Pizza Prep School

Now that Caleb was home from school, it was time to find a job. I'd taken notice of the "Hiring Today!" sign outside of Domino's. One night, on the way home from mutual, I stopped in to pick up some pizzas for dinner. On the counter, I saw pamphlets advertising their need for drivers. Pizza and driving seemed like the perfect job for Caleb. The manager noticed me looking at the pamphlets and said, "If you know anyone looking for a job, we are definitely hiring." 

"Well as a matter of fact, I do know someone, my son!"

Not only did I leave the store with my pizzas that night, but with the manager's cell number and a request that Caleb text him about a job.

Within days, Caleb was attending Pizza Prep School, a three-day training to become a Domino's employee. Though hired as a driver, he still had to pass the pizza-making test.

He started as a driver the very next day after graduating from Pizza Prep School. We may have spied on him a time or two.

It's a great job for him. Who knew he could make such good money being a pizza man. He gets his $11.00/ hour wage and then makes tips on top of that.

It's fun to see how much he makes in tips after each shift. And I usually tease him about his hat head, too.

A few days into his new job, Jon and I came home from being out to find Caleb in the kitchen, still dressed in his Domino's uniform, but holding a Little Caesar's pizza!

It stands to reason that he would be hungry at the end of a long shift. It also stands to reason that a $5 Hot-and-Ready would sound appealing to this pizza-loving boy. And it's not the least bit surprising that it would never occur to our perfectly naive son that entering another pizza establishment while wearing the uniform of another (your employer!) would be anything to bat an eye about.

So we had a talk about that. And Jon found the line in his training binder that clarified it as something employees should not do. Now he knows.

He's a good pizza man and it sure feels good to be gainfully employed.