In the future world of Stephenson's "Snow Crash," the only thing that America does really well is pizza delivery. The Mafia takes the business over, and you get your pizza in thirty minutes or less, or the Don delivers your pizza himself. Or something like that.
Anyway, my family unit ordered a pizza from Papa John's this evening by email. Yeah, I know, like I couldn't pick up a fucking phone, right? Not entirely; if I ordered online, they would give us free cheese sticks. Whee. So we ordered a pizza from Papa John's by email. Besides, I don't want to leave the house, want to interface with humanity minimally, blah blah blah.
On the checkout page, I actually read the order to verify my choices (no, really), and that's when I noticed a line item for the Delivery Charge. It's a buck-fitty extra for some shmuck to shlep my 'za to me. I'm interested to know if this is something that Papa John's in other cities does, too, and if so, is it more expensive or less or what. I mean, the buck-fitty extra is essentially the cost of the cheese sticks, right?
Of course, I realize that I could simply order by phone from one of the excellent little shops locally, but we felt like something different, and we had a coupon... If you're in Dallas and you need good pizza, I would recommend Tony's Pizza on Northwest Highway and Easton Road. Lover's Pizza at Lover's Lane and Inwood or the one at Garland Road and Buckner are fine choices as well. You can't go wrong with Campisi's or Scalini's if you're in the Lakewood or Greenville Road areas respectively. I'm not sure if ANY of them deliver, but they are all outstanding food options.
For what it's worth, I've sent an email to the Papa himself (or his on-line comment screen), so I'll keep you updated.
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