Papa John's CEO Apologizes for Delivery Man's Racist Rant

[garbon]

To be fair Domino's isn't as terrible ever since they went with "yeah we sucked so we've changed it all".

Haven't had Domino's since circa 1999 or so.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-12-16-dominos16_ST_N.htm

For folks who get their jollies complaining about the taste of Domino's Pizza, the company is about to do the unthinkable.
The world's largest pizza delivery chain (DPZ) on Wednesday announced plans to change every part of its core pizza.

[Ideologue]

To be fair Domino's isn't as terrible ever since they went with "yeah we sucked so we've changed it all".

Haven't had Domino's since circa 1999 or so.

You've successfully avoided the Noid.

[Caliga]

Around here, the dominant players are Pizza Hut and Papa John's, since both companies are based here.

To be fair to Schnatter, David Novak (CEO of Yum!) does the same thing as him, but the difference is that ALL corporate employees are required to do that at least one day a year, and the stores know well in advance what day that is.  I actually think that's a good idea since it helps the corporate white collar guys to understand how the business works at the lowest levels.

[Valmy]

I get all my pizza from here: http://www.brooklynpie.com/ really really good pizza.

[fhdz]

Which makes me suspect there is More To The Story.

Well, you know, I'm sure that black fella was getting a little uppity.

[derspiess]

I get all my pizza from here: http://www.brooklynpie.com/ really really good pizza.

I'm sure it's good but the "pie" thing annoys the crap out of me.

[Berkut]

Schnatter is a weird dude.  There's a Papa John's down the road here, and sometimes he'll just show up there and start making pizza.  I've never seen him there but he ran the register for one of my co-workers before.  Dude, come on, you have peons to do that shit for you.

It generates good publicity.

It's possible that he does it for that reason, but I don't think they announce it beforehand or anything, and I don't think he tells the people at the store... he just shows up there and works when he feels like it.  I used to work with a guy who was an accounting manager at the HQ and he said it annoys the hell out of the workers when he does that because he's so happy and bubbly, and of course expects everyone else to be the same there too.  I'm sure they would be if they were billionaries like he is instead of minimum-wage workers, and could just saunter off and go back to their giant corner offices when they felt like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM

(shout out to shelf)

[merithyn]

Do you guys tip more when the weather's bad? I usually give around 20%, but if the weather's bad, I throw a couple extra bucks on it.

[crazy canuck]

We always order from a local place (non chain).   We always tip well and we always get our pizza quickly...

[The Brain]

What is a reasonable tip for a decent racist rant?

[garbon]

Do you guys tip more when the weather's bad? I usually give around 20%, but if the weather's bad, I throw a couple extra bucks on it.

Nope.

[Admiral Yi]

Do you guys tip more when the weather's bad? I usually give around 20%, but if the weather's bad, I throw a couple extra bucks on it.

If it's just raining I don't because I figure the guys are doing a lot of volume.  Snow on the ground, something like that, I'll give extra.

[sbr]

I don't understand why someone would order Papa John's.

I like Abby's and Pietro's.

The Abby's in Newberg is the best pizza around, and much better than any of the other Abby's I have been to.

[fhdz]

I don't understand why someone would order Papa John's.

I like Abby's and Pietro's.

The Abby's in Newberg is the best pizza around, and much better than any of the other Abby's I have been to.

It's so good. I try to eat there every time we head out to the coast.

[Eddie Teach]

What is a reasonable tip for a decent racist rant?

Depends on how the rant could be improved.