Posted on 01/10/2025 9:25:04 AM PST by Morgana
A pizza delivery worker has been charged with pushing her way into a motel room with an accomplice and stabbing a pregnant woman in front of her five-year-old daughter after a dispute over a lousy tip.
Brianna Alvelo, 22, was charged with stabbing the woman in her motel room in Kissimmee, Florida, a short time after delivering a pizza to her on Sunday, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.
The woman gave Alvelo $50 on a $33.10 bill, expecting to receive $16.90 in change back.
When Alvelo started walking away, the woman asked for money back, but the pizza deliverer told her they didn't carry change as a company policy, according to an arrest report.
The woman began searching for smaller denominations in two purses in her motel room and in her car, with Alvelo watching.
She got a smaller dollar bill from her boyfriend, with whom she was staying at the motel along with her five-year-old daughter.
It meant Alvelo's tip ended up being $2. Alvelo 'rolled her eyes and walked away without saying anything,' the report seen by WESH said.
A short time later, the woman, her boyfriend and daughter were asleep when they heard a knock on their door at the Riviera Motel.
Upon opening the door they were confronted by a woman, who authorities said was Alvelo, and an armed man, both wearing face masks, who pushed their way into the room.
The armed man ordered the boyfriend into the bathroom.
Alvelo rummaged through their belongings in the motel room and then stabbed the woman 14 times with a pocket knife as she shielded her daughter, the arrest report details.
The report states how the woman was stabbed in her chest, arms, legs, and stomach.
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Used to be a pizza delivery driver back in the 90s. Got a tip about half the time, and usually was either 1 or 2 dollars. It was not tied to the size of the order except in one case where I got about 20 bucks for a huge order from a Frat house where the treasurer seemed to be applying the 15% standard. While I certainly was glad to take the money, I did not feel they had any obligation to give a tip and certainly not one that scaled up to a big order. No matter the order size, it was still the same amount of work to drive it there.
I do 20% unless service is exceptional.
TIP was “to insure prompt service”
Thank goodness public utilities don’t allow tipping. They are as responsive as gov’t agencies. Private industry isn’t far behind. Just got off the phone with Bradford White. The guy I got on the phone was an apologist for his co-worker’s rotten customer service! Have had a ticket in since 12/31/24...crickets. Time to write the CEO again. /rant.
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