After 22-year-old Samuel Reyes was shot and killed while delivering a Domino's pizza in a government housing project in San Francisco, Domino's suspended pizza deliveries in the highest crime areas of many cities. The company also developed computer software that allows its franchisees to flag addresses that are unsafe (a yellow flag means curbside delivery only; green flag means go ahead; red flag means do not enter). One would think that such an expression of concern for employee safety would earn Domino's one of the U.S. Department of Labor's "corporate social responsibility" awards. No such luck. Domino's behavior has infuriated liberal political activists and has led to a new "civil rights" campaign-against so-called "service redlining." Because some of the most crime-ridden sections of San Francisco are in predominantly black government housing projects, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently decided to make it illegal for Domino's (or any other fast-food deliverer) to refuse to deliver in areas the company believes would put its employees' lives in danger. The new law is the basis of a civil suit by aggrieved pizza consumers who apparently believe they have a constitutional right to pizza delivery.
Life, Liberty, and Pizza Delivery | 
