That's like my last apartment. I'd order pizza delivery and the guy would call me back saying he could not find my place. I would say "walk around the building to the back and it's up one flight of stairs." And he'd say "but I'm already in the back" and I could see the jackass from my kitchen window and he's just standing there like a dumbass and I would say "walk around the building to the back and it's up one flight of stairs." and the jackass would just stand there. This happened to me dozens of times in the 10 years I lived in that apartment. He's not 30 feet from the staircase. He just can't comprehend the concept of "back of the building".
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That's like my last apartment. I'd order pizza delivery and the guy would call me back saying he could not find my place. I would say "walk around the building to the back and it's up one flight of stairs." And he'd say "but I'm already in the back" and I could see the jackass from my kitchen window and he's just standing there like a dumbass and I would say "walk around the building to the back and it's up one flight of stairs." and the jackass would just stand there. This happened to me dozens of times in the 10 years I lived in that apartment. He's not 30 feet from the staircase. He just can't comprehend the concept of "back of the building".
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If dozens of people are misunderstanding your instructions, maybe your instructions are misleading. If the delivery guy believes he's "already in the back," figure out another way to say that, e.g. "Walk around to the trash bins."
Been there. Done that. "Go around the building". This get responded to by "just stand there and fail to move".
I've just had a mental picture of Cutlass waving a cloth from the kitchen window and lowering a basket with a rope and pulley to get the pizza delivered into it.
Not even videogames can kill my rogue imagination, it seems.
Not even videogames can kill my rogue imagination, it seems.
Not to mention pointing out that if the pizza guy wants his money, he'd best do his job right.
There was a time in one of my old apartments when a pizza guy started arguing with me over where I lived. He was standing outside a house two blocks away, demanding to know why I wouldn't answer the door. I told him it was because I don't live there, I live here, and he was obviously lost.
When he finally got there, I told him the next time someone told him where they live and in what kind of building, he should believe them. Needless to say, he did not receive a tip.
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The rub with tipped employees is that no one deserves to make $2.15 an hour or whatever the floor is. In California, tipped employees still make full minimum wage + tips, so it's a bit better. I believe generally delivery drivers make full minimum + tips but that may vary. Anyways, what I'm getting at is that for me personally, a tipped employee has to screw up a looot for me to not tip or significantly under tip.
Sure, they may have other customers that will push them into decent wage territory but ultimately I think it's demeaning and unfair to under tip in most circumstances. If my account got dinged every time I screwed something up at work or every time something bad happened outside of my control, I'd be super pissed and a lot poorer.
I hate tipping in general and the practice needs to die in a fire but so long as people are depending on it for a living, I feel obligated to participate and to give good tips barring extreme circumstances.
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I'm unimpressed by your cooking then
assuming you made it yourself.
No, I got it from the grocery store, which is where the lasagna plants are tended to.
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Spoiler contain violent :
Yes; tipping is mostly about providing a living wage for people and less about sucking up to pretentious customers. 20% plus good service bonus; minimum $2.00. Pizza delivery is sucky work and those doing the work need to be better paid.
And getting good tips from regular customers encourages service providers to treat you well.
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Rant: An online friend of mine was really really sad yesterday and now today he didn't come online (which is very unusual). I'm really worried but I don't have any other way to get in contact.
One day you'll try my lasagna and like it.
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Has anybody seen Mouthwash?
Has anybody seen Mouthwash?
Hmmm, maybe he's just staying offline for a while. I did that last week and came back alive and healthy, so don't worry about lack of instant replies. Not everything happens at cyber-speed.
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I'm hoping he's just off sleeping or something. He was talking super-fatalistic yesterday and I asked him if he wanted to hurt himself and he said no. But I'm worried anyways.
Small rant: The freezer broke down and an entire container of ice cream is all melted now.
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Can't you just fry me up some guinea pig or something instead?
Guinea pig is a favorite of Peruvians. Argentinians eat beef from the pampas.
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