The Pineapple In The Pizza Delima

[rsmith6621]

.....My wife and I order pizza about twice a month so the last time we ordered a Canadian bacon and pineapple,they had a 5 topping special that was cheaper than a regular pizza so we asked for 2 CB toppings and 3 pineapple toppings and when we got the pizza home and opened the box up I said to my wife...WHERES THE PINEAPPLE it looked pretty much like only one topping...

...Well yesterday they still had that special so we separately ordered a CB&PA pizza one with three pineapple toppings and the other just a single topping....we each drove to the pizza store and walked in got our pies and opened up the box and....both looked like they had the same amount of PA....I asked to see the manager on duty and asked him to verify that one order was to have 3 PA tops and the other just 1 PA tops, he agreed so I asked him if he could pick out the one with three toppings...after 15 seconds he said he couldn't so I manically started to pull the PA off of each pie and putting the PA on the lid in rows of ten and SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE each pizza had within ten pieces the same amount of PA which was about 40 chunks hardly 3 times as requested.... The manager apologized and gave us gift cards for what we ordered and cooked up new pies and gave them to us with a refund...he was quite embarrassed..

So tonight we had neighbors over to watch movies and we used the certificates for exactly the same thing as yesterday and guess what... both pies had almost the same amount of pineapple so we went around the merry go round again...

I'm thinking of calling the local TV station and have their consumer advocate try this out....its robbery when you figure its $1.75 per topping they are keeping...

[RagAss]

1. Call Congress Right Now !!!!

[msanthrope]

6. This is very Series!!!! n/t

[eShirl]

127. this is why I love DU

[MadHound]

2. So how many free pies have you gotten? n/t

[Blecht]

3. Simple solution

Why not stop visiting this business if you do not like what they do?

[rsmith6621]

7. So in other words Hold no one accountable.....Right

....and this was the first certificates we have received...

[Codeine]

12. "Accountable"?

It's PIZZA for god's sake. This ain't of earthshattering importance.

[Hannah Bell]

101. $1.75 x a half-million customers = ?

[Statistical]

140. He didn't pay $1.75. Neither did a million customers.

He paid a discounted rate.

Still even if he did pay full price it is physically impossible to put 3x the amount of single topping of pineapple on a Pizza.
Either it won't cook (raw dough and health inspector violation) or you will need to keep it in the oven so long the bottom burns.


When you get a "supreme" with 5 toppings the amount of those 5 toppings isn't equal to 5 single topping pizza. There is a limit on how much material you can put on top of the pizza.

He wasn't ripped off he was just stupid. It isn't the business fault when customers are stupid.

[DaveinJapan]

156. He WAS ripped off.

And he wasn't "stupid" either.

What's up with this ridiculous attitude towards a customer making a request?

If it wasn't a proper request, it's up to the business to say so. If they don't say so, but smile and take his money and DON'T deliver what was asked, HE GOT RIPPED OFF.

The discounted rate is completely irrelevant to the argument, by the way. Why on Earth would that matter in terms of what the product promises vs what was delivered?

[Statistical]

158. He was promised a pizza with 5 toppings (not 5x the amount of topping)

A pizza with 5 toppings (any 5 toppings) doesn't have 5x the toppings as a single topping pizza. It doesn't happen in any pizza shop anywhere in the US. Period. No false claim was made. They offered a pizza with up to 5 toppings for $x.xx. That is what he received.

Even if it wasn't a matter of economics it would be a matter of physics. That much topping won't cook. It wouldn't matter what topping. Piling a pound of shit on top of the pizza isn't going to work. You will end up with either inedible goo or char blackened crust.

Unless the store promised 5x the unit volume of single topping pizza then no false promise was made. Just false assumptions and stupid requests.

[DaveinJapan]

161. It most certainly WAS a false claim

if his story is to be believed, he received NO extra toppings at all (in other words, a regular 2 topping pizza).

They offered a pizza with up to 5 toppings, so if he ordered "double" whatever they should've provided it, or explained why they couldn't (or wouldn't).

I'm not even going to bother with your "physics" argument, because even if so they should've explained it to the customer and offered either a discounted price or a topping on the side if the request was "uncookable" (as I mentioned below).

Also, you're engaging in hyperbole here since noone mentioned "piling a pound of shit on top of the pizza". He simply asked for double this and triple that. On the double bacon thing, that's hardly unreasonable at all. If asking for lots of pineapple would've made for a bad pizza, they should have TOLD him so.

Just smiling and taking the order and then ignoring it IS fraud, and typical of the pathetic level of customer service in America these days.

All the excuse making is quite simply beyond the pale.

And are you really saying that asking for "double cheese" or "double topping" in liu of two toppings (for example) is a stupid assumption or a stupid request?

Sorry, but I just don't see it that way. Once again, if they couldn't or wouldn't do it, they should simply TELL the customer such. Not ignore, take the money, and hope they don't notice!

WTF!?

[SharonAnn]

173. It's fraud! It's not legal. Hold them accountable AND take your busines elsewhere.

[verges]

97. denying them your business is

holding accountable. they no longer get your business. If it realy makes you feel better, tell them why.

[Hannah Bell]

102. it's not about making the customer "feel better". it's about keeping the business honest.

wtf is wrong with you?

[dionysus]

138. actually, them losing your business is the ultimate way to hold them accountable.

[cleanhippie]

162. Uh, that IS how you hold a business accountable...you STOP patronzing them.

:wtf:

[Hannah Bell]

100. yes, ignore the false advertising & overcharging -- just don't go there. that's a good solution --

for the business.

especially if it's a national chain -- like they give a damn if they lose one customer.

[targetpractice]

4. For real?

I worked at Dominos in college, and there were a few customers like you.

You'll never be happy, so stop ordering.

[Codeine]

14. +1 nt

[Hannah Bell]

115. he paid for five toppings & got two & he's pissed. yeah, what an ass.

[JohnyCanuck]

5. I know Ralph Nader is sort of persona non grata on DU,

but this sounds like the type of case he might like to take on. :)

[yurbud]

116. it would make some great pie charts

[petronius]

8. Some times you've just got to take a stand...

:rofl:

Between you and the Super Big Gulp guy, I feel like our fast/snack food rights are being solidly defended. :patriot:

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[Gold Metal Flake]

20. If he ordered pepperoni, sausage, onions, olives and bell peppers...

...and all he got was onions and bell peppers, would you tell him the same thing?

[namahage]

44. Likely not.

If I wanted my house painted, say, red, orange, yellow, blue, and green, I'd probably be upset if my house was only red and green.

I likely wouldn't be upset, though, that the total amount of red paint used was less than if they had painted my whole house red.

[Gold Metal Flake]

50. Please form your post in a mathematical equation/

[Hannah Bell]

117. you would, however, be pissed if part of your house remained unpainted, which is actually

the logical equivalent.

he asked & paid for 5 toppings, 3 of pineapple. not two toppings and one of pineapple.

[Occulus]

134. What if they charged you the same and then kept the difference?

That kind of sounds illegal, actually. And for very good reason.

[JVS]

93. What's wrong with being a crank and working them for free pizza?

[LisaL]

114. Because it might eventually piss them off and

since he can't watch them all the time while they are cooking is that such a good idea to have pissed off people make your food?

[targetpractice]

10. Besides, a 2xCB + 3xPA pizza is structurally unsound...

Your pizza parlor was doing you a favor.

[npk]

31. LOL. That is hilarious

Who counts the proportion of toppings on their pizza. I am really finding this aspect odd and funny all at the same time.

[Gold Metal Flake]

33. Hey, it's better than RGBolen's posts.

A lot better.

[Maru Kitteh]

59. I had the strongest urge to unleash the mother of all rants on that ***** after G. Giffords was

shot and he had that thread basically asking what was the big deal. Blech.

[Gold Metal Flake]

63. Oh. Oh, dear.

OMG. I did not see that. :wow:

[JVS]

94. I DON'T EAT PINEAPPLE PIZZA WITH YOU!

[trotsky]

133. +1,000,000

:rofl:

[dionysus]

139. after i was struck by a car and refused medical attention at the scene, i went to the local pizza

joint. i was trying to eat my slice of pizza when some jerk tried to sit next to me. i said "i don't eat pizza with you"

[AngryAmish]

153. Winner here

[Dorian Gray]

187. Best post of the day.

[HughBeaumont]

135. Hard to tell who's the more insufferable troll . . .

Republican Guy Bowling or Operation MindSlime.

Tired of these people that hang in the Third Way wing of the "Big Tent".

[name not needed]

189. That really isn't saying much.

[Historic NY]

11. is this enough..?

[flvegan]

13. This has the potential to be an instant DU classic.

I'm going to watch and see.

[Systematic Chaos]

15. I worked for a Domino's about 20 years ago, and the owner of it was around all the time.

He was also extremely anal about anything relating to food costs, and made it clear from the start how different pizzas are to be topped.

You would THINK, that since the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink supreme pizza costs several dollars more, that they would give you the same amounts of every topping that would have gone on a one- or two-topping pizza.

Nope.

What you do is carefully arrange bits of the different toppings so that they cover the pie in an even manner, but in the end you're getting maybe one-third the amount of each topping. They're just spread out real nice so it looks like a jam-packed pizza.

And this was the corporate policy of Domino's at the time. If you took it upon yourself to be more generous and your food costs were out of range, you could get in all kinds of trouble.

Now, if you ordered from an indie joint, they just have no excuse at all if they're charging you more money. Tell them to get it right or you're taking your business elsewhere.

[targetpractice]

22. I worked at Dominos, too.

Have you tried to make a "supreme" pizza with the "same amounts of every topping as a one- or two- topping pizza"?

I guarantee that pizza would not cook, and would result is a heavy, wet, greasy inedible mess.

In my Dominos, the Supreme pizzas were made by dumping the stuff that fell off of earlier pizzas. The supreme pizzas helped keep the trays under the ingredient line empty. :P

[Toucano]

36. If you worked in pizza, you should know better.

There's only so much surface area on a pizza.

The same quantity of every topping on a supreme pizza is outside the realm of physical possibility. It has nothing to do with food costs.

You simply can't COOK a pie with an equal quantity of 6 toppings. It would be a mess.

The supreme is attractive for the variety and the "melange" of flavors, not about pure volume.

I thought everyone over 10 knew and accepted that.

[targetpractice]

37. Melange of flavors!!

I LOVE that explanation!!

[targetpractice]

39. Hahha...

I also love your "if you worked in pizza" line... Those of us from "the industry" are thankful to have you as an advocate, Toucano!!!

[Toucano]

43. You're sweet.

I still have nightmares and random flashbacks. ;-)

[targetpractice]

46. So do I...

Especially, about the asshole who didn't tip then called me back from the car to say....

"I'm sorry, here's your tip... 'Don't deliver pizza in a thunderstorm' Hahah!"

But my "working for Kinko's" flashbacks are worse.

[dionysus]

141. yes, load it up too much, you end up with an inedible pile of goo.

[Joe Fields]

142. exactly. A pizza such as you describe would be undercooked,

due to overtopping.

[targetpractice]

180. Is "overtopping" a technical term like "undervoting"?

I love it!

I accuse the OP of overdrama!

[CTyankee]

182. As someone who eats the best pizza in the U.S., I can tell you that any place

putting pineapple on a pizza isn't worth going to. That is, of coure, my opinion, but pizza margarita is so wonderful, I wonder why anyone would even WANT pineapple on it.

Ilive in New Haven, home to Sally's and Pepe's, both classic pizzerias. Personally, I like Modern best and there is an up and coming Dayton St. pizza near me that is pretty damn good. Very fresh ingredients, delightful crust and nearly as good as the pizza I had in Italy and Sicily. NO pineapple...

[Gold Metal Flake]

16. ...

"Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules."

[Webster Green]

32. LOL!

One of the best scenes ever. :thumbsup:

[namahage]

17. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if all your pizzas from now on

come with extra "toppings," no charge (or notice).

[Systematic Chaos]

19. Ewwww...

I sincerely hope not. :(

[targetpractice]

25. It happens.

I think working in food service at some point before age 21 should be compulsory... Everyone would be much nicer and understanding.

[Fumesucker]

18. Look, it's OK if they rip you off..

It's only a couple of bucks and besides it's just some stupid corporation, they all do it so why fight it?

[Codeine]

21. "SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE"

Am I the only one who heard this in Gomer Pyle's voice?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

23. WTF is a Delima?

Is it a bean? Or, is it a new song variation?

Put da lime in da coconut...

[TK421]

163. Isn't that the capital of Peru?

[drm604]

24. Pineapple on a pizza?

I've seen it on menus so I figured that people must actually order it, but to me that's like getting ice cream on a hoagie, or gummy bears on a taco, or orange slices on a hot dog.

[Gold Metal Flake]

27. Yeah, you would think. But the Hawaiian is great.

Just gotta try it.

[Very_Boring_Name]

49. I can't eat pizza without pineapple on it

Seriously, try it just once.

[cherokeeprogressive]

51. Yuk

[namahage]

66. Or pineapple in sweet and sour pork.

Or mango salsa on grilled fish.

Or apricot jam and vinegar on Chicken McNuggets.

Or ketchup on just about anything.

It isn't just the sweet taste, but the sweet and sour taste, that people somehow seem to like.

But as was noted earlier, most people from Hawaii don't eat "Hawaiian pizza." I know I never tried it until I went to college on the Mainland.

And, apparently, "Hawaiian" pizza was actually invented in Ontario:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2010/04/do_hawaiians_ea.php

[DCKit]

26. Too many toppings just gives you a soggy pizza.

Every time you add a topping, they cut the amounts of each topping. The more you order, the more $$$ they make, and the less you get. Still, it keeps the pizza from getting soggy.

Of all the toppings that would make a pizza a soggy mess, I would put pineapple at the top of the list.

[Buns_of_Fire]

181. Pizza-in-a-Cup! (And here everyone thought Steve Martin just made that up...) nt

[Toucano]

28. You want them to make you a really sucky pizza, I guess. You almost never can triple any one topping

Unless the standard quantity is super stingy to begin with, you're unwise to ask for any topping to be tripled. There's only so much surface area on that pie.

Especially pineapple (shudder) which is a very wet topping. You put THREE TIMES the amount pineapple on there, and you're asking for a mess.

Tripling the same topping is really not wise in almost any case. Different toppings have different weights, thicknesses and water content and they cook differently.

It is always unwise to fight with people who prepare your food. ALWAYS.

[Gold Metal Flake]

29. If you buy four tires at pep Boys, I'll bet you expect to receive four tires!

You're, like crazy! Expecting to receive what you pay for and shit! Do you think your auto insurance should pay for repairs if you wreck your car? Crazy! Go for an appendectomy and expect the surgeon to actually remove your appendix? COMMUNIST!

You are supposed to get cheated AND LIKE IT!!! And take a bullet DOING IT!!!!

[Toucano]

41. They should refuse the order.

The customer is requesting something that is uncookable.

If they were to put 120 chunks (3 times the amount he found on a single topping), the dough underneath would not cook and he'd be bitchin' about that.

By the time the oven heats enough water out of 120 chunks of pineapple (shudder!) to heat them, the bottom will be burned.

It's a no win for the restaurant, but they should just explain that to people who are challenged by the obvious limits physics impose on their gluttony.

[Gold Metal Flake]

48. Y'know, you are waaaay too serious for this thread.

[Toucano]

55. Says your mama!

;-)

[Gold Metal Flake]

61. My response will be given by Father Guido Sarducci

[eShirl]

128. is that the "Find the Pope in the Pizza" Contest?!

[Gold Metal Flake]

154. YES!

:rofl:

[Name removed]

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[Statistical]

30. I wouldn't order from them anymore.

I worked in a Pizza place when I was in college.

A lot of toppings fall on the floor and get kicked under the counters. Some of the staff would sweep up those dropped toppings along with dropped cheese and make a "special" pizza for the trouble makers.

Not saying it is right just I don't think I would order from them again.

[GoneOffShore]

34. Easy to make your own pizza -

Check Joy of Cooking for a crust recipe (just remember to retard the dough).

Homemade pizza tonight -

Pesto, roasted red peppers, mushrooms, arugula, mozzarella.

It rocked.

[Schema Thing]

45. oh no you didn't just say retard on DU.

:evilgrin:

[GoneOffShore]

58. Perfectly respectable bakers term.

Thank you very much.

[Very_Boring_Name]

52. If you want the best pizza you've ever eaten, use pita bread as the dough

My parents used to make home made pizza like this. Pizza night was always friday, and my parents would usually make the dough from scratch. One week for whatever reason they decided to try using pita bread instead, my siblings and I were almost in tears... "YOU'RE RUINING PIZZA NIGHT!!!!". We gave it a try, and after that every friday's pizza was cooked with pita bread instead of pizza dough, at our request. The pita bread makes it really really thin and crunchy, its absolutely delicious.

[GoneOffShore]

54. Pita & Pizza in the same post?

Really?

Nooooooooo!!!!!


I've got a pizza stone, a gas oven, flour, yeast, water, salt, olive oil and the best pizza in Philadelphia.


Takes me 15 minutes to make the dough, plus rise time. And I retard the rise.

PIta pizza? Feh.

[eShirl]

129. we use 2 flour tortillas w/ a few shreds of cheese in between

but I'll definitely have to try the Pita Bread Way

[targetpractice]

35. You are what product development folks call an "edge case"...

What you want is well outside the norm... If you want your pizza parlor to make a pizza with exactly twice the amount of Canadian bacon and exactly three times the amount of wet, syrupy pineapple... Then be specific when you order!! I'd probably make you sign a quality waiver if you forced me to make that pizza, because if I did what you wanted... You'd complain about the sogginess after it was delivered.

When I used to work at Domino's... We had a customer that would find hairs or bugs on her pizza every single time... Maybe you know them?

[KamaAina]

38. Not even people in Hawai'i order pineapple on pizza!!!

:spank:

[Synicus Maximus]

40. I think you should call the TV station. It should give them a good

laugh. It the pizza is not to your standards order from somewhere else.

[cigsandcoffee]

42. "I manically started to pull the PA off of each pie "

I don't really have anything to say. I just wanted to see that bit standing alone to ponder it.

[unkachuck]

47. DON'T put pineapple on a pizza, it's illegal and immoral....n/t

[GoCubsGo]

71. I'd say the same for the Canadian bacon, as well.

I don't care for any of the non-traditional toppings, like pineapple, Canadian bacon, shrimp, chicken, ground beef, or the worst sacrilege of all, cheddar cheese and its variations.

[Joe Fields]

144. True, but I also believe pepperoni should be outlawed.

When you have to make a hundred pepperoni pizzas a day, you will know what I mean.

[Very_Boring_Name]

53. Not liking all the pineapple haters in this thread. You people aren't truly living

if you don't put pineapple on your pizza

[defendandprotect]

70. Nor on pizza -- but LOVE fresh whole pineapple ... especially when over ripe -- !!

Like it even more when it is peeled and core cut into, but not removed!!

Sitting in a container in some lovely pineapple juice!!

Not on pizza cause I don't eat pizza -- save for the occasionally crust --

:)

[Very_Boring_Name]

77. I like pineapple slices with peanut butter on them

[GoneOffShore]

82. That's disgusting. Though Nutella & pineapple would be good.

[defendandprotect]

83. Never tried that but love natural peanut butter -- just peanuts thru one of those

"butter" making machines!!

With some no surgar jam -- raspberry!

In summer when peaches are ripe, like rye bread with peanut butter and peaches

on top!! Lack of winter fruits -- only have tangerines, red grapefruit and oranges

right now. Will grab a pineapple next time!

:)

[Luminous Animal]

119. Grilled with chili powder and lime.

[GoneOffShore]

178. Oh frabjous day! Calloo, callay!!!

Mucho NOMS!

[Cerridwen]

56. 1. You should get what you pay for.

2. Pineapple on a pizza is sacrilege.

3. I've committed that sacrilege a couple of times. It was okay.

4. My late, Bronx born, Sicilian father haunted me in my sleep each time I committed that sacrilege.

4a. It may have just been something I ate.

:)

[GoneOffShore]

64. Haunted you as well he should have.

Pizza and pineapple......gah.

Ham with pineapple slices .... not gaaahh. But very "White bread".

[Very_Boring_Name]

72. If you think pineapple is bad, you should have seen some of the stuff my family experimented with

broccoli and cauliflower (broccoli wasn't bad, didn't care for cauliflower though), turkey/chicken, and as I mentioned up above, using pita bread instead of the pizza dough (makes it really crunchy and tasty).

[GoneOffShore]

75. Brocoli, sliced thinly with mushrooms

Is very good on pizza.

Brocoli rabe is better.

Cauliflower, not so much.

Pita pizza is pitiable.

[Cerridwen]

76. Yeah, I know. But I was also raised to be polite and when you're

visiting with friends and that's what they have to offer; well, it's the sacrilege of pineapple or bad manners. My Irish side views poor manners as damned near sacrilege.

So, nightmares it was.

Oh yeah, who the hell puts ham on a pizza? Yeah, cause pizza's not salty enough. Blech. Fortunately, those couple instances were at home with extended family (yep, "white bread") so the dogs were quite happy. They have no problem with ham.

[GoneOffShore]

80. Prosciutto is a whole different story.

Or pancetta.

But you have to blanch it first.

I do make an Alsace pizza - Flammekuche - extremely thin crust, lardons (blanched bacon), creme fraiche (basically sour cream) and a little mozzarella.

Or a pissalidiere - with anchovies but no cheese.

[Cerridwen]

84. So, I had to see where you were so I could invite myself over for dinner.

I shoulda known; you're half-way across the country. *sigh* Now I'm gonna have food dreams.

:D

[GoneOffShore]

86. Food dreams are the best kind.

I'm planning a duck confit pizza soon.

No cheese though.

[Cerridwen]

91. Tease!

Yeah, food dreams are the best but waking up in a drool-soaked pillow, bites. lol

[ZombieHorde]

57. Recommended for Hawaiian Pizza! nt

[Odin2005]

60. Oh for fuck's sake...

:eyes:

[rsmith6621]

62. I DONT CARE...I AM THE PAYING CUSTOMER

....If 40 pieces is what is on the original order and I order triple PA then I should have 160 total pieces of PA.... If I order it and pay for it then should I get it my way after all I am the CUSTOMER am I not??...

They are deliberately misleading the customer...plain and simply FRAUD

[Gold Metal Flake]

67. I'll bet that pizza would work.

Load it with 2x CB and 1x PA, then take the 2x PA and saute with a little wine and some garlic (just a little). Then when the pizza is ready pour the extra PA on top.

[targetpractice]

69. Tell them what you expect. Don't let them guess...

Your expectations are ridiculous, and it's impossible for a pizza chef to guess what's going on in your mind.

It's not fraud... They are making a common sense pizza. If you want a freakish mess of o pizza, you must let them know that's what you are dumb enough to pay for.

Seriously, this should only happen once.. Next time tell them exactly what you want... Or, don't order from them.

A 2x Canadian Bacon plus 3x pineapple pizza is not something a normal person would order... So, you should explain that you are not normal when you order and you are willing to pay for whatever mess is delivered to your door.

You are pulling our legs, aren't you?

[targetpractice]

73. You didn't pay for it... You used a coupon, apparently.

Maybe you should sue them... Whatever you choose to do to make yourself feel better, I would definitely recommend that you DO NOT ORDER from them again.

[Hannah Bell]

107. it's amazing how many apologists for fraud on this thread. it's *your* fault for

not understanding it can't be done, & besides that, you're a glutton.

just take your business elsewhere if you don't like being charged for air, there's a good boy.

[LisaL]

112. When you order, tell them you will count the chunks of pineapple.

[Maru Kitteh]

65. this is not a "dilemma" n/t

[verges]

105. No....

it's a delima. Can't you read?

[defendandprotect]

68. How about fresh pineapple at home ... heated in a toaster oven?

Then just go for the "bacon" -- ????

Wouldn't that work?

[melman]

74. Pineapple does not belong on pizza

It's wrong in every way.

[cemaphonic]

79. Yes

There's no dilemma. Don't put pineapple on pizza - It's a waste of perfectly good pizza AND pineapple.

[LisaL]

108. I like pineapple on a pizza.

But not 3x pineapple.

[Berry Cool]

78. I think this is the very definition of what you would call a "First-World Problem."

:rofl: A whole buck seventy-five!! It's highway robbery I tell you!!!!

[Bluebear]

81. Of all the things to get exercised about. nt

[Habibi]

87. Yeah. There are more important things. But

what ever happened to doing your best for the customer?

I'm sympathetic to the OP because I've watched my MIL order stuff for the last few months via phone and get royally screwed on her orders. Wrong stuff sent; billed for stuff she never received. She has the worst luck with mail order. And each and every month, literally, she is mis-charged on her satellite bill. I shit you not. She's resigned. "That's the way business is done these days," she says.

[rug]

85. Strawberries

[Blue_Tires]

159. but there WAS a key...

[Marengo]

172. LOL! Was a ladle, lard can, and sand involved in the investigation? N/T

[dixiegrrrrl]

188. That did it!!!!!

I was grinning thru the thread, then laughing at times, smirking once in awhile, but YOU had to do this and now I fell of my chair!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

88. Speaking as on who's part Italian

No self respecting Dago would put pineapple on their pizza

[Duer 157099]

89. OP is perfectly rational

If the pizza place only wants to put 40 pieces of pineapple on one pizza, then when the OP orders the pizza and asks for triple pineapple, the pizza place should be so kind and honest to tell him that they don't double or triple an ingredient.

I can see the rationale of not doing it due to overkill, but then tell the customer this, don't just say "OK" and then don't do it.

And if the OP wants a soggy pizza filled with pineapple, so be it. Maybe they like eating it with a fork and knife.

I agree with the OP. If I ordered double cheese on my pizza and they charged me but didn't do it (as often happens) I'd be pissed. Shouldn't be any different with any other toppings.

Caveat would be that there's some explanation somewhere saying that the total weight of all toppings is X and regardless of the combination of toppings, that number won't be exceeded. Fine, just state it so customers aren't confused.

And pineapple on pizza is GOOD.

[GoneOffShore]

90. Put pineapple on crust, but don't call it pizza.

[JVS]

96. 5x pineapple is a fucking mess. If someone ordered 5x anchovies, no sane establishment would make i

[Hannah Bell]

109. but they would charge for it even though they didn't make it? wtf.

[LisaL]

110. It was on special.

[Hannah Bell]

111. the special was five toppings. they got two. is it only things on special you can charge for & not

deliver?

[LisaL]

118. So if you are ordering a five topping pizza you are expecting

the amount of each topping to be the same as for a single topping pizza? How is it all going to fit on one pizza?

[Hannah Bell]

121. looks like plenty of room to me.

[LisaL]

194. The pizza in the photo has around 40 chunks of pineapple on it.

OP was not satisfied with that amount.

[namahage]

120. I'm thinking about getting the car painted.

I can paint it up to five different colors. Hmmm.

Maybe I'll paint it red. And yellow. And...uh...red, yellow, and yellow.

I shall now proceed to raise holy hell because they didn't use three cars' worth of yellow paint.

Fraud, I tell you.

[pokerfan]

92. This

sounds like a perfect episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[JVS]

95. You should diversify. Try PA, CB, Pepperoni, Onion, and Sausage.

[Swamp Rat]

98. Never give up! Never surrender!!!...

... your pizza toppings! :D :9

[JVS]

99. I'm not advocating violence, but people are gonna start looking for second amendment pizza topping..

solutions.

[LisaL]

104. I never order pizza with 2x or 3 x of the same topping.

[Obamanaut]

106. What channel is on their teevee? If not an approved one, get pizza elsewhere. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

113. So one day I ordered pineapple on my pizza, and when I opened the box, the shit blew up! n/t

[WildEyedLiberal]

122. You sound like the worst nightmare customer of all time

Seriously - you PULLED EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF PINEAPPLE OFF THE PIZZA AND MADE THE MANAGER WATCH? Jesus, control freak much?

I bet this pizza place would be glad to lose your business.

[bluesbassman]

123. Thank you so much, you've provided inspiration for my new band name!

I was gonna use "Free Beer" but with "The Pineapple In The Pizza Delima" the song titles are endless.

"You're so Saucy"

"Don't Cheese Me Off"

"Crusty Old You"

:rofl:

[Joe Fields]

145. lol I think you're on to something...

[Motown_Johnny]

124. how is it $1.75 per topping they are keeping if the special is cheaper?

[Lucian]

125. GIVE ME PINEAPPLE OR GIVE ME DEATH!

No, seriously, I agree with your OP. You're getting hosed.

Not much of a dilemma there.

[GoneOffShore]

183. Hosed or hoser. You decide.

[boston bean]

126. that's about 120 pieces of pineapple on 1 pizza.......

WOW!

[Buns_of_Fire]

130. Every time someone orders a pizza with pineapple on it, a kitten dies.

Please, think of the kittens.:cry:

[old mark]

131. Since Obama is from Hawaii, I wonder if he gets pineapple on his pizza...

I have a hard enough time trying to find a place that will put enough tomato sauce on mine...


mark

[GoCubsGo]

148. One would hope all those years in Chicago would...

...cure him of any desire to put pineapple on his pizza. Granted, that's where I first had pineapple on a pizza. And, the last.

[old mark]

175. I saw it done in California, but never tried it...nt

[chrisa]

132. That very same restaurant wouldn't put weed on my pizza like I asked.

:-(

[HughBeaumont]

136. This thread is awesome in 30 minutes or less.

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[PBS Poll-435]

151. I so agree

(And I like Canadian Bacon & Pineapple!)

[Kalyke]

137. Who orders Canadian bacon and pineapple on pizzas?

:puke:

Sorry - pork makes me sick, so I had to "gig" ya!

:hi:

[DaveinJapan]

143. I'm in the minority here apparently, as I agree with the OP and others in that

If you ask for something and they CAN'T (or won't) do it, they should let you know.

They should NOT simply say "okay" and then ignore the request (and worse yet, still CHARGE for it!).

All this "wow you're a difficult customer" and the like is telling...it seems from reading the many comments as though blaming (even mocking!) the customer is very popular these days for some reason. Frankly, it's a little worrisome, as it comes across to me as the consumer "force" deciding that everyone should just suffer and deal with it. It, of course, being the horrible diminishment of decent customer service these days in America.

And no, good customer service does NOT mean pile on so many ingredients that it ruins the pizza, that whole tangent seems rather ridiculous to me though. I enjoy occasionally ordering "extra" something or other, does that make me a glutton or a jerk or whatever?

What it means is that you listen to the customer, and accommodate the request if reasonable (it seems perfectly reasonable to me, given this "5 toppings" option, to request double this or triple that...how often do we see advertisements for "double cheese" pizza or the like?), and if it's not within reason you TALK to the customer and explain why it's not possible, and perhaps offer to throw in a side of pineapple since it can't be cooked properly according to the request (I find it really hard to believe that it's impossible to put on twice as much canadian bacon so I won't even bother with THAT!). Something, ANYTHING along the lines of actually communicating with your customer would be acceptable.

What IS unacceptable (and I have total respect for the fact that the OP was annoyed), is to accept the order, take the money, and do NOTHING AT ALL (assuming the customer won't notice). And it seems like some people are pretty okay with that. Which is sad.

[pipi_k]

149. Me too, and it makes me wonder....

at what point does it become not "OK" with people who are pooh-poohing the whole thing?


If $1.75 is too petty to complain about, what about a wasted $5.75?

Or a wasted $55.00?

Wasted $500.00?


What's the threshold at which people are willing to stand up to fraud?


One thing is for sure...I'll bet if the OP tried to make up for being cheated out of his extra toppings by stealing a bottle of soda out of the cooler, that pizza place would not have allowed it.

They stole his money, and it's the same thing...

[LisaL]

166. How much topping are you supposed to have on a pizza, exactly?

If I order pineapple pizza from two different chains, and they don't have the same amount of pineapple, what should I do?

[pipi_k]

169. I don't think this is helpful at all...

The OP didn't get pizzas from two different places.

If Pizza Place "A" measures its toppings so that they're all pretty much the same, then that's the standard for that store.

Pizza Place "B" might have another standard of measurement.

The point here is that the OP wanted multiple servings of whatever that standard was and didn't get it.

[LisaL]

177. If you order pizza A with pineapple and bacon, and

pizza B with just the pineapple, do you expect to have the same number of pineapple chunks on each pizza, even though pizza A is double topping pizza and pizza B is single topping pizza?
It sounds like OP was counting chunks of pineapple on pizza with pineapple and bacon and comparing it with a pizza that just had pineapple. Is that a fair comparison?

[PVnRT]

146. Who the fuck puts pineapple on a pizza? Disgusting

[HughBeaumont]

155. Really, the only fruit I've felt the need to put on pizza is a tomato.

All other fruits can stay off. Especially pineapple :puke:

[pipi_k]

157. Eh. Different strokes....

I like pineapple on pizza.


It's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that make me want to puke. And poached eggs. And steak. Beer. Oatmeal raisin cookies.

[ThirdEye]

147. Pet peave

First, I'm not "that guy" who is never satisfied.

I'm 100% with the OP. I'm sick of pizza places that skimp on toppings that you pay for. My wife and I regularly want to order a pizza with double mushrooms. Almost every time they charge for the two toppings but there's hardly one toppings worth of mushrooms on the actual pie!

This experience is across many pizza joints.

When I order a pizza I want it to be stacked with toppings, not sprinkled. I'm willing to pay for it. They're willing to take my money. What the hell is the problem?

I understand if it's a cost issue. Tell me what you need to charge for it to be profitable. I understand if it's a quality issue (though 2x mushrooms is hardly over the top). Just tell me when I order that it can't happen, or at least don't charge me for it.

[PBS Poll-435]

152. Toppings are like buying an extended warranty. nt

:P

[LisaL]

164. Do you go to the pizza place and count the mashrooms?

[Shagbark Hickory]

150. Punctuation is your friend.

[Javaman]

160. Best. Thread. Today.

Inane outrage is the best!

Then there was the pineapple incident...

Life is worth living, however, if you choose to live it poorly and focus on the ridiculous, how is that a life lived well?

Ahh yes, the stamping feet of the consumer zombies.

[slackmaster]

165. This is in the running for Best Thread Evar!

:kick:

[whatchamacallit]

167. Is that you Captain Queeg? (nt)

[truebrit71]

168. Fruit does not belong on a pizza...

..(and don't any of you smart arses talk to me about tomatoes being fruit, you KNOW what I mean..)

[pipi_k]

171. You know what doesn't belong on pizza?

Oily, stinky little fish.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKDtUzRIG6I&feature=related

[GoneOffShore]

179. Ah, Pissaladiere!

Grind them up with olives.

A chorus of yums runs round the table - Yum, yum, yum, yum!

[AngryAmish]

170. How can this not be on the greatest page?

c'mon people, let's do some work here, please!!!!!!!!

[Rebubula]

174. LOLZ...

...just LOLZ....


My life must be very complicated since I cannot find minutia like this to get fired up and 'maniacal' about.

Call the news stations, call congress, alert the President - we have a crisis here people.


:rofl:



Thanks for the laugh....

[MilesColtrane]

176. The oppression is palpable.

[GoneOffShore]

184. "I'm being oppressed!"

[scarletwoman]

185. Pineapple on pizza is an abomination.

I have nothing else to say.

[Codeine]

186. And 5X pineapple is beyond goddamned disgusting.

Seriously, that's not fucking pizza, not even close.

[steve2470]

190. k and r for a smile nt

[targetpractice]

191. Consensus? I'll summarize...

- A "5 topping" discount special does not mean a customer is entitled 5 times the toppings of ingredients. Its meaning is intuitively obvious to a casual reader... Five toppings. The OP ordered two toppings.

- It's a pretty passive-aggressive maneuver to not to voice your dissatisfaction immediately, but instead to order multiple pizzas so that you can deconstruct them "manically" in front of the manager in order to embarrass everyone except yourself in an effort to walk away with a free pizza... By my count you wasted 4 pizzas in order to get your free pizza. Atta boy!

- Customers are not always right, especially when it comes to asking professional food service people to make something they know will be terrible. If you want to make something to your bizarre specifications... Cook it yourself. Don't order out.

- Pineapple on a pizza is a take-it or leave-it kind of thing, but a red herring for this argument.

- I wish this fact were not true... But, you should never piss off or belittle people who make, serve, and deliver your food... If you make a habit of doing this, I guarantee that you've been served and consumed something undesirable... body fluids (spit, snot, semen), bugs, dirt, or whatever. Bitch and moan at your own peril.

- Everyone should work in food service at some point in their life, and chill the fuck out.

[Maru Kitteh]

195. I believe you have it. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

192. Is this an allegory for something?

Let me guess.... the pineapple is middle-class prosperity and the pizza company is the mortgage bankers - or the transnational corporations. Then who's the manager? Help me out here.

[Odin2005]

193. The employees rightly judged that that amount of pineapple on a pizza is am abomination.

And you're behavior was over the top and uncalled for.

[Codeine]

196. 100% right on both points. nt