Shifts: 19
Hours: 103.5
Deliveries: 248
Tips: $571
Miles: 930
Average miles per delivery: 3.8
Average deliveries per hour: 2.4
Average tips per delivery: $2.30
Average tips per hour: $5.52
Average cash per hour: $8.15 (tips plus mileage)
Total earnings per hour: $15.00 (includes wage of $6.85)
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Texting For Smokes
I forgot one of the funniest things that happened last night, as reported by Ted. He had phoned a customer as there was some mix-up with the order or the address. Well, he got a text message a few minutes later saying "do you have any newports? I sure could use one."
Apparently the customer had mixed him up with someone else on her phone and texted him by mistake.
Apparently the customer had mixed him up with someone else on her phone and texted him by mistake.
Late Start
I was held up at my day job for about an hour today, trying to get a database view working properly, so I didn't start driving until around 7 PM. Still, the cold snowy weather and a new tv promotion we are running kept us pretty busy. And we were 2 drivers short, as Desiree was having car trouble and Todd was a no-show.
So it was Ted, daytime driver Mark (staying late), and manager Nick until I got there.
I drove 4 hours, took 10 deliveries, made $24, and drove 35 miles. Pretty decent 4 hours. Of course our volume of business and shortage of drivers (on buffet night) meant there were another 1 1/2 hours of dishes to do, plus most of the frozen dough prep for Thursday night. I didn't get out of there until after 12:30 AM.
Then I was frustrated getting gas. I always get whatever gas-card deal is the best at Speedway. For the past month the deal has been "Save $1 on a $25 Gas Card." In other words I get a $25 gas card for $24. Tonight I asked for my $25 gas card recharge and it cost the full $25. But the sign was still up and nobody knew when it ended or what the new deal was.
I didn't have any interesting deliveries tonight except for 2 personal pizzas to Pudge's Place, a downtown bar. They were for a patron and (apparently) the barmaid, as I had to later take a rerun as we messed up the toppings. The patron was nice enough to give me $1 for my 2nd trip, even after giving me only $1.18 the first time.
So it was Ted, daytime driver Mark (staying late), and manager Nick until I got there.
I drove 4 hours, took 10 deliveries, made $24, and drove 35 miles. Pretty decent 4 hours. Of course our volume of business and shortage of drivers (on buffet night) meant there were another 1 1/2 hours of dishes to do, plus most of the frozen dough prep for Thursday night. I didn't get out of there until after 12:30 AM.
Then I was frustrated getting gas. I always get whatever gas-card deal is the best at Speedway. For the past month the deal has been "Save $1 on a $25 Gas Card." In other words I get a $25 gas card for $24. Tonight I asked for my $25 gas card recharge and it cost the full $25. But the sign was still up and nobody knew when it ended or what the new deal was.
I didn't have any interesting deliveries tonight except for 2 personal pizzas to Pudge's Place, a downtown bar. They were for a patron and (apparently) the barmaid, as I had to later take a rerun as we messed up the toppings. The patron was nice enough to give me $1 for my 2nd trip, even after giving me only $1.18 the first time.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
New Year's Day - With Snow
I went in early today, around 4:30, hoping for some late afternoon football fan orders. It worked out pretty good as we were busy enough.
It started snowing around 5:00. The roads were horrible for a couple hours until the city got some salt applied to the main roads. I actually slid off the road, at a very slow speed, into a utility pole. Luckily there was no damage.
I took 16 deliveries in 6 1/2 hours. I had 4 stiffs and 4 more sub-par tips ($1 and coin change). This would be bad enough on a normal night, but during bad weather, you would think people would be more appreciative.
Some were, as I earned tips of $6 (to the maternity nurses at the hospital), $5 (on my first delivery before it started snowing), $4 (on my final delivery).
It started snowing around 5:00. The roads were horrible for a couple hours until the city got some salt applied to the main roads. I actually slid off the road, at a very slow speed, into a utility pole. Luckily there was no damage.
I took 16 deliveries in 6 1/2 hours. I had 4 stiffs and 4 more sub-par tips ($1 and coin change). This would be bad enough on a normal night, but during bad weather, you would think people would be more appreciative.
Some were, as I earned tips of $6 (to the maternity nurses at the hospital), $5 (on my first delivery before it started snowing), $4 (on my final delivery).
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
New Year's Eve 2007
Happy New Year indeed! I had one of my best New Year's Eve nights driving tonight. I drove for 7 1/2 hours (4:30 - Midnight), took 23 deliveries, made $58 in tips, and drove 80 miles.
Special thanks to managers Nick & Brianne and cook Steve for staying late to keep the business going. We usually close at 11 PM on Mondays but we stayed open an extra hour tonight due to the holiday. I actually didn't get out until 1:30 as there was a huge stack of dishes to wash after the last delivery was taken.
Surprisingly, I didn't have a large order to a party or group all night long. In fact my largest order was under $30.
As is typical, we were overstaffed early and understaffed late. I was actually the only driver scheduled past 9 PM. New drivers Ted & Cliff both stayed a little over and then Nick even got on the road for a couple runs.
It took me 10 trips to take my first 10 deliveries. My next 11 were done in just 3 trips (2 triples and a quintuple)!
Poor Nick had a delivery to an apartment building and the woman wouldn't tell him what apartment they were in, she said she wasn't in the apartment building but the office across from the apartments. After much searching and multiple phone calls, she finally realized that the office was nothing more than an apartment with a desk!
Tips were mostly generous tonight, with 11 of my 23 deliveries tipping over $3 (but nothing over my first run of $4.92). And I was only stiffed 3 times.
One stiffer was bold enough to give me $13 for his $12.57 order and suggest that I "keep the change." I actually said "forty-three cents?" and laughed out loud. He responded with an awkward chuckle.
One recurring theme throughout the night was customers asking for specific (odd) change denominations. My 2nd delivery was hoping to pay with a $20 and 8 $1's for his $16.47 order and get a $10 back. But, as it was just my 2nd delivery, my bank was pretty sparse and all I had were a $5 and 10 $1's.
A few deliveries later a guy paid with a $20 for his $17.71 order and asked for $1 back. But he asked if I had 4 quarters, "so I can do some laundry." Lucky for him one of my previous customers had given me quarters!
Special thanks to managers Nick & Brianne and cook Steve for staying late to keep the business going. We usually close at 11 PM on Mondays but we stayed open an extra hour tonight due to the holiday. I actually didn't get out until 1:30 as there was a huge stack of dishes to wash after the last delivery was taken.
Surprisingly, I didn't have a large order to a party or group all night long. In fact my largest order was under $30.
As is typical, we were overstaffed early and understaffed late. I was actually the only driver scheduled past 9 PM. New drivers Ted & Cliff both stayed a little over and then Nick even got on the road for a couple runs.
It took me 10 trips to take my first 10 deliveries. My next 11 were done in just 3 trips (2 triples and a quintuple)!
Poor Nick had a delivery to an apartment building and the woman wouldn't tell him what apartment they were in, she said she wasn't in the apartment building but the office across from the apartments. After much searching and multiple phone calls, she finally realized that the office was nothing more than an apartment with a desk!
Tips were mostly generous tonight, with 11 of my 23 deliveries tipping over $3 (but nothing over my first run of $4.92). And I was only stiffed 3 times.
One stiffer was bold enough to give me $13 for his $12.57 order and suggest that I "keep the change." I actually said "forty-three cents?" and laughed out loud. He responded with an awkward chuckle.
One recurring theme throughout the night was customers asking for specific (odd) change denominations. My 2nd delivery was hoping to pay with a $20 and 8 $1's for his $16.47 order and get a $10 back. But, as it was just my 2nd delivery, my bank was pretty sparse and all I had were a $5 and 10 $1's.
A few deliveries later a guy paid with a $20 for his $17.71 order and asked for $1 back. But he asked if I had 4 quarters, "so I can do some laundry." Lucky for him one of my previous customers had given me quarters!
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