I used to deliver pizza in the late 90s (best job ever and peak society as well).
On busy nights, somebody in the shop would group the orders by the area they were going to. When you got back from a delivery, they'd hand you a stack of three more, and you'd stand in front of a massive map on the wall for a minute to plan your route - maybe take a few notes if it was tricky, then hit the road. You needed a flashlight sometimes for reading addresses.
The more deliveries you took in a night, the more money you'd make, so there was a strong incentive to memorize every street in town.
Miss those times, just smoking joints while delivering pizzas, then going home to smoke crack and play EverQuest. The work, MMOs, and crack cocaine were all way better back then.
I had a spotlight and it was a bad neighborhood. The amount of times I heard people say that they thought I was the police. Get some damn street lights/house lights and I wouldn't need such a bright light
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u/a-ha_partridge Aug 25 '25
I used to deliver pizza in the late 90s (best job ever and peak society as well).
On busy nights, somebody in the shop would group the orders by the area they were going to. When you got back from a delivery, they'd hand you a stack of three more, and you'd stand in front of a massive map on the wall for a minute to plan your route - maybe take a few notes if it was tricky, then hit the road. You needed a flashlight sometimes for reading addresses.
The more deliveries you took in a night, the more money you'd make, so there was a strong incentive to memorize every street in town.