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So if you read anything from my last journal, you may be aware that I got a job.
That's right, a job.
The first real job I have ever had in my life to date.
I am a delivery driver for Gumby's Pizza, a collegiate pizza franchise. My brother has been working there for quite some time now, and they were hiring drivers, so I went ahead and signed up... I mean, why the hell not? I may as well be making money when I don't even care about it, then I can save/spend it without feeling any serious guilt or obligations.
I've had three shifts so far: last thursday from 6 to close, saturday from 11 to 6, and last night from 5 to close. Over those three shifts, I have averaged over $60 in tips each day (over $80 monday and thursday night, only $20 on saturday). Now I have this gangsta-wad of cash sitting in my wallet with no place to really go... plus the 4.50 hourly wage.
However, I've got some issues. Tippers. I love them. Non-tippers must die.
Over the course of the three shifts, I have made around 15 deliveries to the dorm buildings on campus, and here's how it breaks down:
Brumby---The girls freshmen hall, virtually no tips. After about six deliveries there, the cumulative tip was about $3.50
Creswell & Russel---The coed freshmen dorms. They tip alright, but sometimes not at all.
ECV---short for "East Campus Village." With traffic lights and all, it takes about 5 minutes of quick driving and running through red lights to get there, yet I have had many a bad experience thus far. This one delivery I made cost exactly $7.94, and the girl I delivered it to gave me EXACT CHANGE. This girl had the fucking balls to come up with NINETY-FOUR CENTS and not give me a second glance after strutting back to her dorm. I litterally screamed at the top of my lungs, threw my hot back at my car, and contemplated murdering her.
And this brings me to the point of my argument
We live in a service-based society now. It is *customary* to tip those in the majority of the service industries: taxi drivers, delivery boys, valets, waiters, and so on. These people take up their jobs for a variety of reasons, some just for the extra scratch (like me) and some to put food on the table for a family. The money, however, is irrelevant in my argument. This is about manners, for god's sake. Now, if this girl didn't want to tip me, she could have gotten on a UGA bus or driven her Range Rover over to Gumby's, picked up the pizza, not tipped ANYONE, and enjoyed watching her ass grow as she wolfed down an entire 16" pepperoni pizza. Instead, she asked for someone to bring it to her. In the world of commerce, there are no such things as favors, and if you remember microeconomics, you'll remember that there is no such thing as a free lunch. When I get my ass in my Kia and go out of my way to deliver a pizza to someone, I expect some compensation. The thing is, I *could* have gone to a much farther away address to deliver the exact same pizza to someone who would have given me $4 for doing my job, but because I am obliged to do so, I have to go to the ECV and receive a tip of $0.00. It's like extending your hand to someone in greeting but they slap you in the face instead with a carp. It, to me at least, is a down and out insult to not tip a delivery driver.
That was my soap box that I felt I had to stand on and talk from, so I did.
Now I have to rewrite a french composition before I lose consciousness.
That's right, a job.
The first real job I have ever had in my life to date.
I am a delivery driver for Gumby's Pizza, a collegiate pizza franchise. My brother has been working there for quite some time now, and they were hiring drivers, so I went ahead and signed up... I mean, why the hell not? I may as well be making money when I don't even care about it, then I can save/spend it without feeling any serious guilt or obligations.
I've had three shifts so far: last thursday from 6 to close, saturday from 11 to 6, and last night from 5 to close. Over those three shifts, I have averaged over $60 in tips each day (over $80 monday and thursday night, only $20 on saturday). Now I have this gangsta-wad of cash sitting in my wallet with no place to really go... plus the 4.50 hourly wage.
However, I've got some issues. Tippers. I love them. Non-tippers must die.
Over the course of the three shifts, I have made around 15 deliveries to the dorm buildings on campus, and here's how it breaks down:
Brumby---The girls freshmen hall, virtually no tips. After about six deliveries there, the cumulative tip was about $3.50
Creswell & Russel---The coed freshmen dorms. They tip alright, but sometimes not at all.
ECV---short for "East Campus Village." With traffic lights and all, it takes about 5 minutes of quick driving and running through red lights to get there, yet I have had many a bad experience thus far. This one delivery I made cost exactly $7.94, and the girl I delivered it to gave me EXACT CHANGE. This girl had the fucking balls to come up with NINETY-FOUR CENTS and not give me a second glance after strutting back to her dorm. I litterally screamed at the top of my lungs, threw my hot back at my car, and contemplated murdering her.
And this brings me to the point of my argument
We live in a service-based society now. It is *customary* to tip those in the majority of the service industries: taxi drivers, delivery boys, valets, waiters, and so on. These people take up their jobs for a variety of reasons, some just for the extra scratch (like me) and some to put food on the table for a family. The money, however, is irrelevant in my argument. This is about manners, for god's sake. Now, if this girl didn't want to tip me, she could have gotten on a UGA bus or driven her Range Rover over to Gumby's, picked up the pizza, not tipped ANYONE, and enjoyed watching her ass grow as she wolfed down an entire 16" pepperoni pizza. Instead, she asked for someone to bring it to her. In the world of commerce, there are no such things as favors, and if you remember microeconomics, you'll remember that there is no such thing as a free lunch. When I get my ass in my Kia and go out of my way to deliver a pizza to someone, I expect some compensation. The thing is, I *could* have gone to a much farther away address to deliver the exact same pizza to someone who would have given me $4 for doing my job, but because I am obliged to do so, I have to go to the ECV and receive a tip of $0.00. It's like extending your hand to someone in greeting but they slap you in the face instead with a carp. It, to me at least, is a down and out insult to not tip a delivery driver.
That was my soap box that I felt I had to stand on and talk from, so I did.
Now I have to rewrite a french composition before I lose consciousness.