Top Secrets of Pizza Delivery Drivers
September 04, 2006 by
There’s a certain mystique surrounding pizza delivery drivers. Any fifteen-year old girl at a slumber party gets excited when the pizza delivery driver knocks on the door, hoping he’s a cute one. Even
as grown-ups, that fascination with the pizza delivery driver never completely disappears. They slip in and out of your life so quickly, you can’t help but wonder who the person underneath the visor really is. From a five-year pizza industry veteran, here are some of pizza delivery drivers’ top secrets.
Pizza Delivery Driver Secret #1: It’s a boys’ club.
More and more women are becoming pizza delivery drivers, but it’s still a male-dominated field. Many customers still express surprise at opening the door to a woman holding their pizza. For a woman to be a pizza delivery driver, she’s got to learn to put up with some serious guy-talk at the shop. When that many dudes get together, it’s often disconcerting to hear how they really talk when it’s just the “boys.” Any woman who becomes a pizza delivery driver will still be expected to lift heavy things and do the really gross cleaning, because most pizza shops have an ingrained system that assumes women make the pizza and men deliver it. While shop tasks are assigned based upon position, it’s implied that tasks are assigned by gender stereotype as well.
Pizza Delivery Driver Secret #2: They get robbed, even in “nice” neighborhoods.
Your pizza delivery driver puts himself or herself in danger every time s/he leaves the store. Imagine knocking on strangers’ doors at 2:00 a.m. with hot food and a pocket full of money, and imagine doing it over and over again, night after night. You can see how and why pizza delivery drivers are often subjected to set-ups and muggings. While the likelihood of getting robbed varies from delivery area to delivery area (and has a little to do with the driver’s physical makeup and street smarts), no pizza delivery driver ever feels safe 100% of the time.
Pizza Delivery Driver Secret #3: They know the dirt on all the local rental properties.
Pizza Delivery Driver Secret #1: It’s a boys’ club.
More and more women are becoming pizza delivery drivers, but it’s still a male-dominated field. Many customers still express surprise at opening the door to a woman holding their pizza. For a woman to be a pizza delivery driver, she’s got to learn to put up with some serious guy-talk at the shop. When that many dudes get together, it’s often disconcerting to hear how they really talk when it’s just the “boys.” Any woman who becomes a pizza delivery driver will still be expected to lift heavy things and do the really gross cleaning, because most pizza shops have an ingrained system that assumes women make the pizza and men deliver it. While shop tasks are assigned based upon position, it’s implied that tasks are assigned by gender stereotype as well.
Pizza Delivery Driver Secret #2: They get robbed, even in “nice” neighborhoods.
Your pizza delivery driver puts himself or herself in danger every time s/he leaves the store. Imagine knocking on strangers’ doors at 2:00 a.m. with hot food and a pocket full of money, and imagine doing it over and over again, night after night. You can see how and why pizza delivery drivers are often subjected to set-ups and muggings. While the likelihood of getting robbed varies from delivery area to delivery area (and has a little to do with the driver’s physical makeup and street smarts), no pizza delivery driver ever feels safe 100% of the time.
Pizza Delivery Driver Secret #3: They know the dirt on all the local rental properties.
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- Although more women are starting to become pizza delivery drivers, it's mostly a man's field.
- Ask your pizza delivery driver friend for the scoop before renting a new apartment.
- Pizza delivery drivers also take and make orders, so be nice on the phone!
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