Speaking of Pizza

[digamma]

A while back Quicksand had a post about there being two types of pizza orderers. The first simply call and order and the second call and ask what the specials are before ordering. I have always fallen into the second group.

Anyway, using this method, I called the other night to make an order. Incredibly, the conversation went like this:

Them: "Hi. Can you hold please?"
[Time passes.]
Them: "What can I get for you?"
Me: "Do you have any specials?"
Them: "Yes. One large one topping pizza for $10.99, one large one topping pizza for $11.99, one large one topping pizza and an..."
Me: "Wait, you have one large one topping for $10.99 and one large one topping for $11.99."
Them: "Yes."
Me: "Why would I ever get the $11.99 special?"
Them: "What can I get for you this evening, sir?"

I wanted to hang up, but having been trhough this much, I simply ordered the $10.99 special and went on my way.

[bryce]

my last experience with domino's has caused me to forever boycott them:

Me: i'd like a large pepperoni, and i have a coupon for $7.99
non-english speaking employee (NESE): ok, that will be $11.90
ME: i have a coupon for 7.99. :rolleyes:
NESE: ok, just one second.
about one minute later:
NESE: 11.90, we'll be there within an hour.
ME: Sir, i have a coupon for 7.99, that should be 8.65 with tax. :mad:
NESE: please hold
one minute goes by
NESE: ok, that will be 8.65.
me: OK.
I then hang up.

one hour goes by, and still no pie. i call back.

Me: i ordered pie an hour ago and it hasn't arrived yet. :mad:
NESE: phone number?
ME: yada
NESE: you never ordered anything
ME: Let me speak to your manager

two minutes of being on hold.

Customer-Service-Be-Damned Manager (CSBDM): You didn't order a pizza
ME: Yes, i did. I callled with...
CSBDM cuts me off b4 i can even explain: No, i was standing right here next to my employee when you ordered, and you hung up on him.
ME: What?! :mad: :rolleyes: :confused:
CSBDM: You hung up on him before placing an order.
ME: NO! Sir, I explained to your employee, three times in fact, that i had a coupon and wished to place an order.
CSBDM: I understand, but you hung up on him while he was processing the order.
ME: No, he came back and finally got the price right, at which point I assumed the order was finished, and i hung up the phone.
CSBDM: [silence, then a loud, audible sigh] What do you want me to do?
ME: [thinking, 'hire someone who speaks english would be a good start.' also thinking, 'i've ordered dozens upon dozens of pies in my life, and i know that the order, and therefore the conversation, ends upon the employee relaying to me the price of the order and ETA.'] I don't want to order anything anymore since it's so late, but I'd like a credit for the future.
CSBDM: I can't do that. I can give you a coupon.
ME: I HAVE a coupon. :mad: That obviously doesn't work! I'm never ordering from you guys again.
CSBDM: Fine with me. [he actually said that.]
I hung up at this point.

[bbor]

Few weeks ago i ordered a "special" you get the pie...wings....potato wedgies...garlic bread..Etc etc...

well...i get no garlic bread with it...so i phone and tell them...i don't want it now...but next time i order( i always use the same place) that i don't wanna be charged for my garlic bread.

So the next week i get my standard order..and tell the guy i have a credit for a garlic bread.He agrees with me that i do...no problem

So the delivery guy shows with 2 garlic breads....1 i have to pay for and a FREE one...not a big deal..but still...F"N stoooopid.


This one really pissed me off.This week i ordered from KFC....it was like 9:30.i place mky order and they say 44 minutes guarenteed.

fine.at 10:45...no chicken......i phone KFC...i get an answwering machine telling me the order desk is now closed..and the phone goes dead.No customer service # or anything.

So i says 'Fuck them"...i order a pizza....of course 5 minutes later KFC guy shows up...i say...tough luck pardner...it's been 1 and a half hours since i ordered...i'm not accepting the order.

Well..they for some reason thought that this was MY fauilt and i should still pay them,and if i don't they won't deliver to me anymore....so i told them that was fine...since i was'nt gonna order from them ever again anyways:)

[Daimyo]

KFC delivers?!

[Buzzbee]

Originally posted by Daimyo
KFC delivers?!

Not very well it appears.

[bigdawg2003]

I remember they used to deliver, but i thought they stopped that.

[Vince]

Man, KFC delivery would kick ass.

[ice4277]

Probably some silly Canadian thing ;)

[bbor]

They claim to deliver...but i am unsure :)

[The Afoci]

Here is an example of good deliver service. I order a pizza, get the pizza, eat the pizza. The next day I get a phone call from them asking if I meant to tip them $103.15? I wrote my $15 check for $115 in my stupor... yeah, at least they didn't send the cops to me for possible use of illegal substances...

[Blackadar]

Heh. I ordered a Pizza a couple of months ago. Waited an hour, no pizza. Called 'em up and they said he'd be there any minute. Waited another 20 mins, no pizza. Said "screw this" and went and got something to take home. I arrive home and guess who finally gets there - the pizza man! He tries to act like nothing has happened and when I tell him I don't want it because he's so late, he actually had the nerve to tell me "you have to pay for it".

My response was just on the nicer side of "fuck you", at which point he decided to start cursing in my driveway and threatening to call the cops.

It's amazing how fast someone will jump in their car when confronted by a baseball bat...I was in a really BAD mood by now since I was so hungry.

So the manager called me up about 20 minutes later and told me he was calling the cops since I threatened him employee. I hung up on him...too bad the cops never showed up.

[MylesKnight]

Originally posted by Vince
Man, KFC delivery would kick ass.
No Kidding!

Why the Hell hasn't this been done already? Is there some kind of law that says only Pizza, Chinese Food and the occasional Steak-Out kind of place are allowed to have their employees actually bring the Food to the Customer's Home for them?

Some things just don't make any G.D. sense.

[bbor]

Originally posted by The Afoci
I wrote my $15 check .

Cheque??

Your pizza place takes cheques?

My bank does'nt even accept personal cheques

[Draft Dodger]

you guys cursed my wife - she ordered a pizza tonight, and they got the address wrong. took her about 90 minutes to get the dang thing.

when she called, though, the guy was extremely apologetic.

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by bbor
Cheque??

Your pizza place takes cheques?

My bank does'nt even accept personal cheques

What in the hell is a cheque? :)

Pizza places here all takes checks, silly boy...

[Draft Dodger]

Originally posted by JeeberD
What in the hell is a cheque? :)

Pizza places here all takes checks, silly boy...

BBor gets thrown when he sees lots of zeds - it makes him all loco and stuff. since there are now 46 of them in this thread, he's simply gone over the edge and is going to start adding u's to all his words.

[Fritz]

Originally posted by bryce
my last experience with domino's has caused me to forever boycott them:


Bryce, a few years ago I had something like that happen, but the manager cursed at one of my (obnoxious) friends. We were on a speaker phone so several of us heard it.

We decided that was uncalled for so we contacted another dominos and got the regional manager's phone number and called him. Turns out the regional guy does NOT like to be called at home by irate customers. He certainly tightened the rude manager's knot and we ended up with some free pies.

[Draft Dodger]

(anyone surprised that Fritz has an obnoxious friend?)

[Buzzbee]

Originally posted by bbor
Cheque??

Your pizza place takes cheques?

My bank does'nt even accept personal cheques

I don't know of any place that takes cheques either. However, most places around here will take checks. Eh? :D

[bbor]

I think i better checks my Merican spelling :)

[digamma]

Originally posted by bbor
Cheque??

Your pizza place takes cheques?

My bank does'nt even accept personal cheques

In law school, I did a criminal defense clinic where I got to represent three defendants through the course of their trials, with the advice of a practicing attorney.

My first "client" was a guy who had made a habit of having pizza parties every Friday night and writing bad checks to pay them off. Same pizza place, four consecutive Friday nights.

He paid them off, the prosecutor dropped everything but one misdemeanor count and he got 30 days probation.

[pjstp20]

I deliverd for Domino's when I was in college, an I got a few tips for you guys.

1.) Always ask for the specials, or you'll get ripped off, and even better pay attention to TV or coupon ads because more than half the time you wont be informed of these specials when you call.

2.) If you ever have a serious problem with the pizza man and/or the store manager go over their head, as Fritz did. You will ALWAYS get free pizza, because they figure your loyalty in terms of future orders, is worth more than a couple pies.

I'm suprised by some of these complaints because when I worked there the customers were always the unreasonable ones. I guess it just depends on what side you are on.

[GrantDawg]

Anybody want to invest in a pizza resturant? I have the perfect place for it, and would be willing to run it. Man, I wish I had money.

[Fritz]

Originally posted by GrantDawg
Anybody want to invest in a pizza resturant? I have the perfect place for it, and would be willing to run it. Man, I wish I had money.

ask lesko

[scooper]

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
(anyone surprised that Fritz has an obnoxious friend?)

I'm surprised that he has a wife.

We bought my wife a loaded Taurus from a small Ford dealer 2 years ago for under 25k and have been very happy with it.

Source (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7856)

[Airhog]

Originally posted by scooper
I'm surprised that he has a wife.





hmm is fritz's wife technically a lesbian???

[digamma]

To follow-up on this:

Last night we ordered pizza again from the same delivery chain.
After holding for a relatively short time, they came on and asked me my order. We had a coupon for a grilled chicken alfredo pizza that I was interested in trying. The wife was less sure and (having never had one before) wanted to know exactly what a grilled chicken alfredo pizza entailed. The conversation:

Them: Can I take your order?
Me: Hi. I have a coupon for a grilled chicken alfredo pizza. Can you tell me what all comes on that?
Them: Uhh...$10.99.
Me: Yes, that's right, but I want to know what ingredients come on the pizza.
Them: It's a grilled chicken alfredo pizza.
Me: Right. But what does that mean?
Them: Hold please.
...
Them: (same guy) OK, now can I take your order?
Me: You still haven't answered my question. I'm trying to find out what comes...
At this point I start laughing at the stupidity of the conversation. My wife grabs the phone from me and orders the pizza, without ever finding out what it exactly meant.

FWIW, they simply replace the traditional tomato sauce with an alfredo sauce. Decent, but I like a traditional pizza better.

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by Fritz
ask lesko

http://www.governmentgrant.com/Images/insane.jpg

[Tony]

little caesers is taking over the world with their large pepperoni for $5 deal... it's amazing for a poor bastard like me.

and out where i am, roughly half the kfcs do deliver... it's kinda cool, but now that my roommate works there, i just eat whatever he brings home. ;]

[ShagVT]

Back when I was in college, my roommate had an interesting strategy while we were watching the SuperBowl.

Roommate: Hi, I'd like a large pan pepperoni pizza. I have a coupon to get it for $7.99.
Pizza Hut: Sure thing.

[time passes, knock at the door]

Delivery guy: You ordered a pizza? You have a coupon right? That will be $8.48.
Roommate: Actually, I don't have the coupon. I made that up.
Delivery: Oh, well, in that case it will be $14.78.
Roommate: I'll give you $8.48 or you can take it back.
Delivery: [grumble grumble] ok

[time passes, hot perfect pizza is consumed]

Pizza Hut: Thank you for calling pizza hut.
Roommate: I would like to complain about my pizza. It was cold, the cheese was scant, it was just terrible.
Pizza Hut: No problem sir, can I send a replacement?
Roommate: Actually, I'd rather just have a refund.
Pizza Hut: Yes sir, it will be there in a few minutes. Did you have a coupon?
Rommate: No, I didn't.

[time passes, delivery guy arrives]

Delivery: Here is your $14.78, sorry you didn't like your pizza.


For the record, my roommate did go on to become a lawyer.

[WussGawd]

Originally posted by bryce
my last experience with domino's has caused me to forever boycott them:



/me shudders. Two of the last three times i've had Domino's, I've spent hours talking to God on the big white phone.

Domino's doesn't really qualify as pizza anyway. :)

[scooper]

Shag, those are not strategies. Those are scams.

[Bearcat729]

Originally posted by ShagVT
Back when I was in college, my roommate had an interesting strategy while we were watching the SuperBowl.

Roommate: Hi, I'd like a large pan pepperoni pizza. I have a coupon to get it for $7.99.
Pizza Hut: Sure thing.

[time passes, knock at the door]

Delivery guy: You ordered a pizza? You have a coupon right? That will be $8.48.
Roommate: Actually, I don't have the coupon. I made that up.
Delivery: Oh, well, in that case it will be $14.78.
Roommate: I'll give you $8.48 or you can take it back.
Delivery: [grumble grumble] ok

[time passes, hot perfect pizza is consumed]

Pizza Hut: Thank you for calling pizza hut.
Roommate: I would like to complain about my pizza. It was cold, the cheese was scant, it was just terrible.
Pizza Hut: No problem sir, can I send a replacement?
Roommate: Actually, I'd rather just have a refund.
Pizza Hut: Yes sir, it will be there in a few minutes. Did you have a coupon?
Rommate: No, I didn't.

[time passes, delivery guy arrives]

Delivery: Here is your $14.78, sorry you didn't like your pizza.


For the record, my roommate did go on to become a lawyer.

First one was the drivers fault. I'd have taken the pizza back, and actually have at times.

The second was a scam and should have been caught by someone who worked there.

[ShagVT]

Originally posted by scooper
Shag, those are not strategies. Those are scams.

Obviously I was being facetious. This was merely the most repeatable of a long string of detestable behavior.

[tucker342]

Originally posted by WussGawd
Domino's doesn't really qualify as pizza anyway. :)
Oh no kidding, it doesn't get worse than Dominoe's, luckly I've never had many problems ordering pizzas