Dead Pizza Dude (long story)

[Gurndigarn]

OK, I have a question for everyone:

How would you have done the return call that would have (1) been effective, and (2) not been illegal?

[friendofjimmyk]

I probably wouldn't have done anything. If I took the pizza back to the pizza shop, the boss started eating it, I got my money back...I would've made a mental note of the situation and the next time a call came in for that address, I would've called them ahead of time to make sure THEY ordered the pizza.

I mean, I would be a bit upset that I had to waste my time with that last delivery of the night, but I have more important things to do and much more going on in my life than to let it eat my lunch so much so that I call impersonating an officer, making up wild stories about somebody's death, and scaring two people out of their wits...

...in my experience, if people keep doing bad things (even small things such as pranking pizza places) sooner or later they get caught due to their own stupidity.

[dispatch]

Regaurdless of the result, you should never claim to be a police officer, fire fighter, EMT, or any other emergency services worker if you're not, especially for something as petty as this.

Now what I think would have been funny is if he would have done a reverse lookup on the phone number and showed up at the girl's house with the pizza.

EDIT; and telling someone that they're responsible for the death of another person is nothing to play around with either

[draftermatt]

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You're assuming that the mother would actually punish her kid - despite the fact that in numerous SC threads it's shown that the chance of that happening isn't the greatest.

I know I said I was done, but I lied.

Anyway, while it is true that the girl may not have gotten any punishment from mom, it's not anyone's jobs but the parents and the law to punish people. (And employers, but that's a different story)

That logic is the same as being okay with a shop worker spanking your kid because he misbehaved. Despite the fact that they misbehaved, it was against the law for the shop worker to touch your kid. They can bring the parents attention to it, but that's it.

How would you have done the return call that would have (1) been effective, and (2) not been illegal?

I would have called the number the next day, asked to speak to a parent and told them of the situation. Again read the above.

[RebeccaOTool]

When the Mom said it wasnn't real, I would have revealed myself, but other than that, nice burn.

[Greenday]

Well, I'm going to say this...that was indeed, freaking hilarious.

On that note, I'll also agree that there were many other better ways that wouldn't involve the police, but yea, if you REALLY want my take on this, refer to my post on Fratchings about taking jokes. It's sums up everything I'd say here.

[gunsage]

Personally, I found this hilarious, but then, I can be quite devious. Of course, what I probably would have done was wait until they started freaking out, ask that the daughter to be put on the line for "further quetsioning," then said "GOTCHA," and hung up. Of course, if you wanted to remain completely anonymous, it would've been better to wait until they were freaking out, claming a cop car would be on their way, then hanging up.

Why? Because then they have no idea who called or why. Oh, one can ASSUME, but there's no evidence. At least that way, you've CYA. Yes, it was fairly immature, but still amusing, nonetheless. I don't think the police needed to be involved and I worry something may happen as sort of a backlash, but well, there you have it.

[Shangri-laschild]

i can see them being pissed off at first, mebbe even taking action against it. But at the end, i bet they find some humor in it.

I would bet it won't work like that. The officers I work with have a great sence of humor but making some poor woman who did nothing wrong freak out isn't funny. Plus pretending to be an officer is going to irritate them not to mention the fact that they have to deal with it . Plus you told them the delivery boy was shot. Maybe it won't hurt the lady (who didn't actually shoot anyone) but it could. A lot of people who did nothing wrong were dragged into something they shouldn't have been.

[hecubus]

OK, I have a question for everyone:

How would you have done the return call that would have (1) been effective, and (2) not been illegal?

Oh, how about tell the mother that her daughter was prank calling your pizza place, charge the mother for the pizza and the driver's time, and tell them that they will no longer be allowed to order pizza from that establishment?

Granted, it's not funny, but neither is what the OP did. There's such a thing as "going too far" and the original post is a perfect example of that.

Although, I, too, suspect shenanigans.

[Record Store Tough Guy]

I'm going to state for the record that Schadenfreude is hilarious. I think the story is pretty lulzy. The potential consequences? Not so much.

Having said that, though, we have no way of truly knowing what those consequences will be, if any.

Would I have done the same thing? Nope. Is it funny when someone else does it? Hells yeah.

To answer the "how would you have done it:" Call back the next day, hope to get a parent. Inform them of the prank, and that it cost the business $x.xx. If mother is contrite, no harm no foul. If mother seems indifferent, consider informing her of intent to contact a lawyer about fraud statutes and may consider pressing charges against precious snowflake.

Threats of legal action will likely produce a similar result.

[Ree]

But this has been an interesting litmus test of the CS community.

It has been interesting.

What I find hilarious is the sheer number of posts from a handful of members where I will go and want to get out my trusty



yet the posts get lapped up like sweet cream in a saucer, but this poor guy comes here with one of his very first posts and "shenanigans" is called from the get-go.

I find the varying degrees of outrage, based on very little fact, and only a few words on a page to be interesting as well.

I find the different degrees and types of humor among the members interesting too. Obviously, we have a very broad range of what members qualify as funny.

I find it interesting that this thread was posted early yesterday morning, and it has reached 7 pages, and 70 posts, as of this writing, and there have been 4,729 views.

I noticed that the OP has not been on the site since shortly after this was posted yetserday.

Perhaps all the dire predictions of police investigations and charges did come true, and the poor guy was whisked off to jail and can't make bail.

Who knows?

I still stand behind my original assessment that this was a humorous story, even if the tactics were over the top and inappropriate under normal circumstances, and that this was probably a new person trying to impress, who embellished slightly.
I think he had someone pranking his pizza place, and he found a way to get revenge.

Until I have all the facts, though, I will give him the benefit of the doubt, as I give all the members who have a gift for spinning a yarn.

[myswtghst]

I've just realized this - the thing that amuses me most about the tale is the following (IMO):

Time Wasted "delivering" prank pizza < Time spent planning and executing the prank

So all in all....OP was upset about time and a bit of money for gas being wasted, but had no problem spending the time to plan and execute this prank, and to spend the money on the prank call.

Yet again...I'm not saying the best plan of action wouldn't have been to just outright tell the mother what happened. Honestly, calling in the middle of the night and waking her up to do so probably would have guaranteed daughter a talking-to, even if just for the fact that mama got woken up, if not for the pizza itself. But that just doesn't make for nearly as fun of a story.

[Titi]

Well I guess I should just be strung out and left to dry. Although I am not to OP and did not do this prank. I was a part of one in college that ended up with ME impersonating a law enforcement officer to an innocent party. All due to my friend's roommate being such a douche and reporting him for selling drugs (my friend was investigated and everything.)

So my friend decided to play Scarface to piss off his roommate with a fake drug deal with a pellet gun in the waistband of one guys pants, to a cop a calling friend to see if they knew where he was, (he was sitting next me.) because they had an investigation going that not only involved drug dealing but the murders of rival dealers that he had done.


The girl I called didn't know that it was a prank on the roommate until the next day. And you know what she did? ??????????














She laughed at her friend's creativity in getting his roommate back for the false charges.

[AngryCas]

After all this thread has been through...


...I still find it hilarious! Of course you won't think it's funny if you CONSIDER things! Stop CONSIDERING things! It actually had me laughing out loud and then everyone else had to go and ruin it by talking about how devastated the mother was.

Let's talk about the inconsiderate little chickie who called the pizza place late at night, just to prank her ex boyfriend and his cute little grand-ma-ma. Don't mess with Granny, because this is what you get.

[Racket_Man]

After all this thread has been through...


...I still find it hilarious! Of course you won't think it's funny if you CONSIDER things! Stop CONSIDERING things! It actually had me laughing out loud and then everyone else had to go and ruin it by talking about how devastated the mother was.

Let's talk about the inconsiderate little chickie who called the pizza place late at night, just to prank her ex boyfriend and his cute little grand-ma-ma. Don't mess with Granny, because this is what you get.

thank you AC.

as a delivery driver i find this story (true or not) to be absolutely funny hilarious great

if it is true I will admit impersonating a police officer without a GOTHA YA or "How does it feel to be pranked" at the end fo the conversation is a little over the top and yes illegal....

but having said that, again speaking as a driver, it is frustrating for this to happen. one I loose money on the deal either way ie. lost milage, tips, wear and tear on my car, etc. I do not know how many drivers we have here but consider these stiuations without the OP doing what they did in the end (although I HAVE thought about doing something similar to several of my "customers")

store gets a last minute delivery order. order gets made and delivery starts.

1. driver get hit by a drunk/stoned/tired/nonattentive driver and seriously hurt/dies and car is destroyed thus delivery driver is in hospital or morgue

2. driver get set up for a robbery is beaten/shot/seriously injured or at worst dies

3. driver IS SHOT or seriously injured when making the "actual" delivery by pranked resident via the "Make my day" type of laws that exist in some states in the US. remember the exchange student (from somewhere in Aisa I believe) that was shot to death on Halloween night for going up to some house thinking there was a party and the owner tried to warn the student off (student not altogether conversant in American English)and the "owner felt threatened" and shot the student dead on the spot.

this is what I deal with EVERY time I go out on a delivery. Yes I am well versed in my environment and looking out for myself and being aware of my surroundings

I am sorry but in this case yes the OP went a bit overboard, but with the things/abuse/cursing/threats/utter stupidity and such we here as CS put up with

I would say

OWNED

that is just my opinion I could be wrong