I was robbed in what was a total setup. The delivery address turned out to be a two story, 4 unit apt. building. The stairs to the top 2 apts. were in the middle of the building. Of course the apt. my delivery was to was on the second story. I knocked and no one answered, kncoked again and then I heard footsteps and and at the bottom of the stairs was a guy with a bandana masking his face pointing a shotgun at me. He told me to throw my wallet which had all the collections from previous pizza deliveries. I complied since I had no where to run(two locked apt.s on both sides and the robber blocking the entrance). After I complied the robber told me that he was going move from the entrance and that I should run. Which I did.
Luckily I had the keys to my car and the robber would have taken the car also. I ran. This neighborhood had seen some bad times but was being gentrified a bit since it's close proximity to downtown Columbus and the houses were mostly turn of century and were built well.
I started going door to door, knocking to see if I could use a phone(this was before mass cell phone availibilty) to call the police. Finally a house purchased by a newlywed couple answered. I told them what just happened and used the phone and the police were there in about 15 minutes.
Well the rest of the story is that I made my police report and, I quit being a pizza deliverer and about a month later they caught the guy when an undercover cop got the robber disguised as a Domino's deliveryman.
My opinion is that the pizza deliverer should be cut a break. It was the robber who started the crime and he got his just consequences, IMO.
We've found something we agree upon !