Last night

[HappyFun Ball]

It was my first night at the busier Johnny Jims, it went pretty well, only one stiff and.. This stiff especially pissed me off.. I get to the house, a bunch of college kids are inside and the door is open, none of the kids inside ordered, one girl kept insisting that it must be the apartment behind the house 813 1/2.. It didn't say 813 1/2, it just said 813.. So I say I can clear this up and call the number on the ticket, the girl that answer says she'll be there in a minute. I hate it when they order and don't have the common courtesy to be there. The kids there just wanted me to leave, kept asking who ordered, I show them the name on the bag "Oh, that's Kristen." she said "Yeah, she said she'd be here in a minute" I got tired of them implying that I was making them uncomfortable standing on their porch, so I went and sat in my car, 5 minutes after I called the girl who ordered, I left.. I mean in this job time is money and I can't afford to hang around waiting for some kid to decide that they want their food. I get half way to the store then that kid calls me up "Umm, yeah.. I ordered some food and when I got here they had left." she said "Yes, I had to.. I can only wait around so long." I replied "Well, I am ready for me food and to pay for it and everything." (that's exactly how she said it too).. "Ok, I will be there in a couple of minutes." I say. I get back to the house, the total on the ticket is 12.25. She hands me 11.50 and says "I'm 75 cents short.. Is that ok?" Ok, I have had about e-goddamned-nuff of this bull shit. "No" I say as politely as I can "I need it all." she scoffs comes real close to stamping her foot like a 2 year old when one of her drunk friends tells her to borrow 75 cents from one of the other kids in the house. "Why couldn't you just take what she had? It's only 75 cents" one of the other drunks girls on the porch asked "Because that money is coming out of my pocket." I reply "Haven't you ever been broke?" she asks "Yes, many times." I reply "You must not know what it's like to be a broke college student." she says "No, I can't say that I do.. I didn't have the luxury of a college education. But I do know what it's like to be your age and just plain broke." i reply.. She can't think of a good retort and says "I don't eat.. I'm anorexic.". The girl who ordered finally comes out with the 75 cents and made a big spectacle of handing it to me with a "Here's your 75 cents.".. And that's the future of America ladies and gentlemen.

[judecat]

No, I don't know what it's like to be a broke college student, I've always worked for a living, even while in college. On the other hand my ex husband knows what it's like to be a broke student, because he worked his way thru school as a pizza delivery driver, and kept getting stiffed by students who were not interested in working for a living.

[Teefies2]

Excellent judecat!

[HappyFun Ball]

I didn't mention that when I was their age, I had 2 children to support and I was not getting any help from their fathers.

[DeltaSierra]

Not to mention - if they were 75 cents short and asking if that was okay, you obviously weren't getting a tip!

[rbxelya]

Did she not realize she was talking with a delivery driver? I hate to be mean, but I've never had a delivery driver friend who wasn't relatively broke. :/

[Racket_Man]

welcome to my world HFB. except that my "customers" of that "caliber" are not college students. I will go no farther than that becasue that would be tresspassing into Fratching territory

at least once a night now I am getting people who either
a. raid the laundy fund
b. raid the kiddies piggy bank
c. ravage the couch cushions, then go on an S&D mission under the couch the recliner, the end table, the stereo, the entertainment center, then vacumn the carpet
d. beg borrow or steal change

just to have some cheapass pizza.

I do not really mind quarters but when they dump a BIG handfull of change or a baggie filled with mixed coin, I want to beat them about the head with my 3 D-cell Mag light (not that I ever would but the thought is still there).

Yes I stand there and COUNT out ALL of the change (been shorted enough thank you). I do not care if they get pissed off. I refuse to pay even one penny of a persons order total ot of my own pocket. and they do NOT get their food until I have counted ALL of the change and it at least equals the order total.

and yes I have had people make a big production number (as in "WOW the pizza guy knows how to count DAMN now I gotta find more change") out of handing me 16 cents when I informed them they were 16 cents short

[HappyFun Ball]

I can truly understand being broke, but these kids have nicer cars than I do, dress nicer than I can, had enough money to buy booze.. When I order delivery or go out to eat, I make damn sure that I have enough to tip the driver/server.

Spinning me some sob story about being broke does not earn them any sympathy from me.

With the way some of these kids drink and party (Even on week nights) I wonder if they are just going to college for the experience and not the education.

[Kristev]

Haven't these creatures ever heard of writing a check? Pizza Hut drivers seem to love it when I do that.

[Syriilord]

Happy: Of course they're broke. They spent all their money on cars, clothes and alcomahol

[Caractacus_Potts]

I made it about two weeks as a pizza delivery driver. On my last day I delivered to a businessman in an office. He wanted exact change. I dropped a $20 on the floor when I was getting his change. Before I could react that guy dove to the floor, grabbed the $20, put it in his pocket and refused to give it back claiming it was his. I argued for a while then left wondering if I should call the cops on him. As I was about to get in the car a woman came running out and gave me a $20 telling me her boss was a fucking asshole. I went back to the store and quit mid-shift.

I get back to the house, the total on the ticket is 12.25. She hands me 11.50 and says "I'm 75 cents short.. Is that ok?"

You: Oh! You mean kind of like a reverse tip? Like, instead of you giving me 75 cents OVER your total as a 'Thank You' for not only delivering your food but also waiting for you then coming back to deliver a second time when you finally decide to show this would be where I give YOU 75 cents just for the pleasure of serving you? No. I'm going to need the whole amount or you don't get the food.

With the way some of these kids drink and party (Even on week nights) I wonder if they are just going to college for the experience and not the education.

My first year of college was the first time I was away from home (went to a school on the other side of the country). My first semester I did pretty much nothing but party and drink. I failed a bunch of courses and I was warned I would be put on academic suspension if I did not raise my GPA.

I buckled down and brought my GPA up then quit school for a year. Went back to a local community college and got my two year associates degree and then went on to a university to complete my bachelor’s degree.

Some people learn, some people don't.

[Bloodsoul]

813 ½? To paraphrase the pizza delivery driver from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you gotta get a new route.

[EricKei]

It has been my unfortunate experience that "Having a 30+ hour-a-week job" and "Broke" are NOT mutually exclusive things >_<

[Aislin]

When I was 12 my sister and I ordered pizza to be delivered to my Dads business while he was out. We paid with all quarters because we raided our piggy banks. At least we had the good sense to also tip the driver $5. He was so sweet laughing because we rolled our coins together with strapping tape so he could see it was all there. My Mom was a maid when I was little and sometimes I saw people steal her tips which is worse than not even give a tip. I was always taught to tip unless you have received horrid service.