Free Pizza Etiquette

[panerd]

Wondering if I have as much right to this free pizza as I think.

Tuesday: Me and a co-worker decide to order out for Pizza Hut for lunch. He sends in an order through the internet and tells me he will pay with his debit card and I can just give him cash later. So we are sitting around waiting for the pizza and finally we call and find out their internet was broken so they never even received our order. They are very apologetic and tell us they will send one out. We have a set lunch break and can't eat at any time so Pizza Hut tells us the next one we order is free.

Today: I mention to my buddy that we should get that pizza and he tells me him and his wife already ordered and ate it last night. What the fuck?

I understand I never really actually paid any money and he did the "leg work" but aren't I still entitled to half the free pizza?

[DaddyTorgo]

If you were truly intending to pay for it, then yeah...he owes you half a pizza.

[panerd]

If you were truly intending to pay for it, then yeah...he owes you half a pizza.

That's what I think. I understand the grey area in his mind is my only contribution to this whole thing was "Yeah I'm in on half" but that still is my free pizza. Now that he has eaten the pizza how big a dick do I look like to press the issue more though?

[sabotai]

You'd probably come off as a pretty big dick to push it. He was completely wrong, but it's just a half of a pizza. It's not like he screwed you over for $100 or something. I'd just let it go.

[Ksyrup]

I agree, if you were 50/50 on payment, then you were 50/50 on the shared customer service experience, and deserved to share in the freebie the place gave to accomodate you.

It really depends on your relationship with the guy as to whether or how far you push it. I've got a couple of friends I'd feel comfortable giving shit about it to, although I think I'd do it in a joking manner, but with the obvious undertone that what they did was pretty shitty.

[Autumn]

Yeah, that was a dick move, but not one you can do much about without being a dick also. So depends how much you like this guy. The best thing would have been to just say something when he told you. "Dude, WTF, that was my pizza too."

[Ksyrup]

Clearly, I think the only resolution to this is for you to sleep with his wife.

[Autumn]

Clearly, I think the only resolution to this is for you to sleep with his wife.

She already swallowed your sausage.

[EagleFan]

If you were truly intending to pay for it, then yeah...he owes you half a pizza.

You'd probably come off as a pretty big dick to push it. He was completely wrong, but it's just a half of a pizza. It's not like he screwed you over for $100 or something. I'd just let it go.

+1 on both.

Though he was a dick for using it that way since not only werre you going to pay for half but you were also inconvenienced by the situation... not his wife.

[Doug5984]

What they said- he dicked you over on that half a pizza, but not worth pushing the issue. Unless your short on cash one day and he wants to get something just say hey you owe me half.

[MJ4H]

This is simple. This is the kind of thing you don't do anything about, but definitely consider in the future.

[Suburban Rhythm]

This is simple. This is the kind of thing you don't do anything about, but definitely consider in the future.

This.

I'm sure in his mind, he did nothing wrong, because he received the voucher (or whatever it was) for the free pizza.

Only resolution now is to avoid getting lunch with him in the future if you feel that strongly about it.

[panerd]

I know the guy pretty well. He is usually the guy I hang around during work parties or happy hours so it wouldn't be completely akward. I really like the 50/50 on customer experience line, I will use it to get his goat.

[DanGarion]

Pizza Hut pizza is shit and what their pizza is only like $5. Who cares?!

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I'd still bet on him using the free pizza either when you aren't there or he doesn't consult you. It's his. in his mind.

Just try to remember that people are dicks.

[Tigercat]

Question: was he somewhat apologetic when he said he used it?

If not, that is the kind of thing that would piss me off in your shoes. Not because the other guy had a moment of instinctual selfishness in using the coupon, that happens. But if he just blew it off when you brought it up, that's just being a dick intentionally to your face. Steal his lunch (or half of it) next time you see him with something good.

[JediKooter]

Here's what you do. Go out to lunch with the guy, order your food and when it's time to pay, tell him you forgot your money at home. When he asks you about paying him back or buying him lunch to pay him back, tell him you bought your wife lunch instead.

[MizzouRah]

Douche move for sure.

[Matthean]

Little Caesars pizza is shit and what their pizza is only like $5. Who cares?!

Fixed. I'm past Pizza Hut as a place to go for pizza, but it's certainly not $5 unless you get something like a small and/or just one topping. Stuff like Little Caesars and Ci Ci's is well below even Pizza Hut level.

[JediKooter]

Little Ceasars bread sticks blow away any other pizza chains bread sticks.

[stevew]

Here's what you do. Go out to lunch with the guy, order your food and when it's time to pay, tell him you forgot your money at home. When he asks you about paying him back or buying him lunch to pay him back, tell him you bought your wife lunch instead.

Yeah, this was my thought as well.

[Ksyrup]

Little Ceasars bread sticks blow away any other pizza chains bread sticks.

Not even in the same universe as Papa Johns garlic parmesan. Those might have single-handedly driven me back into the weight loss dynasty thread.

[JediKooter]

Not even in the same universe as Papa Johns garlic parmesan. Those might have single-handedly driven me back into the weight loss dynasty thread.

Hmmmm, never had those or knew they had them. These are now added to my 'must try' list. Everything in moderation Ksyrup!

[britrock88]

Anything Papa John's does well can't make up for the quality of its pizza, though.

[Autumn]

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[Izulde]

Anything Papa John's does well can't make up for the quality of its pizza, though.

This. Most horrible, overrated pizza in the world.

[ISiddiqui]

Was half your pizza, no doubt. How to handle is tougher... I'd suggest eating with him less.

[Lathum]

Douce move on his part, problem is if he doesn't see that he never will.

[Ksyrup]

Papa Johns isn't great, I agree. But those breadsticks are mighty tasty.

[MizzouRah]

I would even eat Little Ceasar's pizza over Pizza Hut.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Just say NO next time he wants to split something with you.....

[Bobble]

Here's what you do. Go out to lunch with the guy, order your food and when it's time to pay, tell him you forgot your money at home. When he asks you about paying him back or buying him lunch to pay him back, tell him, "Sorry dude, I'm banging your wife."

Too harsh?

[DougW]

I think I'd casually ask him if he wants to take things home to his wife for a while (until the joke got old to me). He probably won't get it, which would make it funnier to me. I wouldn't tell him, and probably wouldn't say it in front of anyone else - cuz they wouldn't get it either - and may push for an answer.

IE : "Hey, Suzy just brought in some new paperclips for the office - did you want to take my half home to your wife ?"

paperclips, copy paper, coffee, whatever. I'd turn it into a couple laughs that probably only I understood.

[Suicane75]

Listen Costanza, until you give him half the money, it's all his pizza.

[Pumpy Tudors]

So do any of you pizza snobs want to tell me what pizza is actually good? I'd appreciate it if I don't get some cop-out comment about some obscure local pizza place at the intersection of your high school and where you got your first lapdance. I'm talking about something that I can actually order and eat after I get home tonight.

Thanks.

[Suicane75]

No lie, I shared a Digornios with another board member one evening and it was delicious. I have not been able to replicate that same goodness without him though. Even though it was a frozen pizza I will swear to my final moment that it was his magic hands and gentle way that made that pizza so good.

Or were you looking for a chain place?

[Suicane75]

Cause I love Pizza Hut. I'm aware of what gets said about it and how it's not real pizza and carboard this and processed that and if you saw it get made you wouldn't want to eat it, but sir, I think it's heavenly.

[Pumpy Tudors]

No lie, I shared a Digornios with another board member one evening and it was delicious. I have not been able to replicate that same goodness without him though. Even though it was a frozen pizza I will swear to my final moment that it was his magic hands and gentle way that made that pizza so good.

Or were you looking for a chain place?
Doesn't have to be a chain place. If you found a frozen pizza that's better than any of the chains, that helps me out. I can buy a Digiorno pizza on the way home and eat it tonight, so I'm satisfied.

[Easy Mac]

No lie, I shared a ________ with another board member one evening and it was ________. I have not been able to replicate that same goodness without him though. Even though it was a ________ I will swear to my final moment that it was his magic hands and gentle way that made that _____ so good.

I think this should be a permanent sig for everyone

[MJ4H]

I love Pizza Hut, but I literally called mine and griped them out last night after the fourth straight time of ordering online and getting an estimated delivery time 2+ hours away.

Domino's gets all of my business. They take 20 minutes.

[Easy Mac]

So do any of you pizza snobs want to tell me what pizza is actually good? I'd appreciate it if I don't get some cop-out comment about some obscure local pizza place at the intersection of your high school and where you got your first lapdance. I'm talking about something that I can actually order and eat after I get home tonight.

Thanks.

Pizza Siena has 8 stars on google

[Pumpy Tudors]

DOMINO'S PIZZA IS SHIT
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY DOESN'T GET PIZZA FROM WALTER YAKASAK'S AT THE CORNER GREENGROVE ROAD AND CRICKET LANE BY MY HOUSE

[Suicane75]

Doesn't have to be a chain place. If you found a frozen pizza that's better than any of the chains, that helps me out. I can buy a Digiorno pizza on the way home and eat it tonight, so I'm satisfied.

Well then I'll tell you this sir, I really like Totinos party pizzas. The Red Baron deep crust singles as well. I think the problem with most frozen pizzas is they sort of skimp on cheese a bit so have a package of shredded Mozzarella on hand to sort of sprinkle on during the last few moments of cooking. It's how I saved my relationship with Ellios pizza which I was finding a bit too saucy, much like yourself :batseyes:. But a handful of cheese over top of it and a nice blend of oregano and garlic powder and it's been like an orgasm in my mouth ever since.

[Pumpy Tudors]

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[ISiddiqui]

Kashi pizza is like heaven in your mouth.

[MJ4H]

DOMINO'S PIZZA IS SHIT
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY DOESN'T GET PIZZA FROM WALTER YAKASAK'S AT THE CORNER GREENGROVE ROAD AND CRICKET LANE BY MY HOUSE

hahahahahaha

[Draft Dodger]

So do any of you pizza snobs want to tell me what pizza is actually good? I'd appreciate it if I don't get some cop-out comment about some obscure local pizza place at the intersection of your high school and where you got your first lapdance. I'm talking about something that I can actually order and eat after I get home tonight.

Thanks.

there is no such thing as bad pizza

[Matthean]

So do any of you pizza snobs want to tell me what pizza is actually good? I'd appreciate it if I don't get some cop-out comment about some obscure local pizza place at the intersection of your high school and where you got your first lapdance. I'm talking about something that I can actually order and eat after I get home tonight.

Thanks.

DOMINO'S PIZZA IS SHIT
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY DOESN'T GET PIZZA FROM WALTER YAKASAK'S AT THE CORNER GREENGROVE ROAD AND CRICKET LANE BY MY HOUSE

So, answered your own question? About the only places I would deem credible around me is Old Chicago and Deluca's and Old Chicago is far closer. I tend to touch up frozen pizza, but some can be decent for a cheap pizza. Digiorno Ultimate Toppings, or their Garlic Bread crust ones tend to be my favorites. There was Freschetta's Brick Oven BBQ Chicken one that I loved, but it's not made anymore.

[Pumpy Tudors]

So, answered your own question?
Yeah, I'm thinking Yakasak's tonight.

[Joe]

your co-worker is an asshole

[DanGarion]

So do any of you pizza snobs want to tell me what pizza is actually good? I'd appreciate it if I don't get some cop-out comment about some obscure local pizza place at the intersection of your high school and where you got your first lapdance. I'm talking about something that I can actually order and eat after I get home tonight.

Thanks.

Ray's Pizza.

[lungs]

Dress up a Jack's.

I love putting some of my fresh-out-of-a-cow mozzarella on a Jack's when I'm too lazy to go all out on homemade.

[Karlifornia]

Ray's Pizza.

Yeah dumbass OP why didn't you go to Ray's Pizza you no taste having motherfucker!

[Radii]

So do any of you pizza snobs want to tell me what pizza is actually good? I'd appreciate it if I don't get some cop-out comment about some obscure local pizza place at the intersection of your high school and where you got your first lapdance. I'm talking about something that I can actually order and eat after I get home tonight.

I love this post so fucking much.

[General Mike]

I love free pizza, but hate etiquette.

[CrimsonFox]

Wondering if I have as much right to this free pizza as I think.

Tuesday: Me and a co-worker decide to order out for Pizza Hut for lunch. He sends in an order through the internet and tells me he will pay with his debit card and I can just give him cash later. So we are sitting around waiting for the pizza and finally we call and find out their internet was broken so they never even received our order. They are very apologetic and tell us they will send one out. We have a set lunch break and can't eat at any time so Pizza Hut tells us the next one we order is free.

Today: I mention to my buddy that we should get that pizza and he tells me him and his wife already ordered and ate it last night. What the fuck?

I understand I never really actually paid any money and he did the "leg work" but aren't I still entitled to half the free pizza?


SHIT! That's lame! That's a total dick move that warrants facepunches.
I mean free pizza is the ultimate prize!

[CrimsonFox]

DOMINO'S PIZZA IS SHIT
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY DOESN'T GET PIZZA FROM WALTER YAKASAK'S AT THE CORNER GREENGROVE ROAD AND CRICKET LANE BY MY HOUSE


Totally Totally agree+++++++


I prefer Papa John's. The Pizza hut cheese filled crust is really yummy. And Round table is really good.

[Bobble]

I love free pizza, but hate etiquette.

Dude, the OP was just telling us about you!

[cuervo72]

Went to Ruby Tuesday's today. Had a coupon for a free entree (up to $15). The bill was itemized and split by seat (each person had a subtotal), and the coupon was split by percentage across the seats (so if my meal was 35% of the bill, I was credited 35% of the coupon). Made me think of this thread.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Totally Totally agree+++++++


I prefer Papa John's. The Pizza hut cheese filled crust is really yummy. And Round table is really good.
what

[Mustang]

So do any of you pizza snobs want to tell me what pizza is actually good? I'd appreciate it if I don't get some cop-out comment about some obscure local pizza place at the intersection of your high school and where you got your first lapdance. I'm talking about something that I can actually order and eat after I get home tonight.
Thanks.

Maybe I just don't give a shit and have no taste buds, but there is no pizza that I hate.. just different levels of like. Same with hamburgers and hot dogs.

[jeff061]

Maybe I just don't give a shit and have no taste buds, but there is no pizza that I hate.. just different levels of like. Same with hamburgers and hot dogs.

Pretty much the same. Though I really didn't like Domino's back when they had that weird spongy rubber crust. They've since ditched that, so I can't think of any pizza I'll avoid.

That said, there is certainly pizza I'd rank much higer than the fast food variety.

[Mota]

This thread is great.

I agree with a few other posters here about scheduling a lunch with your buddy next week and "accidentally" forgetting your wallet.

[cartman]

To get a truly great pizza, you must board a flight to Italy. Once you arrive in Naples, you are asked given a 30 question test (in Italian) to even get in the door. I don't know why Giuseppe (if that is his real name) can't conduct the test over the phone. Maybe he doesn't "trusta the phone machine". I can't divulge the questions, because I hope to return some day, but you'd better know how the kinds of grass a cow eats affects the milk and how aged the acorns need to be before being fed to the pigs. It doesn't hurt to know arcane facts about the Renaissance either. After the quiz, you are sent back to your hotel. A courier will let you know if you passed the quiz. You are then led back to the pizzeria, but you are not home free yet. You must spend three days churning milk into cheese, running the stone mill to grind the flour, and pressing the olives into oil. It is only at this point you are allowed to see the menu. It consists solely of a pizza with cheese, tomatoes, and olive oil.

So I said, fuck it, flew back home and ordered a Pizza Hut Meat Lovers pan pizza.

[stevew]

Tomatoes aren't native to Italy, so that can't be good pizza. Pizza might not even be native.

[Izulde]

Domino's and Papa John's are both absolutely wretched and I have no clue how they manage to stay in business.

Little Caesar's is the very definite of adequate. It's not great, but it's not terrible either.

Pizza Hut is really hit and miss. Sometimes it's good, other times it's bad.

I noticed frozen pizzas tend to go in cycles. Jack's used to be really pretty good, then they got bad and DiGorno's went through the same cycle. Tombstone used to be decent but then they got inedible.

Jack's is back up to the pretty good again last I ate it.

California Kitchen frozen pizzas are consistently pretty good. I haven't noticed a boom/bust cycle with them like I have Jack's and DiG's.

[Izulde]

Oh and I'd put Cici's in the same category as Little Caesar's. Adequate and worth the cheap price for the buffet.

[TCY Junkie]

I used to get Digornios stuffed crust every once in a while, thought why don't they make personal size ones stuffed with cheese. I had really high expectations when I saw it in the store. Eating it was like all the cheese I could stand for a month, I went back to the store and ate another one the next night.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Oh and I'd put Cici's in the same category as Little Caesar's. Adequate and worth the cheap price for the buffet.

At the moment I think Cici's probably has the best bang for the food buck in Athens, GA. And the pizza is probably in the top 2-3 here to boot. Shockingly good service, the employees are pleasant from the manager to the newest bus boy, the franchisee (or at least his on-site mgmt) is really doing wonders with how dialed the place is for the past year or so.

[RainMaker]

At the moment I think Cici's probably has the best bang for the food buck in Athens, GA. And the pizza is probably in the top 2-3 here to boot. Shockingly good service, the employees are pleasant from the manager to the newest bus boy, the franchisee (or at least his on-site mgmt) is really doing wonders with how dialed the place is for the past year or so.

I know I'm a pizza snob living in Chicago. But I draw the line at Cici's. And this coming from someone who doesn't mind Totinos pizzas from time to time. I think Dominos is passable if you're looking for a chain. But I'm also a huge fan of Sbarro if you have one in the area. But Cici's feels like a running joke where they are trying to see how long they can get away with calling what they serve pizza.

Jon, I feel like I need to send you a Lou Malnati's pizza.

[JonInMiddleGA]

But I'm also a huge fan of Sbarro if you have one in the area.

I believe ours closed about the time they filed for bankruptcy back in April

But Cici's feels like a running joke where they are trying to see how long they can get away with calling what they serve pizza.

In most cases I'd probably agree with you but I'm telling you, this place is spot on with what they're doing at the moment (at least as far as their thin crust style goes). I can't explain why, I know it's out of the ordinary, I've shook my head at the odds against it more than once.

Somewhere in a musty corner of my mind I recall someone in the restaurant business telling me something many years ago along the lines of how a pizza oven hits a sweet spot for a while after X amount of use. I figure something like that is what's happening here & I'm sure it won't last forever but right now it's pretty solid (especially given the price point).

[Chubby]

you guys are assholes, now I have to make a celeste pizza because it's 10am!

[General Mike]

Pizza Hut is the only fast food pizza place I go to, and only because I love their stuffed crust pizza. Generally I stick to NY style pizza tho. Nice and greasy.

[RainMaker]

I enjoy Pizza Hut. Their pizza isn't bad, their breadsticks are solid, and their pasta is good too. My problem is that it just rapes my insides. I just hate myself after eating it. You get that crummy too full feeling no matter how much you eat. Then it makes a beeline for my ass in liquid form. It's sort of like going into a night of heavy drinking. I know I'll have fun but will pay for it later.

[Izulde]

I haven't seen a Sbarro in a long time. Never cared for them all that much.

[miked]

At the moment I think Cici's probably has the best bang for the food buck in Athens, GA. And the pizza is probably in the top 2-3 here to boot. Shockingly good service, the employees are pleasant from the manager to the newest bus boy, the franchisee (or at least his on-site mgmt) is really doing wonders with how dialed the place is for the past year or so.

There's a Cici's in Decatur near the North Dekalb Mall and Lawrenceville Hwy, do you think that will be good too? I've always wondered because it's a buffet.

[Desnudo]

Throw shit at his house. You need to come over the top on this one to get top dog status back.

[jeff061]

I haven't seen a Sbarro in a long time. Never cared for them all that much.

They are in every mall around here and most airports I fly through. I never thought they were good, just useful in a pinch.

[cuervo72]

In most cases I'd probably agree with you but I'm telling you, this place is spot on with what they're doing at the moment (at least as far as their thin crust style goes). I can't explain why, I know it's out of the ordinary, I've shook my head at the odds against it more than once.

Love their thin crust pizza. Especially as a low-carber - I can indulge and not feel quite as guilty.

Papa Murphy's thin crust isn't bad either (serving a completely different purpose).

[Matthean]

Tomatoes aren't native to Italy, so that can't be good pizza. Pizza might not even be native.

Yeah, those Italians can't make a marinara sauce for the life of them.

Oh and I'd put Cici's in the same category as Little Caesar's. Adequate and worth the cheap price for the buffet.

+1. The Ci Ci's in my area close due to not paying rent despite being busy anytime I went by there.

[JonInMiddleGA]

There's a Cici's in Decatur near the North Dekalb Mall and Lawrenceville Hwy, do you think that will be good too? I've always wondered because it's a buffet.

It seems like a toss up to me. The odds are probably against it but I know that there's at least a chance. The good news is that it doesn't cost much to find out :)

[Mustang]

Papa Murphy's thin crust isn't bad either (serving a completely different purpose).

I find that the older I get the more I prefer thin crust. (I think the thicker crust just lays in me for 24 hours and I feel like a slug) Unfortunately, my daughter loves thicker crusts and doesn't like thin so.. she wins.

[korme]

Godfather's Pizza is the best chain pizza I've ever eaten

[ISiddiqui]

There's a Cici's in Decatur near the North Dekalb Mall and Lawrenceville Hwy, do you think that will be good too? I've always wondered because it's a buffet.

I was actually just there last Sunday. It was decent. Not great, but not horrid either.

[TCY Junkie]

I go only for their cinnamon rolls.

[Izulde]

Godfather's Pizza is the best chain pizza I've ever eaten

I've only eaten there once but I remember it being pretty good.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I misread it... she ordered & ate your pizza? This changes everything. Well, not everything, just the base that there is no longer a free pizza. Nice fucking move.

Here's what you do. Call the Pizza Hut as him & tell them you'd like your free pizza. Call back every day, stating his name & his wife's name, demanding your free pizza, each time saying you never received it. Yell at the manager. Then when he or his wife want to order a pizza... Nope. Sorry.

Then do it to a few more pizza joints, telling them they should honor pizza hut's free pizza offer as some sort of "pizza honor code." Soon, they will be banned from every pizza delivery in town!

[Suicane75]

Or he could do none of that and get over losing out on four slices of pizza he never payed for to begin with.

[Coffee Warlord]

I enjoy Pizza Hut. Their pizza isn't bad, their breadsticks are solid, and their pasta is good too. My problem is that it just rapes my insides. I just hate myself after eating it. You get that crummy too full feeling no matter how much you eat. Then it makes a beeline for my ass in liquid form. It's sort of like going into a night of heavy drinking. I know I'll have fun but will pay for it later.

Is it just my Pizza Hut, or have they changed their breadstick recipe? At least at the one by me, they have become more 'airy' (and taste much worse).

[dawgfan]

Or he could do none of that and get over losing out on four slices of pizza he never payed for to begin with.
Maybe I'm misreading panerd's posts, but my understanding is nobody paid for that pizza. The initial order was lost.

[DaddyTorgo]

Maybe I'm misreading panerd's posts, but my understanding is nobody paid for that pizza. The initial order was lost.

DING DING...VALID POINT!

[Cap Ologist]

Double Dave's is my favorite, it's a small Texas chain.

[TCY Junkie]

Double Dave's is my favorite, it's a small Texas chain.

Yeah, mine too. Took my nephew there who loves cici's for the cheese bread they used to have. He said DD tested terrible. I told him it tasted like angels made it, then he said more like trolls.

[PilotMan]

Is it just my Pizza Hut, or have they changed their breadstick recipe? At least at the one by me, they have become more 'airy' (and taste much worse).

It sounds like they didn't proof them long enough from the freezer. Just pulled em out in a hurry when they were running short, let them sit for a few minutes then straight to the oven. It's a QC issue.