Random Horror Stories From Pizza Delivery Person (23 items)

• (#19) No YOU Keep The Change

  Posted by u/MrRandisimo:

  3rd year driver. I've dealt with trashy customers. But today a young girl maybe 15 got first place. Just a cut-and-dry contactless order that was cash. She opens the door while I'm setting it down on the mat grabs the pizza from me and then hands me the cash of a $22.17 cents order. Thinking she gave me $23 I told her thank you in she continues to say Oh and here's this. Handing me the change in all pennies. Stuff like that personally doesn't bother me, But she drops the change a foot away from my hand making all the change go on the ground looks down at it and says thank you and closes the door on me. So I left it all there.
• (#9) Be Specific

  Posted by u/Dent18:

  People who work somewhere with a large campus or multiple entrances, and just give the main address, default phone number, and no instructions: what. the. f*ck. is. wrong. with. you.
• (#11) Customer Service People Don't Owe You Anything Other Than Service

  Posted by u/pizzathrowaway7035:

  I've been a pizza delivery driver for several years, and today is the first day I legitimately feel ashamed of doing what I do. This story may not seem to be a huge deal to some people, since it's probably more of me being socially inept when it comes to a big audience and being recorded and not being comfortable with my singing voice. So I may be overreacting, but I can't shake this feeling of humiliation.

  Since I was a kid, i've always been pretty shy. Even amongst close friends i'm somewhat quiet. And I am absolutely terrible speaking in front of large crowds. I remember in highschool having nightmares for weeks about having to do an upcoming presentation, and I would be dreading doing it every day until the day of. Not only that, but i'm a terrible singer, and I know it. I don't even feel comfortable singing in front of friends and family.

  Which brings me to the actual story. I had a delivery today with a note written in the 'special instructions' section that said "Sing a christmas carol for a tip". I didn't really take it all that seriously, and figured they were just joking. And if they weren't, I thought of a corny line to say while driving there to hopefully satisfy them if they were serious.

  So I show up and it's some kind of small party going on. There's probably roughly 10-15 teenagers gathered around in the living room and the mom comes to the door and takes the pizzas (there were 6 larges) as I give her the receipt to sign.

  She then looks at me with a smile and goes "So did they tell you?!?

  Me: "Haha, oh the note? Yeah I saw that, but trust me, you don't want to hear me sing."

  Her: "Oh come on, you have to!" She then ushers me inside and closes the door behind me. All of the people there are watching me and already have their phones out recording me. I instantly get uncomfortable and want to leave as quickly as possible. An audience is one thing, but being recorded my multiple people will instantly make me feel anxious.

  Her: "Well go on, sing!"

  Me: "No really, i'm a terrible singer, i'm sure I will ruin your christmas!" (christmas is still several weeks away, I have no idea why they wanted a christmas carol so bad)

  Her: "OH COME ON. I'll make it worth your while" She said as she waved a 20 and a 5 in front of me.

  I continued to insist on being a terrible singer and not being comfortable with it, but she kept pushing. Eventually I decided to try my corny line and hoped it would satisy them.

  So I just said "Okay, how about, rub-a-dub-dub I brought you some grub!" Which was corny as f*ck and holy hell so cringey to say and made me feel infinitely more uncomfortable.

  Obviously no one laughed, and she went "No, it has to be a christmas carol!"

  I insisted more about not wanting to sing and was starting to get seriously pissed off and uncomfortable that she wasn't taking no for an answer, and she kept waving the money in front of my face to 'encourage' me, so finally I just said "Look, i'm sorry but i'm not going to sing for money."

  She looked at me incredulously for a second and went "Woooooooooowwwww It was only for fun you know. Well, you're definitely not getting this then," She said as she pulled the 20 away and only gave me the 5 and the receipt she had signed.

  I said thank you and quickly left, while I heard several comments behind me from everyone else like:

  "Wow, is he serious? What a dick" "Ugh, gross" (wtf this even means I have no idea. disgusted she didn't hear a christmas carol i guess) "Wow did he really have to make us feel so bad?"

  So yeah. It's just being pressured to sing which I guess should just be fun, but I've never felt so used and humiliated while working here. I legitimately feel ashamed to be working a minimum wage job now, and truly feel like i'm on the lowest rung of the ladder in society. I was just a tool for their entertainment that they thought would jump at the chance to make a fool of myself for an extra 20 bucks. I'm a pizza delivery driver, not a f*cking performer.
• (#3) Don't Rob The Driver

  Posted by u/jlynny1811:

  I was robbed by idiots who were high, at their house.
  This was 20 years ago. I delivered pizza on a football night and had made a lot in tips. Last call of the night I delivered a pizza and they claimed I was late. I don't remember what the time frame was, but if linger than xxx time from ordering, pizza was free. It wasn't late but they (about 12) insisted and had kind if a threatening posture, so I let them have the pizza. As I got to my car, they come out and tell me to hold up. I was naive enough to believe they were gonna tip me. Instead they threw me up against my car, someone else went in another door and took all the money I had. While they were getting the money out, I distinctly remember someone holding a knife up to me. Then there is a blank in my memory but somehow I got in my car unharmed and I remember this girl standing behind my car like she thought she could stop me and I remember aiming for her. I didn't hit her but I was so angry I sure tried. They were easily caught by the police since they went back inside the house.

  EDIT: The city bundled a bunch of charges against them for other crimes, they got time, a couple of years for the guy who held the throat to me and the guy who took my $. The others I honestly don't remember. I moved across country a few months later. I happened to be in town for the trial of the guy with the knife. I have checked out his FB account and he seems to have turned his life around from what I can tell and straightened up. I did get my $ back but it took 2 years =/
• (#14) YOU MUST TIP!

  Posted by u/Yawlyeet:

  Today I had a delivery to this guy that wanted his change when the total was $17.54 and he handed me $20.54. He did this twice to me in the span of 3 days and I walked away without saying anything to him. He then preceded to start yelling and saying I had a bad attitude and was saying why are you mad I asked for my change? Like do you expect me to say thank you after you didn’t give me a tip and did you expect someone with a good attitude when you didn’t give a tip? He said I had the bad attitude and I was all mad when he was yelling expletives at me while I walked away and said nothing. I will never understand his logic but I thought it was a good story to share.
• (#6) Reminder To Tip!

  Posted by u/carcar134134:

  One of the top rules of smoking weed in your hotel room...
  Tip the delivery guy, cause my petty *ss will make sure you get that $200 cleaning charge. When I have to sign in every time I go to a hotel I get to know the desk people pretty well.

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