Friday, September 16, 2005

Pizza Driver Complaints

The most aggravating things about being a driver: What we endure 29 points.

Example: Sexual harassment from the customer.

This is a problem that female drivers experience. You get multiple invitations to come back after work, eyed up and down, and a lot of stupid flirtatious comments. At times a female driver might get better tips, but you don't want to be tipped after feeling like a piece of meat or bearing the brunt of sexist jokes.

People in their own homes are far more bold than if they were in a public scene like a restaurant. You are alone on their turf. It can be a scary situation, not knowing what could come next. You're usually outnumbered. It will be your word against theirs. Unfortunately, sexual harassment from the customer seems to happen from the drunk and the sober alike.

Sometimes a customer won't tip unless you comply. On other occasions, a customer lodges a fake complaint to send you back to the house with the intent of asking you for a date. You lose out on other deliveries by wasting your time and risk losing your job with the bogus complaint.

Not only does a customer sometimes harass the driver, bystanders make sexual remarks. You get out of your car and walk toward the house and a group of guys surround you and make vulgar and suggestive comments. It makes your skin crawl the way some men stare at you like a wolf about to make a kill.

A male driver is far less likely to experience this kind of harassment. It can happen and more often than one cares to admit.


Back in the day when I worked at McDonald's it always amazed me the amount of scum bags who would harass the women working in drive through. At least they have a wall between them and the slim balls along with their co-workers nearby.

(via J-Walk Blog)

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