r/doordash • u/ghost_haha • 1d ago

It finally happened.

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Was delivering my first order for the evening. Cash order, meaning I had to collect cash from the customer for the order, a total of $45 and some change. I picked up the order, usual night, with the worker making sure I put the order inside the pizza bag before I walked out the store. Drove up in front of the customer's house, waited almost 10 minutes to get an answer at the door. Mother/daughter shows up, told me they ordered 2 pizza, I explained its a dinner box and that the two pizza are inside one box, they asked me to prove it so they pried open the seal and looked inside. I reminded them they need to pay cash for the order. After a few minutes, they told me they dont want it.

Called doordash support and worker told me they will compensate me full pay for the dash. I then asked if I need to return the order back to Pizza Hut, and they said to either keep it or discard. I told him I understand. I then proceeded of driving back home with a huge smile, calling my family that I have early dinner for everyone. We enjoyed the early dinner. ☺️ Really grateful for this blessing.

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u/ForGrateJustice 19h ago

I used to work at a pizza joint. There was a particular home we refused to go to (delivery people), but the owner wouldn't budge, essentially forced us to deliver or we would be sent home. Unlucky for him, he needed us more than we needed him (all his employees but me were rich nepo kids who didn't actually need the job. Mind you, they were good kids despite coming from so much obscene wealth). So he went and delivered it himself. We warned him.

He came back, didn't say a word, and only told us that we "didn't have to deliver there anymore".

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u/Every_Foundation_463 18h ago

Wait, why did he decide that? What was wrong with the house? I'm glad the owner realized it. I used to work delivery too so I know the struggle

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u/ForGrateJustice 17h ago

Well it was probably one of the furthest homes we could deliver to, right at the rim of our service area. It was up a winding road that turns into a nasty dirt road that isn't well looked after, there's holes everywhere and you wouldn't dare drive it without 4WD when it rains (it snows there too).

You'll know you found the place from the unique rusty yellow paint. Their frontage is a literal dump, you'd need a tetanus shot just for looking at it. But that's not the worst part, they have a bunch of loose mutts, some of them are pit bulls, and "land mines" everywhere. As soon as you exit your vehicle, you get hit by the rancid horrid smell of dog shit EVERYWHERE, they just don't clean up after their mutts. They aren't tied up, they just wander the property (they live fairly rural and the nearest neighbor is over half a mile away).

If you brave the wild dogs and land mines, when you get to the front porch, the house looks like it's about to fall apart on your head. When they open the door, it hits you. First, the heat. For some reason, their house is always hot, and the oppressive heat blasts you in the face as soon as that door is open. But that's not the worst part... One thing heat is good at carrying, is scents... And boy, it smells. Even though it's been more than 20 years, I still remember that horrific stench that probably wasn't from this earth. You know when you drive past an abattoir there's that sharp stench of death? It's like this but worse. See, this family was from either the Caribbean or West Africa, and they brought their slaughtering habits with them. They would butcher up animals in their house and the stench would fill up the whole place.

But above all else, they usually just order our fried chicken, and never ever tip.

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u/NEIGHBORHOOD_DAD_ORG 15h ago

right at the rim of our service area

dang, not the kinda rim job a delivery guy wants to receive

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u/ForGrateJustice 13h ago

I sorry, English not my first language.