Haha. I remember back in the day delivering pizza in an 88 Thunderbird with a 302 V8. Only averaged about 16mpg the way I drove that car- I was a maniac. Gas was only $1.20 a gallon tho. Blasting rock music, smoking cigs (gave that up thankfully), and pedal to the metal pizza delivery. My manager pulled me aside one day and told me that I needed to slow down because customers were calling complaining their pizzas were smashed to one side of the box
Our delivery area had one area where runs could literally be 25 miles one way. Yes, runs took nearly an hour. One guy out there would always order on friday during the rush, and he never tipped a cent. Drivers stuck with this guy would lose probably 10-15 dollars for the night. I got stuck one friday on a single out there- only time that night I used my air conditioning. I had that pizza out in the passenger seat with 3 vents pointed directly at the pizza full max a/c. He called and complained- manager gave him a credit for a free pizza next order. At least he didnt enjoy his pizza that night
Long and short of this is, delivery drivers have a tough job- try to give a decent tip. They work for UNDER minimum wage (pizza chains do this now to save money by pointing out drivers get tips), they see very little of the delivery charge (delivery is how pizza joints manage to sell enough pizzas to stay in business- and they make EXTRA off the delivery charge), they go to dangerous areas well into the night, they constantly face danger from idiot drivers, and their cars are absolutely destroyed by the job. These are people struggling to make it essentially converting the monetary value of their car into cash in their wallet one pizza at a time. I will not order a pizza unless I can tip $5.