# It's been raining hard all day. Should I feel guilty for ordering pizza? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788 "2018-03-01T00:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/41 "2018-03-02T00:31:46Z")
Order the pizza and contribute to the economy. And get extra meat. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/42 "2018-03-02T15:36:04Z")
**Pizza** by Harry Chapin, with additional lyrics by Jim Steinman It was raining hard in 'Frisco Just one more pie to make my night An address to which I’d never been before The last house on the right Oh, why do you do what it is you do? It’s a shame you ruined your coat in the rain She just stood in the doorway She said, I didn’t want to be a pain Something about this was familiar I could swear I’d seen the look before Folks never think where the pizza comes from It magically shows up at the door It took a while, but she noticed the pizza And felt bad, and asked for my name The guilt seemed to wash over slowly A bit of guilt, and some shame And she said, I needed this so badly And thanks for coming out in the rain And she handed me twenty dollars For a five dollar pie She said, sorry, keep the change Well, another man might have been angry And another man might have been hurt But another man wouldn’t have been out tonight I stashed the bill in my shirt Let her have her white guilt Inside her bourgeois home For me, I’m dropping off the pizzas Taking tips, and getting stoned I go driving so fast, when I’m stoned * * * I can see myself tearing up the road Faster than any other guy has ever gone I can pay my rent, and my life is full Everything is working now I gotta make my way home But I can’t stop thinking of the tip And I never see the sudden curve 'til it’s way too late Then I’m dying at the bottom of a pit in the pouring rain Torn and twisted in the cab of a burning truck And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell And the last thing I see is my heart still beating It’s pumping out my blood like it’s marinara sauce Like a pizza from hell! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/43 "2018-03-02T20:08:20Z")
Oh! :eek: ☹ Damn, I am so very tempted to order some delivery food now, but contrary to what I advised before, I think it might be unreasonable of me to make someone deliver tonight. Oh dilemma. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/44 "2018-03-02T20:27:47Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > **Pizza** > by Harry Chapin, with additional lyrics by Jim Steinman Bravo. Pizza? Nah, I’m holding out for a hero. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/45 "2018-03-02T20:42:07Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Bravo. > > Pizza? Nah, I’m holding out for a hero. Where have all the good subs gone And where are all the rolls? Where’s the streetwise hoagy men to sling the mayonaise? Isn’t there a sandwich shop employing fiery steeds? Late at night I toss and I turn And I dream of what I need I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night It’s gotta be good And it’s gotta be fast And it’s gotta be here by tonight Don’t want a gyro I’m holding out for a hero 'til the morning light It’s gotta be fresh And it’s gotta be fast And it’s gotta be from Jimmy Johns! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/46 "2018-03-02T20:54:58Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MonkeyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyCat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/47 "2018-03-02T20:57:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s raining too hard for me to get out and I’m getting hungry. > > Should I feel guilty for ordering pizza? I know the delivery guy will be soaked. It’s going to be awkward. > > They’re out there anyway right? Delivering one more pizza can’t get them any wetter. > > I assume an extra fat tip is required? > > Seriously, are pizza delivery men given good ponchos to stay dry? > > I just hate adding to anyone’s misery in life. They gotta make a buck rain or shine. Quite the moral dilemma! You’re proving instead you’re a sympathetic, thoughtful person for even hesitating. But sure, it’ll probably help your conscience to throw him a few extra bucks on top of it. No need to feel shame all day while eating pizza. That’d just ruin the pizza. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788/48 "2018-03-03T05:11:31Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Just don’t pay him by check. Whether it’s raining or not. Most pizza places don’t accept checks, except maybe from companies. If you call them, they’ll ask if you pay by cash or card. If you order by internet, it’ll always be by card. I delivered pizza in the Portland area for years. Rain was just something you put up with, no real biggie. Snow was considered extraordinary by everyone else around here, but I didn’t think it was anything to worry about. Never had any real problems delivering in it. While the tips were somewhat better when it snowed, they weren’t dramaticaly better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-raining-hard-all-day-should-i-feel-guilty-for-ordering-pizza/809788.md?page=2)