Daily pizza habit saves elderly woman, and more

last updated 8 January 2015

Daily pizza habit saves elderly woman

Every day for the past three years, Jean Wilson of Memphis has ordered a pepperoni pizza from Domino’s, and Susan Guy has delivered it. So when Guy didn’t get an order from the elderly woman for several days, she drove by to investigate. After getting no response from knocking on the door and querying neighbors who hadn’t seen Wilson, she called 911. It turned out Wilson had fallen and been unable to reach a phone to call for help. She was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. “She treats us really well,” Guy said. “She appreciates us, and that’s something we don’t get in customers a lot.”

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