Originally Posted by pramodkumar (Post 1551494)

The entire thread looks like more or less stereotyping the pizza delivery guys, the same thing was done to cab drivers couple of years back, are cab drivers the only people who drive fast or rash? do all cab drivers drive fast and rash?

The 30 minutes nahin toh free is a marketing gimmic, no one else has anything like that, its not only because of good fleet of pizza dilevery boys but alos because of a lot of dominos arround, so the call usually reaches a call center and then the order is passed on to the nearest dominos joint.

We have a dominos joint in technopark, i live roughly 1.5 kms away from the main gate, once when i tried ordering the guy said it will take aproximately 45 minutes, i asked him what about your 30 minutes or free offer? he said only applicable in the city. So my point here is nuts and bolts how many times have you seen these boys driving fast and rash? and others who have made senseless comments like "a lot of people who work their have been wanting bikes from their childhood so that they can rev them up and zoom past people," i pity. Lets not start an unnecessary social out cry.

Pramod

Originally Posted by bivin (Post 1550988)

if they dont deliver it on time, the cost of the order is deducted from their salaries

Originally Posted by achinthg (Post 1551489)

This is incorrect. Dominos do not deduct it from the delivery boy's salary. Last Sunday I was at Dominos and they had this written on their badges

Originally Posted by NutsNBolts (Post 1552096)

Hi Pramod

I have not thought this topic out of my hat. I saw rash driving, resultant of a company's proclaimed policy, and that is why this thread is there. I too live in a place where this 30 min offer is not valid, but that is not the point I am trying to make. Just like the infamous Kerala buses, who have to get their timings stamped, these delivery boys are also in a hurry for a fault that may not be entirely theirs. My entire point, I say again, is that companies must not indulge in policies that encourage rash driving; and not stereotyping of any section of society.

It is also a fact that if a vehicle doesn't belong to you, you are more likely to misuse it. So is the case with delivery vehicles.

Originally Posted by shankar.balan (Post 1551082)

We are reasonably regular customers of Dominos - there is a disclaimer clearly on all their promotional material which says that this 30 min or free guarantee is not applicable in some areas and/ or during specific festival or celebration days in the year. In the case of apartments it is applicable at the first point of contact - building security and they also say that they dont penalize their delivery boys for non compliance with the guarantee.

I agree that the poor guys really have to run hard to meet the deadline sometimes especially in Bangalore which definitely leads to a certain number of accidents and possibly rash driving.

This is why when I order I always ask them to take their time - no hurry.

Also - I think everyone should tip the guy a reasonable amount - after all the Pizza's etc cost a lot and the typical bill comes to about 500 Rs - tipping Rs 30/- to the guy is not going to hurt anyone and will to some extent compensate him for having come and dropped off one's dinner at one's door step.

Originally Posted by bblost (Post 1551492)

Originally Posted by EssYouWe

I have somewhat befriended a few guys there by having a cheese burst pizza every 3-4 days.

Originally Posted by shankar.balan

I think everyone should tip the guy a reasonable amount - after all the Pizza's etc cost a lot and the typical bill comes to about 500 Rs - tipping Rs 30 to the guy is not going to hurt anyone.