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Old 09-27-2007, 01:33 AM
udbrky udbrky is offline
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Default Re: My pizza restaurant and some jackass delivery driver- advice pleas

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As much advice possible for the guy on the other side of this please [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Wait, what? Are you saying you're the driver? Cause that makes a lot more sense.

If not, here's some advice:

Write off the $100 loss, and learn for the future. You can't just hire someone to come in and fill in, and not fill out paperwork for taxes. I'm sure you're a small time proprietorship, but have you checked in with what the IRS requires for withholding?

And the biggest problem arises if "the driver" should happen to hit somebody while on a delivery. Let's say worst case scenario, he hits a kid, kills him. The media gets a hold of it, and finds out said driver has 3 prior convictions for DUI. Now you're liable for a HUGE lawsuit because you didn't do any kind of a background/MVR check on the driver.

Honestly, you're probably better off keeping all this to yourself, eating the loss, learning and moving on, than letting anyone else know you have this bad of business practices.

Also, why did the driver have so much of your money? Drivers shouldn't carry that much money on them. They should keep tips stashed in spots through their car, and should pay you for delivery orders when returning, or have assigned lock boxes for the shift. Otherwise, they're looking to lose a lot with robberies, and maybe even setting themselves up for robberies if others know they have that much money.