippers the second half.
My first non tipper was to a run down apartment complex in Leeds that I wasn't expecting to tip. It was like I could tell the future. When I got back from that run, I had one to a house that I've delivered to twice before and the guy didn't tip. Needless to say, I wasn't excited about heading back over. As expected, the guy signed his credit card slip without tipping.
My last run was to a house on my street. A little over a block from my house. I was glad I could at least end the night on a good note. When I got there, they pulled the "Send the kid to the door trick". The total was $27.52. I handed him the pizzas and he handed me the money. As I'm walking back to the car, I count the money. $27. Sorry, not paying for any of your order tonight, kid. I go back to the door and ring the bell. He comes back to the door, and I tell him he owes me 52 cents.
Spoiler alert: If you don't tip, delivery drivers probably won't pay for any of your order.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $18 in tips.
My first non tipper was to a run down apartment complex in Leeds that I wasn't expecting to tip. It was like I could tell the future. When I got back from that run, I had one to a house that I've delivered to twice before and the guy didn't tip. Needless to say, I wasn't excited about heading back over. As expected, the guy signed his credit card slip without tipping.
My last run was to a house on my street. A little over a block from my house. I was glad I could at least end the night on a good note. When I got there, they pulled the "Send the kid to the door trick". The total was $27.52. I handed him the pizzas and he handed me the money. As I'm walking back to the car, I count the money. $27. Sorry, not paying for any of your order tonight, kid. I go back to the door and ring the bell. He comes back to the door, and I tell him he owes me 52 cents.
Spoiler alert: If you don't tip, delivery drivers probably won't pay for any of your order.
Worked 3.5 hours, had 7 deliveries, and made $18 in tips.
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