Why complain to me?????

[Andara Bledin]

I will gladly pay a small fee to engage in laziness.

I can afford it, so I'm going to do it. And I'm not going to act like a douchebag and complain about it, either.

^-.-^

[Racket_Man]

In most cases the delivery driver does NOT directly receive any of the delivery charge. That usually goes straight to the store as a hedge against price increases as someone mentioned above.

I get paid sub-sub-minimum wage ($5.25 on the road), abuse my own vehicle, pay my own expences, get $1 for each delivery reguardless of distance (works out to about 23 cents a mile reimbursment) or road conditions (construction detours or massive traffic tie-ups after a home football game).

The funny thing is is that these guys mostly likely get paid $20 or better per hour to work on semi-trucks or be a supervisor (which the second guy in my OP was) so it is NOT like they are hurting for $$$$s.

[XCashier]

I think he ment his tirade as a "message" but as we all know that "message" just pisses off the driver and only the driver and lowers our opinion of humanity in general.

Here's a "message" right back at him: If you have a complaint with a company, TALK TO CORPORATE. The people who deliver your pizza / wait your table / ring up your purchases are on the very bottom rung of the ladder and have no say at all in company policy. Screaming at them only shows that you are a bully and too stupid to take it upstairs.

[Racket_Man]

Here's a "message" right back at him: If you have a complaint with a company, TALK TO CORPORATE. The people who deliver your pizza / wait your table / ring up your purchases are on the very bottom rung of the ladder and have no say at all in company policy. Screaming at them only shows that you are a bully and too stupid to take it upstairs.

I tried in a polite and diplomatic manner to say exactly that but we all know that fell on deaf ears and blind eyes as I SURELY have the power of Greyskull over my corp overmasters.

[wolfie]

- I have never heard of a food delivery place that provides drivers with vehicles

When I make deliveries in the Montreal area, I see a lot of St. Hubert (chicken restaurant) cars - company logo is painted on, along with a unit number, and all are the same make/model. I'd assume that those are company-provided vehicles, since in my industry (trucking), even places with a paint code for O/Os don't dictate the make and model of truck.

[Beckpatton]

"You guys are missing out on money/sales from us"

Oh really, then what am I doing here?

[EricKei]

wolfie - cool ^_^ Different corp's, different ways. The ones I've worked for have always been either too small (one-store operation) or too cheap to do something like that.