I love pizza. It is the best food. I love it hot, I love it cold, I love it sitting out on the counter for 2 days. I love independent small pizza places best. Though, I don't mind a corporate pizza once in awhile, I'm eating cold leftovers as I type ... I'm not all... "pizzaier than thou" about it.
Long day yesterday, as usual. It's 7pm and it's decided to do what the the television ad said... Buy one large specialty pizza and get a pan pizza for a quarter.
Ok, I'm from Janesville, WI... I remember 25 years ago. I remember the Pizza Hut bringing this to the masses. You couldn't get Pan Pizza, much less delivered Pan pizza anywhere back then. It was new, it was crazy, it was a different time.
Though, it was a bit of a hassle... so, I e-mailed the local Pizza Hut franchise this morning. After re-reading it... I thought it was kind of funny, probably because I wrote it at 5am after just waking up ... so I'm sharing it.
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Hi.. this is long because I write like a teenage girl telling a story... I can't help it... but, I'm a 32 year old dude.
so last night, I call information and ask for the Pizza Hut on Central Ave NE in Minneapolis. Place my entire order and the gal says they don't deliver to me. Ok.. maybe Information put through to the wrong Pizza Hut
Fine. It's 5 minutes before TV watchin' for me and my wife. So, I run to the computer and punch up RSVPizza.com (which I guess is now PizzaHutMN.com) ... anyways, register my stuff and make my order. 1 large meatlovers and 1 medium pan pizza for a quarter with pepperoni and mushroom and a single order of buffalo wings... hit submit order and the site says there was a problem processing the order... call this number for the pizza hut on central ave ne.
So, I do.. and the same gal says we don't deliver to you... and I'm like, "lady, I'm 10 blocks away" and she's like, "let me ask the driver"... 2 minutes later, she's all, "we deliver to you ... sorry about that".
Fine. We're cuttin' into TV watchin time ... so I tell her I want the same thing I tried ordering online... large meat lovers, medium pan pizza for a quarter with pepperoni and mushroom and a single order of wings. She tells me that the Pan pizza for a quarter is one-topping only. "I will pay for mushrooms," I tell her. She said, it doesn't matter as if she puts mushrooms down, the computer will charge us full price for the pizza.
So now, I've missed the first 10 minutes of House MD on Fox... So, I tell her, ok, just pepperoni is fine.
The disappointing this is that what I could buy online, wasn't what I could buy at the same store. Also, disappointed that the phone gal told me twice they don't deliver, but I am literally 10 blocks away.
The positives... food did come quickly. Food was hot. The wings were fantastic. The pizza was .. pizza hut tasting pizza.
My username is "pshawnoah" on your web site... my address is above. I tried.
Also, do you hire drivers for only one-two nights per week?
- Noah