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“I Once Delivered Pizza To A Funeral”: 30 Delivery Drivers Share Their Weirdest And Most Awkward Stories From The Job
Interview
Delivery drivers seriously deserve way more respect than they get at the moment. Forget about convenience—without them, civilization itself would grind to a trickle.
Very few people actually take the time to consider just how tough their jobs are. It’s not just listening to music and podcasts while you mosey on to your next pick-up/delivery station. No, you constantly have to worry about delivery speed while staying safe, and if you’re delivering food, there are gas costs and tips to be anxious about, too. But what many delivery drivers have in common is that they get to see a very strange side of humankind.
The delivery drivers of Reddit—from pizza and furniture to the UPS crew—shared some of their weirdest job stories with the rest of the internet. And their tales range from the quirky and lighthearted to the downright frightening and deeply unnerving. Upvote the posts that impressed you the most as you continue scrolling, Pandas. And if you’ve ever worked in delivery, we’d love to hear all about your strangest experiences as well, so swing by the comment section on your way out.
Bored Panda got in touch with New York food delivery driver Smithson Michael, who was kind enough to share his experiences while on the job, as well as his thoughts about how to be great at the job and stand out from the crowd, and how things are changing with the worsening economic situation. You'll find deliverer Smithson's insights below, so be sure to read on, Pandas. He's got a finger on the pulse of the job industry like very few people do.
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#1
This isn't so much a *weird* story as a sweet one. I was working as a host for Louise's Trattoria, and the delivery guy was out so they had me go on a delivery run. A small BBQ chicken pizza, about nine bucks or so. I drive it out to an apartment building in Glendale, go up to the third floor. An elderly woman opens the door. She was probably in her 70s. She already had her money in her hand.
Now, Louise's tacks on a $3 delivery fee, which she didn't know about, so when I told her the total, she was surprised. She just barely had enough to cover the pizza and delivery fee. No tip.
She looked around for some more cash but couldn't find any, then immediately started apologizing for not being able to tip me. I didn't really care -- I was just happy to get out of the restaurant and have a change of pace.
As I'm walking back to my car, I hear a woman calling out to me. "Young man!" I turn and see her leaning out of a window on the 3rd floor. She's holding a dollar bill in her hand. She drops it and it flutters down like a leaf.
I just remember the look on her face. This elderly woman who clearly didn't have much money, but who didn't want to be that person who didn't tip. That relieved smile.
Lily bloom 3 years ago
I delivered groceries to a couple that mentioned the distilled water they ordered (it was out of stock, height of the pandemic) was for a cap machine. Just after I left their house, I was doing a little shopping for myself nearby and bought the last bottle they had of distilled water and went back to give it to them. They insisted on paying me for it (it cost less than $1) and the husband handed me $1.50 in quarters. His wife calls out from inside the house "don't let her leave, I'm looking for cash for a tip" to which he replies "don't worry, I had quarters." Wife yells at him, exasperatedly "you gave her CHANGE???" Idk maybe you had to be there but it was hilarious. Sweetest couple.
Raven Null 3 years ago
this image of an old lady dropping a dollar on someone's head cause she wanted to tip that bad warms my soul
ADHORTATOR 3 years ago
When I was 16 years old, I was a kind of paper boy, I delivered magazines to people. One day, a older lady gave me a chocolate bar.... I don't like them, so I gave them to my brother. The lady putted a 20 DM bill in it.... I guess these 20 DM are the equivalent of todays 20 Euros / US Dollars
Bailey W. 3 years ago
Ich hab einmal als ich noch ganz klein war (höchstens 6?) mit meinen Eltern die Runde für meinen großen Bruder übernommen, weil der im Krankenhaus lag. Die Leute die uns gesehen haben waren alle direkt ganz begeistert und ich kleiner iDöps hab sicher von drei Omis Bonbons bekommen o.Ä. :D Das hat sich ein bisschen angefühlt wie die Scheibe Lyoner beim Metzger die man auch bekommen hat ohne was zu leisten
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Clementine Smith 3 years ago
If you were so concerned why not just omit the **fee** and pay for it yourself out of your tip. Simple act like that would have made a better story than some poor woman feeling like she HAD to tip the driver.
Sherelle Griffin 3 years ago
Where does the person say they were concerned about the the fee? Didn't they say they weren't concerned about a tip and was glad to have a change from working inside?
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Fluffy mommy panda 3 years ago
This would be me at 70. I just can not tip, because I have worked at a job. Where that is most of your money that what you live on. Such a sweet lady.
"The weirdest thing I’ve encountered was having to deliver an urgent delivery of several bags of groceries, in pouring rain. It had been raining all day, but the moment I picked that order up, the windshield became impossible to see out of. This was at a very busy rush hour time, with a good amount of traffic. What was weird was that the defrost wouldn’t clear up my windshield. So the only space I had to see was the very small half-circles that my wiper blades left clear near the bottom of the windshield. After the delivery, the windshield cleared up," delivery driver Smithson shared one of his experiences with Bored Panda.
We were very interested to hear his thoughts about what makes for a great delivery driver. Smithson told Bored Panda that adaptability, politeness, knowing the area, and patience are key and help separate the great from the good. And it's vital that you take good care of your vehicle!
"A great delivery driver is one that can be highly adaptable to different situations, on the road, during pickup, as well as drop-off. Anything can happen: you could get in your car to go deliver and find that it needs emergency maintenance, while you have orders inside. That’s one instance that can happen, and if and when it does, the customer may, or may not understand," he said that drivers ought to always be prepared.
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#2
I used to deliver food for a grilled sandwich shop back in college. One delivery I took had me going to the fortune teller's place at the other end of town. She's a middle aged woman of Middle Eastern descent and she invites me inside as she has to rummage around for the money. As she's looking we're making small talk about fortune telling and what it's like, the people she sees, why she does it, etc. Eventually she pays me and caps our conversation with "Alright, I'll see you around, Definitely_Not_Blitz." I never, at any point in the conversation, told her my name. I walk out stunned and shaken, I sit in my car for a good minute just dipping in and out of reality suddenly wondering if mind reading and fortune telling were real things. I then look down and see my name tag on my shirt.
Kel_how 3 years ago
"Is my reality crumbling or am I wearing a name tag?"
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Lol when you wonder how they know your name. Maybe she can read people........slowly looks down. Ohhh I'm such a dummy.
Kimberleia 3 years ago
In HS I was in choir and we went to singing competitions at different schools and I would always say hi to the other teachers and call them by their names that were written on name tags and I really freaked out this one guy who forgot he was wearing one and couldn't figure out how or why I knew his name
#3
I once delivered a sofa to my own house that my wife had bought without consulting me.
robin aldrich 3 years ago
A lot of haters against the wife but there might be a reason why she didn't "consult" him. My personal experience of trying to get my husband to go to the furniture department in a store we otherwise frequented and look at several sofas I had already looked at and thought they were perfect because ours was literally falling apart (it was a cheap thing made out of basically cardboard and fabric) and he came up with excuse after excuse for not being able to go even though we were in the store looking at other things. I got fed up, ordered a couch, paid for it, had it delivered.... he ended up liking it but he was mad that I didn't "consult" him...
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
My dad had nightmares about couch shopping for a year after. The curtains were very unusual, and nearly impossible to match.
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LeeBreezy 3 years ago
why are so many redditors so quick to suggest divorce for little things
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ohjojo (you/your's) 3 years ago
Nice surprise, I hope you enjoyed it. Wasn't it great that she made a decision and didn't have to go back and forth and you get the pleasure of enjoying it. Hooray for both of you. I hope she tips well
Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago
Hope she's still around because that sofa looks nice and comfy. 🙌
"So to avoid being stuck in a jam like that, keep your vehicle in properly maintained condition. Have a spare tire and repair kit if possible, as well as extra fuses, a bottle or two of engine oil, and antifreeze, just in case the unforeseeable happens. Know what types of wrenches you will need to perform minor emergency maintenance, or at the least that someone that knows how to do so if you cannot, can use to assist you in case someone pulls over to assist."
Deliverer Smithson said that he's been in situations where things were unpredictable even after keeping the vehicle maintained. "At the least, you can only hope that nothing takes your vehicle off of the road for the day. It’s better to be prepared for the unexpected in any event," he said.
"Knowing the lay of the area that you will be delivering in is something that cannot be stressed enough, whether it is an urban or rural area. Some routes can be simple, with many clear ways to go back and forth. Others can be very unforgiving, where one wrong turn could set you back minutes, forcing you to have to go well out of your way to reorient yourself, and get back onto the right route. I personally take the time to look at an overview of the areas I know I’ll be delivering in when I’m not delivering. I try to cover a radius of five to ten miles outside of hot areas, just in case the drop-off is further away than anticipated. I have had drop-offs be more than 40 minutes away, even with the fastest route option selected, and driving with a little extra gusto!"
#4
I delivered pizzas at a bunch of different places. Saw some weird stuff, almost got robbed once (I saw it coming and got back to my car in time), but one thing sticks with me.
You get "regulars", like any restaurant. People who order all the time, and usually order the same thing. There was one delivery I would always make to a house, and a little girl (maybe 10) would always answer the door and pay for the pizza. That wasn't too weird - kids like to pay for pizzas alot. The orders were sometimes early in the evening, sometimes late.
One evening I delivered a pizza to her, and she didn't have enough money. I suggested she go get one of her parents, and she said her mom wasn't there, and her daddy "wasn't alive anymore". I asked when her mom might be back (thinking she ran out somewhere), and the girl said "Thursday".
It was Monday.
I said are you sure, and she said yes her mommy's boyfriend lives in [nearby town] and she leaves on Monday and comes back on Thursdays "most of the time". I asked about grandma, any family, friends, etc. - no, no, no, no.
So, I sort of sat there wondering "well, what the f**k do I do now?". I thought about giving her the pizza and saying, "here you go, bye".
After one of those "probably only 10 seconds but feels like an eternity" moments I asked if I could borrow her phone (this was pre-cell phones unless your name was Gordon Gecko). I called the police and sat on the steps with the little girl until the police arrived.
She talked about her cat that ran away, and her my little ponies, and gave me a friendship bracelet. I noticed her hair and clothes were dirty. I thought about this poor girl just sitting in her house for days at a time completely alone.
The police came, I told them my story, and they told me to leave -- not sure whatever happened to her. No pizza orders from that house anymore -- I would check all of the orders whenever I worked.
**TL;DR:** Had a regular customer, a 10-ish year old girl who was regularly left alone by her mom for days at a time. Discovered this and called the police.
Sheila Stamey 3 years ago
You did absolutely the right thing. As a child who was often neglected, and considered grown up enough to care for myself when I wasn't really and who spent many many terrible times afraid and alone, you probably saved her life. In one way or another.
Fluffy mommy panda 3 years ago
You are right and I'm sorry your parents put you through that.
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This is so sad. It not like people didn't notice. Like at school. And neighbours didn't help. And it was so unsafe for her. Someone could of hurt her or kidnapped her. Who could do this to there own child? What an awful mother. I hope she is okay now and doing better.
Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago
I'm sure she is, and the fact he said it was pre cellphones, she may be now on her mid 30's, married with children in her dream job. Or that's what I wish it happpened.
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Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago
And not any of the neighbours had noticed? Dirty hair and clothes didn't ring a bell at school? I hope that little girl is fine now!!!!
Avocado Toast 3 years ago
Thank you so much! Most people wouldn't do something to help this poor child
Teresa Taylor 3 years ago
You may have saved that girls life. Be proud of yourself for having the courage to do the right thing. Not everyone does that.
#5
Not my story but was on the news recently.
Customers called to place an order for pizza delivery, did not fully hang up. The delivery person over heard their whole plan of robbing the delivery person when he shows up. The delivery person called the cops, they went in undercover as the delivery boy, the customers beat up the cop and got arrested.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
This is a little hard to believe. The police aren’t going to let an uc officer get beat up
Ivo H 3 years ago
It might be just one punch until reinforcements arived from behind a corner.
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madbakes 3 years ago
Really? Who thinks that a pizza delivery person would carry enough cash to make that worthwhile??
Karen Grace 3 years ago
Way too many people do. I used to deliver pizza years ago and was surprised at how often that would happen. They assumed pizza delivery guys got a lot of good tips, lol. Sadly pizza delivery guy have even been killed for their tips.
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Jodie daubenmire 3 years ago
Why did they have the opportunity to hurt the cop? I'm not sure if I would have been happy for my son to take this case and get beat up.
#6
I work at a shipping shop that ships UPS and FedEx. One of the UPS drivers told me about a time he was delivering a package and when he knocked the guy inside yelled, "Come on in". So he opens the door and walks in on a couple having sex. Apparently they were expecting someone else. He assumed they were about to partake in a threesome. So now whenever he knocks he makes sure to follow up with "It's UPS".
XenoMurph 3 years ago
I'd just knock without calling out, in the hope of something similar happening again. Life is often boring, it's nice to be surprised.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
There are many couples I can think of that I wouldn’t want to surprise in that activity
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TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Oh man lol, this reminds me of the days i worked as a security guard at a hotel lmao, there where 2 hotels side by side, both from the same group ( Pestana hotels ) now these where 2 sea side 4 star hotels ( Pestana Palms, and Pestana Gardens ) i worked at the Palms, which didn't have a sauna like the Gardens, my coworker worked at the Gardens, One day the dude is making his " patrol " and he had to check the saunas, só he opens the sauna Doors and sees a couple of Swedish Middle ages men and One of them was on the other ones lap ( if you get what i mean ), you should see his face wille he was telling me that, it was hilarious.
IamMe 3 years ago
I used to work housekeeping at a hotel. More than once, after doing the knock-knock "housekeeping!" I'd be told to come in, only to find a couple going at it. Or, worse a creepy naked guy sprawled out on the bed. Some, people have watched too many movies, I think.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Drivers are no longer allowed to enter homes for safety reasons. I had a FedEx delivery when we first moved in 3-4 months ago (bookcases) which were too heavy for me to bring up the stairs. He told me that he could take it to the top of the porch, but that was it. I ended up just opening the boxes and taking the pieces in one at a time.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
So those porn0 movies that start that way aren't REAL? Should have a *Spoiler Alert* in the title.
Smithson noted that being polite is key when dealing with businesses that you pick up from, as well as the customers you deliver to. "I have had more than one place tell me that they have dealt with drivers that are rude, and unwilling to communicate at all when they arrive. Essentially, they want to just barge in, pick up the order, and rush to drop off. This usually always ends badly. The wrong orders can be picked up or only part of them. Sometimes there are specific instructions that the customers have sent to the establishment that they would like the driver to be aware of," he said.
What's more, Smithson pointed out that not all communication happens through whatever app you may be using. "Some businesses use a software system of their own, that works in tandem with a delivery app like Uber, for example. Also, they will typically contact the business by telephone to express their concerns to the department that handles the packing, and organizing of the orders going out to delivery. There’s a lot to this: it’s a lot of work, not just physical," he stressed the fact that great delivery drivers know that excellent communication skills are a large part of the job.
"That includes being able to jump into a team role quickly in every place you pick up from, even if it is just for the duration of the pickup, and drop-off; every single time you pick up any delivery from any location," the delivery driver told Bored Panda. "Some individuals want to be a delivery driver, because they want to work alone, with no contact with anyone. If that is the case, being a delivery driver is not the right profession for them, with all due respect!"
#7
We ordered pizza when I was having a party at my house and one of my friends thought it would be funny to answer the door in his underwear. The delivery guy was his uncle.
Cat Amanigh 3 years ago
Ease of access without being too breezy, same reason we have doors in anything.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Delivery guys get girls answering the door topless all the time. I think they're pretty much immune to that kind of immature behavior by now.
#8
I delivered a pizza to a farmhouse. I lived in an area with a town and farms on the outskirts. So I go up to the door, deliver said pizza without incident. Customer closes door and I turn around to realize I am trapped on the front porch by a pissed off rooster. He comes at me and I jump over the ledge of the porch. That damn cock chased me all the way back to my truck pecking at my ankles.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
Not sure people realize how aggressive they are. My grandfathers wife used to carry a golf club to the barn, they would charge at her, she’d fully send them flying with the club, they’d get up and do it again. I felt bad for the chickens but I was very young and terrified of them as well
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
Yeah those spurs are no joke they will bruise your shins pretty bad.
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
"MY BROTHER WAS ON THAT PIZZA! YOU BASTARD!"
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SageHare37 3 years ago
My parents had a rooster once that fancied me. He'd escape, coo at me and do a little dance. He would crow at strangers that got near me. I once was house sitting for my parents when a postal official came to the door, needing to speak with me about a missing package. Fred the rooster came charging around the corner of the house, crowing at this man. I then proceeded to get into an argument with Fred, yelling at him to return to the backyard, while the bewildered postal agent stood there awkwardly. Fred stalked away in a huff after a few minutes, but I'm sure that postal worker had a great story to tell.
Mintii Bunnii 3 years ago (edited)
oh god,,, when i was little, my neighbor had a demon rooster that would terrorize anyone it saw. one time i had to climb on top of a car to get away from it but it kept circling the car for like an hour and i was screaming for my mom. it was terrifying
#9
I once delivered pizza to a funeral. One person was glad to see me because they were "starved to death".
XenoMurph 3 years ago
In all fairness, I'd much prefer my funeral to have that sort of atmosphere than all sombre. But not for a long time yet. (Trolls are just downvoting every comment now to get people banned, not nice.)
Bunzilla 3 years ago
BP really needs to fix its system. It's so broken right now.
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Michael Largey 3 years ago
Sadly, I get to go to a lot of funeral lunches at my age. Pizza would be a great improvement over the food usually provided there. (But thank you anyway, nice church ladies!)
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Do they have blue hair? The nice church ladies, I mean, not the pizzas.
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Jennifer Detmar 3 years ago
That person had probably been greeting mourners and doing the receiving line all day. There is no time to eat.
Rebekah 3 years ago
Kinda like the newly married who hit up a drive thru because there was no time to eat.
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Something else that's vital is having patience "in spades." It's all part of the job. "Traffic can cause delays, and orders might be canceled by the customers. Pickups could be enormous, some even involving multiple trips back and forth from the store or restaurant. Anything can happen. If you happen to damage one of the items, the store might expect you to come back and switch it out for an undamaged item, and complete the order! You cannot just expect every delivery to be quick, and simple. Eventually, you will get one that surprises you, you just have to keep an open mind and be prepared for that possibility."
Next, make sure you're always prepared. Make sure you have a good cellphone with the best possible coverage. "You have to be able to be reached, and have service when things get hairy. Also, spare charge cables, and a portable battery pack charged in advance are a great help," Smithson said. "You do have to look out for your well-being, so make sure you use your device's flashlight for night deliveries in dark spots, and watch your surroundings, of course, your step!"
At the core of working as a delivery driver lies professionalism. Smithson says that it's imperative to conduct yourself with the utmost professionalism, "whether it’s in transit, pickup, or drop off of ordered goods. It goes a long way, and keeps your stress level down. Also, keep in mind that you’re representing the parties involved, even if it is just for the duration of the delivery!" He added: "Don’t forget to love what you do, it just creates positive energy, and is an all-around good approach to your work!"
#10
I used to deliver beer to various liquor stores, gas stations, and bars. There were was one moment in particular that left me dumbfounded and it wasn't until later that i realized how dangerous the situation was.
I was leaving a gas station that I had just delivered to and just put away my hand-truck. As I was walking towards the truck cab I saw in my mirror that there was a large unkempt man quickly approaching me from behind. Right as I began to turn around six to eight police cars pulled up to the station with every officer getting out, hands on their weapons. They shouted to get on the ground and I just froze, not knowing what to do. The officers rushed and one grabbed me and pulled me aside. I have no idea what he said to me because a helicopter was now present. At this point, the approaching man was now handcuffed.
I had to wait a little bit while the officers took account of the situation but one of the officers got on his walkie-talkie saying "We got him!" I still have no clue who that guy was, only that he could be a very dangerous individual.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
That would probably be my exact reaction if I was in this situation, just frozen in confusion and shock
Al Christensen 3 years ago (edited)
A lot of people freeze in confusion. We all know about the Fight or Flight reaction, but it should be Fight, Flight or Freeze. The freeze reaction is why a lot of suspects end up getting shot (at least in the US). The cops are screaming commands at them and when they don't comply because of their surprise and confusion the cops take it as a threat, or as someone who needs to be brought down because they won't get down.
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Fluffy mommy panda 3 years ago
I would of been freaking the f**k out. But I wouldn't have moved I'd be afraid I'd get shot.
Julia Mckinney 3 years ago (edited)
I both freaked out and froze when this incident happened to me. So, mid 80's and mid-summer in college, a group of my friends and I were leaving the local late night doughnut place after mid-night. My car was parked, facing out, right against the wall of the building. I saw my friends motioning for me to come to them, I just did the "nah, I want to head home" motions. Got in my car and THEN I saw the cops up against the wall. They quickly pivoted around the corner, guns out and shouted "FREEZE!", one of them using my car hood as a shield. I just shrank down as far as I could go in the drivers seat and prayed. When they had the guys I had walked past up against the wall, then I got out and crouched/ran to my friends. Talk about scared!! We had to stick around and give statements but it turned out to be a misunderstanding. The guys were SUPPOSED to be clearing out the stereo shop next to the doughnut shop after midnight. I even got an apology and a warning from the cops.
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#11
I was working for Dominoes and had a delivery to a condo complex.
So I knock on the door and this dude opens the door and he is in diapers and has a bow in his hair like a little baby.
It was...awkward.
Lily bloom 3 years ago
Not likely if babyman ordered the pizza. He probably used the time between placing the order and delivery to get all babied up TO answer the door like that.
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Fluffy mommy panda 3 years ago
Sounds like something off of strange obsessions. There some creepy s**t on there. But.....I ant judging too much......
Jeanie F-L 3 years ago
Maybe dude lost a bet! I would absolutely enforce that on my husband if he accepted then lost said bet 🤣🤣🤣
#12
I am not a delivery guy, but one year I was doing some work for one of the major shipping companies. It's the Christmas season, which is their busiest time of year.
One night one of their delivery guys picks up his truck full of packages to start his shift, and there's some problem with his paperwork. He heads back into the shipping hub office to straighten it out, leaving his keys in the ignition like an idiot. He comes back out and the truck's been stolen.
The punch line is that many of the packages in the truck ended up being delivered to their appropriate destinations. I guess someone wanted to steal a parcel truck without pulling a Grinch?
Fluffy mommy panda 3 years ago
I think another worker delivered there packages. Or someone felt bad. ...
Zachary Gillette 3 years ago
I guess they REALLY only wanted the truck. Also, it's hard to resell stolen stuff that is so easily trackable and traceable. All p**n shops would be notified, and online listings checked.
Ela 3 years ago (edited)
P**n is censored? Or did you have an unfortunate typo? Holy cow! P@wn is censored! I'm so confused.
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Dick Sawkins 3 years ago
This one seems obvious to me The problem wasn't with the paperwork.. He had the right papers but the wrong truck. His truck wasn't stolen. The driver who did have the right papers took the truck and delivered the packages. "Your" driver was just present in body but clearly not in mind xD Happens all the time. Trust me.. I know. I drive a wholesale truck :p
Upper Enchilada 3 years ago
I had a UHaul broken into once. Nothing was stolen, and the person couldn’t get it running. Cops say that people steal vans and trucks to transport more expensive goods.
Bored Panda also wanted to get delivery driver Smithson's take on how the changing economic situation is affecting people. "Well, now with inflation rising, ordering delivery, I can imagine, is an option that many are re-thinking. That is a blow to anyone that relies on delivery as a main source of income, like myself, or the thousands of undocumented workers in France that have been let go in UberEats’s massive crackdown recently, despite previously welcoming them en masse," he commented about the delivery industry around the globe.
"There are many that were barely making it by, with delivery as a main source of income. I know what it’s like. I am in dire straits financially myself. With UberEats teaming up with Nuro for the next ten years to have robots deliver goods, I anticipate that the landscape of delivering food will be drastically different, and uncertain for human drivers in the future. It’s disheartening to think of that. We will see how this affects us, sooner or later. For now, we hang on and do our best. I’m doing my best. I have to continue to remain optimistic. We all do."
#13
Had a meat cleaver pulled on me when I went to deliver pizza. Went out to this shitty house in the middle of nowhere. Four big old piles of trouble were sitting around a table in this old, white kitchen, playing cards. They all looked fairly drunk, but mean drunk. While I was debagging the pies, two of them get up to grab more beer. Well, that's what I thought. Instead, they grab me in kinda an armlock/ headlock from behind, and while I'm stammering a quick WTF?, the third one picks up a meat cleaver from the kitchen mantlepiece and holds it near my throat. I stop resisting because it looks damn sharp. "So, say I was to cut your throat right now, what would I get?" he asks, probably referring to my change. I'm like, "Uh, three free pizzas and about twenty years?" I mean, it sounds dramatic and it was, but I still wasn't convinced that they were serious, it had this kinda roughhousing element to it, like they were just trying to scare the living p**s out of a skinny high school kid. The two guys holding me start laughing and they let me go. Dude tipped me ten for being a good sport. I went back to the shop and put the address straight onto the "do not deliver" list. No pizza for you, one year.
Ingrid Nog 3 years ago
I think that's because these people might move out and someone else move in to this house in the meantime. So one year later, if someone on that address orders pizza, the delivery person can see if it's the same troublesome folks or someone new.
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#14
Delivered pizzas in North Dakota and always used to get some weirdos: dirt roads were always a bad sign. One time I arrive at the address in a trailer park, and there is a note on the door that says, "Please come inside, money is on the counter." Whatever, I head in there, and there is a $20 bill sitting there for a $26 order. Great, so I decide to wait, but after about five minutes it's starting to look like a lost cause. I call them up to see what's up, and a woman answers. I explain to her that she's a little short and she says, "Yeah I know, didn't you see my note?" I told her I did see the note, which is how I knew they were $6 short. "No, the other note. The one on the microwave." Turning my head, I see a post-it note with the words "P**n Me" scribbled on it. "You want me to pawn your microwave to make up the difference?" "Yes," she said, "we do it a lot. There's a pawn shop right next door and they usually give me around $20 for it. That should cover the bill and give you a tip for your troubles." I wasn't totally sure if this was legal, but I ventured over to the pawn shop, and he did indeed give me $20 for it. I asked if this was common and the guy working the counter said I was the 4th delivery guy that month to come in with that microwave. Hey, at least I got a $14 tip out of it!
TL;DR: Pawned a customer's microwave at their request in order to pay for bill and tip
No Clue 3 years ago
WHY IS "P**N" CENSORED?? I was genuinely confused thinking it said something else and not quite understanding what that would even mean...🤦♀️
Brazen 3 years ago
It can be used by gamers as a type of negative slur against others in game. That is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
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LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago (edited)
P.A.W.N is NOT a swear or offensive word! It's even a profession! Wow!
Dont Sellmyinfo 3 years ago
I wonder if they’re using the delivery people as unsuspecting drug mules. If you take the electronics out of the microwave I’m sure you could put a lot of heroin or other drugs in it. Dealers do the darndest things
LuckyL 3 years ago
How do you get to that conclusion? (And by the way, how does that work with the microwave. Don't they have to buy it back for more money?)
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Pizza guy here.
* was offered heroin as a tip
* was invited inside to drink beer and eat a slice of the pizza i delivered as a tip
* had to wait while "they" finished up before they answered the door
* Wife pays for pizza, as i walk back to the car, husband is walking up the sidewalk. He asks how much his wife tipped.. i say 2 bucks.. he mouths something and hands me 10 bucks. (the total on the order was near $100)
keighterz 3 years ago
My husband delivered pizzas when we were still engaged and trying to save up for a place to live. He had three women in a hot tub invite him inside for drinks and a blunt. He said “I don’t think my fiancé would like that.” So they told him to go get me and I could come too lol. He was on the clock so obviously didn’t happen but still funny. I laughed so much.
Scott 3 years ago
I once worked for an independant pizzeria in Birmingham, AL as a waiter, but also took the call in orders. One order I took was from a party that obviously was... adult in nature: I heard grunting, moaning, the whole nine. Another time a driver came back from a round of deliveries on Super Bowl Sunday telling us how he got flashed, offered several shots of liquor, and some cocaine (all at different houses).
Ty McLemore 3 years ago
Sounds about right if people are ordering after 10pm...brain checks out for vacation. Lol
One thing that life has taught us is to always expect the unexpected… and that the Universe has a sense of humor. We’ve seen way too many strange things to believe that they happen purely by chance.
On the flip side, people are simply strange enough as they are. Interact with enough of them and you might see a side of humanity that’s not so apparent to others.
Though we as human beings crave stability and predictability (with just a small dollop of surprises along the way), life is inherently unpredictable. Like it or not, we will have to deal with unusual situations, both positive and negative, throughout our lives. Learning to weather them, adapt to them, and learn from them, then, becomes an important set of skills for us to have.
#16
So I worked at a pizza Hut at 17 (13 years ago) in high school. I wasn't the delivery man but was back up. This was on Edwards AFB in california. Our delivery guy went out and was "gone" for the next 3 hours. This was before cellphones and we didn't know what happened so I had to take over deliveries. He shows back up and we all ask him where he has been because we are way behind schedule. Someone had ordered a pizza to one of the dormitories and left the door cracked. Naturally he pushed the door open to give what he expected to be a drunk airmen his pizza. Instead the airman had hung himself and was dead. That's how he wanted to be discovered. He was out of work so long because of police reports and what not. Terrible night...
Karen Grace 3 years ago
Kind of a rotten thing to do to a deliver driver! I don't think suicide is an answer, but if you're going to do it PLEASE don't bring a stranger in on it!
Ela 3 years ago
They don't want family or friends to find them. They figure it's easier on a stranger. Knew someone whose dad killed himself so that the kids would come home from school and find him while mom was still at work. Now that was a craptastic thing to do.
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Seabeast 3 years ago
Thirteen years ago was before cell phones? That was 2009, lots of people had them then.
Sunny Ferragamo 3 years ago
This could have originally been written 8 years before BP put it up here. Not sure where they found this story.
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George Nichols 3 years ago (edited)
Wait we didn't have cell phones 13 years ago? Heck I had a audiovox cell phone in 1996. And wouldn't you know it, it fit in my pocket. And was prepaid. Cellular One.
Molly Bayliss 3 years ago
Did he leave the money out before hanging himself? Because if not that is just rude.
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
For those who don't know, Edwards is in the Mojave desert, and pretty much the base and a tiny town (at least when I lived in CA) is all that is there.....nothing else.
#17
I worked as a delivery driver for a local shop that delivered around a college, and got sent on a $235 delivery to a frat that was having a party. Upon delivering the pizza, I was told I could have $250 or play a game of beer pong, in which I would win $500 or get nothing.
Ended up barely winning by one cup, they had apparently been anticipating my loss and weren't 'authorized' by the treasury person at the frat to spend that much... Frat president eventually had to get the $500 to me because he said that they were men of their words. Then watched two members get a quick vote kick for being idiots and the party shut down... Fourteen guys ended up with a ton of pizza and no party.
Monday 3 years ago
Why the hell would any delivery driver take that risk? If you lose you get nothing and have to fork up $235 to pay for the pizza you don't even get to eat!
#18
I used to do pizza delivery for a local pizza shop in Lexington, KY. There was this old woman who always ordered a pizza every Wednesday night. One day, she called ordering a pepperoni pizza (her usual.) She's right down the street so it was ready in 10 minutes & I was out for delivery.
Yet, when I got to her home, an ambulance was parked out front. I walked up to the door, pizza in hand, & pushed the doorbell. A younger woman, I presume her daughter, explained to me that she passed away and that I was the last person she ever talked to. She paid with tip & I went back to work.
Epic.
Kel_how 3 years ago
Not sure if "epic" is really the right word for this. Interesting nonetheless.
CL Rowan 3 years ago
Very sad. I have no clue how someone can consider a sudden death (with *very* few exceptions) 'epic'.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
So presumably she ordered and the pizza was there within 30 minutes (being very generous on time there) and someone had already noticed she passed, called an ambulance, they arrived and pronounced her all before the driver got there? I don’t know, seems a little suspicious to me
Olivier Caissy 3 years ago
Why? The daughter was clearly in the house, maybe her mom was still alive when she called and the emts floored it.
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Demongrrrrl 3 years ago
Reminds me of the story about an elderly woman who ordered a small pizza every night for years. One day, she doesn't call. Likewise the next day, so her regular delivery person went and checked on her. Turns out the woman had fallen, the delivery person saved her life
Ria C. 3 years ago
Lived here all my life and for the life of me it is difficult for me to think of any "local" pizza places around here that deliver. Most are chains and the local ones are usually small and only offer dine in or carry out. How you liking Lex so far? Hopefully having good experiences so far, except the drivers, of course.
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He continued: "It is important however that we embrace the fact that the world can be unpredictable and uncertain, and become more tolerant of this being a reality. Understanding that things are sometimes out of our control helps us to accept that not everything goes to plan, and accept when things happen to us that are negative. This acceptance allows us to embrace the change and difference, and manage our expectations so we can become more resilient to the ups and downs that all our lives lead."
#19
Brought a pizza to a big mansion. The door opens, in the foyer there is a suit of armor, other medieval implements. Classical music is absolutely blasting out of this house. But no person. Then a guy literally drops in from a curtain/rope thing. Swings into the doorway. Then he strikes a pose. And he's got a rapier in his hand. I then see another guy in the background playing "sword".
Todd Campbell 3 years ago
That’s just what mansion people do. I’m guessing you don’t go to a lot of mansions. I mean pretty normal stuff bruh.
#20
I use to deliver pizzas in college. One delivery took exactly 8 mins and that included 6 mins of cooking time. The pizza place was about 3 blocks from the dorm I was delivering. The order was 10.98 She gave me 11 and waited for changed. I signed loudly, counted out 2 pennies and then the chick said "its aight.. keep the change" I stood there for a sec with 2 pennies in my hand, I looked at my hand, looked at her, looked at my hand again, flipped my palm and watched the pennies hit the ground. I walked back to the car and took off. If you're going to tip dont insult me with 2 cents! I'd rather receive no tip than 2 cents!
Lauren Purdin 3 years ago
I remember when I was in college and ordered pizza for the 1st time in my life. I gave the delivery person exact change and was so proud of myself. I closed the door and all of my friends had their mouths on the ground because I didn't tip. I had no idea that you were supposed to tip delivery folk. I grew up poor so I had no experience with that. I still feel awful 20 years later. Now I tip more than I should.
Chris berkley 3 years ago
It's not your fault if you honestly didnt know, I grew up poor but am a bit better off now and I'm still discovering how some things work
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ThatOtherPanda 3 years ago
Imma prob get downvoted for this but I feel like that’s a teeny-tiiiiny bit rude (although I do see where you’re coming from but I’m an introvert and could not imagine ever doing something like that lol)
karen snyder 3 years ago
I worked at a sports bar & pizza parlor in college that ALL the local little league baseball teams and parents ate at after their games. One night, after waiting on a table of 20 young kids and 30 some parents, I listened to the "head dad" work out the check. It was about $350, in the late 90s. His buddy said, "what are we leaving for a tip?" Drunk dad takes out two pennies and slaps them on the table, "here's her tip." I followed him to his car and gave his wife the two pennies and said, "your husband forgot his change. Please consider leaving a tip for our staff, next time." She was mortified. The next day she came in with a $50 tip and an apology.
Trinity Cottrell 3 years ago
In Australia, we don't tip, but that's because we get really decent pay, like some jobs pay between $22 and $48 an hour.
Helen X 3 years ago
‘He who does not honour small things, is not worthy of great things.’ (translation of a Dutch saying)
Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
"Wer den Pfennig nicht ehrt, ist den Taler nicht wert." in German.
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Allison Baker 3 years ago
Whilst I was working in a fairly posh restaurant a party of four left a handful of change on the table as a tip. I chased them to the door and gave it back to them saying that I thought they’d left their bus fare. Again - rather have no tip than that insult.
IamMe 3 years ago
There are sometimes innocent reasons for no tip. Maybe, the person didn't know they were supposed to. Maybe, they only have enough for the food, and can't get to a store. Tipping pennies, however is a deliberate, rude act. It's up there with saying "Here's a tip. Get a real job."
#21
I delivered pizza for many years. There was this regular who was a pretty good tipper, so we were always fighting over who got to deliver to this guy. I got lucky and brought him his unusually large order. Turns out he was having a little get together and there were a bunch of dudes in his apartment. I saw a lot of little glass bowls all around the kitchen and a couple more on the kitchen table. I then realized that all the dudes were holding fistfuls of money and that the bowls were filled with beta fish. They were betting on fish fights.
TheRadioDemon 3 years ago
Never heard of fish fights before. I knew beta fish fight if you put them in the same tank
Kel_how 3 years ago
I suppose humans will ruin anything, if given the chance
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I like making mosquitoes fight, is that alright?
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#22
Food delivery to strip clubs - topless women paying in ones. Delivery to a gay bar that may or may not have been a strip club, and the guy pulled up his pants halfway and, while standing on the bar, pulled crumpled ones out of his underwear to pay me. I wish dancers there would have ordered more often, that guy was very professional (besides unfolding his underwear money) and tipped great.
Monday 3 years ago
If you're gonna pay in underwear money doesn't it make sense to unfold them ahead of time? It's not like you don't know the pizza is coming...
keighterz 3 years ago
I love how your concern is not that the money was in someone’s underwear but that it was not ready to efficiently pay the delivery person 😂😂
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Tina Smith 3 years ago
They probably tip better because they work hard for a living and know how difficult it can be to work in a service industry. To be clear - I mean that as a compliment.
Candice Cook 3 years ago
I hate to break it to you, but unless it's brand new... pretty much all money is underwear money. On an even more disgusting note, when I used to work as a casino cocktail waitress I got pink eye from touching money and then touching my eye, more than once. So gross.
#23
Pizza Delivery in college in Central PA (relevant background information: I'm Korean):
Arrived at the front door of an older couple's house with a large pie in hand. When I rang the doorbell, the woman came out and I said, "I have your delivery." She looks at me puzzingly and says, "We didn't order no chinese food." Of course, I had to explain that I was just the delivery guy and I had their large pizza in hand.
Calyx Teren 3 years ago
I grew up there. People think they’re not racist, because everyone they know well is white.
Bouche Clay 3 years ago
Well, I order Chinese and pizza often, and the boxes look exactly like, so I understand the confusion. 🤣🤣🤣
Amanda Hunter 3 years ago (edited)
Note- have you ever seen a caucasian working in a Chinese restaurant?
#24
We were having a party, got drunk and what not and decided it was a good idea to order a bunch of pizza. Delivery guy came and we thought we should tip him in beer. He hung out for a while drank a beer then went back to work. Fast forward 30 min. He returns to the party. Seems when he got back to work his boss found out he had been drinking, so he got fired. Now we have a unemployed delivery guy who just got fired crying at our party.
C Ronz 3 years ago
Ya, blame the guys who gave a man a beer, not the guy who drank beer and drove.
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Your opinion doesn't matter 3 years ago
I just want want to point out to everyone on this app that these people are redditors they don't care that you think fish fighting is wrong when it's really easy to find nsfl content
#25
Not really weird but funny:
My friend was a delivery guy for a Chinese food restaurant. He drove out to the countryside (Oklahoma) and arrived at the house. The house was dimly lit and it was hard to see so he was navigating his way up to the porch very tenderly. All of a sudden, he felt a spray on his side.
Immediately afterwards, he was overwhelmed with a noxious odor. A skunk had sprayed him. He knocked on the door and the owner answered him. The owner said "you got the wrong house, it's the next one over." Needless to say, after arriving at the right house, the family did not want skunky Chinese food.
Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago
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Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago
Oh, and it works instantly. We have had to use it a few times.
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#26
I'll try to keep this one short.
I was a Medical Cannabis Delivery Driver in San Francisco for about two years. The company I worked for was and still is one of the most professional dispensaries in the business and at no point did I feel like a drug dealer. That aside, we apparently stepped on some people's toes by offering the cheapest priced, highest quality cannabis directly to your door (in under an hour or $10 off). So I am given a rather unfavorable route through Hunter's Point, which if you haven't heard is the lil Ghetto by the Bay south of the city. I had never been to this particular patient before, which was a concern but the dispatchers assured me it was just a nice old black woman and not to worry.
So I should probably mention at this point that our company operates a fleet of 7-8 Smart Cars for delivering and they make parking an absolute breeze. Upon arriving at the address, I park the little doober as near to the building as possible, which happens to be on a rather steep hill, one you might expect to park on in San Francisco. I get out of the car and make my way to the patient's apartment, taking little notice of the group of homies hanging up the street, who had watched me pull up.
I get to the door and knock and indeed, a nice older woman greets me with a smile. Now most people like to chat about all sorts of things when getting cannabis delivered to their house, but sometimes it gets a little over the top. People will invite you in to their home, sit you down, offer you water, soda, cookies, one guy would give us blow-pops by the handful (no homo... well maybe). That was all well and good but after 5-10 minutes, it is about time to get to the next patient. This woman not only decided to start telling me her life story but she is doing so while lazily searching for her credit card, which gets declined and she has to find another one, to which she forgets the PIN and then the Machine starts acting up because there's no damn signal way out in Hunter's Point and ugh... So finally she pays with cash or something and then I leave to get on to the next patient. As soon as I step out the door I look up toward my lil smart car, just in time to see the group of homies from up the street [flip it the f**k over](http://i.imgur.com/CggSR.jpg) with no thanks to the hill, and then just scatter. [The m***********s.](http://i.imgur.com/3vUqy.jpg)
So I immediately pull out my phone and call my boss to inform him I am now stranded in Hunter's Point and that the next 3 patients' deliveries will need to go out with another driver. He manages to get there in under 30 minutes in another smart car with a tow truck behind him. They had to try to roll it again, which smashed the other side window as it turned sideways and then back up on it's lil smart wheels, all the while laughing about it. Though it was a bit humorous in retrospect. But my boss wasn't stoked. The police came by and took a report and then I hopped in the trunk of the rescue smart car and it was back to base.
For those of you who are interested in the name of the Medical Cannabis Dispensary, my boss asked me not to reveal the name but if you have used our service in the past, you know who we are.
**TL;DR Delivered medical cannabis to the ghetto, upset local dealers flipped my car.**
Daniel Aaron 3 years ago
The phrase "no homo" is homophobic vitriol. Is that the look you were going for??
Bored Batgirl 3 years ago
That and the casual racism of "ghetto", "homies" and unnecessarily mentioning the woman's race. The whole thing was gross.
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Sunny Ferragamo 3 years ago
blow- pops Lol The way that cut off to the next line I thought you were tipped in cocaine for a second.
#27
I delivered pizzas, and the shop I worked at had a lot of 'regulars', as it was a small town and it was one of two shops.
Anyway, I used to deliver to this one divorced lady's house every week, and she used to flash me 'by accident' all the time. She used to wear sweatshirts with really loose necks (this was the early '90s) and always bend over in front of me, to the point where even a naive dope like me figured out it was no accident.
Just Jeff 3 years ago
@Helen I'm afraid you need to use the 'reply' button
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#28
When i was working as a pizza delivery boy a few years ago, a fat customer opens up the door wearing nothing but his boxers. The creepiest thing was that they were the same exact pair of boxers I was wearing at that very moment.
Lene 3 years ago
Eehhmm.. if you are wearing the exact same pair.... aren't you wearing them with the dude? I know you mean that you two had simillar boxers. But the exact same pair means (to my autistic brain) that you (delivery guy and costumer) are wearing the same pair. Two ppl in one pair of boxers. 😬
Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago
Yes, because exclamation mark boxes usually contain feathers, not coins (:
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I would think it was weird before I was a Costco member, now most of my friends are Costco members and we all wear the same Puma socks. 😊
#29
I used to work as delivery boy for a high-end Grocery store in Denmark called Irma. The vast majority of our deliveries were to pensioners and other people who would have problems shopping for groceries themselves (there was this one massively fat dude who got two full cases of coke delivered each weak - which amounts to about 32 litres. Carrying those up the stairs to his fourth floor apartment was a pain). Some of them would get shocking amounts of alcohol delivered each week. We're speaking 60+ beers, 3-4 bottles of assorted liquour etc.
By far the worst place to deliver, however, was the apartment of this old lady. She usually got food and inordinate amounts of cleaning supplies delivered. She would hold long speeches about how the liquid products were all watered down, so she only wanted the powdered stuff so she could mix it up herself. And she was racist as f**k. Often, she would ask if I'd seen any of "those damn perkere" (perkere is a derogatory slang term for people of arab descent - a derivative of the Danish word for Pakistani), and would talk about how I ought to stay away and watch out for them. She would tell me about how they'd be nice at first, but were very prone to intrigue and would ruin my life. After I'd delivered to her for a while, she eventually sort of revealed the reason she hated immigrants so much. Apparently, an Iranian guy had driven a wedge between her and her son, and she rarely got to see him. A friend of mine who also delivered groceries to her sometimes told me that she'd once started crying while talking about her son, so it's a prety sad story all in all.
For a long time I felt dirty for not arguing with her, but I needed the job, and I didn't trust my boss to treat me fairly if I got a customer complaint. I'm still not sure if I should have said something.
Helen X 3 years ago
Poor lady. It may have had nothing to do with the man’s descent, but if you are in that much distress, anything ‘alien’ about anyone will lead to blaming the behaviour on the descent, family or whatever.
keighterz 3 years ago (edited)
Not saying it’s right or an excuse for awful behavior, but it could be easy for your mind to demonize a group of people based on a traumatic event perpetrated by one person. I’m sure there’s a psychological aspect to it. But look what happened in the US after Pearl Harbor or 9/11. We turned on our own citizens due to their heritage or religion.
Load More Replies... Sunny Ferragamo 3 years ago
Right! Haha Sounds great to me. Maybe it translates differently in Danish.
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Lene 3 years ago
I just want to correct the explanation for the word "perker": it derives from the Danish word "perser" which is a Persian/Iranian. It now, as "perker", means pretty much all people with a dark skin tone. I just wanted to correct that it is not a word fof Pakistanis. It can ALSO mean Pakistanis but it can also mean people other countries.
#30
i delivered pizza for like 6 months many years ago. I had 2 or 3 women answer the door topless. They were always like 40+ though.
John Anderson 3 years ago
Ron White said "once you've seen one set of boobs, you want to see all the rest". Except this moron
LeeAnne B 3 years ago
Eh.. whats with the +40. Those may not sit high on the chest anymore but they're still boobies
Kantami Blossom 3 years ago
What does being 40+ have to do with it, if a beautiful woman flashes you who cares about age.
Christy Asz 3 years ago
I don't think these comments would have the same tone if this was a female driver that had been flashed by a male. Sexual harassment is still sexual harassment, it is not 'okay' when it happens to men.
#31
I delivered pizza in High School. One night, I had a delivery and it ended up being a couple of teenage stoners. They didn't have bills when I arrived so instead they gave me a five gallon jug about half full of change. They told me they were going to count out the amount before I arrived but forgot to. I took it back with me and counted the silver. If I remember right, the pizza was around $14.00, and the amount I was given in change was around 105.00 not counting the pennies. I was allowed to keep all of it besides the money owed for the pizza. Damn jug was heavy.
A lady ordered a pizza and I went to deliver it. I arrived at her house ( kind of secluded ) and I kept ringing the doorbell and knocking but no one answered. As I was headed back to my truck, I heard a noise coming from the back yard so I decided to go see if she was back there and was not able to hear the door. As I walked around the back of the house, there she was pointing a gun strait at my face. I froze, and it took her a second for her to realize that I was delivering the pizza. She apologized and said that her ex-husband called drunk and told her he was coming to get her. I quickly left after she paid me.
Edit: Also, just a personal note. If you have been a pizza delivery person, you know the s**t they go through and tip the drivers well ( at least I do ). I usually tip no less than 5 bucks. I tipped more when I lived in the 4th story of an apartment building.
It absolutely has it's highs and lows. I was once flashed by a cute woman because she didnt have any extra money for a tip, and the lows can be very dangerous, getting robbed or getting a gun pointed at your face. Also, most of your tip money goes to gas. I had a truck back then but gas was not but .90 when I worked as a pizza delivery guy.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
Gas was .90?! This must have been when pizza delivery was invented
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
I remember in high school (late 90's) seeing it for .99 cents
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#32
Went to this guy's house, and the door was open with the screen door in front of it. Rang the door bell like three times, no answer. Called twice, and I could hear the phone ringing in this guy's house (the phone was actually on a table that I could see).
So I call a third time and this big fat pimply white guy comes down the stairs in nothing but a leopard print thong to pick up the phone.
'Hello?'
'Hello, this is the pizza delivery guy... I'm at your front door.'
He just turned his head and saw me looking at him, dropped the phone, and ran upstairs. I got a nice tip.
#33
When I was about 20, I worked for a waterbed store and did delivery and setup. One day we delivered a large, expensive oak bed complete with a sort of wall unit to an older, but nice home.
The homeowner showed us the bedroom and where to setup this beast of a bedroom set, so we did. We we all finished and the mattress was about half full of water when the homeowner came in in a panic asking if we could move it for a minute. If have ever moved a waterbed you know what a pain in the a*s it is. We told him that wasn't possible without a lot of work so he offered to make it worth our while.
Basically, we had the set the bed up over an old, unused floor grate for the original furnace. (The house apparently had since put in a central air unit or something). We take down the bed and the guy pops open the grate and pulls something like 2 kilos of coke out of the grate which he had been using as his stash hole.
He gave us each about $300 hush money and offered us a ziplock bag full of coke not to say anything. We put the bed back together, filled it and went on our way.
TL;DR - Customer had 2 kilos of coke in an old A/C grate.
Alexej Dvorak 3 years ago (edited)
OP is awfully silent about which part of the "bribe" they took.
#34
I used to deliver frozen yogurt. I know it's odd. Chicago! I delivered to an orgy once. Naked girl, a couple a naked guys... Not as cool as you might think. Guy in a robe answered the door, but everyone else was clearly visible. Also had a guy answer his door in leather underwear, wearing leather gloves. I stupidly took another delivery to him and he was wearing those big rubber gloves, a open robe, and little tight underwear. Big tips...
#35
I used to deliver pizzas back in the day. So it's Friday night and we get a call from some chicks looking to get f****d over by some of our overpriced pizza. I get to the house and sixteen hot chicks open the door not wearing anything that made me think they were under eighteen. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. I still remember being so hard up for a date back then. I was super nervous. Before I could hand over the boxes one of them dives for my package of hot peppers and Parmesan cheese I had hanging out of my left side pocket. I almost came in my parachute pants that had closed pockets and held the condiments better, but I'm glad I decided to wear regular jeans. They stripped my hands of the pizza boxes soon afterwards then pulled me inside of the house. Then they whipped out their jugs of beer and started dancing around me. Suddenly one of them pulled out a $100 bill. I had to confess I blew my wad of change earlier that night and I couldn't break that. So they decided I could earn my tip if I showed them my Rod Serling impression. I guess they were Twilight Zone fans. It worked. They gave me the $100 and that was that.
Justin Trouble 3 years ago
Wow you are really bad at lying, also sound like a child predator with your fantasy of 16 underage girls.
Your Neighborhood Alien 3 years ago
It's a joke. There's a comment on the original Reddit thread that shows that it's just a bunch of sexual innuendo with added parts to make it seem like a really weird pizza delivery.
Grant Caldwell 3 years ago
Yeah...no. That didnt actually happen. I am not buying it. Photos or it didn't happen.
What do you think ?
Lisa H 3 years ago
My story is just cute, not creepy: I delivered a pizza to a farm and was greeted by a young horse upon arrival. By greeting, I heard him neigh and looked over to see him running up to the fence, much like a dog would. I said hi to the horse, completed the delivery, then immediately went back to the horse. He was a bit shy at first, but after letting him lick my hand for a moment, he let me pet him. Then we just alternated between him licking my hand and me petting and scritching his head. It was amazing! I felt so bad leaving because as I was driving off, I looked over to see him looking back at me and he looked so sad! It was such a great moment, though!
Ray Arani 3 years ago
I delivered to a house that had a grassy wildflower filled field where a *baby* miniature pony was frolicking. I was on a phone call with my mom and had to just stop in the driveway and stare and scream a little because I'm pretty sure I had an aneurysm from the cuteness. Finally I got words and told my mom what I was looking at and I completed my delivery then just sat on the road in my car and hyperventilated more from the cute before forcing myself to leave before I died.
Load More Replies... XenoMurph 3 years ago
I worked as a delivery driver one winter. Was delivering a large pizza order to what turned out to be a party. Lots of people drinking in the garden. One guy was obviousy a really mean drunk, started shouting at me insulting me for disturbing his party. I'm just stood there with an armful of extra large pizzas. When I asked for the money he got really angry right in my face. His mates started backing him up at this point, was a bit intimidating. His wife finally came out and pushed him away, paid for the pizzas. As I was walking away she followed me and gave me an extra £20 and offered me a bottle of Jack Daniels too, just for al the stress. Not sure why I declined the JD, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for booze after that.
Chich 3 years ago
Back in the army, we were training and camped a ways off the main base but close enough to a pizza place that they would deliver. One night a little car shows up with an order of ten pizzas for coprporal Frazer. I called the Cpl over and he has no idea what its about, someone oviously playing a bad joke on him. The pizza guy is justifiably pissed but then I said I would buy one from him and a bunch of other guys nearby did the same. Sold the lot in a few minutes. Guy showed up to our camp every night for the rest of the two weeks we were there with his car full of pizzas. Always sold out.
Francesa Miller 3 years ago
I delivered to one house where the name on the package could only be pronounced "Sh*t all". When I hesitantly asked for the addressee, the woman who had answered the door grinned and said that was her daughter. Poor child.
UpupaEpops 3 years ago
This is why it's good to check the (main) language of a country, or if you're in an inter-ethnic relationship, check that whatever name you've come up with is ok in both languages. Shital apparently means "having peace, cool, gentle, the wind, the moon". When I lived in the UK, I had a hard time keeping a straight face whenever I heard the name "Rhonda" as in my language it means exceptionally ugly.
Load More Replies... Ray Arani 3 years ago
Working DoorDash and got a deliver order for condoms. Just that, nothing else, around midnight. I went to deliver them and it was to a McMansion type suburb, massive houses, huge lawns, and none of the houses or mailboxes marked with numbers I could see in the dark. Google maps was no help since it was a new neighborhood. I drove around shining my brights tryna find this place, got pulled over of course. Explained the situation to the cop, showed him the app and the condoms. He knew the addresses, knew the guy apparently, and walked me to the door. Rang the bell for me, then presented me formally. I handed over the the condoms and said, "Thanks for using DoorDash, we got you covered." And at first the guy, who was a little embarrassed, didn't get the joke, but just before he closed the door he turns to me and cracks up like, "no, you didn't!" Cop laughed too while I returned to my car and called it a night.
Luna Crow 3 years ago
I used to deliver pizzas, and my favorite was thinking someone wanted to race me.. except we ended up at their house, because they'd ordered it from the road and didn't expect it so fast
Ginger Winters 1 year ago
I had something like that happen once. Pre-ordered the pizza for a set time and errands took longer than I thought. We called the place and asked if they could delay by 15 minutes(thankfully they had other deliveries in our area). We wound up all pulling up at once
Load More Replies... Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago
I guess the moral of the story is...go and deliver pizza for a while if you are still in college and do social studie, psychology or even psychiatry...you'll get a good picture of random or peculiar folks.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
I once delivered pizza to a house that had a lot of expensively modified vehicles parked in the front yard, and the front door was wide open, with a clear view of the dining table holding stacks of cash.
Ray Arani 3 years ago
Working for FedEx in rural area, someone sicced their dogs on me. I was in an official FedEx truck in uniform. Dude active came outside as I was approaching with his package in hand and commanded gis dogs to attack. I ran, made it to the fence, and he yelled at me that there was a no trespassing sign, which legally does not apply to delivery drivers. FedEx put him on a do not deliver list, meaning he had to drive about 30-40 minutes to pick up that package and any others.
Cass Malone 3 years ago
Not me but a friend. Was delivering pizzas in Oklahoma years ago. She goes to the address and no lights are on. Feeling unsafe, she returned to the store and her manager ended up going back out with her. They both ended up getting shoved into the trunk of her car and taken for a joy ride. I don't remember how she got out of it but I'm glad she did.
Lisa H 3 years ago
My story is just cute, not creepy: I delivered a pizza to a farm and was greeted by a young horse upon arrival. By greeting, I heard him neigh and looked over to see him running up to the fence, much like a dog would. I said hi to the horse, completed the delivery, then immediately went back to the horse. He was a bit shy at first, but after letting him lick my hand for a moment, he let me pet him. Then we just alternated between him licking my hand and me petting and scritching his head. It was amazing! I felt so bad leaving because as I was driving off, I looked over to see him looking back at me and he looked so sad! It was such a great moment, though!
Ray Arani 3 years ago
I delivered to a house that had a grassy wildflower filled field where a *baby* miniature pony was frolicking. I was on a phone call with my mom and had to just stop in the driveway and stare and scream a little because I'm pretty sure I had an aneurysm from the cuteness. Finally I got words and told my mom what I was looking at and I completed my delivery then just sat on the road in my car and hyperventilated more from the cute before forcing myself to leave before I died.
Load More Replies... XenoMurph 3 years ago
I worked as a delivery driver one winter. Was delivering a large pizza order to what turned out to be a party. Lots of people drinking in the garden. One guy was obviousy a really mean drunk, started shouting at me insulting me for disturbing his party. I'm just stood there with an armful of extra large pizzas. When I asked for the money he got really angry right in my face. His mates started backing him up at this point, was a bit intimidating. His wife finally came out and pushed him away, paid for the pizzas. As I was walking away she followed me and gave me an extra £20 and offered me a bottle of Jack Daniels too, just for al the stress. Not sure why I declined the JD, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for booze after that.
Chich 3 years ago
Back in the army, we were training and camped a ways off the main base but close enough to a pizza place that they would deliver. One night a little car shows up with an order of ten pizzas for coprporal Frazer. I called the Cpl over and he has no idea what its about, someone oviously playing a bad joke on him. The pizza guy is justifiably pissed but then I said I would buy one from him and a bunch of other guys nearby did the same. Sold the lot in a few minutes. Guy showed up to our camp every night for the rest of the two weeks we were there with his car full of pizzas. Always sold out.
Francesa Miller 3 years ago
I delivered to one house where the name on the package could only be pronounced "Sh*t all". When I hesitantly asked for the addressee, the woman who had answered the door grinned and said that was her daughter. Poor child.
UpupaEpops 3 years ago
This is why it's good to check the (main) language of a country, or if you're in an inter-ethnic relationship, check that whatever name you've come up with is ok in both languages. Shital apparently means "having peace, cool, gentle, the wind, the moon". When I lived in the UK, I had a hard time keeping a straight face whenever I heard the name "Rhonda" as in my language it means exceptionally ugly.
Load More Replies... Ray Arani 3 years ago
Working DoorDash and got a deliver order for condoms. Just that, nothing else, around midnight. I went to deliver them and it was to a McMansion type suburb, massive houses, huge lawns, and none of the houses or mailboxes marked with numbers I could see in the dark. Google maps was no help since it was a new neighborhood. I drove around shining my brights tryna find this place, got pulled over of course. Explained the situation to the cop, showed him the app and the condoms. He knew the addresses, knew the guy apparently, and walked me to the door. Rang the bell for me, then presented me formally. I handed over the the condoms and said, "Thanks for using DoorDash, we got you covered." And at first the guy, who was a little embarrassed, didn't get the joke, but just before he closed the door he turns to me and cracks up like, "no, you didn't!" Cop laughed too while I returned to my car and called it a night.
Luna Crow 3 years ago
I used to deliver pizzas, and my favorite was thinking someone wanted to race me.. except we ended up at their house, because they'd ordered it from the road and didn't expect it so fast
Ginger Winters 1 year ago
I had something like that happen once. Pre-ordered the pizza for a set time and errands took longer than I thought. We called the place and asked if they could delay by 15 minutes(thankfully they had other deliveries in our area). We wound up all pulling up at once
Load More Replies... Pascale Pierloot 3 years ago
I guess the moral of the story is...go and deliver pizza for a while if you are still in college and do social studie, psychology or even psychiatry...you'll get a good picture of random or peculiar folks.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
I once delivered pizza to a house that had a lot of expensively modified vehicles parked in the front yard, and the front door was wide open, with a clear view of the dining table holding stacks of cash.
Ray Arani 3 years ago
Working for FedEx in rural area, someone sicced their dogs on me. I was in an official FedEx truck in uniform. Dude active came outside as I was approaching with his package in hand and commanded gis dogs to attack. I ran, made it to the fence, and he yelled at me that there was a no trespassing sign, which legally does not apply to delivery drivers. FedEx put him on a do not deliver list, meaning he had to drive about 30-40 minutes to pick up that package and any others.
Cass Malone 3 years ago
Not me but a friend. Was delivering pizzas in Oklahoma years ago. She goes to the address and no lights are on. Feeling unsafe, she returned to the store and her manager ended up going back out with her. They both ended up getting shoved into the trunk of her car and taken for a joy ride. I don't remember how she got out of it but I'm glad she did.
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