Apparently, on Friday night/Saturday morning J.J. got jumped at work. That's right, not just while working, but AT work, as he walked out to start a delivery.
According to J.J., some drunk guy came running up to him as he walked out the back door of D.P. dough. The guy started shouting and swinging, missing J.J., and J.J. responded by punching the guy in the face. The drunk then decided to bear hug J.J. To defend himself, J.J. threw the drunk on the ground and jumped on top of him to hold him down. The drunk called J.J. a "bitch" for holding him down instead of fighting him (despite the fact that J.J. was working and had not wanted to fight anyway). J.J. let the drunk stand up, only to get bear hugged again.
J.J. tackled the guy to the ground again, and another driver piled on top to help hold down the crazy drunk. Eventually, after one of the drivers called the cops, J.J. let the drunk up and the drunk returned to his car and left.
The back door of D.P. Dough, the opening scene of J.J.'s epic duel - Photo by Rob Wofter
One of the drivers who was there during the brawl said he returned from a delivery and saw two guys wrestling on the ground. "My first reaction was to run up and start the three count," said the driver. However, when he realized it was J.J., the driver called the cops and gave them a description of the drunk and his car, as well as the drunk's license plate number.
J.J. wasn't injured, except for a scraped knuckle. Though, the drunk guy probably wasn't feeling to great the next day.
There you go, just another thing delivery drivers put themselves through for you, the customer.
Other than the brawl story, nothing exciting happened on Saturday night. We got a few wrong address and spent half the delivery looking for them. Not very time efficient, but it was amusing, at least for me.
I also realized something. Taking picture of the things going on during deliveries is nearly impossible. The darkness of night mixed with random bright lights, private property and the fact that delivery driving involves constant movement equals grainy, blurry, washed out pictures, especially when the only camera you have is in your phone. However, I did get some pictures of inside D.P. Dough that I will post to give a visual walk-through of the pre-delivery process.
2 comments:
This is a great story to use--not great that it happened, but it gives an excellent example of how dangerous delivering food can be. It's too bad you weren't able to get any photos of it. I'm really interested to keep reading and see what other eventful things can happen.
Did you interview or talk to any drivers at other places, like pizza shops for example? I would be curious to hear from a pizza delivery guy because pizza takes longer to cook, so does the longer wait have any affect on the customer's reaction?
I think that other driver may have been my roommate. He works for DP Dough and described that exact scene to me the other week.
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