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Damn! Who says the work ethic is dead?

Whatever they are paying this guy, it is not enough:

A Louisville pizza delivery driver who was carjacked, robbed and stabbed still managed to make his delivery, which happened to be at a local emergency room. […] The pizza store’s regional manager says Lewis made the delivery, which was addressed to the Norton Hospital emergency room, before he collapsed.

Hardcore. Presumably “Hi! Here’s your pizza, I tried not to bleed on it. I’m going to keel over now.”

11 comments to Damn! Who says the work ethic is dead?

  • Valerie

    Hey, if you’re heading that way….

  • Alan

    Regrettably, the pizza did not arrive within the thirty minute window, so it was free, he received no tip, and lost his job.

  • LOL. Alan. Yes that would really make the story rancid, hahaha. In fact the pizza company is doing a fund raiser for the guy 😀

  • Philip Scott Thomas

    Great story. Talk about service above and beyond… LOL

  • the other rob

    Reminds me of Hiro Protagonist, in Snow Crash…

  • CaptDMO

    “A Louisville Metro police department spokesman says officers are still looking for the suspect and Lewis’ truck.”
    Hey, I know, let’s have a description of the alleged assailant in the papers and other media, and maybe the public can help?

  • Error 404 World Not Found

    Hey, I know, let’s have a description of the alleged assailant in the papers and other media, and maybe the public can help?

    I’m guessing “black and driving a truck”. But that’s just a guess.

  • Paul Marks

    Quite so Perry.

  • llamas

    I’m minded of the reality that Richard Davis, inventor of soft body armour and founder of Second Chance

    (see him demonstrate his confidence in his product here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhyETXW1u0)

    originally began his development work after being robbed at gunpoint and shot while working as a pizza delivery driver.

    Perhaps Dominos should spring for body armour for their delivery drivers in high-risk neighbourhoods. Might be more useful than organizing a fund raiser after the fact.

    llater,

    llamas

  • It is some independent pizza joint called Spinelli’s Pizzeria, not Dominos.