Funny / Strange encounter with Pizza Delivery guy

[RTSDaddy2]

Ok...so last night our pizza shows up, on time, amazingly enough.  I'm watching the Cowboys / Seahawks on the TV that is now sitting in our gaming cabinet.  I go and open the door for the guy and he tells me the cost...

then his jaw drops...his eyes go big...    and he says "Is that an arcade machine?" (it sits near our front door, on the opposite wall).  I said yes; he repeated the same question again.  I said yes, and that I built it.  He says "YOU BUILT IT?" twice, and again I say, yes.  He says "How'd you do that?" and I tell him about Saint's book.  (free publicity never hurt anyone, I figure!) 

This guy stands in the door for like 5 minutes asking me questions about that cabinet.  I think if he'd been getting off work, he'd have come in and played a round if I'd invited him in (which I didn't do).

Was easily one of the oddest moments of my life...and it's not even finished yet!!

You all said it would draw people's attention, but I never thought about a night like last night!

[DrewKaree]

Ok...so last night our pizza shows up, on time, amazingly enough.  I'm watching the Cowboys / Seahawks on the TV that is now sitting in our gaming cabinet.  I go and open the door for the guy and he tells me the cost...

then his jaw drops...his eyes go big...    and he says "Is that an arcade machine?" (it sits near our front door, on the opposite wall).  I said yes; he repeated the same question again.  I said yes, and that I built it.  He says "YOU BUILT IT?" twice, and again I say, yes.  He says "How'd you do that?" and I tell him about Saint's book.  (free publicity never hurt anyone, I figure!) 

This guy stands in the door for like 5 minutes asking me questions about that cabinet.  I think if he'd been getting off work, he'd have come in and played a round if I'd invited him in (which I didn't do).

Was easily one of the oddest moments of my life...and it's not even finished yet!!

You all said it would draw people's attention, but I never thought about a night like last night!

You forgot to add in the part where he didn't charge you for the pizza if he could come by some day on the weekend and play for free.

Or else he's in pieces in the bottom part of the cab and you'd rather not bring attention to yourself

[Stingray]

Had some workers in the house last year to clean out the air ducts. After they saw my MAME cab, I didn't think I was going to be able to get them back to work.

-S

[Sephroth57]

sounds like the opening to a bad porno

[DrewKaree]

sounds like the opening to a bad porno

I dunno....it don't look too bad to me!

[Bones]

I was having a beer recently with my big simple ugly neighbour who is a real mean looking angry fat truck driver and another one of his mean looking angry fat truck driver mates turns up unexpected. We talk and drink awhile and my neighbour goes, "Bones is building a space invaders machine, it's on the Internet and everything!". 

[silence]   [/silence]

Ummm... I suppose you had to be there.

[DrewKaree]

I was having a beer recently with my big simple ugly neighbour who is a real mean looking angry fat truck driver and another one of his mean looking angry fat truck driver mates turns up unexpected. We talk and drink awhile and my neighbour goes, "Bones is building a space invaders machine, it's on the Internet and everything!". 

[silence]   [/silence]

Ummm... I suppose you had to be there.

I am NOT a truck driver, and that dude wasn't my friend.  I just work with him.  Oh, and in person, I can now imagine the color of that ass hat zit video.  Good work though.

[Stingray]

I am NOT a truck driver, and that dude wasn't my friend.

But you said you'd be my best friend. We prefer the term "Diesel Professionals".

-S

[DrewKaree]

I can't be counted on to keep my promises.  I'm a post whore, and post whores are notoriously untrustworthy ass hats.  Wait, I think I may have said too much.

[Stingray]

Or possibly too little. Either way you can't be trusted.

-S

[RayB]

Food delivery guys fall into one of two categories:

1. People who are trying to get through school, or hard times (temporary)

2. People who are dumbasses and driving people's food around is all they'll ever be capable of doing.

I had a similar experience as RTS except the guy saw my dog walking around behind me and he wasn't sure if it WAS a dog. He asked me "is that a dog?". I replied "it's a greyhound" to which he said "but its a dog right?"   

[Shape D.]

Food delivery guys fall into one of two categories:

1. People who are trying to get through school, or hard times (temporary)

2. People who are dumbasses and driving people's food around is all they'll ever be capable of doing.

As someone who delivers pizza I find your comments about us 100% correct. Thankfully I fall in the first catagory, and only work part time.

Half the people I work with didn't or won't go to college. when you start talking about what they plan on doing for a career they respond with: "I don't know, sumthin." then they start talking about what they are going to do when theyre rich.

On a side note though two of the people I work with have been busted for drunk driving/evading in the last two months.

[duffjr]

yea, i quit the job after a year.  it was wearing on my self esteem.  everytime i walked up to one of those houses, i knew what they were thinking, especially when i would give change and not take the money or let their dogs jump on my balls    after 2 years, you get promoted to a waiter, which makes $25 an hour.

[Shape D.]

yea, i quit the job after a year.  it was wearing on my self esteem.

I liken it to watching cops. I feel better about myself everyday I go to work. 

everytime i walked up to one of those houses, i knew what they were thinking, especially when i would not let their dogs jump on my balls  .

Thats the best part. 

Seriously I hate people with dogs. (ok just A-holes with dogs who don't train them) I had one guy tell me once he was going to give me 10 seconds to get to my car until he let his dog go, and that he would bite me if he got ahold of me. His dog was sitting there and snarling at me, barking all loud and what-not. 

I told him if his dog bit me I would kick it in the head, and make sure the city put his dog down. (the look on his face was great) He called my boss to complain. My boss told him if he let his dog go and it bit me he would go down there and kick the dog in the head. 

[ChadTower]

At which point you start laughing and go "but you'll still have eaten that pizza" and grab your nuts.

[DrewKaree]

we gotta spesha soup jus fo you, mista man!

[Bones]

Creamofsumyungai.

[AC.]

I was getting an estimate for some new windows at my house, and after the guy inspected the windows he saw my mame machine.  He stayed around for another 45 minutes while I told him about it and I powered it up.  I told him that I would trade it to him even -- in exchange for replacing some additional windows (I knew what the price would have been based on the estimate) -- I really thought I had a deal.  He said if he was the boss of the company he would make the trade, later on - he also said he talked to some co-workers about it.    No deal, Im paying for new windows.

[TOK]

Pizza guy and I played Robotron while I still had my cabinet out in the garage.
It was about 3/4 done and playable, and I had the door open to paint the coin door.
I'm good for about 2 pizzas a week, so I'm on a first name basis with multiple pizza guys. 

[ChadTower]

I've had guys come to work on the water heater/furnace in my basement and ask to play the games... most of mine are nonworking, since I like fixing them more than playing them.

[duffjr]

actually, i meant i would let their dogs jump on my balls.  i thought they would give me better tips if their dogs liked me.

[ChadTower]

Never have been a delivery guy, but eff that, you don't get your food if your dog is within 10 feet of the door.

I did have a paper route as a kid... got bitten too many times.  I got bitten once in the front yard of a house where they wanted the paper in their door.  Woman saw me get bit, I was bleeding from the arm, the dog had my blood on its chin.  I asked her for some help, a towel or something, she says "why, my dog doesn't bite".  Meanwhile, I have a gash in my forearm.

I went to the next house, asked them for help while delivering the paper.  They told me the woman is psycho and they called the cops.  The cops went over, talked to her, for some reason took her word, and she called the newspaper to complain.  I got chewed out by my boss on the phone.

A week later, somehow, 4-5 windows in her house got smashed. 

I don't throw rocks.

[RTSDaddy2]

Drew, man, I knew you'd love that...and also knew you'd have a snappy line.  I almost posted it with attn to you!

Wife - who loves greyhounds - couldn't believe the story about the greyhound earlier in this thread.  Neither could I, for that matter...how sad.

Of course, then there's my brother-in-law who friend his brain with drugs many years ago as a young man (NOTE: This is my sister's husband's brother).   Sitting at Thanksgiving, looking at a bowl of broccoli, saying "Is that broccoli?"
 

[DrewKaree]

You're SO missing the comedy in the situation!

RTS:  What, that green stuff?
Dood:  Yeah man, that green stuff!
RTS:  No, that's the OTHER one.  That's cauliflower.
Dood:  Then THAT stuff is broccoli?
RTS:  What, that green stuff?
Dood:  Yeah man, that green stuff!
RTS:  No, that's the OTHER one.  That's cauliflower.

Lather, rinse, repeat