I was delivering pizzas last night, and a boomer placed an order at 9:55, five minutes before we closed. He lives on a busy highway with a 60mph speed limit, and he didn't have a mailbox with a clearly-labelled address. Because it was dark and there was still plenty of traffic, I passed his house 7 times before I decided to call him and tell him I couldn't locate him. His phone was turned off and went directly to voicemail, so I left him a message. I waited on a side street for 5 minutes, and when he didn't call back, I headed back to the store.

I told the manager and we refunded his order and started our closing duties. After an hour of sweeping, mopping, cleaning the kitchen, and doing dishes, I looked at my phone as we were walking out the door. I had 6 missed calls and 6 voicemails from the dude, the first of which came 40 minutes after I tried contacting him.

They each got angrier and angrier, and I couldn't help but crack up, lmao. They went like this:

Message #1 10:50: "My address is 5 or 6 houses past [a side street], on the left. I'm still waiting for you."

Message #2 10:51: "My address is [redacted], call me back!"

Message #3 10:52: "Call me back!!"

Message #4 10:55: "Getting impatient. What the fuck?? You guys don't call your customers back? I order from you guys all the time!"

Message #5 11:00: "Well [my name], I hope you enjoy the fucking pizza!"

Message #6 11:13: "Fucking hungry!"

The store's phones automatically shut off after close, so he couldn't reach us. I guess this is a lesson in not ordering right before a business closes, and also keep your phone turned on when you're expecting a delivery.

Oh, and I'm literally eating his leftover pizza right now as I post this :michael-laugh:

  • Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Ordering 5 minutes before close for something that takes longer than 5 minutes to make is such shit. Honestly the manager should have a "last call" like 15 minutes prior.

    And I hate people who live on very fast, busy roads who don't at least give you instructions and turn the lights on, your ass wants food, help me get it to you, but I'm not dying for your pizza lol

    • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      We had a manager who stopped taking delivery orders 30 minutes before we closed, but the owners found out and we got in trouble. Life has been a lot more shitty since then.

      And I hate people who live on very fast, busy roads who don’t at least give you instructions and turn the lights on, your ass wants food, help me get it to you, but I’m not dying for your pizza lol

      You understand the plight very well. I absolutely hate delivering on fast roads like this, especially at night. It should honestly be a requirement for every mailbox to have that reflective green address sign attached to them.

      • Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Petite bourgeois be petite bourgeoising 🙄

        I do, have done it for a few different gigs. Properly displaying your address seems like it would be straight forward, especially in the age of home delivery at the click of a button, but here we are. I'm in a city now so mailboxes are rare, so it's a game of looking around every facet of a building or yard to find one sometimes, I'm are moving my head all around makes me look like a bird. Google maps can sometimes help