'He was entering that entire subdivision... as "Do Not Deliver"': HOA tips so badly on pizza order that manager calls them to complain

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 25, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

If you've ever wondered what you could do to make a pizza parlor blacklist you, check out this story. I know what you're thinking: what do you mean you can get blacklisted by a pizza place? Aren't they supposed to deliver to wherever you tell them to when you place your order?

I was surprised to learn that they can and will ban people from ever ordering again. I thought that was something managers reserved for teenagers who prank call them with giant pizza orders sent to addresses that don't exist. But no! It turns out that there are some adults who are so impolite that a manager will ban them forever. 

At least for one employee, u/kytulu, their manager had their back. While some supervisors will let customers walk all over them, this guy knew which battles were worth picking. The manager actually called the offending party back to give them a piece of his mind. Clearly, the HOA group had never given much consideration to tipping etiquette… let's hope they've learned their lesson. Next time they order a pie (from a different pizza joint, obviously) they'll know better than to be stingy. 

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    HOA got entire subdivision banned from pizza delivery
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    HOA got entire subdivision banned from pizza delivery
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    Ok, so, we're gonna set the way-back machine to circa 2000 on this one...gas is cheap, cell phones were small, and my Ford got amazing gas mileage.
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    As the (now) ex-wife and I were struggling with our bills, she decided that the easiest thing (for her) was for me to get a 2nd job to try to catch up and then get something into savings. Having seen the sign in the window of the local pizza shop which was named after a popular game played with small rectangular pieces that was advertising $12-$16/hour
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    for drivers (THAT was a lie...), she badgered me into applying. Fast-forward a couple of months, and I have settled into my mind-numbing routine of working 60-70 hours a week at two jobs. On this particular day, I was scheduled to work on Saturday, which was hit-or- miss for tips. You see, our delivery area was very
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    nouveau riche, combined with scattered groups of Florida rednecks. You would have a gated community with McMansions and BMWs right next to a trailer park. Oddly enough, the smaller the house and cheaper the car, the bigger the tip...which factors in to the story. On this particular Saturday, a local HOA was throwing a pizza party for the residents. I think they
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    were celebrating the last house being sold, or moving the HOA from the developer to the board, or something. Anyway, they ordered a TON of pizza. So much so that the manager had scheduled extra kitchen staff and had them show up an hour early just for this one order. He even gave them a discount on the pizza, since they ordered so much. There were so many
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    pies that it took myself and another driver two trips apiece to deliver it all. When we got the last boxes of pizza delivered, the manager wrote a check for the total. Couple hundred dollars and change...
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    ... rounded up to the next dollar for our "tip".
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    So, I left, and went back to the store. The manager asked me how much of a tip that I got, to which I replied "87 cents". He didn't believe me, so I showed him the check. He then asked me if I was messing with him, and if they had given me a cash tip. "Nope!" He. Went. OFF!
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    He walked over to the phone, called the manager of the HOA, cussed her out for not tipping his drivers, AFTER he had discounted the order and scheduled extra staff just for her order, and told her that he was entering that entire subdivision into the computer as "Do Not Deliver". He then hung up,
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    opened the cash register, and gave each of us a $20 bill for a tip. To this day, I have no idea if any of the residents were ever able to order from that store.
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    C [deleted] That...is a badass boss.
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    Fanciestpony. I used to work at a cash only, fancy, sit down pizzeria and so many people would order bottles of wine and dessert and then be like
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    "sorry, didn't bring enough cash" as their excuse to not tip. Glad your boss helped course correct!
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    trey74 I love it when you get to fire a customer, or a whole neighborhood of them in this example. :-)
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    pgh9fan I need to know. Order a pizza for that subdivision and report back as the whether or not it was delivered.
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    MidsommarSolution My mom isn't crazy rich but she's doing all right. Worst. Tipper. Ever. She's legit asked if a $2 is okay on a $100+ meal with 7 people at the table.
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    therumorhargreeves I don't know what happens to your brain when you get rich but honestly I don't want any part of it.
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