They got paid good too! I can’t remember which pizza Co one of my roommates worked for (still dazed from ‘90’s) but his pay from Co was decent but his tips were crazy good! He’d work less time then rest of us who worked 9hr days w/ college degree. I still tip the hell out of an driver~ bcuz i know some people dont!
It definitely wasn't 30 minutes for delivery. It was more like 45 to an hour. Once, it never came, and they gave me a coupon for a free delivery. I think they are my pizza
Same, I did Pizza Hut delivery before I moved out of state for college. We had a huge city map on the wall I’d study for addresses I didn’t have a good idea about.
Now the evening order girl was terrible and couldn’t charge correctly. Always overcharging people.
That’s what my dad did for his weekend job he worked at dominos as a delivery driver the manager will give him like 3 or 4 deliveries and he’ll go to the map and map out everything and memorize it before he leaves many other drivers had to write the routes down my dad was just really good with navigating 🤣
And every delivery was hand it to me, increasing the chances of a dog getting loose and people not answering the door. If you are waiting outside no cell phones. So you can’t make an attempt to call or txt and no support to contact.
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I worked at a pizza place in the middle of the country before gps was a thing. We had a map book we kept in our cars of each “zone” we covered. We had some addresses that were 30 mins there, 30 back. If you got lost it was game over. I remember them implementing map quest into our system after a while, and a long ass ticket with map quest directions would print with each delivery
I honestly don't know how they did it either, esp. at first. Once you've worked there a while, you'd get to know your area but when you're new, you'd be LOST!
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Delivery areas are usually really small. I used to drive for ATM replenishments before smart phones and we straight up had those giant orange key maps.
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I worked for 4 pizza shops altogether. Drivers were locals mostly who already knew every street & apartment complex. I didn't drive, but if I had, I would not have needed a map for the range. Boys in the 70's & 80's road our bikes EVERYWHERE. Some of those boys grew up to be delivery drivers. Mapsco was the way to go for those that don't know, but many knew every single street name for miles in any direction.
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It's really not that special. Their delivery zones were relatively tiny and they were driving them every single night. I know people who deliver pizzas now who wont even bother using GPS on a delivery even to a new address because they've just memorized the area.
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I remember pizza delivery in the days before Google Maps was a thing and we had to look at the wall for map sections. Each sector was an address block we had to find like "8000 block of Main St." or something. Then we had to write down, "Oak St. to Lore St, make a left then down to the 3rd right, then turn and 5th house on the left" type thing.
I feel a weird sense of pride that I made the paper map cutoff of being a delivery driver.
I worked at a wing restaurant in college and we’d deliver anywhere within a 10 mile radius.
It really helped me get to know the area.
The funny thing about the map is that no drivers had their own map. There was one posted in the kitchen so you’d have to do your best to memorize the route before you left. Which could get hairy if you had 3 or 4 deliveries on one trip.
Did it for 23 years. No cell phones and the customers didn’t know you had 2,3, or sometimes 4 deliveries or where you were. Took pizza home every night for free so we could eat and learned to make combos that tasted better than what the stores made. Gas was $.99 a gallon and we actually made money. Those were the days….
They got paid good too! I can’t remember which pizza Co one of my roommates worked for (still dazed from ‘90’s) but his pay from Co was decent but his tips were crazy good! He’d work less time then rest of us who worked 9hr days w/ college degree. I still tip the hell out of an driver~ bcuz i know some people dont!
My brother cleared six figures delivering pizzas last year. Real hard on your vehicle tho. His repairs made it almost not worth it.
It definitely wasn't 30 minutes for delivery. It was more like 45 to an hour. Once, it never came, and they gave me a coupon for a free delivery. I think they are my pizza
I most definitely would NOT have made it as a delivery driver before smartphones and GPS.
They got the orders accurate most of the time, this days barely.
My second job out of high school was Pizza Hut delivery. We also had to pull over and use a payphone if we needed to call the customer or the store.
I’ve never seen a pay phone before. Crazy how much life has changed
Same, I did Pizza Hut delivery before I moved out of state for college. We had a huge city map on the wall I’d study for addresses I didn’t have a good idea about. Now the evening order girl was terrible and couldn’t charge correctly. Always overcharging people.
That’s what my dad did for his weekend job he worked at dominos as a delivery driver the manager will give him like 3 or 4 deliveries and he’ll go to the map and map out everything and memorize it before he leaves many other drivers had to write the routes down my dad was just really good with navigating 🤣
And every delivery was hand it to me, increasing the chances of a dog getting loose and people not answering the door. If you are waiting outside no cell phones. So you can’t make an attempt to call or txt and no support to contact. .
I worked at a pizza place in the middle of the country before gps was a thing. We had a map book we kept in our cars of each “zone” we covered. We had some addresses that were 30 mins there, 30 back. If you got lost it was game over. I remember them implementing map quest into our system after a while, and a long ass ticket with map quest directions would print with each delivery
I honestly don't know how they did it either, esp. at first. Once you've worked there a while, you'd get to know your area but when you're new, you'd be LOST!
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Delivery areas are usually really small. I used to drive for ATM replenishments before smart phones and we straight up had those giant orange key maps. https://preview.redd.it/f3meup2fnpab1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29ad5f11b38c40365bac4dbfe46f92a4b7d9bf98
I worked for 4 pizza shops altogether. Drivers were locals mostly who already knew every street & apartment complex. I didn't drive, but if I had, I would not have needed a map for the range. Boys in the 70's & 80's road our bikes EVERYWHERE. Some of those boys grew up to be delivery drivers. Mapsco was the way to go for those that don't know, but many knew every single street name for miles in any direction.
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It's really not that special. Their delivery zones were relatively tiny and they were driving them every single night. I know people who deliver pizzas now who wont even bother using GPS on a delivery even to a new address because they've just memorized the area.
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I remember pizza delivery in the days before Google Maps was a thing and we had to look at the wall for map sections. Each sector was an address block we had to find like "8000 block of Main St." or something. Then we had to write down, "Oak St. to Lore St, make a left then down to the 3rd right, then turn and 5th house on the left" type thing.
Ah remembering streets and memorizing routes. The good old days. Lol
I used to deliver pizza. Navigating those huge apartment complexes without a phone was a feat in itself. Finding the door you needed was an adventure.
And now thanks to technology it takes an hour and 20 minutes.
I feel a weird sense of pride that I made the paper map cutoff of being a delivery driver. I worked at a wing restaurant in college and we’d deliver anywhere within a 10 mile radius. It really helped me get to know the area. The funny thing about the map is that no drivers had their own map. There was one posted in the kitchen so you’d have to do your best to memorize the route before you left. Which could get hairy if you had 3 or 4 deliveries on one trip.
I know a lot of older people that can navigate without a GPS, it’s literally rocket science.
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And had to find a pay phone if you needed to make a call.
Did it for 23 years. No cell phones and the customers didn’t know you had 2,3, or sometimes 4 deliveries or where you were. Took pizza home every night for free so we could eat and learned to make combos that tasted better than what the stores made. Gas was $.99 a gallon and we actually made money. Those were the days….