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Every place that I’ve ever worked at has charged for ranch, up to $.79 for a 2oz cup. It’s one of those things that people who are into the “profit center” school of marketing love, that small item that can be sold for a massive percentage markup, like cans of soda or french fries. I kind of...

Rick G: Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m reading this as you wanting people to identify themselves as “dead wood” and fire themselves for the good of the shop, because you’re not comfortable with confronting/firing people… Quite aside from the basic absurdity of this premise, why would someone...

Wizzle Wassell: Please, PLEASE take any random calls about crazy driving with a MASSIVE grain of salt. You would not believe how many high school and college kids think it’s funny to mess with the pizza guy, including calling in fictitious driving complaints. Same thing goes for people with...

SmittysPK: Use one on your own car, and offer a per-run bonus for using them. Sure, you could just decree it, but it’s much less trouble in the long run to at least give the appearance of a choice, and you are deriving a business benefit from the extra advertising and cutting the drivers in on...

I’ve worked with a few different styles of topper, I’m one of the few drivers that actually likes to work with a lit one because it eases problems with parking and let’s people know that I’m working and not just some aggressive driver. The cheapest option are the flags that roll up in the...

paul7979: What are you talking about? Greg’s quote that you are linking to directly addresses this “page 39”, and he specifically explains to you how it works and what the effect on his understanding of the law is. I had forgotten that he’d explained it so directly before, so I am wrong about...

Wizzle Wassell: Not me, and not even Gregster, all he did was cross-post Charle’s thread about working as a driver for PJ’s over on TTPG because he was impressed that he actually went out and got a job there, and admitted that they’re mileage pay was what Gregster said it was. That’s hardly the...

Thunderman: My question is whether that pride and feeling ownership is an ingrained thing the employee brings with them, or is something that is created by working for a great shop. I lean towards the later, I find that it’s much easier to take pride in my work and really feel like I’m a...

Wizzle Wassell: What would you call someone cross posting me from a different web site with the intent to discredit me? Or the post in this thread that was moderated to remove a personal attack? Or the anonymous attacks on myself and Gregster posted in other threads? Or how about how many...

indie pizza: That’s funny, Microsoft has long been rumored to specifically look for people with the mild form of autism called Asperger’s Syndrome, because they tend to be socially awkward and entirely focused on their current task. Just the kind of people that can program 100+ hours a week and...

I’m genuinely curious about this one, since I’ve seen a lot of discrepancies over the years between what kind of person people think they want to hire, versus the type that actually work out. A great employee doesn’t need to be a genius or work like a slave, but they should be proud of where...

Wizzle Wassell: Nahh, while I agree that the tumbleweed is an excellent logo for the Pizza Crafters site, I think we’ve seen enough of it here, it is sort of a one trick pony you know. I’d actually not been on PMQ for a bit since I figured I could use a bit less drama in my life, but it only...

If you offer a shift meal, check out what your long time employees are making for themselves. When I worked at the chicken wing joint anyone who’d been there more than a year was totally burnt out on the food, yet the shift meal perk was still so useful that we’d improvise whatever we could from...

A place in Seattle called Pizza Ragazzi used to offer this exact deal during the day on (I think) Tuesdays, it was always popular but they stopped the deal around the time that flour and cheese prices started to go up. Ragazzi is sort of a weird place, they are known for having awful pizza, but...

Be careful about advertising that you take a competitor’s coupons, I’ve heard stories of small operators fighting that tactic by printing special coupons for ridiculous discounts and giving them to their friends and family to use at the offending shop. I think if you were subtle about it and...

^ No, I just don’t generally make a habit of leaving myself open to ridicule on forums, so their aren’t many opportunities to laugh at my expense. What, did you think I was making a threat? I’d have thought that the winking emote would have made my intent pretty clear…

It comes down to risk versus reward, a driver doesn’t earn if they aren’t driving, but hairy weather can drastically increase the chances of an earnings negating accident. Some people do tip better during bad weather, but unfortunately the degenerates still do order and I’ve yet to meet the...

^ Go on, laugh it up while you can. I’ve been on forum sabbatical for the last few days since contrary to common opinion I do have a life outside of the computer, but I’m back now. Sorry to let you down WW, but at this point I can’t remember what particular piece of argumentative dynamite I was...

Hmm, our new ITG seems to have taken notice of my suggestion that people on this board don’t know what real trolling looks like and has decided to enlighten them… I’d say the punctuation and spelling rule out dman or any of our usual suspects, though the phrasing does remind me of someone else...

steveo922: And yet you think we should be tossed off the board and not allowed to speak OUR piece, nice little double standard you got there. steveo922: Totally irrelevant, being a struggling owner doesn’t exempt anyone from paying their workers fairly. Opening a shop is a known risk, working...