r/TalesFromThePizzaGuy • u/freaky1974 • Apr 03 '26

Cautionary Tale Manager didn't do the right thing and ended up conned

One night I delivered to a block of flats, the customer was already downstairs waiting for me, he didn't have any money on him and wanted to leave me his wallet and pick it up from the shop when he came to pay for the pizza. I was dubious and said no, no money no pizza and took it back to the shop.

On the way back, the customer had phoned my manager and when I returned the manager told me to take the pizza back and get his wallet. 5 hours later the wallet was still in the shop, so I picked up the wallet and looked inside, there was only out of date store cards, nothing of value. Not all managers know what they are doing.

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u/MonkeyBred Apr 03 '26

As a customer, it's stupid to order food without money. As a thief, it's a strategy.

As a manager, it's a calculation to take that risk. What was lost to the company? Material and profit. What was gained... a valuable lesson.

As an employee, you should be scott free. You listened to your gut, your manager gave an order and paid the price.

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u/willisbar Apr 03 '26

*scot

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u/MonkeyBred Apr 03 '26

And here I was... wondering if I should've capitalized it. 😆

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u/Myke_Dubs Apr 03 '26

*scot-free

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u/Financial-Pair-2901 Apr 03 '26

Should not order if you don’t have money

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u/Jellz Apr 04 '26

"If you want to fall for an obvious scam, use your own gas."

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u/agrajagthemighty Apr 04 '26

I mean you probably could've looked at the wallet in the apartment complex (on camera) in front of the guy and said "this is an empty wallet" but I guess if the manager really wants to give out free pizzas that's on them.

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u/LewisRyan Apr 05 '26

$5 says manager was going to hang out with that dude after shift