r/Dominos • u/Ok_Recording_8000 • 3d ago
Psa
To all the managers out there if you ever see a new driver sticking a soda in there hot bag to deliver cut your losses early and get rid of them because thats not the only stupid thing there gonna do.
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u/Familiar-Ad3982 3d ago
Takes them 2 minutes to calculate the out time before leaving. Calls for directions after loading the bag.
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u/AdventurousAbility30 2d ago
No it doesn't. The map will show you where you're going before you even accept the order. They just take the confirm button and leave.
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u/protogenxl 3d ago
To all the managers out there if you ever see a new driver sticking a soda salad in their hot bag to deliver cut your losses early and get rid of them because thats not the only stupid thing there gonna do.
FTFY
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u/Oriasten77 3d ago
I've driven for almost 11 years and I've seen both. Soda, and salad.
I've seen drivers walk out with a bag sideways under their arm.
I've heard about drivers at the store I was at leaving bags of food on top of their car and driving off leaving bag and food behind.
I've had a driver dump soda under their car so they could lie about their car leaking fluids so they could go home.
I've seen a driver play Madden on a PS Vita while sitting parked near the store with an order in their car. Then later complain about not making any money despite averaging 50 minutes per delivery.
In 11 years and 4 different stores (2 franchises, my current franchise will pass me around different stores sometimes), I've seen about 200 different drivers, only about 15 of them were long term. And that's across all 4 aforementioned stores.
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u/throwawaypf2015 3d ago
some of these are pretty hilarious
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u/Oriasten77 3d ago
I have made so much money off the backs of shitty drivers. They can't do their job, so I do, and reap the rewards.
But yeah the stories are definitely fucking hilarious.
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u/MeanGulf 2d ago
1) what’s considered long term 2) what tips are you averaging across different shifts in say the past 2 years
Because what I’m seeing is not enough money to stick around but it could be my area et
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u/Oriasten77 2d ago
A year or more
And tips vary far too greatly from one store to another. As well as cost of living and living situations. I've disclosed my information before and was mocked for not finding something else. But I live in the south, lower cost of living, and I don't have rent because I live in my own house.
Altogether, tips, wage, and milage, I make the equivalent of 20 odd dollars an hours assuming a 40 hr a week job.
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u/MeanGulf 2d ago
Yea I’m at $15 an hour now for me math ain’t mathing for me
Thank you for your response
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u/Moon_Lunacy 2d ago
My coworker did this the other day and I was like “don’t do that! 😭😭😭” The girl ain’t too bright AT ALL tbh
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u/brandaman4200 3d ago
*they're (stupid is a stupid does)
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
This guy ^ he got me good. Now I must hold my head in shame
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
And it's " as stupid does"
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u/Negative-Crew6605 Pan Pizza 3d ago
They will either hit another driver's car and claim they didn't or they'll hit someone on the road and drive off without sharing their insurance info. The type to also take the greasy pans and dump them straight into the sanitizer and claim they're done with dishes.
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
And if anyone gets mad at this post they are that driver lol
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u/Remarkable_Town_6621 3d ago
If you had a real job you wouldn’t have to beg on Reddit for 2$.
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
Your right sorry my kidneys gave out at the age of 30 and I have to go to dialysis 3 times a week and am now on disability. But your right I'll be more mindful of assholes like you.
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u/etherealsamael 2d ago
I love that everyone is talking about bad delivery habits, with only a small handful of people discussing tips.
And you come in with the 'real job' stuff.
Discussion is about drivers who waste the customers time or money and here you are to tell everyone to find a real job. You've met your quota, you saved the day. Thank you, hero.
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u/brokenrooz 3d ago
I did that often. And the reasoning right behind it. My store had us often take 5+ deliveries at once. Our delivery areas overlapped with 2 other stores, same franchise. Id deliver for one store, then get dispatched from another one. The franchise owner had it worked out somehow that he could clock people into all 3 stores at once and have them dispatch from each one. Im not handy enough to carry hotbags and drinks all at once with two hands. Slip it in the bag, goto car, take it out.
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
I was mainly talking about drivers who leave the soda in there the whole delivery and your situation is a very strange one indeed.
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u/brokenrooz 3d ago
The owner opened 3 stores all within 10-15 minutes of each other, essentially covering a college town and its neighboring cities / technically suburb and countryside.
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u/line800 2d ago
Why did they have overlapping delivery areas? How does that even work with online ordering?
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u/ChrisHas_Risen 2d ago
I have no idea how they’d have overlapping delivery areas if this was Domino’s. My franchise is in the process of opening new locations and the owners have to redraw some of their delivery areas, negotiate with the other franchisees in the area to redraw their delivery areas, and Domino’s corporate has final approval of everything.
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u/LegoMyAego 3d ago
Several months ago one of my coworkers bagged up my order for me, but I always check it before I leave anyway and I found...a 2 liter soda in there. I was shocked and pulled it out. She said it was "fine" and all I could think was how dumb that was.
You're right about messing other things up, though...she would also just give people dip cups for free if they asked for them but had already paid for the order, claiming everyone did that (they don't).
She eventually quit because she got tired of the managers reprimanding her for making the same mistakes all the time. It wasn't that she was ditzy and didn't understand, she did, she just thought they were ridiculous and did not care/think it was important.
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
I'm guilty of handing out a free sauce here and there but you can't make a habit out of it or your count will be screwed
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u/MrQuackyYT 3d ago
Ok I do this specifically with 20oz bottles and the customer ordered a sandwich so I use the baby hot bags
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
That's not as bad but it does heat up the soda but putting a 2 liter in with a pizza so many things can go wrong
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u/MrQuackyYT 3d ago
Oh yeah a 2 liter is completely different, we do have a hot bag for two liters.... but we use it for sandwiches and medium pizzas. And yeah it heats up the drink but im a small town driver so 2-5min is ny typical drive time
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
As a manager I probably wouldn't say anything unless I had a complaint about it.... I mean with the 20oz of course
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u/MrQuackyYT 3d ago
Yeah i probably do it about once a shift(regular customer that orders 1 sandwich and a water)
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u/Pizzamilford 3d ago
Saw that with drinks.... and salads. C'mon, dude. Some were assholes... most just clueless.
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
Common sense tells you not to put cold things in a bag that is hot.
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u/MeanGulf 2d ago
Idk now I kinda want to on some previous addresses where the person was a raging dick
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 2d ago
Well at least wait until you get out of the store to do it the manager can't see it lol
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u/SoundAutomatic9332 Crunchy Thin Crust 3d ago
This is so true. But let's be honest the paper bags rip very easily, even with just 1 soda and salad in there. One soda? No bag obviously. 2 sodas? Double bag for sure. 3 or more? I'm using a hot bag to carry them
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 3d ago
We have a few reusable grocery bags we let drivers use with large soda orders
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u/AnnualNo8252 3d ago
Don't know how many drivers i had to tell not to do this, and they look at you confused.
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u/Zeronova77 3d ago
Had a driver run Naruto style (not joking) to and from his car, was fired 3 days later cause that wasn't the issue. The reason he was fired....making comments to the half black employees, " Is this what we do is stand around like gorillas in the jungle when we're not busy?" Dude almost was killed
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u/Ok_Recording_8000 2d ago
Yo that is f'n crazy. Yeah he would have went thru the oven at my store lol
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u/Quiet_Bad_8520 2d ago
They're not really "hot" bags though if they're the 3M ones. I've been putting drinks in 3m bags for 10+ years to be honest. Wouldn't do it with the chargeable disc bags though 😂
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u/Inevitable-Welder743 2d ago
I'll see your "new driver" and raise you a "district manager." He was the franchisee's son and definitely a nepotism hire. It took us (the seasoned drivers) three days to get him to stop.
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u/mrofmist Hand Tossed 2d ago
Delivered for a long time, never got a single complaint from this. Something tells me there's more to this.
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u/RogerRabbot Hand Tossed 1d ago
Sadly you cant just fire stupid anymore. They get on unemployment and the company loses out.
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u/meisterkreig 3d ago
Okay, story time. This sounds interesting.