The Anchovie Bet
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Most people have odd stories of jobs they did in college. I have more than most I think. Much much material for my teaching and for my kid’s bedtime stories comes from the years I spent in my early twenties as a Pizza Hut delivery driver. There is much to share but in this post I want to tell you a story about a can of anchovies and 5 bucks.
In between deliveries on slow nights, the guys and like one girl would hang out in the back trying to appear as if we were cleaning things. I remember the freaks that worked there. One guy would always feel the need to tell us about the drugs he was on, not to mention the fact that he had them for sale if anyone was interested. A real “high brow” group. Not much for inspiration but bucketloads for funny stories.
Tim bet me I couldn’t eat a can of anchovies and I called his $5 bluff. I swallowed a whole can of those nasty salty raw fish and stuck my tongue out to the laughter and disgust of the onlookers. I took my $5 and went on my run quite green I think. Needless to say I never told the folks who got their pizza that I pulled over to the side of the road and let those fish swim right back out. God, was I am idiot in those days. Stay tuned folks, I’ve learned a lot about life from pizza and in this series I hope to share it all!
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Jessica The Rock Chi
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Ahhhh, college life! I’ve often wondered why is it that we’ve done some of our stupidest things while attending the highest of learning institutes? I think I might have worked in a restaurant with a cast of characters similar to your Pizza Hut!
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Damien Riley
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Ya gotta love those cast of characters. They exist in all our memories! Thank goodness some of us are lucky enough to move on LOL.
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Nick
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I can’t wait to read some more of your pizza delivering stories :D
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Link | November 25th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Damien
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Thanks Nick my brother! I was there many years and have a lot of stuff to tell so thanks for that encouragement it means a lot. As you may know, sometimes its hard to find the motivation for this stuff.
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