No One Bothered To Train Dylan.
While Shane is in his second week of school, Dylan is now in his second week as a pizza delivery driver.
Yep. He got a job delivering pizzas. He’s got some experience, having done “door dashing,” but this is his first real delivery job.
Day 1: Dylan went to work on time, and discovered that the other delivery driver thought it was sufficient to wear his mask on his chin. Dylan stayed four feet back, or as far away as he could, while wearing his mask securely over his nose and mouth.
Dylan accidentally gave away one pizza because he’d never heard the term “cash delivery.” None of us can quite understand why the pizza place is accepting cash deliveries, but we really can’t understand why no one told their brand new delivery driver about them.
Day 2: Dylan went back to work and discovered that the people in the kitchen also aren’t wearing masks. This time, he stayed way out of everyone’s way. Still no one bothered training him about delivery practices. No one told him how to distinguish between “paid” and “unpaid.” Fortunately, he didn’t lose any pizzas to “cash” deliveries on Day 2.
Day 3: Someone stole $80 worth of food from Dylan – this time a “cash” delivery that, everyone (including Dylan and the customer) thought was pre-paid. Customers gave him no tip because it was “already on the card.” Dylan nearly got fired.
Still no one bothered to train Dylan. Their favorite line seems to be, “You know how to do this, right?” But he does not know. Everyone is frustrated by this, no one more so than Dylan.
Still no one in the store seems to care about wearing their masks. Except Dylan.
Day 4: Customer who “stole” $80 worth of food called before Dylan’s shift began, wanting to know why their payment hadn’t gone through online. Dylan’s integrity and sanity was restored in one phone call. Best of all, Dylan was tipped $20 on the order.
The manager, who hired Dylan, finally stopped by for a few minutes during Dylan’s shift. People seem to behave better when he’s around. Dylan finally asked the manager about getting paid. He learned that he might actually be paid for his work, as long as he emails the manager to get a W-2 form.
No one is quite sure how long this job will last. I love these pizza people but I’m not sure how much longer I can handle having my son go completely untrained in a mask-free, untamed environment.
Dylan suggested, between Days 2 and 4, that maybe he’s just not right for this kind of job. He loves the driving, and enjoys delivery work. “But I just don’t really trust my coworkers,” he said.
There’s a reason this boy is in college. He is very bright.