A friend of mine used to do pizza delivery, and a notable local politician was one of his regular customers. Said customer had a pretty specific and odd preference for how he likes pizza, the key aspect of which is enough barbecue sauce for the pizza to practically be a pool of it. He would, when placing the order, emphasise that he wanted A LOT of extra barbecue sauce, absolutely swimming in it.
Of course, depending on who took or made the order at the time, this sometimes got interpreted as just being hyperbolic and a more subdued amount of extra sauce was used, but the customer never called back demanding a new pizza or shouting at them that it wasn’t enough. In such cases when receiving the pizza, he’d just say:
Customer: “It’s not as much as I like, but I know it’s a strange order, so not everyone’s going to get it just the way I like it.”
And he would be suitably appreciative if it was right.
#2
Pineapple On Pizza Is One Thing, But Sales Tax Is Too Much!
I take a call for a delivery order. I give him his total.
Caller: “Why is it so much?”
Me: “Well, it’s [amount #1] for this pizza, [amount #2] for the delivery charge, and then [amount #3] in sales tax.”
Caller: “Sales tax? I’ve never heard of that!”
Me: “Sir, all goods and services are taxed, except in some states where there is no state sales tax, but unfortunately for us, we’re not in one of them.”
Caller: “Sales tax?! You’re just making that up!”
He hangs up. A moment later, the same number calls back.
Caller’s Wife: “I’m sorry for my husband; he’s an idiot. We’ll take those pizzas, please, with a side of sales tax.”
#1
THIS Is How You Handle Your Weird Pizza Needs
A friend of mine used to do pizza delivery, and a notable local politician was one of his regular customers. Said customer had a pretty specific and odd preference for how he likes pizza, the key aspect of which is enough barbecue sauce for the pizza to practically be a pool of it. He would, when placing the order, emphasise that he wanted A LOT of extra barbecue sauce, absolutely swimming in it.
Of course, depending on who took or made the order at the time, this sometimes got interpreted as just being hyperbolic and a more subdued amount of extra sauce was used, but the customer never called back demanding a new pizza or shouting at them that it wasn’t enough. In such cases when receiving the pizza, he’d just say:
Customer: “It’s not as much as I like, but I know it’s a strange order, so not everyone’s going to get it just the way I like it.”
And he would be suitably appreciative if it was right.
#2
Pineapple On Pizza Is One Thing, But Sales Tax Is Too Much!
I take a call for a delivery order. I give him his total.
Caller: “Why is it so much?”
Me: “Well, it’s [amount #1] for this pizza, [amount #2] for the delivery charge, and then [amount #3] in sales tax.”
Caller: “Sales tax? I’ve never heard of that!”
Me: “Sir, all goods and services are taxed, except in some states where there is no state sales tax, but unfortunately for us, we’re not in one of them.”
Caller: “Sales tax?! You’re just making that up!”
He hangs up. A moment later, the same number calls back.
Caller’s Wife: “I’m sorry for my husband; he’s an idiot. We’ll take those pizzas, please, with a side of sales tax.”