Friday
Nov072008
Pizza Hut + Technology = FAIL
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 8:23PM
I may be snobby about my pizza, but one (of MANY) weird thing about me is that I'm not above pizza-esque foods every now and then. Like Little Caesar's - $5 for a cheese pizza? Yes please.
Well tonight Val and I decided to get a stuffed-crust pizza from Pizza Hut because I like the idea of a cheese-filled breadstick with something resembling pizza attached. Valerie suggested that I order online and I thought "What the heck," so I dove right in. I put in my address first, and I was told that I could have delivery from the closest Hut which was a little more than a mile away. Then, as I expected, I had to create some wonky user profile in order to complete the transaction.
Problem 1. They have one check box that simultaneously opts you in to useless spam AND agrees to the terms/conditions/privacy policy. And you HAVE to agree to the T's and C's. Bogus. Whatever, I'm fairly capable of unsubscribing should anything make it past Gmail's spam filter. Pizza ordered, and apparently paid-for.
Problem 2. I received a phone call from the local Hut informing me that they don't, in fact, deliver to my house. AFTER I've already signed my privacy away for some pretend pizza with cheese in the crust. Now I have to drive to pick it up (not a big deal, but it defeats the purpose) only to find out that my payment apparently wasn't processed. We'll see what happens when the transaction(s) hit(s) my account...
What a stupid problem with a seemingly simple situation.
Well tonight Val and I decided to get a stuffed-crust pizza from Pizza Hut because I like the idea of a cheese-filled breadstick with something resembling pizza attached. Valerie suggested that I order online and I thought "What the heck," so I dove right in. I put in my address first, and I was told that I could have delivery from the closest Hut which was a little more than a mile away. Then, as I expected, I had to create some wonky user profile in order to complete the transaction.
Problem 1. They have one check box that simultaneously opts you in to useless spam AND agrees to the terms/conditions/privacy policy. And you HAVE to agree to the T's and C's. Bogus. Whatever, I'm fairly capable of unsubscribing should anything make it past Gmail's spam filter. Pizza ordered, and apparently paid-for.
Problem 2. I received a phone call from the local Hut informing me that they don't, in fact, deliver to my house. AFTER I've already signed my privacy away for some pretend pizza with cheese in the crust. Now I have to drive to pick it up (not a big deal, but it defeats the purpose) only to find out that my payment apparently wasn't processed. We'll see what happens when the transaction(s) hit(s) my account...
What a stupid problem with a seemingly simple situation.
tagged Food, Rants, Teh Interwebs
Food, Rants, Teh Interwebs
Reader Comments (3)
I've had the stuffed crust pizza and the cheese within the crust is horrible, and likely ot even real cheese. Really freaking bad. I've never done it since. Mind you, I do enjoy their normal pan pizza. For some reason that crust just can't be beat in my mind, Silly as that may seem to alot of people.
Little Ceasar's is sooo much better than Pizza Hut. Sorry about what happened. That's totally poopy doodads.
Maybe you should have bought a real pizza and put the cheese in the crust with in vitro fertilization.