Weed People Love Pizza!

Well, not all of them! When you deliver pizza you get to see different people, and you get to take a peek at their homes. You see, their dogs, some have big dogs – almost as big as cows, and when it barks at you they just say “oh! He is a friendly dog!” but you know what, I’d rather you keep your big friendly dog inside – Thank you!

 

The point is, it is not just seeing inside people’s house, but even smelling it too. The most common smell is marijuana. The people usually order lots of food, because they have some serious munchies, and they tip good because they are high – and I love it! Too much information here, right? Science tells that you crave junk food after smoking marijuana. Not that pizza is junk, but you get the point.

 

Anyway, I have delivered large orders to a few apartments and houses that I could smell pot, but the weird one was this place that requested for paper plates when they placed their orders. That night we were out of paper plates, so I was ready to apologize for it. I arrived, and found the building, went upstairs and knocked. I could hear voices, mostly children’s voices from inside, and one of them keeps asking “who is it” and I said “pizza is here”. But the kids inside won’t stop running, and the other kid won’t stop asking the same question! This was going on for about 5-7 minutes.

 

Finally an adult, African-American young lady opened the door, and holy shit! There were like 5-6 kids inside, no furniture in the living room and kids lined up for the food. And of course, the smell of weed hit my face as soon as she opened the door. That explained the wait. She was probably smoking weed somewhere in the house. I don’t care what people do in their house, it’s none of my business, I just deliver pizza! Pot, is not legal in my state yet, so it is kind of strange when you smell it now and then. Anyway, I gave her the food, and she signed the receipt and asked for paper plates.

 

Me: I’m so sorry about that, but we were out of paper plates.

Her: Do you have napkins in your car?

Me: I don’t…

Her: So you were out of napkins too?

Me: No, but did you tell them to add napkins to your order?

Her: No. I thought you might have it in your car.

Me: I’m sorry for the miscommunication here, but we don’t carry napkins.

 

She handed the receipt back to me, rolled her eyes, and said “Oookkkkeeey!” and shut the door! It wasn’t the best or ideal situation, but she tipped me good, so we are good! I’m not a pot expert, but isn’t weed supposed to change your mode and makes you happy? So, why she was so much upset about damn paper plates and napkins? She didn’t have plates and soap? Again, none of business!

 

Other funny characters, are the ones who are having sex when you arrive! Yup, that’s a thing. I’m not kidding. I went to this place on Friday night, it was a verified customer, meaning we have delivered to this address without any issues in the past. I couldn’t see the lights inside, and there was no doorbell – I mean WTF, no doorbell?  So, I was knocking for a few minutes and nothing. The mistake I made, and if you are a driver, don’t do it, I left my cell in the car. ALWAYS have your phone on you. I decided to go back to my car and call them. Almost down the last porch step when this cute, disheveled lady opened the door and called out to me.

 

As soon as I saw her, I couldn’t hide my smile – something was telling me she was getting laid. I came back and this disheveled guy showed up, shirts untucked, and now we are smiling, kind of devilish smile to imply “I know what you were up to… wink, wink.” She took the food and disappeared, while her smile went to full-blown laugh, giggling if you will. Well, I hope I wasn’t interrupting anything and based on the tip he gave me, I think my timing was just spot on. You crave for food, all kinds of food after humping!

Prelude!

Well hello! I think the title says it all, but let me start from the beginning and give some context, shall we? You can call me Joe, I have a good full-time job. I like my job and life is good. While my day job pays for my family expenses, I have been thinking about a side hustle – because who doesn’t like extra money? That, and I had a few short term goals as well. For example, with the money from part time job I could pay off my smaller loans or buy the gadgets I like – I like gadgets! I like driving, and I drive fast – at the same time I always obey the law wink wink!

 

So about a year ago, I tried Uber for a few months. I loved it mostly because I got to meet new people, and enjoyed chatting with them. Uber might be good in bigger cities, but in the small, compact valley I live in, it wasn’t that good, and people didn’t always tip. So I thought “Maybe I’ll deliver food”. I tried Uber Eat…and fuck that shit! Don’t even get me started! While this is not a how-to-make-extra-cash type of blog, after some research, I decided to try pizza delivery, and here I am.

 

As I said, I’m only doing pizza delivery part-time, and unless it suddenly turns into a lucrative income, it’s only temporary. During my short time delivering pizza, some scary and funny stuff has happened. So, I decided to share them with all of you. As of now, this is a temporary blog, and I will update it as long as I work there. Also, this blog is meant to be funny and sarcastic, so please don’t get fucking offended.

 

After I applied online and did this stupid self assessment thing, I, with a bunch of other new hires, attended an orientation. The most important part of the orientation and training videos was safety. They went over different scenarios (all true by the way). They talked about suspicious orders, suspicious addresses, fake phone numbers, and how one driver ended up in an empty parking lot, got beat up, and they stole his car. When we heard these stories, another new driver and I were like, “What kind of moron goes to an empty parking lot?”. But you know what? We spoke too soon!

 

Anyway, while those videos and scenarios were sometimes funny or stupid, they made me worry. Long story short, we watched some training videos and went on a couple of rides with other drivers. From there….it was my turn to be your “Delivery Specialist” (you gotta love my title) and  deliver your order!