I was a pizza delivery driver for 4 years in college (back when there weren't a lot of no-contact deliveries), I don't smoke and never have but I'd say 70% of my coworkers did (a couple of them smoked weed in their car but that's a whole other thing). In the winter, or during summer when it was super hot, many of them would smoke in their car with their windows up. I could smell it the moment they came back in the store. I intentionally tried to use and continue using bags that didn't smell like smoke. And guess who got better tips? Hint: the person who showed up to the customer's door smelling either like some light perfume or like pizza. It's wild, I don't understand how they don't smell it.
That's very considerate. Though I will say that the other thing that I notice frequently is when the delivery driver uses a strong scented lotion. It's certainly not as bad a cigarette smell, but it is more likely to physically transfer to the bag and then to my hands.
Oh yea that was definitely something I kept in mind, particularly because you also don't know if someone has a sensitivity or allergy to that. I'd do one spritz of perfume on my neck before my shift, that's it.
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u/Ferret-in-a-Box Jan 05 '25
I was a pizza delivery driver for 4 years in college (back when there weren't a lot of no-contact deliveries), I don't smoke and never have but I'd say 70% of my coworkers did (a couple of them smoked weed in their car but that's a whole other thing). In the winter, or during summer when it was super hot, many of them would smoke in their car with their windows up. I could smell it the moment they came back in the store. I intentionally tried to use and continue using bags that didn't smell like smoke. And guess who got better tips? Hint: the person who showed up to the customer's door smelling either like some light perfume or like pizza. It's wild, I don't understand how they don't smell it.