A Pizza Hut deliveryman shot a man who robbed him at gunpoint.
Restaurant officials have suspended the Pizza Hut driver, James William Spiers, while the case is under investigation. Polk County officials today confirmed that Spiers holds a valid gun permit, which was renewed in November....Vonnie Walbert, vice president of human resources at Pizza Hut, said:
“We have policy against carrying weapons. We prohibit employees from carrying guns because we believe that that is the safest for everybody.”
In my opinion, it would be safest if pizza restaurants that have delivery service let it be known that any employee with a CCW permit (usually meaning that they have taken a class, passed a test, and passed a background check) may be carrying a weapon.
Update: Here's someone who is worried that the delivery man might be a threat to the customer if he (the driver) is lawfully armed.
If you get this kind of bad feeling from your delivery guy, you might want to change restaurants. I think the chances of you getting shot are slim but if he's that antagonistic you can probably be pretty sure someone has spit on your pizza.
Posted by marybeth at March 30, 2008 11:21 PM Guns