I had an interesting delivery tonight, houses 122 & 123 on the same street, about 10 minutes apart. Of course I waited around and took them as a double. Total tips from that run was $5.83.
Ironically I just read a blog post about a similar situation, where a fake customer placed 2 orders and while the driver was trying to deliver the first order (at a hotel), the customer stole the 2nd order out of his car! Read the blog to find out how the driver caught them the next time. It's a great story!
I asked and got let go early tonight, I worked just 2 hours, drove 13 miles, took 4 deliveries, and made $10 in tips.
Showing posts with label Robbery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robbery. Show all posts
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, August 28, 2009
Pizza Manager Robbed
There was a pizza-related robbery in my area last night. Seems like a set-up. After closing, the pizzeria manager found his car tires flat and was attacked while trying to change his tire. They stole the day's deposit.
You can read more about it here.
In unrelated news, I stopped by our shop last night. Tomorrow was my one night to work in the next month and I'm not on the schedule. Not that I mind.
You can read more about it here.
In unrelated news, I stopped by our shop last night. Tomorrow was my one night to work in the next month and I'm not on the schedule. Not that I mind.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Pizza Delivery Top 10 Most Dangerous Job - Minneapolis TV News Report
Check out this TV news report out of Minneapolis that describes how pizza delivery ranks as one of the 10 most dangerous jobs. It includes interviews with drivers.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Charges Expected In Brian Wells Case
CNN is reporting that charges are expected today in the Brian Wells case.
For those that don't remember, this is the sad and strange case from 2003 where Erie, PA pizza deliveryman Brian Wells took a delivery to a remote location. From there he had a homemade bomb strapped to his neck and was forced to rob a bank.
Before the bomb squad arrived, the bomb went off and Brian was killed.
Sources indicate that Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong will be indicted today. She is in prison for the murder of her boyfriend, whose body was found in in a freezer in a home near the radio tower where Wells made his final delivery.
Another name being mentioned is Kenneth Barnes, currently in jail on drug charges.
To my fellow pizza drivers, remember, you can't be too careful out there.
For those that don't remember, this is the sad and strange case from 2003 where Erie, PA pizza deliveryman Brian Wells took a delivery to a remote location. From there he had a homemade bomb strapped to his neck and was forced to rob a bank.
Before the bomb squad arrived, the bomb went off and Brian was killed.
Sources indicate that Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong will be indicted today. She is in prison for the murder of her boyfriend, whose body was found in in a freezer in a home near the radio tower where Wells made his final delivery.
Another name being mentioned is Kenneth Barnes, currently in jail on drug charges.
To my fellow pizza drivers, remember, you can't be too careful out there.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Don't Go Into That House!
I worked 5 hours on Monday night, took 9 deliveries and made $22 in tips. I only drove 31 miles, had a couple of very close deliveries and most of my far-out ones were doubles.
When I started delivering pizza about 2 1/2 years ago, I worked with another driver named Rob. Rob was a very smart guy, going to college and also was the lead singer in a band called Mush. Rob had been jumped and he explained to me how it happenned.
He had a delivery to a large, older house that had been turned into multiple apartments. This house had an entryway that led to the doors to some of the apartments. Rob had stepped into the entryway and there was someone hiding behind the door. Now he was cornered and could not get out.
This taught me to always be cautious about entering houses and buildings.
For a while that building was on our blacklist, but as time passed and we got new management, I'm sure I'm the only person that remembers exactly where it happenned. So there's nothing stopping us now from taking a delivery order for that address.
Which is exactly what happenned last night. And as luck would have it, I was up in the rotation when the order was up for delivery.
I drove to the address and walked up onto the porch, realizing that there was no apartment number on the delivery ticket. I called the phone number from my cell phone and a girl answerred, saying that they were #3 upstairs. I said "Well I'm on your porch, come on down."
Now the entryway has 2 sets of doors, an outside door and an inside door, about 6 feet apart. The hallway from the outside door was dark but the hallway inside the inside door was well lit.
Less than a minute later, a male walked down the stairs, stopped at the inside door (in the well lit area) and waved for me to come in.
I shook my head no and waved for him to come out. Which he did without hesitation.
"I'm sorry man, we were robbed on this exact spot a while back. I can't come inside," I explained. The guy apologized, said he didn't know, and remarked that there were some crazy people living there. He paid $30 for his $27.58 order, a decent tip for that neighborhood to be sure.
If I have another delivery to that apartment, now that I've established he's a decent customer, I may actually go inside and take it up to their door. We'll see. I hope I didn't offend them, but in this line of work, it's better to be safe than sorry.
When I started delivering pizza about 2 1/2 years ago, I worked with another driver named Rob. Rob was a very smart guy, going to college and also was the lead singer in a band called Mush. Rob had been jumped and he explained to me how it happenned.
He had a delivery to a large, older house that had been turned into multiple apartments. This house had an entryway that led to the doors to some of the apartments. Rob had stepped into the entryway and there was someone hiding behind the door. Now he was cornered and could not get out.
This taught me to always be cautious about entering houses and buildings.
For a while that building was on our blacklist, but as time passed and we got new management, I'm sure I'm the only person that remembers exactly where it happenned. So there's nothing stopping us now from taking a delivery order for that address.
Which is exactly what happenned last night. And as luck would have it, I was up in the rotation when the order was up for delivery.
I drove to the address and walked up onto the porch, realizing that there was no apartment number on the delivery ticket. I called the phone number from my cell phone and a girl answerred, saying that they were #3 upstairs. I said "Well I'm on your porch, come on down."
Now the entryway has 2 sets of doors, an outside door and an inside door, about 6 feet apart. The hallway from the outside door was dark but the hallway inside the inside door was well lit.
Less than a minute later, a male walked down the stairs, stopped at the inside door (in the well lit area) and waved for me to come in.
I shook my head no and waved for him to come out. Which he did without hesitation.
"I'm sorry man, we were robbed on this exact spot a while back. I can't come inside," I explained. The guy apologized, said he didn't know, and remarked that there were some crazy people living there. He paid $30 for his $27.58 order, a decent tip for that neighborhood to be sure.
If I have another delivery to that apartment, now that I've established he's a decent customer, I may actually go inside and take it up to their door. We'll see. I hope I didn't offend them, but in this line of work, it's better to be safe than sorry.
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