Catching Up

Here are a couple miscellaneous items I've accumulated over the past few weeks that I intended to post.

First, a Yahoo! article about some lawsuits filed against some top NYC restaurants that relate to tip-sharing. We have no tip-sharing where I work. A few years ago I used to regularly make $50-60 in tips and share $5 or so with the cooks. Lately I have been getting half of that on a good night so tipping out the cook has become pretty rare.

Next, a link to a work-in-progress book being written by a fellow pizza driver called Topless Delivery. Beware, the book is not just about pizza. Predictably, the driver / main character meets and falls in love with a stripper!

There's one more item, saferoadmaps.org, but I think I will give it it's own post.

Terrific Thursday

I don't usually work on Thursday but since this is the last week before soccer practice starts and I have other plans this weekend, I got myself put on the schedule tonight, and I'm glad I did.

In 4.5 hours driving, I took 13 runs, drove 46 miles, and made $40 in tips. I had 5 tips of $4 or more, and only 3 under $2.

Three different times I drove past the corner where I saw my paid friend last week, but apparently she wasn't working tonight.

Propositioned!

I was approached by an amateur call-girl tonight! I had driven past on the way to a delivery and noticed her sitting on a bench on a street corner and thought she had called out to my car as I drove past.

On my return trip I had to stop at the corner and wait to turn left until the crossing traffic had cleared. She got up and walked up to my car and said "So do you wanna do something?" I said no thanks and drove away.

I worked just 3 hours tonight, taking 6 deliveries, driving 32 miles, and making $15 in tips.