Posted on 02/22/2011 4:15:07 PM PST by Track9
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - A pizza delivery driver was called a hero Monday after she likely saved an elderly woman's life.
Before Monday's incident, most neighbors knew little about Memphis resident Jean Wilson, except that she's eaten pizza daily for the past three years.
"We make her pizza every day before she even calls, because we know she's going to call," delivery driver Susan Guy said.
Guy often delivers Wilson's regular order, one large pepperoni pizza, but recently workers at her restaurant noticed an unusual break in the pattern.
"She hadn't called in three days," Guy said. "My boss told me about it today."
Guy insisted to her boss that she be allowed to check on Wilson.
"He was like, 'Naw, you don't have to do that,' and I said, 'Yeah I do. Clock me out if that's what you gotta do,'" Guy said.
Guy drove to Wilson's house and knocked on her door, but no one answered. Then, she banged on Wilson's windows, but there was still no response. Running out of options, Wilson ran to neighbor Larry Comeaux's house for help.
(Excerpt) Read more at wmctv.com ...
Great, a reason to eat pizza every day!
I guess if you think about it for around $10-$15 a day you can have your meal delivered right you your house.
Boring, yes, but it works for me.........
My 88 year old MIL will eat ice cream when she won’t eat anything else. I tell her to eat all she wants.
If she ate a pizza every day for the past three years, he could save her life by not delivering it to her anymore.
Cold pizza and coffee is a fine breakfast, but I would have been dead years ago had I followed such a diet.
My question is, why did it take 3 days if they make her pizza before she orders each day? And the boss STILL tried to tell her not to bother with it...hmmph.
Thanks for posting it. Good news, for once.
How sad, though, that this woman had no loved on to check on her. Or even a neighbor.
loved on = loved one
“...,she owns an Italian Wolfhound that loves pepperoni.”
yep and her Irish Wolfhound loves potato pancakes!
As the saying goes, God works in mysterious ways. Without getting too heavy or anything, this story reminded me of a Tolstoy parable.
from the story..”They soon learned that Wilson had fallen on Saturday, and couldn’t get over to a telephone to call for help. Investigators said it’s possible that her pizza-only diet may have saved her life.”
Maybe she could not get to the phone because she weighed 450 pounds from her pizza-only diet?
Maybe she could not get to the phone because she weighed 450 pounds from her pizza-only diet?”
I wondered how much she weighed & if it had something to do with her fall, but I think if she weighed 450Lbs, she’d be ordering 2 large pizzas every day.
One of my grandmothers lived to 90 on a diet of coffee, beer, cigarettes, and chocolate covered cherries.
You mean dogs don’t eat Paleo?
She didn’t look too overweight in the news video.
He works in mysterious ways, indeed.
Tolstoy? I just can’t remember his work except some of “War and Peace”. Sorry, it’s been about 45 years since I read him, so I will have to take your word. :)
If you ever get a chance, his short stories (10 to 20 pages) are visually richer and more satisfying than any movie out there. They were hugely popular when first published. Lots of Christian themes and are basically parables. Of course now they’re all collected and sold as one book.
Will definitely check them out. Thanks.
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