Why don't more people deliver pizza?

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I randomly started delivering pizza as a job this summer because I had no job. I figured I would make a little more than minimum wage, but I didn't think it would be too great. I now make 10 an hour on tips alone, and 14-15 overall on average probably. Minimum wage is 8.25 where I live. The six months prior to this I was working myself to death as an administrative document management specialist overseeing a wide array of documents and involving a fair amount of excel usage. It was a lot of work and I was paid 12 an hour and they took a crapload out of my check for taxes and I was bringing home 392 a week.

This job now seems so easy to me. I mean you only talk to the customer for a minute or so, and the rest is driving and following your GPS. Yes, you are moving regularly and are a server basically, but shifts are short and perfect for a college student like me. You still have to do in-store things like clean dishes and answer some phones among other things, but it's nothing crazy. You get your tips the day of and your checks weekly. Maybe I have been taken advantage of a lot, and I don't know what serving at a real restaurant is like financially, but I guess I don't see why more people don't deliver pizza or for other places.

Not saying as a career, but I've worked at places that would regularly hire desperate temp workers. I've worked at a couple warehouses where people worked their butts off for 12 an hour, usually with forklift experience and involving some supervisory responsibility. Just feel like I wish I'd have known this all sooner. All my life, people told me to stay away from food jobs. It's weird because some of the workers would rather stay inside and make pizza even for minimum wage. Despite the seeming simplicity of the topic, I'm just confused.

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  • [Old Memory]
    7 years ago

    Ya man, I agree. It seems like the best entry-level job you could possibly have, yet pizza delivery boys are all whiny, entitled fucks about it. They go online and write these stories about how they sabotage the pizzas of customers who don't tip them. Like what the fuck? Their job doesn't even sound that hard, but they'll go on and on about how entitled they are for "risking their lives" by driving around. It sounds relaxing, actually. They get to drive around all day and take in the scenery, and only have to interact with a customer a few times an hour. They rake in like 20$/hr. Keep in mind most pizza places pay for the fuel used to deliver too.

    On the other hand, you got the walmart employee, who has to deal with consecutive retard customers, who has hardly any downtime, and yet they don't earn tips, and end up earning half the amount of a pizza delivery job. If you want to see what true human suffering is, go to your local retail store and observe the faces of the employees.

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    • Stryk3istrukuout
      7 years ago

      Yeah, I've seen some of that. It still does depend on the area in terms of tips. Definitely don't make 20 an hour where I live, but you can make 15 consistently after tips and hourly rate. You do put your vehicle at risk, but as long as you don't drive stupidly, you will be fine.

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  • Rusty-Rider
    7 years ago

    I delivered chicken one time for about 6 months for the Colonel Saunders downtown when I was about 20 yrs. old.
    I loved it so much. The tips were good after you got to know some of the regulars and you got all the chicken you could eat for free.
    I have many fond memories.

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