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| Delivery story 117
T. Shua writes:
- Talk about an example of big order frustration. I'm sure everyone has been there, but I was on my way out to Waterloo (a large toolbox factory here in my town) and I had almost $200 in pizza crammed into my vehicle. I'm a big guy, who drives a regular cab truck, so I was scrunched. I got out there, hauled 10 bags inside requiring 3 trips. I waited for 10 minutes as people passed me by, no one even acknowledging I was there. Finally, I crossed over the line, trying to eye the pizza and look for anyone to help.
I finally found an office. Inside there were 10 or 15 people all focused on their computers. I said excuse me but nobody looked up, so I coughed loudly but still no answer. I was growing a little impatient with all of this so I walked up to a guy and tapped him on the shoulder. He spun around in his chair. He turned and got up, telling everyone to get their money together. (He didn't say hi or answer my question of how he was doing.) They rounded up the money as I made my 3 trips with the pizza to this office (again with no help.) Their total (with the discount for such a big order) was $199.67. Don't 'ya know it, they gave me $200 even. I looked at everyone individually and they were all thinking about a tip but no one did it. I said to the guy who I tapped on the shoulder, "Here is your 33 cents!" totally happy and polite. He looked up and said, "Nah, you keep that." I then flipped my hand over and
slapped the money on the table next to him and he looked up at me surprised. I
looked at him and said, "No, you keep it. You obviously need it more than I do." Then
I just turned and walked out.
There was no call-back on me or anything. I told my manager and he
laughed and said he hoped they didn't call back. Oh well. Serves a guy like that
right for tipping 37 cents for 200 dollars worth of food.
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