Through the Eyes of a Delivery Goddess |
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The directions were as follows: "I live above the Richland Hotel. I have a blue van parked out back and steps leading up to my door. I'll be watching for you." The receipt said, "Have delivery driver call before leaving the shop". I drove to the Richland Hotel - drove all around the place. I did not see a blue van, did not see steps leading to an apartment upstairs, and really, couldn't even see any place that a person might actually LIVE on the second floor. The hotel is a small building - only a story-and-a-half, so the top floor would be small, having an angled (do they call that vaulted?) ceiling. Cell phones revolutionized the pizza delivery job- you can call a customer and actually have them "talk you right to the door" if necessary. So, I took advantage of the modern technology and called the guy again from the parking lot. He came out on his small scaffold-like porch, waving his arms. I finally saw him. The steps were hidden behind a wall and not really visible unless you were standing at the foot of the stairway. When I got to the top of the steps, the doorway was only about 5 feet tall - anyone taller than me would have to duck to get inside. The ceiling was low, and angled, as I expected, and the room was teeny-weeny. I questioned the guy about his blue van that I was unable to find... he pointed out the door to the upper edge of the parking log (probably a football field in length away), in between two really big Semi-Trucks and said, "There - it's parked back there. you couldn't see it?" Oh, ya, sure, buddy... Obviously a wise guy! His room was stacked from floor to ceiling with open cardboard boxes - looked like the stock room for a CVS or Eckerd drug store. I didn't question anything - he handed me exact change for his pizza and mumbled something about "Wait there; I was expecting a guy"... I waited for a few minutes. He handed me a box of TicTacs (you know, the breath mints?) and a trial sized stick of Secret deoderant. He pointed to the top of the TV where there was a full sized stick of Old Spice deoderant and a nice razor and said, "I was ready for a delivery BOY - those would have been his." I thanked him for his generosity - afterall, that must have been the best he could give. For kicks - I was half way back to the shop and pulled the TicTacs out of my pocket - they'd been opened, and half eaten. This was JUST TOO FUNNY. The guys at the pizza shop drew a picture of a first place medal on the back of a piece of paper, and underneath wrote, "Best Tip of the Year goes to Pizza Goddess", and hung it in the back room where the drivers hid between deliveries. Tip to Top all Tips. |