That Much For A Pizza???

[BrenDAnn]

Say it with me, boys & girls: I don't control the prices of things!
I only wish I would've had the chance to say that to this woman that bought a pizza tonight. She came up to the register, pizza in hand, and I rang it up, no problem. Then, the following ensued. ME is me, and SC is, well, we all know that one!

ME: Your total is $12.83, please.
SC: THAT MUCH? FOR A SMALL PIZZA???
ME: Yes, ma'am. The kind your ordered is a specialty, and those cost a bit more.
SC: I just got a large for my husband for $10 at Hut'O'Pizza! That's crazy!

She just kind of stared at me, as if she expected me to do something about it. Finally, she paid, and left, huffing about the price. I was shocked she didn't tell me to keep the pizza or something! Oh, and quick sidenote: yes, I'm aware the warmer is empty. Our pizza cooks (all two of them) just made 35 pizzas for orders. They try their best but sometimes, they do get busy like that, and neglect to put food in the warmers. Deal with it, and don't complain, then say you're "not complaining" either! How does that work, anyway? Complaining, then saying you're not? Ah well...Thankfully, my night is done!

[Sleepwalker]

She was waiting for you to drop the price. Effin hagglers.

[BrenDAnn]

Oh, yeah, because much as I really don't like my job right now, I'm alspo not willing to lose it just to please some cheapass bitch. No, thank you! Go back to Hut of Pizza!

[b2addm]

When I used to work at a convenience store, people came in and fussed about gas prices all the time. Some of them would ask me, in an accusatory manner, why it was so high. As if I controlled the price personally. Occasionally, I would respond with the following...

SC: Why did gas go up so much?
Me: Well, I was bored. So I thought WTH, I'll just go raise gas prices. You know, just to entertain myself.
SC: ??? (Looks of confusion)

It always shut them up about it...until the next time it went up. *sigh* Lather, rinse, repeat.

[BrenDAnn]

OMG I have to use that line--oh but only when management isn't in the store! Pretty sure it wouldn't go over too well with the boss lady or assistant boss lady lol

[b2addm]

I didn't have a manager at the time, just the owner. And he didn't care what I said to the asshole customers. So I didn't have to worry about getting fired. It was very liberating. I miss that freedom of speech...No way I'd get by with it now.

[Mnemjian]

Does that type of "haggling" ever really work? Screeching about how somebody else's price is lower and then glaring and catbuttfacing until you get your way? When people do that to me, I'm somehow 100% more likely to not be able to change the price

Actually I had a similar "haggler" last night. This lady brought a stack of books to me. "These are too much!!!!" she practically screamed. I told her, "then can you please put them back on the shelf where you found them if you don't intend to purchase them." She practically died of shock that I didn't give them all to her for free or whatever. Meanwhile a line of real customers had formed behind her. Strange, none of them complained about the price!

[MoonCat]

I get that question sometimes. "Why does it cost so much?"

My favorite answer: "Compared to what?"

Gets them sputtering and muttering, eventually they wind down and we finish the transaction.

[Racket_Man]

ME: Your total is $12.83, please.
SC: THAT MUCH? FOR A SMALL PIZZA???
ME: Yes, ma'am. The kind your ordered is a specialty, and those cost a bit more.
SC: I just got a large for my husband for $10 at Hut'O'Pizza! That's crazy!

She just kind of stared at me, as if she expected me to do something about it. Finally, she paid, and left, huffing about the price. I was shocked she didn't tell me to keep the pizza or something! Oh, and quick sidenote: yes, I'm aware the warmer is empty. Our pizza cooks (all two of them) just made 35 pizzas for orders. They try their best but sometimes, they do get busy like that, and neglect to put food in the warmers. Deal with it, and don't complain, then say you're "not complaining" either! How does that work, anyway? Complaining, then saying you're not? Ah well...Thankfully, my night is done!

and Hut O Pizza just had to run that insane low price gimick for far tooooo long ealier this year that they get stuck in that LOW price range for good. Imagine the howling and screaming, after 8 months of LOW prices Pizza the Hut suddenly raised prices back to their 2009 level???? half of the stores would have closed because of the crickets in the background ie low low low sales $$$'s

I get that question sometimes. "Why does it cost so much?"

My favorite answer: "Compared to what?"

Gets them sputtering and muttering, eventually they wind down and we finish the transaction.

well let us see hmmmmm
1. company wants more profit so it sneaks in a mics service charge increase
2. company wants lower costs ie less labor hours are now NOT avaliable and company buys lowest cost ingerediants
3. company "defers" repairs and maintenance
4. company takes "benefits" away from employees

compared to the better product I can get at a local Mom and Pop/Indie place I am willing to pay more for better. some places have become the Mart of Wal

[Mr Hero]

Does that type of "haggling" ever really work?

Not with me. My hotel is just in front of a Motel 6, which has a considerabally lower price. When asked why we're so much higher than them, I bluntly state that our rooms are bigger, and we offer things Motel 6 doesn't.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Not with me. My hotel is just in front of a Motel 6, which has a considerabally lower price. When asked why we're so much higher than them, I bluntly state that our rooms are bigger, and we offer things Motel 6 doesn't.

Like quality? *ducks things being thrown by Motel 6 supporters*

[Gaki]

I used to get the gas prices too. "Why are the gas prices going up so much?" I haven't ever jokingly taken the blame but I should.

One time I did make the mistake of telling a guy I just personally changed the gas prices so I KNEW the pump wasn't wrong (he was doing the math wrong.) He took this tone that it was ALL MY FAULT. Which I suppose it was. Just call me a Gas Nazi, followin' orders and ruining people's lives.

Muahaha?

[Lace Neil Singer]

I just blame it on the government. XD

The main problem we have is people who end up with an extra penny on their pump cuz they failed to get it on the dot and get a nice round figure... who then burst into the petrol station kiosk screeching, "I didn't put that penny on, it just clicked over!" Bullshit. The pumps don't do that, you put that penny on so you pay for it. Cheapskates.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Not with me. My hotel is just in front of a Motel 6, which has a considerabally lower price. When asked why we're so much higher than them, I bluntly state that our rooms are bigger, and we offer things Motel 6 doesn't.

Such as clean sheets, no dumpster fires, and an absence of hookers in the lobby.

[ExRetailDrone]

I just blame it on the government. XD

The main problem we have is people who end up with an extra penny on their pump cuz they failed to get it on the dot and get a nice round figure... who then burst into the petrol station kiosk screeching, "I didn't put that penny on, it just clicked over!" Bullshit. The pumps don't do that, you put that penny on so you pay for it. Cheapskates.

Seriously? A penny? Look around at the ground, I'm sure you'll find one

I'll admit, I always try to pump my gas so I wind up a solid dollar amount, but if I happen to overpump, I laugh at myself for not getting it on the dot and pay up. What a concept!