OSU beat Georgetown 67-60 to advance to the championship game!
Mike D still leads the contest but unless UCLA wins 2 in a row, the free pizza stays at my house!
There are 4 scenarios left, and here are the winners in each case:
OSU over UCLA - me
OSU over Florida - me
Florida over OSU - stepson Nathan
UCLA over OSU - Mike D
In about 3 hours either Mike or Nathan will be eliminated.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Lost And Found
Several weeks ago I posted about my very cool $140 stereo in my $600 car. Well after I park my car I ride the RTA Rapid Train to my day job. Every day I take the faceplate off and put it in my work bag.
One Friday I got back to my car and I didn't have the faceplate. It wasn't in my bag. It wasn't in my car. I thought maybe it had fallen out when I tossed my work bag on my desk at the office. Of course I couldn't check until Monday so I drove in silence that weekend. BORING!
Well on Monday I checked and it was not at work. I thought maybe it was lost. That afternoon I remembered a meeting I had the Thursday night before it came up lost where I took my laptop. I thought maybe I had put the faceplate in the laptop bag and not thought of putting it back Friday morning. My hopes rose.
Well I got home and it was not in the laptop bag either. I thought it was lost. I actually started pricing faceplates on ebay. $35-$40.
On Tuesday I was down to my last hope. I checked the RTA Information Desk at Tower City. Nobody was there but RTA employee Alesia was very helpful. When she found out what I was looking for it she called "central rail" where the lost and found is. They had the faceplate!
She began giving me directions, I would have to ride the train in the opposite direction. I said maybe I would get it the next day. At that point Alesia asked if I was in Tower City every day. I said that I was. She volunteered to pick it up for me and bring it to Tower City the next day. How awesome!
The next day after lunch I went down to the RTA and sure enough, Alesia was there with my faceplate. I asked her if I could get her a milkshake or something to express my thanks. She said "How about a green tea from Panera Bread, with honey and ginseng?"
I was more than happy to get it for her. What a helpful employee! I was quite relieved to have my radio back!
One Friday I got back to my car and I didn't have the faceplate. It wasn't in my bag. It wasn't in my car. I thought maybe it had fallen out when I tossed my work bag on my desk at the office. Of course I couldn't check until Monday so I drove in silence that weekend. BORING!
Well on Monday I checked and it was not at work. I thought maybe it was lost. That afternoon I remembered a meeting I had the Thursday night before it came up lost where I took my laptop. I thought maybe I had put the faceplate in the laptop bag and not thought of putting it back Friday morning. My hopes rose.
Well I got home and it was not in the laptop bag either. I thought it was lost. I actually started pricing faceplates on ebay. $35-$40.
On Tuesday I was down to my last hope. I checked the RTA Information Desk at Tower City. Nobody was there but RTA employee Alesia was very helpful. When she found out what I was looking for it she called "central rail" where the lost and found is. They had the faceplate!
She began giving me directions, I would have to ride the train in the opposite direction. I said maybe I would get it the next day. At that point Alesia asked if I was in Tower City every day. I said that I was. She volunteered to pick it up for me and bring it to Tower City the next day. How awesome!
The next day after lunch I went down to the RTA and sure enough, Alesia was there with my faceplate. I asked her if I could get her a milkshake or something to express my thanks. She said "How about a green tea from Panera Bread, with honey and ginseng?"
I was more than happy to get it for her. What a helpful employee! I was quite relieved to have my radio back!
March Totals
I'm done with all my shifts for the month so here are my March totals. This is an accurate view of how much a pizza delivery driver actually earns:
Shifts: 9
Hours: 49
Deliveries: 83
Tips: $210
Miles: 340
Average miles per delivery: 4.1
Average deliveries per hour: 1.7
Average tips per delivery: $2.53
Average tips per hour: $4.29
Average cash per hour: $5.89
(tips plus mileage)
Total earnings per hour: $12.83
(includes wage of $6.85)
Shifts: 9
Hours: 49
Deliveries: 83
Tips: $210
Miles: 340
Average miles per delivery: 4.1
Average deliveries per hour: 1.7
Average tips per delivery: $2.53
Average tips per hour: $4.29
Average cash per hour: $5.89
(tips plus mileage)
Total earnings per hour: $12.83
(includes wage of $6.85)
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Keep The Change
Nothing consequential happened tonight. I worked 5 hours, took 7 deliveries and made $20 in tips. All but 1 of the deliveries were rather far away, I drove 45 miles, an average of 6.5 miles per trip. This is significantly more than my long-term average of 4 miles per delivery.
I did get to use one of my lines tonight twice.
Whenever the customer says "You keep the change," I look them in the eye and reply "You keep the pizza." Sometimes I vary the tone or speed of my voice, but this pretty much never fails to get a chuckle.
I don't work again until Sunday so hopefully I will be able to calculate and post my March totals sometime soon.
Oh and we did get included in the Carnival of the Redeemed again, over at Cass's Midlife Musings. Check it out! And read the post about prayers about money. This may be true but I doubt it will stop many of us from praying anyways.
I did get to use one of my lines tonight twice.
Whenever the customer says "You keep the change," I look them in the eye and reply "You keep the pizza." Sometimes I vary the tone or speed of my voice, but this pretty much never fails to get a chuckle.
I don't work again until Sunday so hopefully I will be able to calculate and post my March totals sometime soon.
Oh and we did get included in the Carnival of the Redeemed again, over at Cass's Midlife Musings. Check it out! And read the post about prayers about money. This may be true but I doubt it will stop many of us from praying anyways.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Slow
I took a vacation day from my day-job today to attend my son's county spelling bee. So I was able to go in at 5pm instead of my usual 6pm. Unfortunately due to the beautiful weather, business was very slow.
In 6 hours I took just 8 deliveries, drove 34 miles, and made $19 in tips. The night was made decent by a delivery to on of the first "regular" $5 tipper that I recall. They live about 5 miles away and used to order about twice per month, but I don't recall taking more than 1 delivery there in the past year. They always order a pork-sausage pizza with no cheese. It's important for the driver to ensure that the order is made correctly, because 5 miles each way is pretty far to take a re-run. They do pretty much always tip $5 so it is a nice delivery to take.
The good thing about not being busy is that about 15 minutes after we officially closed, Manager Doug and I were walking out with all the cleaning done, money counted and the doors locked behind us.
In 6 hours I took just 8 deliveries, drove 34 miles, and made $19 in tips. The night was made decent by a delivery to on of the first "regular" $5 tipper that I recall. They live about 5 miles away and used to order about twice per month, but I don't recall taking more than 1 delivery there in the past year. They always order a pork-sausage pizza with no cheese. It's important for the driver to ensure that the order is made correctly, because 5 miles each way is pretty far to take a re-run. They do pretty much always tip $5 so it is a nice delivery to take.
The good thing about not being busy is that about 15 minutes after we officially closed, Manager Doug and I were walking out with all the cleaning done, money counted and the doors locked behind us.
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