PIZZA DELIVERY

I could weigh

more than I do

had I taken up

all the offers of pizza

that have come my way

One of the funnest ways to connect with people in the moment is to identify with ‘their’ moment, whatever it happens to be.  With passengers boarding the bus, you literally have seconds to connect with them, be it about their hat, hairstyle, dress, shirt-saying, shoes, and, the most obvious, something they are carrying.  Nothing stands out more than the ubiquitous pizza box.

For all the pizza boxes coming my way, my standard approach is thus;  if one box, “You brought me PIZZA!”; for multiple boxes, “You brought the whole BUS pizza!”  It gets them every time.

Out of all those encounters, I am offered a piece at least 50% of the time.  Unfortunately, eating pizza and driving a bus are mutually exclusive, so I always respectfully decline with a “Thanks--I was just kidding!”

It’s a good thing though; I have to watch my waistline so I can leave room for ice cream.