Everyone should work in the service industry at least once in their life, assuming they'll one day move up from there. Working as a short-order cook, waitress, cashier or pizza driver cultivates humility and empathy. It's humbling work, to say the least, especially when berated or stiffed by customers.
But no one should have to experience what 20-year-old Pizza Hut delivery man Jonathan Kroning allegedly went through a couple of weeks ago (Sun-Times).
Kroning told reporters he delivered a pizza to Shaver McNeil and his wife, but declined the typical "have a good night" pleasantry when they allegedly didn't pay him a tip.
He walked back to his car silently when, he claims, the woman leaned out and told him he could have been more polite. She also complained about the pizza, he claims. They exchanged a few barbs as he got into his car.
Then Shaver McNeil allegedly approached Kroning's car, complained about the quality of the pizza and demanded a refund. Kroning says McNeil shoved the pizza through the car window and then, he claims, "sucker punched" him in the face, resulting in a black eye and an orbital fracture.
At that point, a bloody and shaken-up Kroning handed the money back to McNeil before driving back to Pizza Hut, where his manager called the police. McNeil's wife, meanwhile, had called the restaurant to demand that Koning be fired.
McNeil, 23, was booked into Kane County jail on charges of felony robbery and felony aggravated battery with a $10,000 bail.
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