Papa John's: Extra Cheese is Not a Topping.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Last night my son comes home from work wanting pizza. So I order the Family Special we've been ordering for the five years we've lived here from the Papa John's right around the corner. The Family Special is one large specialty and one large two-topping pizza. We always get The Works and then an extra cheese since my daughter likes cheese pizza. Yeah - we throw away one topping to get something everyone is happy with.

Never mind that in the five years we've been ordering this its gone from $16 to $22 (that's a 37.5% increase in a time of stagnant wage growth), I ordered it for takeout anyway. But when I got there, it was .50 more than the coupon price and the price I saw on their signs in the store. So I asked what the story was and was told 'Extra cheese is an additional price'. 'Hey, wait a minute' I say, 'Extra cheese is only one topping - I didn't even get two toppings on it...'. No, they say, extra cheese is additional to the cost of the pizza. Those yahoos stood there and wouldn't budge on an extra charge for less of a pizza at their already wildly inflated cost.

I left and I won't be back.


*AND WHO THE HELL RELIES ON RANDY F'N CHOATE TO WIN TWO CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF BASEBALL GAMES?!? %^)%^&*$%*(@#$)@!!!!!!

[Jocephus]

certainly you have some local pizza joints you can take advantage.

it sounds stupid, but i am done with corporate pizza. well, unless its free at work or something.

ziggys or knollas if you are in wichita. free tip.

[haltz]

On their website, cheese is a topping that counts for this deal. I can get the works and extra extra cheese at my local franchise for $19.99 - no additional charge. There had to be some sort of misunderstanding.

[ghostrunner]

[The Third Man]

Fifty cents...?

[heyzeus]

Next they're gonna tell you that the mini tub of artificially butter flavored used cooking grease costs extra too.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Fifty cents...?

Fifty damned cents when I'm already giving them free money because I'm not insisting on 2 extra toppings. They are getting one free topping on me and the thanks I get? They make me pay for a third extra topping. And I didn't even order two!

What's the world coming to 3rd Guy? A deals a deal right? They made the deal - you get two toppings on this pizza. I sweetened the deal - just give me one topping. That's all I wanted. And to get one extra topping, they want to make me pay for three. They are welching on their deal.

What happens when we let companies welch on their deals huh? What kind of a world are we living in then? Is it a world YOU want to live in? Its not a world I want to live in. I'm not going to stand for it TM.

I'm taking a stand. Right here. And I'm taking it not only for me Third - but for you AND your kids.

You will thank me Third. Maybe not today. But in the future you will thank me for what I did last night.

[Radbird]

Is Papa John's any good?

[TheoSqua]

Is Papa John's any good?

It's really doughy and garlicy. But the ingredients do taste slightly better than pizza hut.

[Secret Weapon]

Well cheese is the most expensive ingredient in pizza...