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  • Horror Stories from Pizza Delivery

    Hokay... so, I previously posted a few of my horror stories back in "Speechless Da Frell?!?! Face"... Here's a place for ALL of us to put more.

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    THIS one was my fault and ended up in a very bad night for all involved.
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    JUST got my 97 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE back from the shop the Friday before (transmission service)... and showed up for work. I get informed we have a NEW driver starting that night AND a new GM taking over as of that shift.

    We
    get
    SLAMMED
    on
    a
    MONDAY

    FIFTEEN orders in 20 minutes...
    ...TWELVE are deliveries!
    Well, on the third run of this debacle, I get into a hurry, trying to catch us up. GNG (Green-assed New Guy) is NOT keeping up, as he's using the GPS in his phone (all of which are at least a decade out of date), and I am the one catching all the flak.

    I go around a hairpin too fast, and the pizza hotbag gets launched into the floor before I can catch it. I retrieve it, and being in too big a hurry to check and call in for replacement, I DELIVER THE PIZZA.
    Customer calls in. I get called. I RIGHTFULLY get warned.
    I try again to catch us up... and stomp the gas.
    ...just as the oil light dings twice and shuts off...
    ...just before the transmission refuses to downshift...
    ...and the engine starts chattering like a .30-cal MG in a WW2 film.

    I had thrown a rod.

    I get rescued by family, and loaned mom's car. Entire crew gets out of the store at 2am... on a night we close at midnight... GNG gets chewed for using phone GPS... GM gets chewed by Corporate for the entire night...
    ...every bit of it, my fault.
    *I* get chewed for screwing up a delivery, for driving like an SC (we had two complaints), for raising food losses... and I got a verbal slap on the wrist (( I got told, "Bad boy. You hurt the store by killing your van; don't do that again." )) for inconveniencing the store.
    Now, I have to get a replacement vehicle... it's been three weeks of digging and sniffing and there's been nothing to show for it.
    Last edited by Tyg3rW01f; 02-06-2014, 05:51 AM.

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    Don't they make allowances for not having enough delivery drivers?

    Seems like when most places are getting slammed they'll tell newer orders delivery could take an hour. Of course, in that case they potentially could lose business, so I could see a corporate craphole like Dominos or Papa John's lying through their teeth (they seem to think getting 1 order and then alienating the customer is better than retaining a customer) and tell them it'll be normal delivery time, then letting it fall on the driver.

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    • #3
      The GM absolutely should have called in extra drivers, even if it was only for a couple of hours. No question.

      AH -- Odd, when I was at the latter, they bent over backwards to retain the sorts of people who would call every other order to say that it had been made wrong (often several DAYS after the food had been delivered...).
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      "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
      "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
      "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
      "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
      "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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      • #4
        no...
        ...you guys don't get it. *I* was the VAD (Volume Auxiliary Driver) the guy who's supposed to take up the slack, keep things going smooth, bounce around like a ping-pong ball on a cocktail of meth, Ritalin and speed in a pinball machine gone mad. Late Driver was the GNG, Closer was the AssistMang.
        Things were going GREAT until I blew up my van...

        ...also, the store where I work doesn't have enough CONSTANT work to fund enough drivers for the slammed hours. We try, but with only the funds for two drivers at a time...
        Last edited by Tyg3rW01f; 02-06-2014, 08:25 PM.

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        • #5
          Oh dear... Caravan/Voyager transmissions are a weak point. Most of these vehicles have dropped off the road by this age. Sorry this happened, and you are best off not fixing it further. With luck and a bit of work (c-list suggested) you might be able to recoup much of the cost by selling it to someone with a bad trans.
          Suckiness is reinforced up OR down at every transaction. Accepting BS makes them worse for all of us; firm fairness trains them to suck less.

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          • #6
            Ouch. That sucks, man >_< I wish the GM had at least tried, tho -- he could always find a newer/younger driver willing to drive til it slacks off and then stay a couple hours more to help clean up the aftermath. I've been through situations like that, from back when I delivered pizzas for a living x.x
            "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
            "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
            "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
            "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
            "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
            "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
            Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
            "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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            • #7
              Time I found a hair removal system that cost my folks $300 then never received... c-list.
              the fake job listing that nearly got my ass thrown in jail for fraud in 2013? C-list.
              The lemon Harley a pal bought? C-list.
              The M-1 rifle another friend found that jammed EVERY shot and had to be sent to the CMP for repairs (COMPLETE rebuild) that cost as much as a brand new Cadillac Escalade? C-List.
              The hooker a former co-worker found online who turned out to be an FBI agent? C-LIST

              I stay as far away from C-List as I can.
              C-List is to scams as M-Space is to FBI Agents and sexual predators.

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              • #8
                Quoth Tyg3rW01f View Post
                I stay as far away from C-List as I can.
                Agreed. The last time I answered a help wanted ad on C-list, my inbox was flooded with spam, phishing e-mails, all sorts of nasty stuff. Took ages to get rid of it all. I'm sure there are some legitimate ads on C-list, but just try finding them amidst all the malicious crap.

                The only C-list I like...
                I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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                • #9
                  Okay, new story to get us back on track...

                  Delivered pizza, but went to the house NEXT DOOR. Delivered pizza to the right house(former Ranger, a vet, and a GOOD customer!)... then turned around in what I thought was the driveway.
                  Get a call from the brother of the pizza-customer. He claims I tore up "his yard" and he wants not only a free XL supreme pizza (with double toppings and triple cheese... $45 pizza), but he wants $25 bucks from me so he "can seed his lawn".

                  Ranger gets wind and calls the store after GM is informed of problem. Ranger wants us to know Ranger owns land and requests two simple things: 1) GM to blow off SC Bro... 2) GM to convey Ranger's profound apologies to Driver.

                  Situation is now squared away, but there's only one driver willing to deliver to Ranger now. Everyone else refuses.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth XCashier View Post
                    The only C-list I like...
                    Will you go out with me?
                    To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Mr Hero View Post
                      Will you go out with me?
                      That's sweet of you, but I don't think Hubby would be too pleased...
                      I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
                      My LiveJournal
                      A page we can all agree with!

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                      • #12
                        Last night, while on a delivery, I managed to be driving in some fairly not-great conditions.
                        Snowing harder than normal for this area... visibility was down to 75-100 yards... roads were beginning to require a bit more attention than the average American driver ever considers giving them at any time (namely some 50% which is more than the 2% they give them)...

                        ...I saw an ENTIRE SEMI-TRACTOR 360 about 50 yards ahead of me! No traffic-pile-up-causing jack-knife, but he went end for end for end and made my mouth drop.
                        Needless to say, I called my boss, and my boss called District, and we closed at 9p (an hour too late, imo)... still got home at 1115p

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