Funny how many pizza answers on here. Had to add this though. My brother and I had been working at this pizza place as drivers for at least a year. By then, you get to know a good percentage of the addresses and whether they’re tippers, etc. If you are experienced, you can grab the close, big tippers and make quite a bit better money.

There was one house, on the very edge of the delivery area, Way out there so that already reduces number you can deliver. They Never tipped. I had taken to hinting on the phone if I answered when they ordered. “That’ll be 19.82, sir, plus any gratuity you’d like to extend to the driver”. Or “…. plus gratuity to the driver since they make less than minimum wage”. I did this for a few months. They obviously were fully aware and just decided never to tip.

Then, one Sunday nite, only my brother and I are working - not a whole lot of orders. The order comes in from this address and I take the call. Go through my routine with them taking the order,and about the tip (the only ones I ever did this for) and wrote the order down. (We wrote the order down in those days) I take the slip, threw it at my brother and told him “this one’s yours”. He picks it up, throws it back at me and says he’s not taking it. This went back and forth a bit and I finally wadded it up and pegged him in the chest with it and there it is just sitting on the floor. We’re both laughing and looking at each other, both refusing to pick it up.

About an hour goes by as we go about our business, delivering orders, etc. I happen to be back at the store and the phone rings. It’s this irate customer yelling about where his order his. My brother is there looking at me smirking. I profusely apologize, sorry sir, we’ll get that order in the oven immediately and out to you. I’m not writing anything down, though, nothing’s going to happen with this order, LOL!

So, the rest of the night we go about our business waiting to get fired or at least a good tongue lashing from the GM. Nothing, nada. I guess the family decided they were done with us. Or maybe they figured it all out and decided they were done for at this restaurant. Never saw another order for that address. Fine with me, spending 1/2 hour driving there and back over and over again and they can’t even part with a minimal tip. But the vision of them sitting there starving waiting for their pizza to show up and an hour and a half in them realizing they’re not getting pizza was sweet revenge. My brother and I have been laughing about this ever since.