TRICKS BAD DRIVERS USE TO STEAL FROM YOU

There is very little new under the sun.  Drivers who fancy themselves as clever simply aren't.  But they will always try to pull one over on you in a store thats not properly managed to stop the bullshit cold.

All of this goes on at the Clifton Jimmy Johns all the time, without exception.

Also, keep in mind that as a delivery customer, you getting your deliveries later than you should be because of this nonsense, and will be made poorly. No, Virginia, they don't give a damn about you.




THE PSUEDO-MANAGER

This is just a fast talking a-hole.  He tries to bullshit his way into deliveries in an attempt to steal from you.  Always remember, this loser has no management authority whatsoever.  This particular a-hole almost always exists in a no-management environment like Jimmy Johns in Clifton.


THE CHRONIC FOODMAKER

This driver is always trying to make orders to make it appear he's helping out in the restaurant.  In reality, he's just trying to expedite deliveries to hog them.  A major tip off with this particular weasel is that he never does anything else, with the exception of taking orders (See some of the methods below).  Has nothing to do with the "chronic" you're thinking of, just keep in mind -- he's probably high anyway.


THE LAZY CIRCLE

This guy will come into the restaurant, not like the deliveries there, run out, get back in his car, and circle until he sees another driver come in, then returns and thus avoiding the deliveries.  A variation on this is simply hiding outside of the store.  A interesting variation is leaving on a delivery and not returning for a long time.


THE OLD SWITCHEROO

A bad driver simply gets the orders made in the order he wants to make it appear that the deliveries he wants to take are actually his.  Variations include taking orders and running out the door with them while another driver is doing work on the inside of the store.


PRIVATE SELECTION

Come into the restaurant and take the ones you want and leave the ones you don't.  This can be done when no one is looking, or, in the case of bad management, just do it.  You won't be stopped.  Also called "Cherry Picking."


MARKING WRONG TIMES ON TICKETS

Clifton Jimmy Johns is soooo 1970's, as they use a paper and pen ordering system.  By simply marking the wrong times on tickets, they are easy to manipulate.  You can insert your own joke here.


THE BROWN NOSER

This is the worst kind of scum.  He has very little self esteem, so he has nothing to lose by degrading himself.  This is the one technique that excels at the Clifton Jimmy Johns.  But in the end, it fails miserably, because the managers don't exert any power that another driver would care about.


SCREWING YOURSELF

What actually happens is that bad drivers only screw it up for themselves.


SCREWING EVERYONE ELSE

They succeed in this, too.  The business, the employees, the customer.  Everyone.


Remember, in a no-management environment, this kind of nonsense goes on all the time, and the Clifton Jimmy Johns is no exception.

Refuse to be a part of it.

The business suffers long term because there is no standard of service.  Also, the business runs the risk of someone like me putting up a website and telling everyone around about the high level of incompetence (duh!).  The extra hourly rate that these guys steal from the company with this is truly employee theft.

The employee suffers because this a-hole is lowering the bar to the point of no service.  It takes a lot of time and effort to correct the mistakes of a larcenous driver.

The customer suffers because they pay a lot of money for the service of delivery and don't get it, because it takes them longer to get it.

(NOTE:  My apologies, but I have not had time to complete this section.  Please return soon for the update.  Thanks for your patience.)

(UPDATE 04/17/2011:  I managed to correct some typos and errors of syntax for this page, as well as checking and correcting other pages.)