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This happened to me when I delivered pizza 6 years ago a couple of times, and now its finally happened at this job.
I deliver to a customer's house, ring the doorbell twice and knock once. Dog barking should be enough to let the customers know someone is at the door. Of course, I get no answer. I call them on their cellphone, it goes straight to voicemail. My manager calls and tells me they are on their way home.
I am instantly upset about this, and I feel a need to express myself in a non-rude way.
When they get to the house, the guy apologizes, saying he was at the pharmacy
Ok, so you order food and then decide to run a quick errand? Always a bad idea folks, especially coming from the severely limited brains of a customer.
Well, I decide not to say anything to him, hand him his pizza, wait for him to sign the credit card slip, and then walk to my car. Meanwhile he drops a few f-bombs on me and calls me a name or too. Then he finally says, "Don't you have anything to say?" and I reply in a not so cheerful tone, "Have a good night". As I'm about to leave, he tells me to come back, and scratches out the tip he left me. Good, I really don't give a fuck at this point, I just want to get out of there. He hits me with a couple of more f-bombs, and I ignore him and get in my car to drive away. He said he was gonna complain, and normally I would've heard something about it by now, but nothing.
Alright, I know it wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done, but technically I did not do anything wrong, even though I wanted to insult him right back, or at the very least tell him to stay home if you're expecting a delivery. Just common sense people.
While we're on the subject, I've also been having to deal with other people who were home, but seem to take forever to answer the door. Their excuses....
"I fell asleep."
"I was in the garage."
"I was outside."
"I was taking a shit."
Just gotta laugh at that one.
I can go on and on. Main point is, be somewhere in the house where you can hear the doorbell or knocking. As for ordering food to be delivered, stay home until you fucking get it. Here's an idea.... If you gotta go out to the store to get something, why not just order the food for carryout, and kill 2 birds with 1 stone? Oh right, they're customers, they lack brains, and they probably get headaches just trying to think. Christ, I've seen goldfish with more smarts
I deliver to a customer's house, ring the doorbell twice and knock once. Dog barking should be enough to let the customers know someone is at the door. Of course, I get no answer. I call them on their cellphone, it goes straight to voicemail. My manager calls and tells me they are on their way home.
I am instantly upset about this, and I feel a need to express myself in a non-rude way. When they get to the house, the guy apologizes, saying he was at the pharmacy
Ok, so you order food and then decide to run a quick errand? Always a bad idea folks, especially coming from the severely limited brains of a customer.Well, I decide not to say anything to him, hand him his pizza, wait for him to sign the credit card slip, and then walk to my car. Meanwhile he drops a few f-bombs on me and calls me a name or too. Then he finally says, "Don't you have anything to say?" and I reply in a not so cheerful tone, "Have a good night". As I'm about to leave, he tells me to come back, and scratches out the tip he left me. Good, I really don't give a fuck at this point, I just want to get out of there. He hits me with a couple of more f-bombs, and I ignore him and get in my car to drive away. He said he was gonna complain, and normally I would've heard something about it by now, but nothing.
Alright, I know it wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done, but technically I did not do anything wrong, even though I wanted to insult him right back, or at the very least tell him to stay home if you're expecting a delivery. Just common sense people.
While we're on the subject, I've also been having to deal with other people who were home, but seem to take forever to answer the door. Their excuses....
"I fell asleep."
"I was in the garage."
"I was outside."
"I was taking a shit."
Just gotta laugh at that one.I can go on and on. Main point is, be somewhere in the house where you can hear the doorbell or knocking. As for ordering food to be delivered, stay home until you fucking get it. Here's an idea.... If you gotta go out to the store to get something, why not just order the food for carryout, and kill 2 birds with 1 stone? Oh right, they're customers, they lack brains, and they probably get headaches just trying to think. Christ, I've seen goldfish with more smarts
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