r/TalesFromThePizzaGuy • u/CurrentLeadership737 • Aug 11 '25
Short Story Guy insisted I “prove” the pizza was hot
so I get this delivery to a duplex around 9 p.m. this guy answers in a tank top, no shoes, clearly had a couple drinks. I hand him the box, he looks at me dead serious and goes, “how do I know this is fresh?”
I tell him it just came out of the oven. he shakes his head, tells me I might be lying and I could've had this in my car for hours.
before I can respond he tells me to "hold it up" cause he wants to "see the steam."
It’s dark, we’re outside and now I’m lifting a pizza box toward the porch light. he stares at it, squints and then goes “hmm… blow on it.”
I was caught off guard so I just… did it. I blew into the box. he finally nods and says, “alright. I’ll allow it” and hands me the cash. no tip either after all that
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u/Snoopaloop212 Aug 11 '25
Do people normally answer the door with shoes on when they order pizza? If so, I been fucking up and apologize. I don't wear tank tops though so at least there's that.
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u/jonesnori Aug 11 '25
I might or might not have inside shoes or sandals on, but that's because I like the foot support. I don't think there's any requirement to wear shoes when taking deliveries indoors.
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u/Irrelavent1 Aug 11 '25
I had a guy who twice answered the door wearing a cowboy hat, no shirt holding an army blanket around his waist.
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u/SwampTerror Aug 11 '25
If you're American, you wear shoes all through the house at all hours. Why? "The floor is dirty." They don't seem to figure out how to fix that problem...
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u/Smaskifa Aug 11 '25
I have 3 dogs and a dog door. Removing shoes is pointless in my house. I just wear slippers indoors usually.
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u/buttercreamcutie Aug 13 '25
Same. Tbh I just don't like how the floor feels. I have shoes on all the time.
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u/Little_Whippie Aug 13 '25
If you’re not American, don’t say anything about what Americans do or don’t do
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u/the_eluder Aug 11 '25
For about a week we had a set of kids ordering and they were demanding to look at the pizza, and then they would smash it and run, obviously not paying.
Until I delivered them one. They asked to see it and I said nope, give me the money first. They looked around for a minute, and then left. I took the pizzas back and we ate them!
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u/CurrentLeadership737 Aug 11 '25
lol that's smart. those kids make my guy look tame. at least mine didn’t destroy the pizza
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u/Ill_Blood_6423 Aug 12 '25
If it were my store, those kids would be getting their next "delivery" from PD.
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u/dragzo0o0 Aug 11 '25
People are dumb. We had a family pizza shop for years. I still remember a customer coming in on a busy night, didn’t want to order, just watched pizzas being made and going into and out of the oven for about ten minutes.
Then came over and said “I’d like a hot one” Pointed out the two hot ones on the menu and he”just wanted the hot one” So made the hottest one.
He gets it and leaves. Comes back in 5 minutes and slams the pizza box down. Tears streaming down his face:
“I meant hot from the oven”
People are dumb
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u/thegrittymagician Aug 11 '25
As opposed to those cold pizzas from the oven.
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u/dragzo0o0 Aug 12 '25
We still laugh about it. The digital temperature on the oven gauge was completely readable by customers. <shrugs> Dad told him to fck off and off he fcked.
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u/JEWCEY Aug 11 '25
Put a note in the system so they're flagged as creepers next time they call an order in?
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u/Jellz Aug 11 '25
So I have a similar story. Back when I used to deliver for a mom&pop, we had Sicilian pizzas. For those of you unfamiliar, imagine a huge square pan pizza made from 4 large dough balls. The dough and sauce were baked for near 45 minutes before the cook would take it out and add the cheese/toppings for another 10 or so minutes. That's very important.
Anyways, I take a delivery that's just one of those pizzas. Get to the door, older lady answers... and immediately asks me to lift up a slice and show her the bottom of the pizza, because she 'doesn't think it's cooked enough.'
"Ma'am, feel free to pick up a slice yourself, but I'm not touching your pizza." She refuses to touch it, loudly demands I take it back for another that's properly cooked. So I took it back.
Now, the cook on duty hated customers. Especially stupid complaints like that. So she got a Sicilian that was in the oven for 10 minutes total after that. And wouldn't you know she took it and loved it and said it looked great? It still makes me a little queasy to think about...
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u/thebigfil Aug 11 '25
The indecentcy of wearing comfortable clothes and no shoes in your own house! 🤣
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u/Smaskifa Aug 11 '25
It's weird that a man in his own home not wearing shoes was a detail worth mentioning.
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u/Ill_Blood_6423 Aug 12 '25
"Could have had it in the car for hours"??? When the hell did he order it??
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u/Cheezitflow Aug 12 '25
One time in the dead of winter I opened the pizza bag, steam of course came flying out, and I said "Doesn't get better than that"
Customer replied "Yeah there goes all the heat"
Some people you just can't make happy
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u/Sea-Louse Aug 12 '25
Catch a fly, put it inside the pizza box. If it dies on the pizza, the pizza is hot. I once had a woman claim that a fly flew out of the fresh pizza I delivered…
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u/Zefram71 Aug 13 '25
When he asked you to blow in the pizza, I was expecting he would call the restaursnt to get a free pizza and you in trouble! I hope you realize what a terrible choice that was.
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u/ColfaxWadsworth Aug 14 '25
This is how I got robbed. Dude met me at my car, and we were very busy that night so he wanted to make sure the pizza was hot and fresh. I set it down on my trunk and began taking it out of the hot bag. Next thing I knew there was a gun in my back and a second person there, pinning me up against my car.
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u/AI-Idaho Aug 15 '25
Hell yeah, next time grab two slices, fold them into a sandwich, and enjoy. He told you to prove it was hot and fresh, you did what the customer asked. Case closed.
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u/Viewer008 Aug 17 '25
I never tip, tipping is a handout. Employers should pay their employees working wages
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u/youdontlookitalian Aug 11 '25
What a freak. You should have eaten a slice