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This is wild, I didn't know such default pizzas existed (my context: scandinavia)
I'm USA and had no idea adults ate cheese pizza.
Proper Naples pizza doesn't have toppings. There are regulations
Phone is still the best way to order pizza
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I agree with the author and you. I think Dominos is the exception though. Pizza places aren't nearly as painful as other places that have javascript bloated, every single interaction has a spinner, there's too much whitespace ordering apps. Looking at you Applebee's.
The last time I ate at Applebees is the last time I will eat at Applebees. What do you even want to takeout order from there?
I assume they're open real late. Otherwise yeah wth?
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#243Okay but, and hear me out here, I hate talking on the phone. I cannot stand the difficulties of mutual accent-interpretation and talking over restaurant crowd noise. I will always use an app/website to order if it's an option, even if it's technically less efficient. (Similarly, I also hate ordering at drive-throughs because the intercoms are generally terrible. I'll get out of my car and walk inside to order if that…
The Taco Bell and Chick-fil-a apps are amazing. I spend as much time as I want going over the menu, customizing my items as I see fit (steak instead of ground beef, or creamy salsa dressing instead of avocado lime), and pay for it before I get in the car. When I drive up, I just say "online order for function_seven" and they say, "cool, we'll have it at the window". The staff taking orders from the speaker are often…
The McDonald's app is amazing for that too. I discovered you can get a breakfast sandwich with McChicken sauce, lettuce, and tomato though the app and it's delicious.
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#244One thing changed this for me: Apple Pay.
The fact that when implemented properly I can just select what I want on a website and my fingerprint pays for it while also filling in my shipping address. Sold.
I actually have to REALLY want something to order it online otherwise. Finding my card and dealing with account creation is a barrier.
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I worked at a pizza place as a kid, we were told to apply coupons regardless if they mentioned it. Probably a midwestern thing. It was a chore.
You and the person you're responding to are saying the same thing. If you call you won't have a coupon, and they aren't going to tell you about any, therefore you're paying more. How do you find coupons? Check online, but now you're already there so why not just order it there? A lot of coupons work either online or over the phone, but they're only advertised online and therefore that advantaged is largely to avoid m…
The other person mentioned paying full price because of the lack of a coupon.
I am describing just giving them that deal regardless.
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I used to hate dominoes but at some point they changed their recipe. It’s ok pizza now as far as big chain pizza goes.
I remember being amused that they advertised the change pretty heavily, and the tone was pretty explicit about saying "we don't suck now!"
They weren’t wrong ;)
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What halcyon era of Dominos pizza are you remembering? Dominos has had a choice of crusts for about 30 years now that I can remember.
1980s and earlier.
You just miss the 30 minutes or less guarantee risking the lives of everyone just admit it lol.
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#249I strongly disagree. I find people’s ability to converse / comprehension very poor. I worked a pizza job answering the phone in a busy shop and getting verbal instructions while some people change their mind is terrible. A good app / website takes me under a minute to order a pizza, and it is consistently reliable. Logging in gives me my order history, address, and preferences. Usually I have to login maybe every cou…
> I find people’s ability to converse / comprehension very poor. I worked a pizza job answering the phone in a busy shop and getting verbal instructions while some people change their mind is terrible. That's the perspective from the business end. Maybe taking orders over the phone is worse for the shop and its workers, because of difficult calls like that. It's not a problem for the common case of a decisive caller…
> That's the perspective from the business end.
No. As I said I’ve done it. Customer and working at a pizza place.
Re: Phone is still the best way to order pizza
#250I strongly disagree. I find people’s ability to converse / comprehension very poor. I worked a pizza job answering the phone in a busy shop and getting verbal instructions while some people change their mind is terrible. A good app / website takes me under a minute to order a pizza, and it is consistently reliable. Logging in gives me my order history, address, and preferences. Usually I have to login maybe every cou…
Do you have an example of such an app/website? My local shop used to have a decent website but they recently redesigned it and now it loses my login token and adds a bunch of steps to re-order. My experience with food ordering apps is universally negative and not trending toward improvement.
Dominos pizza’s app is pretty good.