Pizza Delivery Guy

What's the most frequently ordered pizza topping?

Asked by Bela bela about 12 years ago

Pepperoni.

Do you have to use your own car to deliver pizza? Do they make you put a company sign on your car while delivering?

Asked by Yancy69 about 12 years ago

I do use my own car. Pizza Hut does not use the delivery lighted signs on their delivery cars. I've always thought those things should say, "I'm a pizza delivery guy with money. Please rob me."

Does your restaurant have a 30 minutes or less policy? If you don't make the delivery in time, do you get docked? What if it legitimately wasn't your fault, like if the kitchen was backed up?

Asked by Mr Tee about 12 years ago

The way it works at my store is, if it's not there by 30 minutes after the promised time, you can call and get a discount. The operator tells me how much to discount it by and I take it from there. It doesn't cost me anything, except maybe a tip. I don't pay anything on anybody's order.

Has a chick ever answer the door naked or barely clothed?

Asked by B roc about 12 years ago

Yes, actually. My very first night delivering, I went to a house and an older man came to the door and said to bring the pizza in and set it on the table. The way the hallway was situated, I couldn't see into the house and was a little reluctant to go in. When I go around the corner, there's a lady in probably her mid-20's standing by the table wearing only a thong checking her text messages. Very uncomfortable wait for the guy to fill out his credit card slip to say the least.

Have you ever gotten into an accident while rushing a delivery? Perhaps in a 30-min-or-less type of situation?

Asked by Tuck242 about 12 years ago

Luckily, I haven't been involved in an accident. Unless I just jinxed myself for my next shift with that answer.

With so much free pizza at your fingertips, have you gained weight since you took the job?

Asked by MBB about 12 years ago

I haven't gained any weight due to free pizza since I've been there. I don't eat it all the time, and when I do, it's usually all I eat that day.

Do people tip you based on the size of the order, or just a standard few bucks regardless of the order size? Are you paid by the hour in addition to tips?

Asked by The Noid about 12 years ago

I've found that most people tip $3 or $4 no matter the total of the order. Hourly rate is minimum wage while in the store, and $4.45 while out on a delivery.

Have you had a customer take the pizza and slam the door without paying? What do you do when that happens? Alert the police?

Asked by Blaine about 12 years ago

I've never had that happen, but it seems unlikely it would. I don't hand you the pizza until you hand me the money. But if it did happen, I guess I'd call the store from their front porch. But that's about it, I'm not getting shot over some dumb pizza.

Do people still play pranks on one another and place fake orders, sending pizzas to other people's houses?

Asked by MikeyMike about 12 years ago

We had a couple kids call in a fake order last weekend. They paid with a credit card over the phone. Geniuses they were not.

How long can a boxed pizza stay hot?

Asked by 40oz to freedom about 12 years ago

Good question. You know the bag that the delivery guy pulls your pizza out of when he gets to your door? It's called a hot bag and it does a really great job of keeping the order hot. They are thermal insulated, so they can keep it hot for a long time - especially handy on busy nights when orders are running a little behind.

What's the biggest tip you ever got? Was it during the holidays or something like that?

Asked by j rocka about 12 years ago

My largest tip was $15 from a guy at a hotel. When he opened the door, I could see and smell the pot smoke in the room. Not sure if he meant to tip that much or not. Either way, he should quit smoking pot.

Was the pizza bomber -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Douglas_Wells -- big news in the delivery world? Did you guys talk over how you would have handled things in his shoes?

Asked by Erin about 12 years ago

I wasn't delivering then, so I wouldn't know.

Are you yourself just totally sick of eating pizza at this point?

Asked by Xtra cheez about 12 years ago

Let me answer your question with a question. Do you ever get tired of people giving you something for free? I'm eating a slice of the free pizza I brought home with me tonight right now.

A friend of mine delivering pizzas once got robbed by someone posing as a customer. Has this happened to you or anyone you work with?

Asked by marlon79 about 12 years ago

Nobody at my store has ever been robbed. A store in a neighboring city though has been robbed on multiple occasions in the past few months.

Do you like delivering pizza to stoners, and do they ever invite you to join in the festivities?

Asked by yoda about 12 years ago

I personally have found that I love delivering to stoners. Every time I've done so, they pay in cash and usually give me more money than they thought they did. So a $3 tip can turn into a $13 tip really quick. Never been invited to join in, though I would pass if I ever was.

If you show up to a house and the store got an order wrong, do people usually just keep it anyway?

Asked by Ppaul about 12 years ago

Usually unless something is obviously missing from an order like a box of wings or breadsticks, a customer won't notice a wrong order until after I've left. If they notice while I'm there, I'll offer to call the store and have someone bring the missed item, or they can take it off their total. If I've already left, they could call the store. I usually am pretty good about checking my orders before I leave the store, so I don't have this problem too often.

What's the biggest pizza order you've ever delivered?

Asked by sam about 12 years ago

I've only been delivering about 3 months and only part time, so I haven't had a lot of huge orders. Probably $60 or $70 was the biggest so far.

Did you see this story about a $10 tip left on a $1,453 order for 85 pizzas? What do you think would be the right tip for that size order? (the story here: http://yhoo.it/107yzDc)

Asked by Marlena about 11 years ago

What do you do with the pizza if the customer doesn't answer the door? (for whatever silly reason; in the shower, phone set to silent mode, tv too loud to hear the knocks on the door.)

Asked by Jared over 10 years ago

whats the process of payement? if they pay with cash do you have to do the math?

Asked by jobless about 11 years ago

Who gives bigger tips: people paying cash or people paying credit cards?

Asked by HazMatt313 about 12 years ago

How far out will your pizza restaurant allow you to deliver? 5 miles? 10 miles?

Asked by rebelyelllllll about 11 years ago