My hub works at Magpie's on Sabino Canyon and Tanque Verde. He usually works Wed-Fri evening. I don't know how close that is to you but they have a big delivery area. You could probably ask for him to deliver to you, they really don't care. (Although they do try to do it in order.)
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The turnover is so high at those places that I had to call again and again to explain to drivers how to get to my house which was about 2 minutes from the pizza place. I always was a good tipper but almost never got the same delivery person twice, and very often got extremely late and cold pizzas because (I guess) the person got lost. I tip well on principle, that the person who is being served should always be appreciative of the person serving them, or else they don't deserve to be the one served. But I never saw that it improved the service any.
Anyway, now I can't eat pizza ever again so I don't have that problem. I do get Chinese food delivered from 2 different restaurants and for some reason they are always very fast and courteous and never seem to get lost. The food is always hot, and they always beat the estimated delivery time, often by as much as 15 minutes. I wonder if this is true of Chinese takeout delivery in general or just a stastical anomaly? I've never had any pizza delivery that was consistently good from any of the pizza places, yet both these Chinese places have outstanding delivery service. Does anyone else have that experience?
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Pizza places are usually chains, while Chinese places are usually not. I outline the basic differences from a driver's perspective in the post I linked earlier, but from the customer's POV it's all good things: a greater desire to establish brand presence, competition from other non-chains (read: who have the ability to engage in price wars), and best of all, real food Posts: 1839 | Registered: May 1999
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I have a question: If a place charges for delivery, do you still tip? I don't know who that money is going to after all... The place I'm referring to has a 1.50 delivery fee, which is actually lower than what I normally tip, but I'm kind of angry at the place for charging me it. Is it a madatory tip, or does it go to the pizza shop?
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I've never worked at such a place, but my guess is it goes to the store, with perhaps half being alloted to the driver. I'd call them and talk to someone (manager, possibly, but a driver would be the most candid).
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Ak, why can't you eat pizza? (Me, I don't like pizza.)
I work a night maintenance shift at Cracker Barrel. I just agreed before leaving work to take the rest of the week (three days were intended for the other guy, but he is at a restaurant that is in crisis and will be there for longer than planned).
Am I smart for the extra pay? Or stupid for taking such a long week on?
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I'm diabetic and can't take insulin, so I have to limit my carbs a good bit. I could have about 3 bites of pizza, if I wanted to eat exactly that much and no more. A whole slice would probably make me pretty sick. I like pizza but not that much.
I guess you're smart if the money is worth more to you than the time. Otherwise you're valiant for sacrificing your off time to help your employer or coworker.
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quote: Getting your pizza delivered to your doorstop is an extra service. You pay the same amount whether you come pick it up or have it delivered.
There are a couple of places near my house that charge a lower price if you pick it up. It's a "carry-out special".
I never worked in a pizza place, but I would guess that the ratio to deliveries to carry-out is very high, especially in chains. Even if they charge the same price for both, I'm betting the cost of the delivery IS worked into the cost.
That said, I'm a pretty good tipper ($2 or $3). I even tipped $10 once when the pizza was 2 hours late, because I had already called the manager and told him I wasn't paying for it.
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I think I'd die without pizza. I could eat it every day. I DON'T, but...pizza night is my favorite night of the week. Posts: 14745 | Registered: Dec 1999
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Mack, I know you are in New Hampshire, but I don't know if you are near Lowell. When we went to the Lowell Folk Festival, there was a pizza booth-Suppa's?? Oh, my word, it was one of the best pizzas I have ever had. If you live near Lowell, make a visit some time.
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We have a Chinese place right up the street and they are usually late with colder food, and I think it's because they only have one driver so if you call when they're on a delivery, you have to wait quite a while. I wonder how many chinese places are like this?
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All this talk of pizza delivery is reminding me of the first chapter or two of Snow Crash. By the sound of it, the world's pizza delivery places need an Uncle Enzo.
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Ak> I suppose that I do need the money more than the time--not sure if I _want_ it more, though. I'm struggling to recover from a long period in the red.
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Hmm, I don't think that Magpies will deliver to La Cholla and River Oh well, if I ever move to the east side I'll be sure to tip the drivers well Posts: 1132 | Registered: A Long Time Ago!
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Whoa whoa whoa how does River get to La Cholla??! I thought it stopped at Oracle (heading west). I do I take advantage of this happy turn of events?!
I hear you!! We finally moved to a town with delivery, and the pizza at both places absolutely stinks.
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Mack, I’m about 30 miles from Ames, IA, in a little town that no one has ever heard of. Population just under 600. Eight blocks wide by ten blocks long. No pizza delivery or Chinese food.
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We're more of the love, blood and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three, concurrent or consecutive, but we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory, they're all blood, you see.
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