re: Anyone ever been a pizza delivery driver? Or any crazy stories?

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I am one currently... part time.

You can make 20 bucks an hour if you are busy. If you aren't busy you make minimum wage. You won't get more than 35 hours a week, but that is good for a side job.

The hours are flexible and I don't have to kill myself working in the store. It is a good supplemental income or a good college job.

Delivered food, but not pizza. I worked two to three nights a week and pulled about 100 to 150 in tips, plus minimum wage as hourly pay each night. Was awesome for a college kid, since it was really just spending cash for me. Hours were terrible and some of the places I delivered in BR scare me to think about now.

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For the MILLIONTH time... the delivery fee doesn't go to the driver

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They did where I worked. If they don't go to the driver, then what do they go to? The place I worked put that in when gas prices started going up. They didn't state it or anything, but I got a dollar for each order I took. Made about 30 bucks a night just from that.

if you drive your own car, then what does the delivery fee pay for? from the sound of your frustration, you probably miss out on a lot of tips because of this. it would benefit the drivers if the menu price was just increased

lafayette has a delivery service too

There was chinese, pizza, and pluckers while I was in BR.

Made good money part time back in the late 90s, but the LSU Papa Johns was the 2nd busiest in the country. Its a numbers game. More deliveries =more money. Plus we got a % of the delivery price for mileage and there were a lot of large orders. Averaged closer to 16/hr but that was nearly 20 years ago. 40/hr on busy nights were not uncommon but that balanced out with dead arse slow nights. Saw some interesting things during those days. Good times.

You could sell drugs during your deliveries and make good money.

Depends. On the best days I would make 20 an hour.

Whatever you do, don't work for Jimmy John's. Work for Papa John's or Domino's. They actually reimburse per delivery.

But yeah typically it would be about 10-12 an hour after you pay for gas.


Also for someone asking for crazy delivery stories, in Tuscaloosa working at the Jimmy John's in Northport I delivered down to the Retreat and I got flashed by two chicks for a tip. They also called the store and told my manager to give me their number while I was on the way back. They were super drunk.

Also I delivered to a hotel in South Florida and the dude would NOT answer the door. He just kept yelling about how he wouldn't open the door after he ordered the damn pizza. I even verified his full name through the door. I left the pizza on the ground without a tip.

I did in the late 80s for one semester. Great gig, it was a pizza joint in the mall in a college town so it closed at 9pm each night. I worked Fri/Sat 5-9 and got .50/pie plus tips on top of min wage. It was a specialty joint and had repeat customers I'd treat right and get good tips. Most nights I'd walk out with $25 cash (it was late 80s..) which would go far in the college bars.

Our delivery radius was only 3 miles so that was nice. Never got robbed and got beers for tips sometimes.