Pizza Guy Didn't have change - Update

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Yeah well maybe next time he'll pick a company that lets him drive around with 35 dollars. I still dont see how anyone who deals in cash daily doesn't have 35 dollars. I could almost understand if he didn't have change for a 100.

Btw, chances of him getting robbed are pretty low. Maybe things are different in a bigger city.

Is it that hard to let the place know that you'll need change for a $50?

"Is that it sir? The pizza will be there in about 30-40 minutes."
"One more thing, just make sure the delivery guy has change for a $50."
"Okay sir, see you later."

 

[TallBill]

Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

Who said it was any more dangerous?

It's about the company not wanting to lose more money than it has to in case there is a robbery.

 

[xSauronx]

a 50? meh. i cant tell you how many people a week i have come into work to pick up their 8 or 10 dollar order of drycleaning and want to pay with a $100 bill. we start the registers with $200 in 10/20/5/1 and change, and im not going to pitch half of it because you thought it would be cute to flash around a c note now and again.

my dads horribel about this, carries 100's on him regularly and breaks them before he uses the change he has: i cant tell you how many looks of disgust the guy has gotten, when all he needed to do to start with was get some 20s at the bank. :/

i dont get cash in anything larger than 20 for reasons like that: nobody wants to make change for your 50 or 100 bill if youre spending less than half of it.

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

It is company policy.

So you probably gave the guy $0 tip because of it..

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: webcammie
So when he comes back, will you tip him?

Of course I will. I dont buy the 15 dollar change thing. As soon as he gets to the first house that pays cash he'll have however much cash anyways. So why not start with a decent amount.

Whenever I was a waiter, I carried 100-200 cash in all size bills for any situation my customers had.

You would have to be a fvcktard to be on deliveries carrying around large quantities of cash. No comment on what you are to expect the delivery guy to carry around large quantities of cash.

I have over 20 years experience in the pizza industry. As a general rule, when we walk out of the shop on deliveries, we take the exact change for $20. If we have 3 deliveries, say, $18, $14, and $35.50, then we will have 2, 6, and 4.50 ready for change, a total of 12.50 When we return to shop, the money goes in the register.

edit: go ahead, get a job as a delivery guy. Go to houses and start flashing big wads of money. You go to the wrong house, and they're going to figure out, "hey, those guys carry a lot of money." Next week, you get robbed.

Or, if customers never see large amounts of money in the driver's pockets, they aren't going to see them as an easy target (at a later time.)

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: TallBill
Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

It is company policy.

So you probably gave the guy $0 tip because of it..

Nawh, when he comes back he'll get the standard 2-3 dollar tip. I forget the exact total.

And regardless of losing "company money", the driver himself should have some personal cash on him.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: TallBill
Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

It is company policy.

So you probably gave the guy $0 tip because of it..

Nawh, when he comes back he'll get the standard 2-3 dollar tip. I forget the exact total.

And regardless of losing "company money", the driver himself should have some personal cash on him.

Dude - are you not understanding this - CARRYING CASH ON YOU IS A LIABLITY, and I'll be damned if I'm going to use my personal cash to break your bill because you're too lazy to carry anything smaller than 50's on you.

The store won't cover personal cash If I'm robbed - so I don't give a fvck if I have 200 dollars in one dollar bills as my personal cash - you don't have anything smaller than a 50, sucks for you.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: TallBill
Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

It is company policy.

So you probably gave the guy $0 tip because of it..

Nawh, when he comes back he'll get the standard 2-3 dollar tip. I forget the exact total.

And regardless of losing "company money", the driver himself should have some personal cash on him.

If the driver had lots of extra cash, he probably wouldn't need a job as a delivery guy. Quit while you're ahead.

edit: Furthermore, I hated to deliver and wouldn't unless I was pretty much forced to by lack of qualified drivers (had to be 25 years old, and approved by our insurance)
We had company cars, company paid for gas, we got to keep tips. Still not worth it to me. And, I can't recall the last time I actually had $35 cash on me. In fact, I haven't carried any cash in about 3 weeks. I use either my debit card or write a check for virtually 100% of my purchases. Most customers don't take debit for change.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: TallBill
Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

It is company policy.

So you probably gave the guy $0 tip because of it..

Nawh, when he comes back he'll get the standard 2-3 dollar tip. I forget the exact total.

And regardless of losing "company money", the driver himself should have some personal cash on him.

Why should he have personal cash on him? So both the company and himself can take a loss on a potential robbery?

When I delivered, I only carried a credit card and my driver's license in my wallet.

 

[TallBill]

edit: go ahead, get a job as a delivery guy. Go to houses and start flashing big wads of money. You go to the wrong house, and they're going to figure out, "hey, those guys carry a lot of money." Next week, you get robbed.

Or, if customers never see large amounts of money in the driver's pockets, they aren't going to see them as an easy target (at a later time.)

Ok, well he had 31, i needed 35. Your logic makes some sense, but doesn't fit the situation.

Besides, its not very smart to rob someone at your own house.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: TallBill

edit: go ahead, get a job as a delivery guy. Go to houses and start flashing big wads of money. You go to the wrong house, and they're going to figure out, "hey, those guys carry a lot of money." Next week, you get robbed.

Or, if customers never see large amounts of money in the driver's pockets, they aren't going to see them as an easy target (at a later time.)

Ok, well he had 31, i needed 35. Your logic makes some sense, but doesn't fit the situation.

Besides, its not very smart to rob someone at your own house.

These people are not going to hit you at their own house. They're going to hit you on other deliveries. They'll trail the car, or find out which days you and your buddies work, follow you out of the pizza place, and then rob you when you're trying to deliver another person's food.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: spidey07
I've had them try it differently.

11 dollar pizza and give them a 20.

Then they proclaim to not have change thinking I'll leave them a tip. So your refuse the pizza and they "magically" find change. no tip for you scumbag.

Uhm..

Again maybe you were his 2nd or 3rd delivery of the day.

His bank is $10-15.

Maybe the previous orders he took right before he got to your door asked for a lot of change and he didn't have $9 back to give you.

The scumbags "magically" find change.

I hate when they pull that crap. NO TIP FOR YOU!

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: TallBill

edit: go ahead, get a job as a delivery guy. Go to houses and start flashing big wads of money. You go to the wrong house, and they're going to figure out, "hey, those guys carry a lot of money." Next week, you get robbed.

Or, if customers never see large amounts of money in the driver's pockets, they aren't going to see them as an easy target (at a later time.)

Ok, well he had 31, i needed 35. Your logic makes some sense, but doesn't fit the situation.

Besides, its not very smart to rob someone at your own house.

These people are not going to hit you at their own house. They're going to hit you on other deliveries. They'll trail the car, or find out which days you and your buddies work, follow you out of the pizza place, and then rob you when you're trying to deliver another person's food.

Yep - or place a prank order to an abandoned or empty house too.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: TallBill

edit: go ahead, get a job as a delivery guy. Go to houses and start flashing big wads of money. You go to the wrong house, and they're going to figure out, "hey, those guys carry a lot of money." Next week, you get robbed.

Or, if customers never see large amounts of money in the driver's pockets, they aren't going to see them as an easy target (at a later time.)

Ok, well he had 31, i needed 35. Your logic makes some sense, but doesn't fit the situation.

Besides, its not very smart to rob someone at your own house.

Why do you think I said "next week you get robbed" - very few people are that stupid, but it doesn't take much thought to say "hey, the guys from pizza shack carry huge sums of money. Lets send them on a delivery to a fake address, and when they show up there, we rob the guy."

 

[Aimster]

Drivers dont carry personal cash.
Why should they?

They get a $50 once in a blue moon and when they do they usually call in to say they are giving the driver a $50 or a $100 bill.

Well good for you for giving him the standard tip.

Another thing is the delivery charges the pizza places like to charge $1-2 almost none of it goes to the driver - this is BS but what can you do about corporate greed.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: TallBill
Nobody has yet convinced me that carrying 35 dollars is more dangerous then 15 dollars.

Btw, this guy had 31 dollars. This is short of the change that I needed, yet above all of your "rules" or whatever. I wasnt about to give him a 7 dollar tip.

It is company policy.

So you probably gave the guy $0 tip because of it..

Nawh, when he comes back he'll get the standard 2-3 dollar tip. I forget the exact total.

And regardless of losing "company money", the driver himself should have some personal cash on him.

Why should he have personal cash on him? So both the company and himself can take a loss on a potential robbery?

When I delivered, I only carried a credit card and my driver's license in my wallet.

DUHHHH, mb you weren't the first DELIVERY you moron. he collects money for pizza as he goes you know, will probably deliver 3 or 4 houses before he goes back, did you honestly think every pizza guy came STRAIGHT from the pizza place to your house?

and yes, he probably started with less than $15.00 in his pocket.

sheesh, seems to me you are the one not too smart.

 

Dude - are you not understanding this - CARRYING CASH ON YOU IS A LIABLITY, and I'll be damned if I'm going to use my personal cash to break your bill because you're too lazy to carry anything smaller than 50's on you.

The store won't cover personal cash If I'm robbed - so I don't give a fvck if I have 200 dollars in one dollar bills as my personal cash - you don't have anything smaller than a 50, sucks for you.

No, actually it sucks for the delivery guy. 😀

 

[xrax]

seems like it would make sense for pizza drivers to say that they carry very little cash. but they could actually have some more stashed in their car somewhere

 

[DrPizza]

You might have missed it.. I haven't had any cash on me in weeks. The last time I recall having any cash was sometime in September. I pay with debit card (or check) almost exclusively. So, why should I be carrying my own cash if I were taking deliveries??

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Aimster
Drivers dont carry personal cash.
Why should they?

They get a $50 once in a blue moon and when they do they usually call in to say they are giving the driver a $50 or a $100 bill.

Well good for you for giving him the standard tip.

Another thing is the delivery charges the pizza places like to charge $1-2 almost none of it goes to the driver - this is BS but what can you do about corporate greed.

Yep. The policy at my store is, even if you tell us over the phone that you have a 50 or 100 dollar bill, we are required to tell you that our driver will have no way to break it.

 

[smack Down]

A 50 isn't really that big. I could see the pizza guy bitching a few years ago.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Dude - are you not understanding this - CARRYING CASH ON YOU IS A LIABLITY, and I'll be damned if I'm going to use my personal cash to break your bill because you're too lazy to carry anything smaller than 50's on you.

The store won't cover personal cash If I'm robbed - so I don't give a fvck if I have 200 dollars in one dollar bills as my personal cash - you don't have anything smaller than a 50, sucks for you.

No, actually it sucks for the delivery guy. 😀

Wouldn't suck for me - I wouldn't give him the pizza, and I'd have the personal satisfaction of knowing that he's an idiot.

 

[TallBill]

I'm getting a chuckle about a few people getting so fired up about my dinner. I never did any name calling.

I am curious though how often delivery people get robbed, granted I'm sure its completely different for different areas.

Just for the record, my wife ordered the pizza and didn't know that all we had was our birthday money which was in 50's. I dont think she would have mentioned it anyways, seeing as that we use credit cards 99% of the time.

But regardless, I dont think pizza boy robbery is high in this area.

I've escorted 120,000 times the amount of money that my pizza delivery person had today on him, so maybe I just dont get worked up over 30 something dollars.

Granted, I was heavily armed 😛

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: TallBill

edit: go ahead, get a job as a delivery guy. Go to houses and start flashing big wads of money. You go to the wrong house, and they're going to figure out, "hey, those guys carry a lot of money." Next week, you get robbed.

Or, if customers never see large amounts of money in the driver's pockets, they aren't going to see them as an easy target (at a later time.)

Ok, well he had 31, i needed 35. Your logic makes some sense, but doesn't fit the situation.

Besides, its not very smart to rob someone at your own house.

These people are not going to hit you at their own house. They're going to hit you on other deliveries. They'll trail the car, or find out which days you and your buddies work, follow you out of the pizza place, and then rob you when you're trying to deliver another person's food.

Or they will call and give the address of a house they know no one is home at. Happened several times to people I have known.

Also it is against rules for all the national chains for the drivers to wear any type of fancy watchs, rings, or have any real amount of personal money on them. In fact if a driver gets robbed and has large amounts of money on them, they get fired.

As just about everybody is saying... YOU ARE THE IDIOT HERE, NOT THE DRIVER.