The old woman on the hill

[barainga]

So, this lady lives at the far edge of the delivery area and doesnt tip. Ever. Told a guy once she would never ever tip because she didnt think there was enough toppings on the pizza after she called to complain. She never tipped anyway.

Well, yesterday she placed an order.

Phone
OW: Now make sure they put the cheese all the way to the crust and put lots of pepperoni and peppers on it. and I want extra cheese.
Me: I will inform the cook to put cheese to the crust, extra cheese will cost extra though. It will be 40 cents more.
OW: But I always did it before and they let me.
me: sorry but cheese is expensive so we have to charge more. The three toppings do not include cheese, but if you want extra cheese instead of a third topping it will be 40 cents.
((several times she repeated the lots of toppings and to the edge of the crust))
Me; We will only put the standard amount of toppings on unless you pay for them.

She also ordered a sandwich and we went through the same thing about toppings.


SO.. fast forward, she comes into pick up her order.

OW: But this isnt the total I was told on the phone.
Me: It is maam, I read it right off the computer to you.
((she then takes a napkin and starts adding it up and she was bitching about how the extra cheese cost extra... I have NEVER in my life heard of extra cheese being considered a topping in the traditional pepperoni, sausage.. its always extra))

But the thing that really irked me.. was her smell.
She smelled like embalming fluid, had it not been daytime I would have thought she was the walking dead.

[ApolloSZ]

Despite Minecrafts insistence... Zombies are not allergic to Sunlight...


Just sayin...

[rose_metal_nz]

She smelled like embalming fluid, had it not been daytime I would have thought she was the walking dead.

I don't think that's a rule

[Kiwi]

I hate it when my mother orders a pizza or sandwich or anything because she says stuff like that "I want LOTS of blah and LOTS of blah blah blah and also blah, LOTS of it.

I have tried to explain that 99% of places have a standard amount of stuff they put on food but she seems to think its a magic word that will make the employees think she is in the know.

[sstabeler]

She smelled like embalming fluid, had it not been daytime I would have thought she was the walking dead.

thats vampires, not zombies.



still, that woman was an ass.

[MoonCat]

If she wants all that extra stuff, she should make her own food. Twit.

[Geek King]

If she wants all that extra stuff, she should make her own food. Twit.

Or treat the employees well. I've noticed several places I go become more generous when you're a known tipper, and don't explode over minor issues. Oh, and don't demand/beg extras for free. Of course, this takes time, as the workers start to recognize you on sight, and whatnot.

[manybellsdown]

Or treat the employees well. I've noticed several places I go become more generous when you're a known tipper, and don't explode over minor issues. Oh, and don't demand/beg extras for free. Of course, this takes time, as the workers start to recognize you on sight, and whatnot.

My pizza always arrives a good 10 minutes before the delivery estimate, and it's often too hot to eat. Generous tipping goes a long way.

[telecom_goddess]

But the thing that really irked me.. was her smell.
She smelled like embalming fluid, had it not been daytime I would have thought she was the walking dead.

What frightens me is you recognize the smell of embalming fluid

I have no idea what that smells like and don't wanna know.

[cashierbex]

What frightens me is you recognize the smell of embalming fluid

I have no idea what that smells like and don't wanna know.

I see you haven't been in a biology class and disected some sort of animal. It smells horrid. And it stays on you even with 2 layers of gloves.

[telecom_goddess]

I see you haven't been in a biology class and disected some sort of animal. It smells horrid. And it stays on you even with 2 layers of gloves.

No thankfully I managed to skip out on biology.

[tollbaby]

Yeah... formaldehyde has a pretty distinct odor. You don't forget it.

[barainga]

Having delivered to her house.. I can say that unless I am armed with fully automatic weapons and grenades I would not spend the night there.

[An Haddock]

I always wish I had spoken up more when I was delivering pizzas... especially since I didn't really need the job.

I remember one guy in sort of a lower-class neighborhood made a big deal about giving me a tip because it was Christmas time. (I think I got like a dollar or so)

I think I had held my tongue, but where I worked, you got paid $2.50 an hour plus $1 per delivery plus tips. So if you worked a slow Saturday afternoon from 12 - 4 and got only 6 deliveries (with a dollar tip per delivery) you'd get $22 for 4 hours. Not good.

We did have the advantage of being in a pretty upscale area so most folks would tip a couple of dollars each. Unfortunately the owners spread our delivery area out to the point where we'd have to go to lower income areas, spend more gas to get there, and waste more time doing so.

My favorite move, especially with kids who were too ignorant to realize they should tip, was to ask "how much did you want back?" if they were due change. At least in some cases they would think twice and maybe realize they should give the driver a little something.

[EricKei]

Despite Minecrafts insistence... Zombies are not allergic to Sunlight...

That reminds me of a comment from a Diablo 3 character -- When asked why the undeads did not seem to fear sunlight, your character replies "If they are truly evil, they do not care". I guess that explains Mme Formaldehyde there >_>

Yeah... formaldehyde has a pretty distinct odor. You don't forget it.

Yup. So does chloroffff------*thud*