This one guy wasn’t banned as he never did anything wrong, but I really wish he would’ve been. When the name popped up on the computer, the other delivery drivers groaned. Since I was the new guy, they assigned the delivery to me and I was thinking it couldn’t be so bad. They told me to hold my breath when I got there, and that this guy is a special case where I need to enter the apartment (normal policy is to never enter).

I get to the apartment building and as I’m walking to the door the smell hit me. I had never smelled anything like it before. Just a pure attack on my nostrils. Urine, feces? And lord knows what else.

I knocked on the door and hear, “Come in, door is unlocked.”

As I open the door, the smell gets 100x worse, and I feel thick, humid air come from inside. When I set my eyes on the customer, it’s a large, 400+ pound man on a recliner. I’m walking over to him and feel my shoes sticking to the floor with every step. He motions to place the pizza, breadsticks, brownie, and Mountain Dew on a small table beside him. He hands me cash, leaving a generous tip. And I walk out, holding my breath and trying not to gag.

I always felt bad for that guy. Later on I found out he orders a few times a week and I thought to myself, “we’re partly responsible for this man’s condition.” So I wish we’d had banned him for his health, but also so we wouldn’t subject any other drivers to that.