four quick ones

[joe hx]

<background> I answer phones late night at a pizza place </background>

1

SC: I'm 75¢ short for a pizza. Can I still get one?
me: No.
SC: Ugh! ::hangs up::

2

SC: I ordered a pizza with feta, and all I got is a cheese pizza!

The next two are "it was bad but I ate it" happenings:

3

SC: My pizza was really greasy.
me: ::thinking - it's pizza. pizza is greasy::
me: I can send another one out, we'll just need the old pizza.
SC: We already ate it!

4

SC: I was supposed to get a cheese pizza, but I got a pepperoni one.
me: I can send out the cheese pizza, we'll just need the wrong one back.
SC: But we ate it all!
me: Well, then there's no way to prove it was wrong, so there's nothing I can do.

[Bright_Star]

For the 4th one...if all they wanted was a cheese pizza then what's so hard about picking off the pepperoni?

For the 3rd one...blotting pizza with a napkin to soak up the grease works...lol.

For the 2nd one...Feta IS cheese!

For the 1st one...you need an extra 75 cents? Get your buddies to hook you up.

[Shalom]

For the 2nd one...Feta IS cheese!

Yabbut it's not pizza cheese, which in my experience is usually some variety of mozzarella, sometimes with added cheddar or similar.

I'm the reverse of the customer in the OP: I like feta cheese, but only when it's cold. The smell of heated feta cheese, on the other hand, makes me literally want to hurl. If I wound up with feta on a pizza when I wasn't expecting it, I'd definitely send it back, probably with a clothespin on my nose, and when my local pizza joint is making it (which they usually don't), I have to hold my breath whilst ordering or I get nauseous.

[mharbourgirl]

YI'm the reverse of the customer in the OP: I like feta cheese, but only when it's cold. The smell of heated feta cheese, on the other hand, makes me literally want to hurl. If I wound up with feta on a pizza when I wasn't expecting it, I'd definitely send it back, probably with a clothespin on my nose, and when my local pizza joint is making it (which they usually don't), I have to hold my breath whilst ordering or I get nauseous.

My favourite pizza combo is one I have to make myself here in Nova Scotia, because no pizza shop around will put shrimps on. It has to be mushrooms, tomatoes, shrimps and feta (sauce and cheese too of course). It's so amazingly good, even if it sounds odd. I'm very sorry that you can't like feta on a pizza, because I like it very much.

[Merriweather]

For the 4th one...if all they wanted was a cheese pizza then what's so hard about picking off the pepperoni?

For the 3rd one...blotting pizza with a napkin to soak up the grease works...lol.

For the 2nd one...Feta IS cheese!

For the 1st one...you need an extra 75 cents? Get your buddies to hook you up.

Obviously not relevant in this case, since they ate it anyway, but taking off pepperoni doesn't work if you're vegetarian, or hate pepperoni, cause it always leaves a trace of greasy meat no matter what you do.

And for the record, I really do expect to get exactly what I ordered and paid for on a pizza - but I accept that mistakes happen and tell them nicely when they screw it up

[Shalom]

I'm very sorry that you can't like feta on a pizza, because I like it very much.

Hey, that just means there's more for you, right? I love it in Greek salad; just not on pizza, nor in bourekas or anything that gets heated up. I did try it once on a slice of pizza, which was how I found out I didn't like it; I ate it, because you don't waste food, and with enough ketchup anything's edible, but I never ordered it again.

hey, if we all liked the same things the world would be a boring place, no?

[elsporko]

Obviously not relevant in this case, since they ate it anyway, but taking off pepperoni doesn't work if you're vegetarian, or hate pepperoni, cause it always leaves a trace of greasy meat no matter what you do.

And for the record, I really do expect to get exactly what I ordered and paid for on a pizza - but I accept that mistakes happen and tell them nicely when they screw it up

Some vegetarians don't mind eating pizza after the meat is picked off.

[Juggler]

For the 4th one...if all they wanted was a cheese pizza then what's so hard about picking off the pepperoni?

That doesn't work with really strong flavors. I hate green peppers. There is always someone with no taste buds who uses that "just pick them off" line. I've been know to offer to take dump on theirs for them to just pick/wipe off. Sometimes people get it.

[bainsidhe]

Interestingly, it's the first guy that pisses me off the most. Mostly because he can't even be bothered to try making something up to cover his asshattery. Nope, he flaunts the fact that he's a cheap-ass who intends to shortchange the driver (not to mention no tip).

I've gotten incorrect toppings before and complained (politely, though I was annoyed). I was never offered anything more than an fake-sounding apology and hints that I didn't know how to order properly. Just a note: Canadian Bacon is NOT crispy bacon. When I tell you I want canadian bacon not crispy bacon and I STILL get crispy bacon, that's not my fault. I dislike crispy bacon and a Hawaiian pizza with only pineapple and crispy bacon is....*gag*.

A replacement would've been nice, although it's hard to hold back the hungry hoards for another hour when food is already in their presence.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I like ricotta on my pizza. A regular cheese pizza (mozzarella and sauce) with dollops of ricotta on top. Yummmmmeee!!

That doesn't work with really strong flavors. I hate green peppers. There is always someone with no taste buds who uses that "just pick them off" line. I've been know to offer to take dump on theirs for them to just pick/wipe off. Sometimes people get it.

Agreed. I like peppers (and onions), but I don't particularly like them cooked. My parents like peppers and onions on pizza, and often we'll get half p&o and half plain. Sometimes a bit of pepper or onion will end up on the edge of one of the plain slices, and even pulling it off, you can still taste it. Which I don't mind so much in that instance, but I hate pepperoni and sausage, so I would not want to eat a pizza with those just pulled off.

[Merriweather]

Some vegetarians don't mind eating pizza after the meat is picked off.

True, it depends on your reasons for being a vegetarian. Someone who just wants to give up meat and be healthier, no problem. Someone who freaks out over animals being killed for food - not a chance.

[DemoDiva]

I know this really doesn't have anything to do with the post, but to the picky pizza eaters in this thread: oh for god's sake, there are children starving in Africa.

I know, I know, people are allowed to like and dislike whatever they want, but, seriously, picky eaters get on my nerves. The ones that have to make every order incredibly complicated because this one doesn't like cheese, and that one things vegetables are sick, and this one wants pineapple but the other one thinks pineapple tastes like farts, blah blah. Especially heinous are the ones that make cooking dinner impossible because they hate stereotypically 'gross' foods that they haven't really even tried; you know, like broccoli or spinach or lima beans or tofu. They get this annoying screwed up look on their face and pinch their nose and GOD I want to smack them!

I don't like bananas, but for the sake of simplicity and being courteous to others, I will eat what's put in front of me. Even if it's hideous, I'd rather eat it and say I'm full than pick at it and bitch because "I don't liiiiiike it!"

Sorry, I know you guys aren't like that, but I so was reminded of this by some of the conversation, and needed to vent it. :P