Don't think I have a job anymore

[The D]

A few weeks ago, I was scheduled for 5 days but then was called in on one of my days off. The next day I asked to get off early, as a favor since I had done them one by coming in, because an electrician was coming in the morning to make sure everything was up to code. We had more than enough drivers (and they had even let one guy go home when he came in for his shift), but I was forced to stay until 3am. Sleep is overrated according to them.

Of course the next day I was exausted, and I had to work several more days, and there was another day where I had to work late and get up kinda early. It was the 6th day working, 2 days of 10 hour long shifts, and I had another 2 10 hour shifts before I got a day off and that would be 7 days in a row. They offered to send me home. Two employees whined about it, one said that he had worked 7 days in a row so they sent him home instead. Another employee was whining about going home too and he was the guy who they had sent home the day I wanted to get off early, so I stared cussing him out and arguing with him loudly. One of the other employees told me to tone it down so the customers wouldn't hear my profanity, but I was like "fuck the customers" and told the guy I was arguing with to go fuck himself... and then the manager sent me home and told me he'd call me in a few days.

Few days, my car's suspension rusted and broke, so I spent 3 days fixing it... when I got it fixed I came in and asked if I was still working. They told me they'd discuss it and possibly put me back on the schedule for next week, and call me when they did. They never called, so I came in another time, and they said they'd talk it over and call me yesterday or today. I haven't gotten any call and I haven't worked a day for 2 weeks.

But they haven't fired me officially yet. I'm still employed just not on the schedule.

Time to find a job, which will be hard.

Fuck that job anyway. I piss in their pizza. This would have never happened if those fuckers would have not overworked their employees, forcing us to work 7 days a fucking week, forcing some of us to work 10 hour shifts and double shifts and shit. Fuck that. If they fucking burn out their own employees they shouldn't be suprised if they quit or get fired all the time which is what's been happening. I don't think any of these fuckers know how to manage a business. Fuck them AND their non-tipping customers.

Also, they were shortchanging me on paychecks. I worked over 40 hours two weeks and only got payed for exactly 40 hours. When I asked they said they'd put it in the next paycheck and never did. Where's my fucking money.



tl;dr - Worked 45 hours - 6 days straight, got sent home one day, other employee that worked only haf week whined about it, I cussed out employee in front of customers, got sent home, managers won't fire me or put me on the schedule and keep making excuses. Also job is paying me for less hours than I'm working.

[IDE]

Why do you want that job back?  There has to be something else you can do.  Also why haven't you called and sent their drivers on all sorts of wild goose chases to shit town with fake pizza orders?  REVENGE BITCH! CAN YOUUUU DIIIG ITT?!

[Faye Valentine]

Sue them for not paying you what they owe you!

[Derrick]

Sue them for not paying you what they owe you!

Yup. A lawyer would prob take the case for free.

[Faye Valentine]

Yes but then he would take away 40% of what you would get, or something like that

[Derrick]

Yes but then he would take away 40% of what you would get, or something like that

10%, though he could sue for civil fines which would up his percentage.

[B E C K]

Isn't there some Labor something or other you can call about not getting your wages?

[The D]

And apparently I'm getting my job back. I think.

[IDE]

Well you should still have someone hop on a payphone and have those d bags send fake deliveries out.

[Bitey the Snail]

He'd probably end up delivering them and then come here to complain about it.

[The D]

I now know why they wanted me back, besides the fact that several drivers quit again.

What's this Sunday? The most important day to beer-guzzling middle aged insecure men who are obsessed with muscular guys bashing into each other?

The supperbowl of course. So of course, it's going to be the busiest day in the ENTIRE YEAR. Because everyone will be buying a pizza.



This may be my last post for a while, as they will probably work me 50 hours a week and then I have some school, so it'll be school/work/sleep. So I go disappear now.

[Derrick]

Quit right before Superbowl Sunday.

Do it.

[IDE]

fuck yeah

[Sam]

I now know why they wanted me back, besides the fact that several drivers quit again.

What's this Sunday? The most important day to beer-guzzling middle aged insecure men who are obsessed with muscular guys bashing into each other?

The supperbowl of course. So of course, it's going to be the busiest day in the ENTIRE YEAR. Because everyone will be buying a pizza.

This may be my last post for a while, as they will probably work me 50 hours a week and then I have some school, so it'll be school/work/sleep. So I go disappear now.

So you're scheduled for work during a sport championship game you don't care about.  Said game is assured to create a lot of business, which means more deliveries and more tips, the lifesblood of a delivery driver.

And you're complaining?

Fuck, when I delivered sandwiches as one of my many jobs to pay my way through college I was fucking thrilled when I was scheduled for a busy time.  Slow days sucked, but busy ones meant you'd go home at the end of the night with a fat wad of cash in your pocket.

[B E C K]

Dude, they haven't given you the rest of the money they owe you and still you labor like a mule?  Go get a job at a competeing pizza place at least.

[Faye Valentine]

I agree with tom, you should quit before the superbowl!

[The D]

So you're scheduled for work during a sport championship game you don't care about.  Said game is assured to create a lot of business, which means more deliveries and more tips, the lifesblood of a delivery driver.

And you're complaining?

Fuck, when I delivered sandwiches as one of my many jobs to pay my way through college I was fucking thrilled when I was scheduled for a busy time.  Slow days sucked, but busy ones meant you'd go home at the end of the night with a fat wad of cash in your pocket.

You fail to realize two things:

1) It's almost a ghetto around here, no one tips worth shit.

2) Every customer's an asshole.

Yesterday I went through so much hell I just was about to tell the manager that I'd work in the building but I didn't want to do any more delivery.


See, when we get busy, we get BUSY. We'll have 8-9 drivers at once, but even with all those drivers during the insane friday-saturday-sundayonlyduringfootballseason days, orders regularly take an hour to over an hour to deliver.

And then customers bitch all the time. And 90% of the time it's black people who bitch. Why do you think I act so racist all the time. Fuckers think they're entitled to something because they're poor or because their greatgreatgreatgreat grandmother was a slave.

So this is how it goes down. I get to work, busy as fuck, next few deliveries are at 50 minutes. I drive to the house, they ask if I got lost, if I drive slow, where I was, if I was joyriding, taking my time, they ask if the food's cold, and even though there's still some warmth in the food they complain it's cold and whine and bitch and throw a fit and don't want to pay for all of it. And if they don't pay for all of it the remainder comes out of MY pocket.


I had one woman give me shit because her food was very late which wasn't even my fault, and then told me she was going to get me fired and then called my work and lied and told them I got an attitude with her and threw her pizza on the ground. I know where she lives, so she better watch it.

Another place this one tough 50cent looking fucker got mad at me because the phone lady got sassy with him, and chased me off his lawn along with his (dogfighting) pitbull telling me to "Get the fuck off my lawn nigga and don't ever come back again or I'll shoot yo ass."


So, Sam, how the fuck does this sound enjoyable? I'm about to stab the next customer that gets an attitude with me.

And yes, I am looking for something else.

[Derrick]

I agree with tom, you should quit before the superbowl!

Tomorrow at 4-6pm, quit. DO IT!

[B E C K]

Shut-up.  Get a blog.  Seriously.  Like Sam would even take the time to read your whining.

[IDE]

How the fuck do you have to pay for pizza that they don't pay completely for?  More importantly, why did you give them the pizza before they handed you the money?  If the refuse the pizza entirely you don't have to pay do you?  The box is either warm or its not.  If they don't want it you saddle up and go to the next house.  You shouldn't be there long enough to listen to any of their shit.  Fucking go watch robocop and apply that to delivering pizza.

I would've had fun with that 50 cent fag.  I'd bust out with Doctor Orpheus's voice while walking towards my car  "Are you sure I may never return to your lovely abode? How can I go on living never being able to revisit this paradise!  You wound my very soul!! Kill me now! But do so quickly! For I can not bear the pain!

Tomorrow at 4-6pm, quit. DO IT!

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[The D]

How the fuck do you have to pay for pizza that they don't pay completely for?  More importantly, why did you give them the pizza before they handed you the money?  If the refuse the pizza entirely you don't have to pay do you?  The box is either warm or its not.  If they don't want it you saddle up and go to the next house.  You shouldn't be there long enough to listen to any of their shit.  Fucking go watch robocop and apply that to delivering pizza.

I would've had fun with that 50 cent fag.  I'd bust out with Doctor Orpheus's voice while walking towards my car  "Are you sure I may never return to your lovely abode? How can I go on living never being able to revisit this paradise!  You wound my very soul!! Kill me now! But do so quickly! For I can not bear the pain!

Tomorrow at 4-6pm, quit. DO IT!

I said they don't WANT to pay for all of it, and if they didn't then I'd have to pay for the rest of it. I've had that happen where they've tried to pay for part of it and I told them they'd have to talk to management, I'd not accept anything more than payment in full, or their first born son. I've never had to pay for part of anyone's order.

I'm not employed there anymore.

I also have this strange desire to do a driveby past their store and shoot them all up.

This brand new manager has been giving me shit since he showed up. He complained I was too slow even though I have a rather sore toe now which means I tend to move rather carefully. The woman who lied and said I threw her food on the ground, she called this new manager and he yelled at me.

Tonight he told me I had to pay for all of a customer's order because it was late and cold even though that was their fault and not mine.

And then, when some people called up and said I had forgot their pop, when I remember giving them their pop and I knew the customer was lying and trying to get free food, he got into my face. He demanded I pay for their order right then and there. I told him I wasn't paying a single dime, and that the customer was lying and how dare he not trust his own employee. He literally got into my face and stood over me and said that I would give him the money or I was fired. I slammed my fist on the counter, told him that I had given the customer their pop, and if he didn't believe me he could go fuck himself.

I walked out and told them I'd contact the head managers tomorrow.

I hope they have fun tomorrow. I'm going to get drunk and have as much fun as I can since I'll be under a bridge in a month anyway.

[IDE]

You should've started filming him with your phone.  If he was caught doing anything in a threatening manner I bet you could sue him.  Are you even allowed to yell at your employees these days? 

[The D]

I wish I had a damn camera phone, I would have gotten that shit on camera.

[Faye Valentine]

go back and make him do it again!

[The D]

So I got fired for real from that evil job, and my mother had already gone out and bought me a GPS navigation system. It has touch screen, voice navigation, and plays MP3s.

And the voice tells you if you're going the wrong way, or if you're speeding.

"Turn left at the next intersection. You turned right, you are going the wrong way. You are speeding, please slow down. You have run a red light, the police will be notified shortly. In Soviet Russia, light runs you!"

[Wickedly Yours E]

Man, I wouldn't have paid a damn cent on anyone's order. Screw that.

Having worked retail basically now for 2 years, I've come to this logical conclusion: Customers think they're entitled. They think they're entitled since they're paying the money, and thus the employee's should be waiting on them hand and foot. Most employee's are okay with this since they get paid and don't want to endanger their paycheck; me, I say fuck that.

I basically treat them like average people. I apparently have a reputation at work for being "rude in a manner we all want to be", which basically means I refuse to take shit from any customer at any time. I don't kiss their ass.

Example: Common occurences:
C: "Hey is it too late to sell back this book?'
Me: "Yep."
C: "Aww for real?"
Me: "Yep."
C: "There's nothing you can do?"
Me: "Nope. Buyback's over dude. Come back at the end of the semester."
C: "Such bullshit."
Me: "Nope. Should've come in sooner."
C: "What? You got no advertisements saying when it ends."
Me: "Yes we do. We hang them all over campus, and there's one on the door when you come in. Not our fault you didn't see them."

OR! One of my personal favorites!
C: "I'd like to return this book?"
Me: "Okay. I'll need the receipt."
C: "Oh...I don't have the receipt. Can you still do it?"
Me: "Nope. You need a receipt. Did you pay with a Credit Card?"
C: "No, cash."
Me: "Then there's really nothing we can do without the receipt."
C: "Are you serious?"
Me: "Like a heart attack."
C: "This is bullshit."
Me: "Maybe, but I can't do anything without a receipt. Next person in line?"

This does extend, also, to the managers/supervisors. I don't kiss their ass either, and I think it annoys one in particular though there's little she can do about it. She can't fire me. Good for you, D, for standing up to that manager. I hate managers who think they can bully around lower ranked employee's; that's the same thing this wench supervisor at work does, and she's learned that she can't do it to me. She can't stick me with a menial/stupid job meant to bully me, cause I call her on it.

D, I think you'll be able to get another job. Good luck with it though.

[IDE]

Well then since you seem to love delivery so much I'm sure another pizza place would love to have a driver with GPS.

[ChelseySuzie]

Or he could just do at-home massages and give happy endings.

[Derrick]

Or he could just do at-home massages and give happy endings.

He wants to MAKE money.

[B E C K]

Then maybe he could trade the GPS in for a box of blindfolds.