When you work as a pizza delivery guy, you will sometimes get to bring food to a party where people are having a lot of fun.

What would you do if the people who ordered the pizza were demanding that you sing them a Christmas carol if you wanted a good tip?

That is what happened to the delivery guy in this story, but he was uncomfortable with singing, and after a lot of prodding, he told them firmly that he wouldn’t do it, which made them upset and they took away most of the tip.

“Sing a Christmas carol for a tip”

I’ve been a pizza delivery driver for several years, and today is the first day I legitimately feel ashamed of doing what I do.

Being socially awkward can be difficult.

This story may not seem to be a huge deal to some people, since it’s probably more of me being socially inept when it comes to a big audience and being recorded and not being comfortable with my singing voice.

So I may be overreacting, but I can’t shake this feeling of humiliation.

Lots of people are shy, and ‘extroverts’ really don’t seem to understand that.

Since I was a kid, I’ve always been pretty shy. Even amongst close friends I’m somewhat quiet.

And I am absolutely terrible speaking in front of large crowds. I remember in high school having nightmares for weeks about having to do an upcoming presentation, and I would be dreading doing it every day until the day of.

Singing in front of people sounds like a nightmare to me.

Not only that, but I’m a terrible singer, and I know it. I don’t even feel comfortable singing in front of friends and family.

Which brings me to the actual story.

I would hope they aren’t serious.

I had a delivery today with a note written in the ‘special instructions’ section that said “Sing a Christmas carol for a tip”. I didn’t really take it all that seriously, and figured they were just joking.

And if they weren’t, I thought of a corny line to say while driving there to hopefully satisfy them if they were serious.

All normal so far.

So, I show up and it’s some kind of small party going on. There’s probably roughly 10-15 teenagers gathered around in the living room and the mom comes to the door and takes the pizzas (there were 6 larges) as I give her the receipt to sign.

She then looks at me with a smile and goes “So did they tell you?!?

He is handling it well.

Me: “Haha, oh the note? Yeah I saw that, but trust me, you don’t want to hear me sing.”

Her: “Oh come on, you have to!”

Nah, they can keep the tip.

She then ushers me inside and closes the door behind me. All of the people there are watching me and already have their phones out recording me.

I instantly get uncomfortable and want to leave as quickly as possible. An audience is one thing, but being recorded my multiple people will instantly make me feel anxious.

Her: “Well go on, sing!”

He has made it clear that he doesn’t want to sing.

Me: “No really, I’m a terrible singer, I’m sure I will ruin your Christmas!” (Christmas is still several weeks away, I have no idea why they wanted a Christmas carol so bad)

Her: “OH COME ON. I’ll make it worth your while” She said as she waved a 20 and a 5 in front of me.

Why won’t they just leave him alone.

I continued to insist on being a terrible singer and not being comfortable with it, but she kept pushing. Eventually I decided to try my corny line and hoped it would satisfy them.

So I just said “Okay, how about, rub-a-dub-dub I brought you some grub!” Which was corny and so cringey to say and made me feel infinitely more uncomfortable.

Oh, come on. Just let it go lady.

Obviously no one laughed, and she went “No, it has to be a Christmas carol!”

I insisted more about not wanting to sing and was starting to get seriously upset and uncomfortable that she wasn’t taking no for an answer, and she kept waving the money in front of my face to ‘encourage’ me, so finally I just said “Look, I’m sorry but I’m not going to sing for money.”

No, it was not for fun. Not for him anyway.

She looked at me incredulously for a second and went “Woooooooooowwwww It was only for fun you know. Well, you’re definitely not getting this then,” She said as she pulled the 20 away and only gave me the 5 and the receipt she had signed.

I said thank you and quickly left, while I heard several comments behind me from everyone else like:

Do these people think this was actually appropriate?

“Wow, is he serious? What a jerk” “Ugh, gross” (what does this even means I have no idea. disgusted she didn’t hear a Christmas carol i guess) “Wow did he really have to make us feel so bad?”

So yeah. It’s just being pressured to sing which I guess should just be fun, but I’ve never felt so used and humiliated while working here.

He should not be made to feel this way.

I legitimately feel ashamed to be working a minimum wage job now, and truly feel like I’m on the lowest rung of the ladder in society.

I was just a tool for their entertainment that they thought would jump at the chance to make a fool of myself for an extra 20 bucks. I’m a pizza delivery driver, not a performer.

I feel bad for this guy, and I hope the people who ordered the pizza someday learn that this type of thing is absolutely inappropriate.

Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say about it.

I would feel the same way.

This type of thing is never ok.

This guy makes a great point.

The fact that they wouldn’t let it go is insane.

I’m with this guy. No tip is worth this.

Ban these people from ever ordering pizza again.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a rude customer who got exactly what they wanted in their pizza.