Landscaping and the One that Got Away

Out of my first 4 customers tonight, 3 of them were outside working and doing landscaping in their yard. Not surprisingly, I made $16 on my first 5 deliveries. People with pride in their home's appearance and who believe in sweat equity seem to be decent tippers.

Then I just missed a delivery to the site of my biggest tip ever ($35). Vince got it instead and got a $20 tip. That was the turning point in my night as I only made $6 on my next 6 runs.

Totals for the night were 5 hours, 31 miles, 11 runs, $22 in tips, and an extra hour doing dishes at the end of the night.

Surprise? Geeks Like Pizza!

One of my late night (11pm-ish) deliveries tonight was to a house full of mid-20's aged guys playing video games. Guys, video games, pizza, what a stereotypical geeky Saturday night! They did tip well ($5 on a $17 order).

I drove 6 hours, took 13 runs, covered 61 miles, and made $36 in tips. This was the first weekend night I have worked in a while and it is nice to bring in some cash!

Close To Zero

I almost came home with 4 cents tonight. Manager Mike had told me he would likely be sending me home early. For most of my first hour, I had no deliveries, then when I finally got to take one, they gave me $15.50 on a $15.46 order.

Luckily in the next half hour, business picked up and I ended up taking 9 runs in 4 hours. I made $18 in tips while driving 33 miles.

Nothing amusing happened all night.

Nick Out and a Good Book

Nick announced today that he's being (temporarily) transferred to another store. I'll miss working with him for sure, and hope he's back soon.

In the meantime I'm reading a great book, Pizza Tiger, by Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's pizza. It's quite interesting, describing the early days and the growth of the franchise.

Not A Dream Delivery

Ask any pizza guy about his ideal delivery, and here is what he will NOT say:

• Delivery to a motel on the other side of town
• Check is only $12.72
• Middle aged man answers the door in his pajamas
• Guy pays with exact change

But yes, that was my 6th delivery tonight. Luckily I had made $20 in my first 3 hours on just 5 deliveries so I was able to laugh it off.

And the next guy tried to stiff me but he miscounted his wadded up money and gave me an extra buck!

Final delivery was (a sandwich) to a Hungry Howies driver who used to work with Manager Desiree.

Totals were 8 deliveries, $25, 43 miles, and 5 1/2 hours. The mileage was kind of high due to all singles and 5 of the 8 being quite far away.