Sat 26 Jun 2010
Pappa John’s Customer Service Rep Incapable of Thinking Independently
Posted by RichSlick under Evil Profits
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So I’m stuck in a city because of bad weather and the next flight won’t be available until the next day.  I end up in a fleabag hotel for the night and am so hungry (without access to a car) that I decide to order a pizza.
I call up Pappa John’s and ask for the cheapest special.  Note: It is late, I’m hungry but won’t likely eat more than a couple of slices of pizza.
Pappa John’s “Jennifer” suggests I order the $11.99 special which is an Extra-Large Pizza with four toppings for $11.99.  I tell her that I want that special but to make the pizza a MEDIUM instead of extra large since I won’t eat but more than one or two slices anyway.
“I can’t do that sir” she says.
“What do you mean?” I ask.
“I can’t make your pizza a medium for $11.99″Â she says.
“You mean you can’t make a medium pizza with four toppings for $11.99?” I ask bewildered.
“No, you need to get the extra large pizza!” she retorts.
“So even though I’m only going to eat only two slices at most and subsequently throw away 80% of the pizza, you can’t make it a medium?” I ask again.
“No, you have to get the extra large” she laments.
So I ordered the extra large pizza, end up eating 3 slices and, you guessed it, threw away the rest.
I offered to SAVE this pizza joint money but taking a smaller pizza with subsequently less toppings but Pappa John’s would have none of it.  What a strange world where the incentive is to throw away food instead of preserving it.   This is just one of the many ways I know humanity is headed for self-destruction as no other creature on earth is as wasteful as humans.