Comments on: When Pizza Delivery Goes Wrong–Horribly, Horribly Wrong

by: Lisa

Wed, 10 May 2006 05:49:42 +0000

Thank you for your blog. It is just the escape I needed today. Please keep sharing your exploits. They are too hysterical,real,scary,and soooooo entertaining.
Seattlite reader

by: mikey utah

Wed, 03 May 2006 16:50:52 +0000

SeamlessWeb’s customer service is REALLY GOOD. I was blown away, especially after that other delivery service basically redlined my work building with no explaination.

by: Pepper Pop

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:49:47 +0000

Lets get right to it. The delivery guy’s attitude was pssss poor to say the least. All that you wanted was to have a fresh hot pizza promptly and curteously delivered from Fat Sal’s. No one expected or bargained for the miscreant of a sub-human that came to your door nor his unsolicited urine sample. My complete simpathy for you guys and very pleased to find that you have survived this most repugnant and distasteful ordeal. My solution would be to have all delivery agents to be licensed, bonded, and with picture ID’s so that the ‘we the people’ can have assurance that we should not be hassled by disgruntled delivery agents from any take-out operation.

by: whitney

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:59:56 +0000

We order from Fat Sal’s all the time - the pizza is okay but the veal parm is actually reallygood - but I think this will conclude our patronage of their establishment.

by: Nosher

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:01:01 +0000

Ed, good question. We (mostly Mr. P.) figured that the legality of the activity was iffy and that it might have been a different story if he had opened the door 10 seconds later, so he made the final call.

by: -ed

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:29:29 +0000

Why didn’t you call the police? You had multiple witnesses….Its not like it should be too hard to find the delivery guy!

by: Robyn

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:32:53 +0000

Good god, that’s horrible. I mean, I know it could be worse, but…who wants to think about that? I would’ve lost my appetite.

by: Nosher

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:30:15 +0000

Yes. SeamlessWeb offers an option to include a tip in the charge, which is what Mr. P. did. We all wondered if the delivery man’s behavior had something to do with the tip (which was more than enough for the bill, by the way), but it leaves you with a real Hobson’s choice: do you crassly point out the tip on the receipt or just resign yourself to only ever paying a tip in cash?

Regardless, the problems went beyond the peeing.

by: santos

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:02:39 +0000

signed eh? im guessing there wasn’t a cash tip involved. you know they wind up paying taxes on CC tips–if they get them at all.

lesson: tip in cash whenever possible

by: dude

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:52:27 +0000

Awesome story and follow-up. I hope your calls have an effect, and I know that I’ll never eat at or recommend Fat Sal’s ever again.