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Eating in is the new dining out. Just scroll through your bank statement of the last month and see how those delish treats reign the balance. But who doesn’t like their hot and steamy food delivered straight to the comfort of their home?
With a pandemic changing the ways we live, food deliveries have become a key part of our new reality. It’s now predicted that US restaurant delivery sales will rise an average of 12% a year to $76 billion in the next four years. So not only will we be eating in way more, we will also have more workers getting on board the delivery business.
And with that comes some very weird and funny real-time stories where food orders meet crazy, hangry, and sometimes, super nice customers. Let’s see some of the best stories from food delivery employees themselves who shared ‘what is the strangest scenario you have had with an order?’ in this viral thread.
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#1
I got one! That one time a followed a weird middle aged guy into his basement for a life affirming surprise....
Delivering pizzas my attitude is that nothing can really go that wrong so long as I drive carefully, avoid muggings, and never enter a customer's home. When I was younger and hadn't yet adopted that last rule I delivered a proper stack of pizzas to a really nice house in a very wealthy neighborhood where I was greeted by a classic mid 50's suburbanite guy. I had like 50lbs of pizzas and he' was just vibrating with excitement like a little kid asking me if I wanted to see something amazing in his basement where the pizzas were going anyway.
Yeah it sounds like a lot of red flag, but from his vibe and the amount of pizza he'd ordered I figured he was having some kind of game night with his buddies and was eager to show off his layout, entertainment system, bar, etc... Wealthy guys love showing the sweet toys they worked for to broke younger folks, and when you're working for tips sometimes an "oooh" or an "aaah" at a car or in-home luxury you don't care about is worth an extra $10. So I followed him into his huge house, preparing myself to express amazement at his whatever.
We get down to the basement and it was a puppy party. A true and actual puppy party, some sort of adoption event he'd set up for his kids b-day. Exactly as I'd expected, there was a classic rich guy basement with a full bar and pool table and wall sized entertainment center and huge sectional couch and recliners. What I didn't expect was a gaggle of 8th grade girls playing with DOZENS of puppies being supervised by handlers. Every kind of puppy I could imagine. I set the pizzas down on the bar and just sat on the floor and squealed and giggled while puppies tried to eat the smell of pizza off of me, succeeding only in devouring my heart through my face.
After a few minutes I stood up all teary eyed and flushed with happiness and the guy just grinned his understanding at me, gave me an envelope of cash, and sent me on my way. The hit of oxytocin and seratonin from those puppies still warms me years later... F**kin puppy party, man. My life is fuller knowing that can even happen.
Rosie Hamilton 4 years ago
Yep, shame he didn't get a shed load of photos to share of the pups!
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Shelli Aderman 4 years ago
That’s what we need to solve the world’s problems. PUPPY PARTIES! 💕💕💕
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#2
Took a big pizza order to a college dorm. It was like just under $200. When I go there I knew the code to get in because I had been a dorm head in the same building a few years earlier and there was one door with a code instead of swipe card.
I knew exactly where the room was so I knocked and the guy opened it and said "hold on" and closed the door. I heard an alarming amount of movement in the tiny dorm. And about 2 minutes later they opened the door with no lights on. In the dorm was around 15 dudes all in cloaks and holding lightsabers. One addressed me as Master Jedi of the zaa technique. I was laughing so hard I almost dropped their drinks. They tipped like 100 bucks and said I could join their club anytime.
It was amazing.
mcborge1 4 years ago
I know i'm going to get teased for this but I have that same lightsaber in the image, lol. It's a master replica's Anakin/Luke saber. :D
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
Having delivered pizzas in a college town for a mere month, I find this story beyond incredible. Dorm guys gave you a $100 tip? Just incredulous. Will wonders ever cease?
#3
I worked for a delivery company about 6 years ago.. I got an order for a single cigar. Total cost of goods about $3. Delivery fee $13.50 (he lived way the hell out in the boonies.) He also tipped my like $10. Turns out he was drunk and "delivery fee is less than a DUI"
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 4 years ago
Drunk, smart and kind at the same time, a rare combination. Nice!
Vivian Ingram 4 years ago
Totally worth the delivery fee when you look at the other option as a DUI
#4
The delivery instructions were to "Beat on the door like you're the cops, and then rawr like a T-Rex to scare my kids" I did this but a small extremely confused lady answered the door. Apparently the husband had written those instructions for a prior delivery and had not realized delivery instructions copy over to the next delivery if not deleted.
Debbie Barnes 4 years ago
Could have been worse.. Suspenders and stockings could have been involved. Ha, ha, ha, ha...
Gary Davidson 4 years ago
Probably Pizza Hut. Back when their staff would draw something on the box just for fun (read that as 5-6 years ago), I put "PLS draw a picture of a cat on the box". It's 2021, and I still have to delete that autofill before I send the online order!
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
But every time you order pizza now you have that fun memory. Good for a chuckle or two I guess.
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I wouldn't do it. These days, someone might open the door with a damn gun in their hand.
Edward Cheves 2 years ago
Had the exact same instructions given to me, only the car parked in the driveway had Glock and Sig Sauer bumper stickers, and there was a sign on the front door saying "Trespassers will be shot; Survivors will be shot again" I left the food at the door, and ignored the instructions.
#5
I once had a delivery for 10 bacon cheeseburgers, but literally just as I parked in front of the address Skipthedishes called me and said the order had been cancelled. However the guy at the delivery address was sitting on his porch and saw me and he just goes "Skipthedishes?" so I say "yeah but they let me know the order's cancelled". He says "yeah you're the fifth delivery I've had, but this is the first time it's been cancelled."
Turns out he had gotten into a disagreement with a woman down the block and her way of getting back at him was by setting up a fake account for him and just delivery bombing him with ridiculous food orders (this was pre-pandemic when choosing cash payment was still allowed, so she didn't have to pay anything up front to do this). Skipthedishes must've been in the process of blocking the account just as I pulled up.
Anyway he and I laugh at how petty the whole thing is and then I accept my next order and start heading to the next restaurant. Except I am now in possession of 10 bacon cheeseburgers (good burgers too, if you've ever had a burger from 5 guys & fries they were very similar to that).
Anyway I eat one, but obviously I can't eat 10 burgers so for the rest of my shift I got to be a hero by giving the gift of burger. Each time I would go to a restaurant to pick up my order I would give the restaurant worker a free meal. I also counter-offered burger to a homeless person that came up to my car to ask for money; he seemed surprised but he accepted.
Eventually once I was onto my last delivery at Montana's I still had 2 burgers left so I gave them to a server working there and she just kinda melted, like she was seriously so touched, it was adorable. She was like "really?.. you're just gonna give me free bacon cheeseburgers? Oh my god thank you so much." I think she must've been due for meal break or something cause it was so sincere.
More than one restaurant worker insisted on giving me something in return so I ended up with a stash of drinks in my car by the end.
lenka 4 years ago
I love this. The neighbour tried to create hate and disharmony but instead she unwittingly created kindness, humour and grace.
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
Really wholesome story, better than you taking them back to be binned!
Rosie Hamilton 4 years ago
He might have accepted some of the food orders - maybe he was fairly well supplied!
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Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Not always, sometimes half-price, some places want you to pay full price, it's up to the owners.
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Some will feed you for free, but most just give a discount.
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#6
Drop-off instructions said "Text me when you arrive, and come to the side of the house. I broke my leg and I can't come downstairs, but I'll lower a backpack down to you on a rope. Your tip is in the loop on the back. Thanks!" I thought it was a setup, but turned out to be legit. I thought it was amusing!
Alexandra Davis 4 years ago
I've done similar when a delivery ended up coming sooner than my carer and I'm stuck in bed unable to get out on my own. Thankfully I have a ring doorbell that I could ask them to pull my open window fully and leave my pizza on the window ledge. Thank god for technology saving my pizza!
#7
I delivered a pizza to a sketchy house. The guy who answered looked like a typical Alan Moore style weirdo. He asked if I liked cats. I said yes, ready to be murdered. He pulled out a baby bengal cat that literally had 6-8 toes PER PAW. It's feet were so big with toes that it kind of looked like lynx feet. 10/10.
Also one time I got hit by a car right outside the house I was delivering to. My customer-first dumb ass still knocked on their door, scraped and bleeding, crying my eyes out, apologizing that their pizza got crushed as I fell down the hill. The lady said, "The pizza is not my concern right now." And I was like ??? I learned a very valuable lesson. You can care too much about customer service. 2/10.
Kari Panda 4 years ago
I am sincerely glad to hear the lady cared about OP‘s well-being more than about the pizza. I‘m sure many delivery drivers had different experiences.
LH25 4 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of my worst night delivering pizza. I didn't get hit thank goodness, but as I was waiting to be buzzed into an apartment building, a pedestrian crossing the street right behind me did. The customer came down, saw the crowd of people gathering to help the pedestrian, and said something like "Cool, I need a pic". I'm pretty sure the pedestrian was dead or close to it. My next stop (yes, I was on autopilot at this point), the customer took a look at me and asked if I was OK. I guess I was super pale and didn't look good. I told him what I had just seen, he had me come inside to sit down. His wife got me some water while he called my boss and said that I may need the rest of the night off. Saw both good and horrible that night. And yes, I did talk to the police about what I heard and the little I saw. The driver had stopped after the accident, the victim had darted out and he had no time to stop. And yes, he did die.
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Ann Coffman 4 years ago (edited)
If the guy gave him the cat, he's gonna need some CatNip to go with that, ahem, CatTip! 🥁
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Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Gonna need some CatNip to go with that CatTip! 🥁 Thank you very much, I'll be here all week!!
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#8
I used to deliver for Dominos and was delivering during a night with freezing rain so it was very slick. I get to this one house with a steep driveway way with no way I could drive up. I tried multiple ways to walk up the driveway and even on the grass but would only make it a few feet. So I call the customer and explain the issue and they come out with a rope and I tie the pizza bag to it. So they pull it up the driveway take the pizza and put the cash in the bag with a nice tip.
Id row 4 years ago
I was expecting them to be mad and refusing to pay because the delivery took so long because the driver was trying to walk up the drive or something.
Lenka Smetanová 4 years ago
I remember one day, when it was raining and freezing too... And I needed to get into the garrage to fetch my suitcase. I was standing like 5 meters from that garage (I living in the flat and the garrage is across the streat in different building), there was just a slight up, really really slight, but I was unable to get there due the frozen rain crust on the path. I take two steps and got slide down :D several dudes watched me try to cross that 5 meters to the garrage but failed every time, but asked If I need help, and I was like "Yeah, I need that red suitcase right there, and pointed at it in the open garrage doors... but that man fell after secont step there too... at the end , one of them use is car to get inside, fetch that suitcase for me and drive out again :D :D.
Jamma 4 years ago
Do you know how many houses there are in areas with slopes that receive freezing rain? And how many of them are not of a home value to get to customize their property? You live where you live and you deal with the weather when it's occasionally terrible.
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#9
I work for UberEats on top of my part time job. About two months ago, I was dropping off a Chick-fil-A order to a house not too far away from where I live. It was a pretty standard meet at door delivery. As soon as I pull up to the house, I hear my customer yelling "Nala, no!" This giant pitt bull, who I can only assume was Nala, comes barreling towards me as I'm taking the food out of the delivery bag in the backseat of my car. I thought the dog was just coming to say hello to me, and I like dogs, so I didn't really mind. My own dog is excitable, too. But no. This giant dog leaps into the backseat of my car, looking around, jumping, doing all sorts of dog stuff. The customer and I spent the next few minutes coaxing the dog out of my backseat. He apologized profusely and increased the tip in app. I wasn't mad about it, it's my favorite delivery story to tell by far.
hyperunknown 4 years ago
It was like YEEEEEEY we're going to the dog park! .. I guess pizza instead isn't all bad :p
jenjie.newt 4 years ago
My last dog once ran and jumped in the front seat of a FedEx truck totally ready to go! Fortunately the driver was very nice
Carol Emory 4 years ago
"Go for a ride?!? I know where the park is! Get in quick! We can go now!!!"
AndThenICommented 4 years ago
My grey (May he RIP) used to think all dudes in high viz was my housemate and jump into their car all ready to go. Beautiful, charismatic, trusting bastard.
#10
I worked at a pizzeria making deliveries and one night someone ordered 10 boxes of pizza. So I go to the house and theres 1 car in the driveway. I ring the doorbell, someone answers and and sure as s**t the ENTIRE house was being hot boxed. This dude was higher than the car Elon Musk shot into space. So it's just him and his wife in the house and the the total was about $205 and this man hands me $300. As I'm getting ready to give him change he goes "naaahhhh man I'm too high to do math right now, here take a slice for the road" and then proceeded to hand me 4 slices of pizza
Michael Murray 4 years ago
Loving your replies... Did you ever work at a Pizza place? You know you can possibly make a lot of dough, working for Pizza places... DOH?!
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
Must love high people. Drunk people, not that much though.
SirPatTheCat 4 years ago
Definitely. Asked for help at a garden center a while back, and the kid was high out of his mind. He was very friendly and excited to help, but was like 50% slower with all his movements. It was extremely entertaining and not only did he find my stuff, but also as I was passing by later on I got a very slow wave and it just about made my day xD
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#11
A few years ago I was working for Doordash. I got a order for 27 slices of bacon from Waffle House. I thought it was a mistake so I text the customer and they was like "yeah man that's what I want."
Get the order and drive to their place. I knocked on the door. When he opens the door, smoke comes pouring out of the house. So much smoke I thought the Undertaker was there.
There stood a man that was high as a kite. He goes "Mannnn....I'm so glad your here...I'm starving.....
I was like oh I noticed. I gave him the food and started walking away and hear him yelling " Your a hero mannnnn!"
hyperunknown 4 years ago
27 slices of bacon on the wall, 27 slices of bacon! You take one down, you pass it around, 26 slices of bacon on the wall!
John David Miller 4 years ago
26 slices of bacon on the wall, 26 slices of bacon, you take one down you pass it around, 25 slices of bacon on the wall
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Laura Lou 4 years ago
I love how it's 27 slices of bacon. Not 26 or 28 but 27 pieces of bacon.
Frisinator 4 years ago
Stoners are the best customers to deliver to! They are so damn happy to see you!
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
I think all the grease and fat from the bacon would help it "slide through" better, rather than getting clogged up from eating just cheese. Just a thought. (Yucky thought)
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#12
Delivered a pizza to a guy, he grabbed it and went back inside to set it down and grab some cash for a tip. Left me standing there with the door open. I just waited on his porch until he got back. Then a little toddler, prolly 3 or 4 years old, walked up to the door, I smiled and waved, the girl said, “*sshole” and closed the door.
The man I delivered it to witnessed the whole thing, as he was walking back to the door. It was his granddaughter. We both laughed hysterically for like 3 minutes.
Otter 4 years ago
I encountered that child! I was in the grocery store, and a an aisle or two away was a small child, riding in the cart, and cheerfully shrilling "Asshole!" to everyone. Every 10-20 seconds.
over it already 4 years ago
My youngest sounded like she was saying this when she said "castle" for many months when she was a toddler, and she loved castles, so of course her 2 older sisters encouraged her to talk about castles frequently. 😆 My oldest loved big trucks, but pronounced truck with an "f" instead of "tr." Driving down the freeway was a near-constant chorus of "look, mami! BIIG f*ck!" 😆🤣
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
yes... slang for probably... like 'aight' for alright and 'tryna' for trying to... text speak
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Immortal Emperor Paradox 4 years ago
What's so funny about that? A poorly educated kid insulted him, and his family member just laughed it off? This is encouraging bad behavior.
Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
My friend's little boy couldn't pronounce the hard "g", but was also somehow a fan of gas pumps. Yes, everywhere they went, he enthusiastically yelled, "look mamma, ass pumps"!
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I met the cousin... their favorite word was "dickhead". EVERYTHING was a dickhead
#13
This is one of my favorite random interactions from my time as a delivery driver for a Japanese restuarant.
I was sent to this house with an order of a steak hibachi and a couple of sushi rolls that added up to something like $19.60. I liked to call before I got to a place, just to give people a bit of a head's up, so by the time I got to the door it was already open. In the doorway stood a chubby kid, about 9 or 10 years old that reminded me a lot of the kid from Bad Santa, but without the curly hair.
I tell him the total as I pass off his food. He hands me a $20 bill and with a straight face he smugly says, "Keep the change, pal." Immediately after, he closes the door and I stood there for a second trying to process what just happened. When I got back to my car I noticed the time and realized it was way too early for that kid to be home from school. I couldn't help but laugh at the whole situation.
I wasn't even mad at getting a 40 cent tip because this kid probably faked being sick so he could stay from school and was probably in there watching TV or playing video games while eating sushi and feeling like a big shot. I know I would've at that age.
Beck(formerly Becca/Gizmo sq) 4 years ago
Reminds me of home alone. Keep the change ya filthy animal!
Michael Murray 4 years ago (edited)
Please don't be a "Debbie Downer" it's what it was.... it's not bashing the kid... he just happened to be chubby. At some excitement to your life, and you'll no longer be a, "Bored Human." So as a person thinks, so are they... Don't be like Eeyore.... Life doesn't have to be boring.
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Tristan J 4 years ago
Kinda feel that if it was in a country that wasn't reliant on tips, it may not have been mentioned
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I used to deliver pizzas, and one time I arrived at a house at the same time as a driver from another pizza place. We looked at each other confused for a sec before we went to the door. Turns out they had some people over and one of the people there really liked one restaurant over the other, so much so that they ordered a separate pizza.
GirlFriday 4 years ago
When this happens, the delivery people are supposed to fight to the death.
Nadja Lambacher 4 years ago
I remember I read a posting from someone who had 2 coupons, one from Pizza Hut and one from Dominos, so they ordered at both places. Both delivery drivers showed up at the same time, one of them was singing "Why can´t we be friends" while the other was glaring at him.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Pizza by Alfredo and Alfredo’s Pizza? I hope the other guy was delivering the big hot circle of garbage.
#15
I am a door dash driver, and ill never forget my weirdest drop off experience. It was a couple pizzas from Little Caesar’s, and it was in a location I’d never been before. I get there, and it is this sketchy ass rundown apartment building. It was dark outside and I was a single woman, so I was already on edge. The apartment I had to go to was in the basement of this building - oh great. So I get down there, and I knock on the door and I hear music from inside, death metal music. This guy opens the door and I can see into the dimly lit apartment, and seated on the ground is 5-6 people all sitting cross cross apple sauce in a circle, and they ALL turned to look at me when he opened the door. No one had eyebrows. NONE OF THEM. Not even the guy that opened the door. Needless to say, I swiftly gave him the pizzas and speed-walked back to my car. I don’t know what in the hell was going on in there, but I was not about to be part of it!!!
Vanta Black 4 years ago
Also known as the Whoopi Goldberg Appreciation Society. (If this confuses anyone, check the brows)
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Beth Arriaga 4 years ago
Oh my god I want to know what they were doing!! And why they couldn't do it with eye brows......?!?!?
Gwyndall 4 years ago
"criss-cross apple sauce" is the new term for the politically-incorrect "Indian style".
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Delivering for Pizza Hut in a s***ty part of town. I arrive to a run down house late at night. It’s dark. Nobody answers the door. I’m walking back to my car and several cars pull up. Large group of Hispanic dudes get out. One of them walks up to me and starts f**king with me. “What’s that pizza man? What you got huh? What you doing in this neighborhood hood?”. I’m about to piss myself. He starts laughing and slaps $60 in my hand for a $20 order and tells me to get outta there. Best tip I got working at that location. Quit soon after.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Dangerous game. They could have messed with the wrong guy and get shot. And the shooter would get away without any charges.
WebbyWebWeb 4 years ago
Eh? You can legit shoot someone for making persistent pizza-based enquiries? Harsh.
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#17
I deliver for UberEats and last week I was delivering some wings to a dude. Simple delivery, leave at door, no contact. I compete the delivery and a couple minutes later my phone rings and I could tell it was coming from the customer through Uber. I thought something was wrong with the food, no, he called to thank me for delivering his food, cool, no problem, dude. Then my phone rings again, same number, and I ignored it, so he calls again, ignore. Dude calls AGAIN so I finally answer and he asked if he could have my number for future orders and I told him I didn’t think that would be appropriate and ended the call. I did a couple more deliveries after his and when I finally got home I get on Facebook and this dude tracked me down and sent me a friend request. F**king creepy. Deny. Block. Reported to Uber.
beastmachine. 4 years ago
How do you know the delivery person is a woman tho?, JW
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Douglas Mock 4 years ago
"tracked me down" can easily become stalking if not shut down right away
JP 4 years ago
"Tracked me down" IS stalking. And, it's creepy. And, it's unwanted. And it's scary. Men need to stop this now.
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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
Why do men seem to have a problem with reading comprehension?
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Aroha 4 years ago (edited)
It is very different to write "hey you in the blue coat buying frozen peas the other day, I was in a red shirt and we chatted in the queue, would love to reconnect" than meet in a work related situation (and they didn't even meet, he was probably just watching her since it was no contact delivery), then call, call again, call again, call AGAIN and get clearly turned down, and then track the person down in their private life. You can't even compare them. (I also don't believe in love at first sight, but that's another discussion.)
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#18
About 10 years ago I was a driver for a certain red shirted a**hat's chain. On one of my shifts I get an order for one of our regulars I had never delivered to yet. Part of his order is a cinnamon bread thing with frosting, he orders it with EXTRA frosting. So I make up the order and after I add extra frosting, my best friend that also worked there saw the food and was like NO DUDE, when that dude says extra he means absolutely bury that thing in frosting. So I drive to the address and the guy invites me in and has a quick conversation and I mention that a coworker straight up saved me because I didn't realize how much frosting he wanted. Mind you this guy is probably a solid 350, no judgement just an observation, he's also probably the nicest man on earth. Anyway he says "oh yeah the missus likes it that way" I'm thinking he's referring to his wife. Nope, the man opens the box puts in on the floor and exclaims " Here's your food fatass" I'm like oh no I want out of here before the missus comes out. Instead the until now unnoticed absolute unit of a cat appears and demolishes this thing. This cat was an easy 50lbs, by far the fattest cat I have or probably will ever see. Totally caught me off guard. The guy tipped me like $20 and I was on my way.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago (edited)
Weird. Cats don't have taste receptors for sweet. He's killing his cat with what he sees as kindness.
Johnny U 4 years ago
My cat loved frosting. Found out when I left a cake on the kitchen table. Just a small finger full after that.
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David Stutzmann 4 years ago
"Evil triumphs thanks to the inaction of good men"
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I saw a woman give birth. I was delivering for a pizza place at the time, and we delivered to a large children’s hospital about a mile from the store. I pulled up to where we normally delivered (the valet loop), and a blue F150 comes flying in as I’m walking away. The driver jumps out of the truck screaming that his wife is giving birth, and out of the passenger side I can see plain as day a few mm of dilation staring me dead in the eye.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
And he lived to tell the story unlike the guy who stared down the barrel of a gun. Moral of the story: Make love, not war.
Jjiinnee 4 years ago
a few mm of dilation? You can see INSIDE of vaginas? I'm super impressed. You'd need a speculum to see a few MM of dilation normally,
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
When you rise out of bed each morning, you just never know what the day will give you.
#20
A grown man who insisted that I refer to him as “Snow White”. He tipped pretty good though. I’d take the money and say “thanks Snow White” and get back in my car.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
*snickers* probably just a regular sub following their Dom's directions :)
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Susann Campbell 4 years ago
He has seven little kids and they want to be the seven dwarfs and guess who was Snow White. Can't break character when you bake pies for them.
#21
I delivered pizzas for years. There was this one house that I just dreaded going to. It was a tiny little house, and they had a tiny little dog, and the dog s**t all over the floor. It was just everywhere. The woman who lived there was absolutely nuts. She shouted at the kid on the phone who took her order, she shouted at me, and I'd hand her the pizza and she'd shout that I probably f**ked it up. It'd be right and she'd say "well, okay then" and she'd give me a $15 tip.
Come to find out, I was the only one who would go there. None of the other pizza places in town would deliver to her, and none of the other people at my Hungry Howies would deliver there.
That's when I learned that my price for allowing myself to be shouted at was $15.
After I had been there a year, she stopped calling. Then the house was bulldozed. Now there's a pizza place where she used to live. And it's s**tty.
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
$15 and getting yelled at? Sounds like a bargain compared to the number who stiff delivery people. Glad to hear you thought the same.
#22
Recently did a weird one. 14 bags of various chips, two 24packs of mountain dew, 12 cans of frozen juice, lots of bulk stuff like that.
i ended up pulling up to an amish horse farm. the hell are these amish people drinking mountain dew for. They were very nice and the horses were beautiful
Amy Dodds 4 years ago
How did the Amish place the order since they aren't supposed to use electronics?
Skull in Sky 4 years ago
As far as I'm aware their teenagers have some time when they do actually have a chance to leave the community and can use modern technology for a year before deciding for their lifetime.
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Mushroomlover 4 years ago
I live in a town in central PA with a large amish population. I also work at the local small convenience store and Amish are not as ‘holy’ as people think. Almost all of the men buy cigarettes or chew and some of the younger women buy cigarettes too. Some buy lottery tickets. They drink soda and eat candy a lot. Most who have their own business have a cell phone to conduct business with. They are usually old school flip phones but still phones. They also have pole phones that the community can use for business or emergencies. Oh and I’ve also been hit on by an Amish man before, so not so pious as people are led to believe. They make delicious baked goods and grow delicious fruits and veggies though!
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
nothing you've described is against the Amish religions practice. Bearing in mind that there are a lot of Amish sects, each with its own rules. Tobacco use is generally discouraged but not forbidden in most sects; the Amish have no dietary restrictions; most Amish orders allow the use of phones. It's hardwired phones in the house they prohibit. Th e lottery tickets are the most problematical, as far as I could find gambling is pretty much a no-no. On the other hand Baptists aren't supposed to drink either.
Load More Replies... Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
I'm going to go on a limb here and say they may have been Mennonites rather than Amish... they share a lot in common, religion included, but aren't stuck in the stone age.
BeExcellentToEachother 4 years ago
Every Sunday at my old Walmart, a van full of Mennonites woud arrive to do their weekly shopping. They were always very polite, but didn't like to interact with other people anymore than neccessary.
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Must Be Bored Again 4 years ago
Could have been during Rumspringa. Rumspringa is a period of time approximately a year, during teenagers life when they get to be exposed to worldly things. It is a time that at the end of it, they have to make a choice to stay in the faith and lifestyle or leave. They show this desire to stay by being baptized into the church. The other option is to leave the faith. Which means leaving your family, church, community, etc. and if you make that choice you are then shunned for life.
Myra Groenewegen 4 years ago
And for our great teenage rebellion we shall buy . . . soda pop and potato chips!
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StephVA 4 years ago
They are notorious for being awful to their horses/mules. I have a friend who runs a killpen rescue farm... every single rescue they make is from Amish owners. The animals have sores, are severely underweight and generally worked nearly to death.
Myra Groenewegen 4 years ago
I guess it's possible they run some kind of concession stand for visitors that had run out. People expect Mountain Dew everywhere. Gotta give the tourists what they want. Although I do enjoy the thought of all the bonneted ladies furiously making apple pie to sell over pop and chips.
marianne eliza 4 years ago
Technically, since the cell phone is not hardwired to anything when they use it, it's a gray area. Lots of cell phones in that community.
#23
Already a pizza on the porch. I was delivering Coldstone. It was a Sunday at 2pm. The guy open the door. The essence of weed hit me strong. His eyes blood shot. Classic rock on the radio. Guy in a plush robe. A girl dancing in the middle of the room. He said thank you. I picked up the pizza for him. He giggled. And I turned around laughing.
Man was high on life and I was jealous of him in that moment
Devil's Advocate 4 years ago
"essence of weed" doesn't exactly mean "high on life" now, does it
Emma Byrne 4 years ago
Depends on your perspective. Sometimes getting high is the only way through life.
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#24
Many years ago I was a driver for Pizza Hut. We had someone place an order, their home address was saved to our system but in the notes it said to deliver it to a hotel literally down the road from said home address. So I go to the hotel, knock on the door and a dude answers in his boxers with a girl in bed peeking around to see who was at the door. 99% sure I walked into an affair encounter.
Riley Quinn 4 years ago
I'm 99.9% sure your married man customer has his trysts at the hotel down the lane. And, his penchant for Pizza Hut at both addresses is what will eventually trip him up.
#25
I made a delivery to a dude with dreads wearing a NASA shirt. The dude said, "I think you forgot my honey mustard". He said this after only glancing in the bag... I told him that I would check in my car for another bag. No other bag. So I apologized and said that they never gave them to me, and that he's going to have to call support. He thanked me and I left.
After a few more deliveries, I went back to pick up my last orders of the night. And I was told, "there's some honey mustard off to the side here that you forgot, if you can drop these off with your other delivers, that would be great.. etc" I went to get those honey mustards. Fifty of them. It was fifty. Fifty dipping sauce cups of honey mustard. What the actual food?
Emma Byrne 4 years ago
Guy wanted to be sure he had honey mustard for the next time the place f****d up.
#26
My boyfriend and I used to do grocery delivery. One time I had a woman order 33 oranges. Another time, he had someone order 24 jars of vanilla frosting. The store didn’t even have enough vanilla frosting in stock to complete the order. Then one week later, we saw that the same man placed another order for 20 more jars of vanilla frosting.
JuJu 4 years ago
That's why I do my own grocery shopping. I prefer to be judged face to face by the cashier
Bored Birgit 4 years ago
Hahaha, I sometimes think even this when buying too much gummibear packages or similar stuff.
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Beck(formerly Becca/Gizmo sq) 4 years ago
I still do. With the rainbow chips in it
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Maybe that's all he ate. My mom worked with a guy who only ate cans of sweetened condensed milk. I wondered how he didn't have scurvy, among other things.
Heather Campbell 4 years ago
My mother used to bake and decorate cakes. Mostly for family things. She did a huge one for my great grandparents silver anniversary and a wedding cake for me. They both took an insane amount of frosting. Back then, though, she would make the frosting from scratch. Now she uses vanilla and colors it a majority of the time. But, depending on the size and style of the cake, it can take a ton of frosting. Especially when you want to be sure you have extra just in case something gets messed up and you have to scrape off icing and start all over.
#27
A guy I worked with had a delivery where the customer said to knock on the door and say “Food’s here b**ch” or no tip.
A couple weeks ago I had a customer pay in change. No big deal, happens sometimes. The weird part is that all the change wasn’t in a bag, an envelope, nope, it was a vinyl glove. There was also a silver dollar in the change too
Mosheh Wolf 4 years ago
A sliver dollar is worth around $15, and if there were other silver coins (like dimes and such), that could be a pretty hefty tip.
Vicki Thill 4 years ago
The people who leave weird delivery requests irritate me; I'm reading these and getting more and more angry that someone would request that you yell a particular calling out when delivering. Controlling much? Shove your tip up your ass and choke. However, I'm fine with change pay in a vinyl glove.
Wayne Gossman 2 years ago
I used to keep a jar of dollar coins at home for that odd occasion when someone ordered to the house and we had no regular cash on hand. I prefer giving tips in cash.
Wayne Gossman 2 years ago
Silver dollar or dollar coin? In the US dollar coins have been used so infrequently that some people call them “silver dollars” even though they have no extra value.
#28
I drive for Uber Eats and one time someone ordered Freshii (a healthy food/vegan place) and I saw that the order was: 8 small bags of chips. Not even anything off their menu, just 8 bags of chips.
Then while I was on my way to deliver it they messaged me twice in the app, the first time they said "Please" and the second message was "Be Careful"
To this day I have no idea what was going on, or why they didn't go buy chips from the convenience store near their house
Skull in Sky 4 years ago
On a credit card it shows like a transaction at Freshii. It does not show what was bought. I'd assume that it was someone whose SO was supervising their diet and they were cheating it.
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DarkAngelNic 4 years ago
Or some kind of disability like agoraphobia..no need to just assume drugs.
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I once had a woman curse at me, call me a lying c*nt, and slam her door in my face because there weren't napkins in her meal bag. I delivered to her apartment.
Andy Donabauer 4 years ago
I just took a delivery for DoorDash and it was an Ftd flower bouquet. It was not a big one so probably about $15. Notes said it was a gift. When I arrived the building was 3 floors and nothing told me where to go. So I texted the customer and got no reply. I finally just put in a safer place in lobby and took a photo. Then marked it complete. Then my phone blows up. I am driving so I ignore the call until I was in a safe location. The message left said I didn't order any DoorDash and I'm calling the Police. So I text and said hey this was a flower delivery from Ftd and it was a gift. She responds with same I didn't order DoorDash and the police are on the line. This was while we were experiencing a huge storm and road flooding everywhere. I responded with Hey Karen0 you clearly don't have a clue what the Police do and they could. Care less about your $15 flower order. Shame on you for bothering them and do you even know if you were charged anything? And why are you angry with me?
Markie Proctor 3 years ago
Customer's at CFA are like that. Have to wait for food to come up OMG I lost track of how many people accused me of being racist because they had to wait on food.....fine next time I'll just throw a raw piece of chicken in a container for you, won't have to wait then!
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago
Just this past week I had a woman literally call me a bitch, and a fat whore, AND flip me off while screaming F**K YOU out her car window, while peeling out of our parking lot (and almost hitting my coworker in the process) after I brought her order out to her. All over a single additional medium order of FREE fries that wasn't in her bag, but that she felt she was entitled to. Thing is, that offer was only in the app, which we workers really know little about. And SHE was supposed to order them, herself. But no, apparently it was my fault, because I didn't read her mind, and know she wanted to use the app's offer. My bad. 🤷😂
What do you think ?
WiTchY_WoMaN 4 years ago
I'm sitting in school right now, hungry, with no access to food, and reading about all of these food deliveries is making me even more hungry...
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
While in college I had a job delivering for Pizza Hut. One Sat I'm the sole opening driver and I got a delivery for a sub and small Pepsi. When I get there, a group of teenage girls answer the door disappointed. Get back to the store, told to deliver same order,same address. When I arrive, the girls answer disappointed. Back to the store, and once again same order, same address. I take it out and this time one of them opens the door and screams "who are you?". I freak out and leave. I get back to the store and there's a guy in a Pizza Hut uniform asking if he could deliver a sub and Pepsi. Turns out he was dating one of the girls and working that day at another store whose area stopped 2 blocks from her house.
LolaInTheDesert 4 years ago
I delivered an Uber Eats order of over $150 of food from McDonald’s. Three grocery store sized brown delivery bags full. I’m thinking cool, fun McDonald’s party! I get there and I’m hit by a wall of marijuana smell when the door opens and there’s only one lady at the house 😂
sharron lynn parsons 4 years ago
This is a different post, interesting if you, have never delivered !!!
Mary Jones 4 years ago
My very first DD delivery was a complete disaster. My niece, who is an experienced dasher was with me. I had an order from chic fil a, chicken sandwich, fries and shake. I get to the customers house and the door is open. I knock, she comes to the door. A very large pit bull is also at the door. She opens the door and the dog comes out and he is coming directly towards me. I ask the customer to please get the dog as I am slowly backing away. She walks back into the house and a little girl comes out. By now I’m really panicking but know not to run. I ask her to get the dog. She too goes back into the house. By now I am screaming please get the dog. Nothing. So I still have the food and shake. I throw the bag of food behind the dog. The dog ignores the bag. I then throw the shake. He keeps coming. I continue to scream because at this point I want anybody to come. Finally a guy comes out. He says Peanut don’t bite. The food was still in the bag but the shake was all over the porch.
Mary Jones 4 years ago
I deliver for DD. I had a customer to tip me $.10, yes ten cent. She ordered chicken. The total payment was $4.85 for about 3 miles. I arrived, the customer and family was outside. I greet them, give her the order, say thank you have a great day and completed the delivery steps. I then see that DD paid $4.75 and the customer left a 10 cent tip. I felt humiliated. It would have been better if they had not tipped at all.
Mary Jones 4 years ago
I once had a customer tip me ten cents. I was doing DoorDash orders. They ordered chicken from a local restaurant. The order only paid about $4.85 for about 3 miles. DD paid $4.75. When I arrived the customer and family were all outside. I greeted them. Handed them the order, said thank you, have a nice day. Completed the delivery steps and saw they had only tipped ten cent. I felt insulted. It would have been better if they hadn’t tipped at all.
Centu Rionick 4 years ago
I worked at a Dutch Pizza delivery chain for a good number of years. It was actually a great job, having a nice boss, great colleagues and just drive around town on a scooter (later car) and get paid. Worst memory was obviously sometimes getting chased, beaten (during high speed) and once even got peppersprayed and mugged, but all in all it was a great job. Tipping was never mandatory but was always a very nice compliment, sometimes people (usually expats) asked me what the right tipping amount was and I would be very honest to them that even 1 euro would be more than enough , but do not go over 2 euro. (lived in a small city so the rides were never long). On the other hand, when Mr. Bigshot opens the door with a wad full of bills, I would not mind letting that hotshot share some with me. Best memory, besides the great athmosohere, colleagues and boss which i still talk to 20 years later, was that 1 regular guy who always tipped well. I believe he was a Canadian student or something,
Centu Rionick 4 years ago
student or something, he once broke his leg and he asked me if I could go down the 'Dutch' coffeeshop to get him some. Which I did and for the following orders days after that. It. wasjust around the corner and didnt really take much time, but its's nice to go that extra mile for someone 'in need'. Besides that, eventhough our place did not sell cigarettes, if a customer would ask us if we could deliver it with the pizza (or pick it up along the way). We as delivery guys would always go across the street to buy a pack and bring them along with the delivery. These small things took 1 minute, but made your night after seeing their gratitude.
Load More Replies... WiTchY_WoMaN 4 years ago
I'm sitting in school right now, hungry, with no access to food, and reading about all of these food deliveries is making me even more hungry...
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
While in college I had a job delivering for Pizza Hut. One Sat I'm the sole opening driver and I got a delivery for a sub and small Pepsi. When I get there, a group of teenage girls answer the door disappointed. Get back to the store, told to deliver same order,same address. When I arrive, the girls answer disappointed. Back to the store, and once again same order, same address. I take it out and this time one of them opens the door and screams "who are you?". I freak out and leave. I get back to the store and there's a guy in a Pizza Hut uniform asking if he could deliver a sub and Pepsi. Turns out he was dating one of the girls and working that day at another store whose area stopped 2 blocks from her house.
LolaInTheDesert 4 years ago
I delivered an Uber Eats order of over $150 of food from McDonald’s. Three grocery store sized brown delivery bags full. I’m thinking cool, fun McDonald’s party! I get there and I’m hit by a wall of marijuana smell when the door opens and there’s only one lady at the house 😂
sharron lynn parsons 4 years ago
This is a different post, interesting if you, have never delivered !!!
Mary Jones 4 years ago
My very first DD delivery was a complete disaster. My niece, who is an experienced dasher was with me. I had an order from chic fil a, chicken sandwich, fries and shake. I get to the customers house and the door is open. I knock, she comes to the door. A very large pit bull is also at the door. She opens the door and the dog comes out and he is coming directly towards me. I ask the customer to please get the dog as I am slowly backing away. She walks back into the house and a little girl comes out. By now I’m really panicking but know not to run. I ask her to get the dog. She too goes back into the house. By now I am screaming please get the dog. Nothing. So I still have the food and shake. I throw the bag of food behind the dog. The dog ignores the bag. I then throw the shake. He keeps coming. I continue to scream because at this point I want anybody to come. Finally a guy comes out. He says Peanut don’t bite. The food was still in the bag but the shake was all over the porch.
Mary Jones 4 years ago
I deliver for DD. I had a customer to tip me $.10, yes ten cent. She ordered chicken. The total payment was $4.85 for about 3 miles. I arrived, the customer and family was outside. I greet them, give her the order, say thank you have a great day and completed the delivery steps. I then see that DD paid $4.75 and the customer left a 10 cent tip. I felt humiliated. It would have been better if they had not tipped at all.
Mary Jones 4 years ago
I once had a customer tip me ten cents. I was doing DoorDash orders. They ordered chicken from a local restaurant. The order only paid about $4.85 for about 3 miles. DD paid $4.75. When I arrived the customer and family were all outside. I greeted them. Handed them the order, said thank you, have a nice day. Completed the delivery steps and saw they had only tipped ten cent. I felt insulted. It would have been better if they hadn’t tipped at all.
Centu Rionick 4 years ago
I worked at a Dutch Pizza delivery chain for a good number of years. It was actually a great job, having a nice boss, great colleagues and just drive around town on a scooter (later car) and get paid. Worst memory was obviously sometimes getting chased, beaten (during high speed) and once even got peppersprayed and mugged, but all in all it was a great job. Tipping was never mandatory but was always a very nice compliment, sometimes people (usually expats) asked me what the right tipping amount was and I would be very honest to them that even 1 euro would be more than enough , but do not go over 2 euro. (lived in a small city so the rides were never long). On the other hand, when Mr. Bigshot opens the door with a wad full of bills, I would not mind letting that hotshot share some with me. Best memory, besides the great athmosohere, colleagues and boss which i still talk to 20 years later, was that 1 regular guy who always tipped well. I believe he was a Canadian student or something,
Centu Rionick 4 years ago
student or something, he once broke his leg and he asked me if I could go down the 'Dutch' coffeeshop to get him some. Which I did and for the following orders days after that. It. wasjust around the corner and didnt really take much time, but its's nice to go that extra mile for someone 'in need'. Besides that, eventhough our place did not sell cigarettes, if a customer would ask us if we could deliver it with the pizza (or pick it up along the way). We as delivery guys would always go across the street to buy a pack and bring them along with the delivery. These small things took 1 minute, but made your night after seeing their gratitude.
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