Trevor, your delivery specialist, has left with your pizza at 9:58 PM

Trevor just got the shit beat out of him at 10:07 PM

Cesar sneezed on your new pizza at 10:09 PM

3/5/2010 10:25:01 PM

10/10

3/5/2010 11:40:26 PM

haha

3/5/2010 11:44:14 PM

lol, when i worked for dominos they had this stupid slogan called "make the drop" and you were supposed to put your money in this lockbox during the night. i still frequently carried 300-500 dollars on me every night. oops.

3/6/2010 12:10:29 AM

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"i'm sure more than one employee has claimed he was robbed to keep some money. the fact that he came back and immediately quit, while understandable, could be seen as slightly suspicious. "

maybe. but i'm pretty sure some other things played into this. i'm sure your average white kid wouldn't be questioned twice about getting mugged and having money stolen.

3/6/2010 6:58:24 AM

did he have signs of being beaten?

if so, i would say he didnt pay his homies to beat the shit out of him

he came back and quit, it might not have been the first time he was almost robbed

so he was like fuck this, i quit

3/6/2010 8:22:00 AM

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"i'm sure more than one employee has claimed he was robbed to keep some money. the fact that he came back and immediately quit, while understandable, could be seen as slightly suspicious."

Maybe he showed up after just having been beaten and robbed, his boss decided to take him to the shed for the missing money anyway, and the delivery guy decided he'd had enough and peaced out.

Either that or he didn't feel like getting beat up on the job anymore.

Edit:
Finally read the articles
Sounds like company policy. I assume set by the company, not the owner of the local franchises. I don't have the wording on the policy but it sounds like wait for a police investigation, the employee repays if it's a scam. Perfectly reasonable.

WRAL probably just put the injustice spin on it to garner hits.

[Edited on March 6, 2010 at 9:32 AM. Reason : -]

3/6/2010 9:16:01 AM

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"Just as I predicted, the asshat reversed course as quickly as possible when he saw the consequences. Damage already done."

It's pretty obvious you don't read the articles you're complaining about.

The first one says:

Quote :

"No final decision has been made yet, but there is a companywide policy that says drivers are not supposed to carry more than $20 on them at any time," storeowner Pat O'Leary said Friday. O'Leary said the policy is in place to help prevent drivers from becoming robbery targets. He's waiting until the police investigation is complete before deciding whether the money has to be repaid."

The second one says:

Quote :

"Store owner Pat O'Leary said late Friday afternoon that in light of recent arrests in the case, Johnson will not have to repay the store."

The owner isn't an "asshat" just because he waited for the investigation to come to a close before making a decision.

3/6/2010 12:15:31 PM

It appears that WRAL edited the original article as the $1.4 million dollar home info has been removed from it.

3/6/2010 12:45:18 PM

kickbacks

3/6/2010 12:51:39 PM

I personally want to inflict justice on not only the owner of the Dominos franchise, but every person in line of command down to the manager of the driver.

And the guys that beat him up, I would only give them a light tap on the wrist for a mutilating robbery attempt that they only got 60 bucks for. And as they walked away from their wrist slaps, mercilessly blow their brains out.

3/6/2010 12:57:27 PM

im hungry and can go for some dominos actually

thanks for the idea, thread!

3/6/2010 1:20:23 PM

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"If the dude broke a policy, then fire him. But charging him for a lousy $60 after he has been mugged and beaten in just ridiculous and flat out greedy."

I do not think this is even legal. Fire or reprimand the guy for breaking policy sure; but if everyone employer charged their employees

evertime one lost money or broke ware/product then the slippery slope would start.

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"Break Company Rule Lose Company $ Must Repay Company $ pretty simple. "

you sir are retarted.

I suppose my company should take $1000 out of my paycheck everytime i mess up a machine making product or somehow contaminate/ruit a piece
of ware in progress. If they did this the unionized factory workers at my plant would surely go on strike.

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"especially when it seems nearly impossible for a pizza delivery person to always have $20 or less on them. i just don't even understand that policy AT ALL."

ya no shit. If you have two orders paying case on one delivery or one big order of pizza, how the fuck are you supposed to have "less than $20."
Unless we make all delivery orders be credit only, i see no way to advoid this.

For all we know here is what happened...

Delivery man drops off 6 pizzas in the middle of the "hood." The person of course pays $80 cash since they don't have credit or a bank account. While going back to his
car the delivery man gets jumped my 4 homies on the street corner.

Quote :

" well, considering they take your credit or debit card number when you call b4 the pizza is made and the run is delivered (in which a tip can be added on the signed receipt when your driver arrives), it's possible that the driver does deliver one cash paid pizza and multiple CC paid pizzas in one delivery run."

you would be surprised at how many people do NOT have credit cards, especially in poorer communities in which our liklihood of being
mugged is much higher. This though is probably hard to comprehend from a while middle class crowd, yet is true.

This owner is about as big of a douche as that cop who handed the speeding ticket to the guy who paralyzed himself in a motorcycle accident.

3/6/2010 1:34:12 PM

i remember how ignorant i was when i first started delivering chinese food when i was 16.. i figured oh, its just driving around delivering food to some people

i can't believe i was never robbed or anything with the sketch ass people i delivered to

[Edited on March 6, 2010 at 1:49 PM. Reason : s]

3/6/2010 1:49:30 PM

I worked for them over in Apex for a couple of years.

#1, Pat O'Leary is definitely an asshole. I can't think of one person in that company that worked at management level or below that didn't talk shit about him. The best part was when he would come in on Friday nights and get on the line to "help", fuck everything up, and then yell about shit taking too long. I seriously doubt that the original story was embellished at all. I wouldn't be surprised whatsoever to hear that asshole tell someone that got robbed that they owe him.

#2, the policy is pretty simple and it's sad that in a page & a half, nobody can figure it out. You get $15 when you come in for your shift to make change. You go on your run, collect your money from the 1-3 deliveries that you went on and you drop all of it (except your original "bank" and up to $5 more) into your box. That said, the system sucked. People were always trying to break into your box and you never knew when some stoner would try to fish a couple of bills out. I routinely kept several hundred in my pocket to make sure that I actually kept all of my money. I also carried whichever pistol was in my ccw rotation at the time. Of course, that was against company policy too...

3/7/2010 12:12:12 PM

I don't see a problem in firing someone who violated company policy, but the story isn't entirely clear on whether the delivery guy had that $60 before he left on his run or not. My guess is that he left the store with the $61 on his person since he hadn't dropped off his pizzas yet apparently. If that is the case then the guy really has no room to complain because he knew the policy and decided to break it.

That being said, the owner being an asshole isn't why I won't be ordering Domino's in the future, their pizza tasting like garbage is what dissuades me from getting it.

3/8/2010 1:22:37 AM

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"their pizza tasting like garbage is what dissuades me from getting it."

Yeah this story doesn't affect my already not buying Dominos.

3/8/2010 1:38:53 AM

ever wonder why this people are insanely rich?

3/8/2010 8:57:19 AM

I believe you mean why this people is insanely rich

3/8/2010 9:03:43 AM

So now...
More muggings will occur, from the publicity about delivery drivers not having only $20 on them.
More drivers will fake muggings to keep the money, from knowing that you won't have to give it back.
More people will stop ordering from that store in the first place, from the bad publicity.

I predict that store will soon close.

[Edited on March 8, 2010 at 9:25 AM. Reason : ]

3/8/2010 9:23:42 AM

[Edited on March 8, 2010 at 9:24 AM. Reason : ]

3/8/2010 9:24:14 AM

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"That being said, the owner being an asshole isn't why I won't be ordering Domino's in the future, their pizza tasting like garbage is what dissuades me from getting it."

Their new pizza is better than their old pizza.

Though I might be bias because I have about 700 BOGO coupons at this point.

3/8/2010 10:51:22 AM

^ I tried the new pizza and it's still far short of all the other pizza options out there.

3/9/2010 1:09:58 AM

I would mug dominoes delivery guy by sneaking up behind them after they complete their delivery and throwing that garbage pizza back at them

3/9/2010 4:32:20 PM

bonus points if you wear a Noid disguise/costume while doing so...

3/9/2010 4:38:21 PM

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"I tried the new pizza and it's still far short of all the other pizza options out there."

its better than any of the other big box pizza places

you have fallen so low, papa johns

3/9/2010 4:39:50 PM

Yeah, I stopped eating Papa John's three or four years ago. It is bad.

Also, there should be an extra penalty for robbing pizza delivery people. It tears apart our critical fabric and shit.

I mean, robbing the 7-11, sure, do what you gotta do.

But the pizza man who brings warm and satisfying goodness right to our front doors?

That's just wrong.

3/10/2010 6:05:23 AM

^
Extra penalty for the mugger? How about a $5 minimum tip for the driver?

These dudes are risking their lives so your lazy asses can have warm and satisfying goodness delivered right to your front doors. Anyone that gives less than $5 (on any order amount -- even $10) is a cheap ass. [/my 2 cents]

3/10/2010 8:17:45 AM

Fuck you, delivering pizza is not risking your life.

3/10/2010 8:21:19 AM

I'd say on a $15 delivery order the $2 delivery fee plus another $3 in tip is plenty.

3/10/2010 8:37:11 AM

you people tip the pizza deliver guy?

wow, thats pointless

3/10/2010 9:10:13 AM

yeah tipping a driver is pointless. that's what the delivery fee is for.

3/10/2010 9:15:02 AM

Uh, delivery charge isn't a driver's tip. Delivery charges go to the store as extra profit. When I was at Domino's they implemented a delivery charge (standard $1.50 or whatever). We got an extra 25 CENTS. That's pretty much standard everywhere. Most drivers get minimum wage plus a small delivery "bonus" ($0.75-1.25) that helps to pay for stuff like gas, insurance, maintenance, etc. If you think there's no extra maintenance then you're stupid. I did 45k miles the year I delivered. My usual is 20k miles.

Tip your fucking driver and quit being a little bitch (or go pick it up yourself).

3/10/2010 6:32:46 PM

Is there some sort of Godwin's Law on how long before a restaurant thread will devolve into an argument about tipping?

[Edited on March 10, 2010 at 6:44 PM. Reason : 1]

3/10/2010 6:43:49 PM

I hear Hitler didn't tip... so y'all non-tippers are Hitlers

3/10/2010 6:45:03 PM

Cheap Nazis ITT

3/10/2010 8:09:03 PM

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"Tip your fucking driver and quit being a little bitch (or go pick it up yourself)."

it's not my problem the DELIVERY FEE does not go to the DELIVERY PERSON.

3/10/2010 8:14:06 PM

^ So why do you tip your waitstaff at a restaurant? the service charge doesn't go to them, does it? (assuming you *do* tip them)

3/11/2010 6:10:58 AM

^^ When your logic for NOT tipping is that they get a delivery fee then yeah, it is. If your logic for not tipping is that you're just an asshole, then no.

3/11/2010 7:01:37 AM

I hope some of you enjoy eating spit.

3/11/2010 8:41:28 AM

I've had more than one deliver person (and several waitresses) fired because of the questionable quality of the food they brought me.

3/11/2010 9:15:03 AM

Haha, right. That may have been what they told you.
(By the way, if you actually did this, then you sir are a douche--the waitstaff/driver very very very likely has nothing to do with the quality of the food. Like 0.0001% chance.)

OH MY!! THE FOOD'S NOT GOOD!!11 I'M GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PERSON LEAST LIKELY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOOD NOT BEING GOOD. HOW DARE THEY NOT TEST THE FOOD FIRST TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOOD.

3/11/2010 9:44:56 AM

pretty sure you got trolled.

you might want to consider getting a larger panty size.

3/11/2010 9:49:21 AM

3/11/2010 9:51:32 AM

For real though...Delivery fees do annoy the crap out of me.

3/11/2010 11:26:48 AM

What if they:

1) took away the deliver fee... (what is it? $1.50?)
2) increased their prices by about 75 cents per item or so (whatever the average would be for the # of items ordered for delivery vs. bought in-store)
3) offered a discount on in-store orders

Wouldn't that sort of be the same thing? Either way, they have to reimburse for the drivers' gas -- the gas is something the store buys and uses, not the driver. This gas money is not a part of the driver's pay... if you think it is, you can't do math.
So, either way, you're still paying more for delivery than for pick-up. What's the big deal, then, with paying a delivery fee?

3/11/2010 11:52:39 AM

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"3) offered a discount on in-store orders"

They already do this. Most pizza places have carry-out specials. "Delivery Fee" makes me think "This is the additional cost I have to pay to get a pizza at my door", which makes me think I shouldn't have to tip.

When you go Cost of Food + Delivery Fee + Tip it starts to look like a damn Ticketmaster-esque scam.

3/11/2010 12:07:50 PM

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""Delivery Fee" makes me think "This is the additional cost I have to pay to get a pizza at my door","

Right. For gas. Do you think they magically snap their fingers and the food gets delivered?
Why shouldn't you have to pay for the gas? -- that's part of the restaurant's cost.

Quote :

"They already do this. Most pizza places have carry-out specials."

I mean a larger discount -- one that amounts for the price increase on all items after getting rid of the delivery fee.

So, still:
"either way, you're still paying more for delivery than for pick-up. What's the big deal, then, with paying a delivery fee?"

3/11/2010 12:13:06 PM

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"I also carried whichever pistol was in my ccw rotation at the time. Of course, that was against company policy too... "

I was in agreement with everything Dominoes has done up until you mentioned this. Telling a delivery driver that they cannot defend themselves is beyond retarded. If you want a company policy that encourages drivers not to get mugged, disarming them is not the way you do it.

3/11/2010 12:30:06 PM

my personal belief is this:

cost of the pizza should equal the cost of material and labor to make the pizza plus some profit margin of the firms choice

cost of the delivery charge should equal cost of material (gas) and labor (the driver) to deliver an order plus some profit margin of the firms choice

in this world if the firm charges a delivery charge then I don't tip. if there is no delivery charge then I tip.

personally if a firm charges a delivery charge then its up to the driver to recoup his costs and make money from the firm not the customer because your services are being charged to the customer.

3/11/2010 12:31:16 PM