Pizza Mark II

So I decided to order another pizza tonight - in fact, the very same deal that I mentioned in an earlier entry (just a couple of entries back in May 2007). I decided to use another outlet of the same pizza chain in order to avoid the trouble I had the other night.

So there I was, printing out the pizza voucher from the web site and then I made the call.

Piza Guy: Hello, this is __________ ____________ (he says the suburb and store name).

It turns out the store I rang the other night has somehow had my call directed to them - I couldn't believe it. So, thinking quickly I ask to be transferred to the other store in the area.

Phone Message: I'm sorry, your call failed to be connected.

I couldn't believe it - this had to be a joke, right? How could I be subjected to the same incompetence as the other night when I had deliberately called the other store. So I hung up and rang again - the same store again. Thankfully, this time they managed to get the call through to the other store.

So while I'm on the phone placing the order with the other store it all starts going 'pear-shape' again.

Pizza Girl: What would you like to order?

Me: I have a voucher for a large pizza and a cheesy garlic bread - $9.95 AU. I'll have a deep pan ham and pineapple, pick up.

Pizza Girl: I don't think we have a voucher for that. She puts her hand on the phone and yells out, 'Do we have vouchers for a large pizza and a cheesy garlic bread for $9.95 delivery?' There is a whole lot of confusion in the background and then a correction - 'no, pick up, pick up.' There is is the final conclusion.

The pizza girl then confirms with me what I already knew - there is such a voucher. I had a fair idea that this was the case since I had one in my hand. Then I had to go through the spelling of the name again and I'm thinking, 'haven't I been here before?'

So I go to the pizza shop and they can't find my order. Then all of a sudden the guy who is putting the orders together out the back yells out my name - 'That would be it there,' I say to the pizza guy who can't find the order. Would you believe the name then pops up on the screen - yeah, it is wrongly spelled again, despite me spelling it out to the pizza girl.

I think I need a break from ordering pizzas for a while - too stressful!