2008/02/01 19:58
Push One, They All Fall
It's nice to see the rest of the major pizza chains finally following Papa John's' (hey, let's see you pluralize a possessive, then) lead into the 21st century by implementing online ordering. I just point-and-clicked my way to a large hand-tossed Pizza Hut super supreme for delivery in 45 minutes. (Chill out, pan fans. You and I both know that shit is nasty after it's been sitting in the box on the ride to the house. The only way to eat a Pizza Hut pan pizza is out of the pan sitting down at the restaurant, a la Chicago-style.)
Why Pizza Hut, you ask? Didn't I write a screed against them in the wake of the Stuffed Pizza Sandwich? Wouldn't it be more sensible to go with Domino's? After all, didn't they jump on the Web-order bandwagon first? And what's with all the imaginary questions?
Simple answer, really. I'm nuts. But as regards the Domino's business, that's simple too: apparently, none of their stores deliver to my address.
Wait, what? Two of the three pickup locations mentioned are within three miles of my house. The second store on the list is in the same shopping center as Pizza Hut, Vito's Pizzeria (good stuff if you're willing to wait 80 minutes), Pine Garden (my Chinese delivery of choice), and several other fine restaurants I've no doubt would be delighted to bring food to my house just as the aforementioned three have (or will). What's more, I live in a highly university-student-intensive area. It would certainly behoove Domino's to try to sell pizza to them, and by correlation, me.
The last time I couldn't get Domino's to deliver to my house, I was seven years old and the chain was just finding a toehold in Albuquerque. Apparently not much has changed -- I have a beer gut, white hairs in my beard, and a child of my own, but Domino's still doesn't want to bring me pizza.
Well, forget you, Domino's. I don't need you anyway. By the time you finally deign to deliver to me, I'll be back in the land of the good stuff, and then you're all screwed.
Why Pizza Hut, you ask? Didn't I write a screed against them in the wake of the Stuffed Pizza Sandwich? Wouldn't it be more sensible to go with Domino's? After all, didn't they jump on the Web-order bandwagon first? And what's with all the imaginary questions?
Simple answer, really. I'm nuts. But as regards the Domino's business, that's simple too: apparently, none of their stores deliver to my address.
Wait, what? Two of the three pickup locations mentioned are within three miles of my house. The second store on the list is in the same shopping center as Pizza Hut, Vito's Pizzeria (good stuff if you're willing to wait 80 minutes), Pine Garden (my Chinese delivery of choice), and several other fine restaurants I've no doubt would be delighted to bring food to my house just as the aforementioned three have (or will). What's more, I live in a highly university-student-intensive area. It would certainly behoove Domino's to try to sell pizza to them, and by correlation, me.
The last time I couldn't get Domino's to deliver to my house, I was seven years old and the chain was just finding a toehold in Albuquerque. Apparently not much has changed -- I have a beer gut, white hairs in my beard, and a child of my own, but Domino's still doesn't want to bring me pizza.
Well, forget you, Domino's. I don't need you anyway. By the time you finally deign to deliver to me, I'll be back in the land of the good stuff, and then you're all screwed.
Dion's, I had completely forgot about them. I never really ate there in undergrad-I think I did once with you and once with my family. I tended to eat at Vento on central. (no rhyming intended).
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