(What do you mean I've never sold a book? I've never put a book on the shelves that WASN'T a best-seller. Think about that for a second.)
Continue on for more bad jokes and some intermittent pizza writing.
Just because I took some time off of writing, that doesn't mean Kate and I slacked on our weekly obligation to have pizza. I'll admit, we struggled once, after having so much fast food (still slowly restocking our fridge after the move), but we never gave up. We're more committed to this year's resolution than to any other we've tried before. (How can we not be? It's food!)
Let's get down to business. For the sake of your attention span, these next three posts will be a little shorter than usual, if only to allow you to have something to refer to if you are curious about ordering from or visiting these restaurants. I'll give grades at the end of each.
Firstly, I'll start with the pizza we had the longest ago: Jet's Pizza.
(Yes, it is "Jet's" with an apostrophe. As in "someone named Jet owns this pizza restaurant." I don't know why, but the misuse of apostrophes in grammar is the worst offense of all grammar offenses to me. I know I don't have perfect grammar, but this one is pretty simple. See me after class if you have questions.)
Picture time!
Jet's Pizza is a chain similar to Little Ceasar's, except that I've seen tables in a Jet's. You could eat here, I suppose, but I don't think many people do.
If you look closely, you'll notice that there are two (yes, two!) different slices pictured. The intention of my order was to get a thin crust pepperoni (they gave us original crust) and a "New York Bold Fold" with spicy pepperoni. Notice that the crust of the right piece was "flavorized" crust. Jet's allows you to add a flavoring to your crust for free. It's a neat aspect that I haven't seen anywhere else. To avoid going on and on about the crust options and other menu aspects, just click here to see their menu options. There really are quite a lot.
As for taste, I really liked the bold fold spicy pepperoni more, but both were decent. The easiest explanation I have of the sauce and crust were to compare it to Little Ceasar's. It tastes almost exactly like Little Ceasar's pizza, and others have confirmed that I'm not alone in this opinion. The regular pepperoni is decent, with a good thickness that tastes hearty. The spicy pepperoni doesn't kick in immediately, it's more of a slow build up to a burn. The flavorized crust we ordered was the "Jet's Turbo Crust" which tasted like butter and parmesan, which I have absolutely no qualms with. (How can you go wrong with that combo? I defy you to tell me a way. There isn't.)
Now that the important stuff is over, let me tell you about the frustrating experience leading up to enjoying our weekly pizza.
It all started with ordering over the phone. I checked out the menu (at the link I gave above) and was fairly certain about what I wanted. The gentleman (put nicely) promptly debated the menu items with me, and then admitted that he was new at the whole "taking delivery orders" thing. Apparently, he was moving indoors from delivery driver to working the phones. I confirmed what I thought was my correctly placed order, and he repeated it to me twice. Still, we received the wrong crust on one pizza and the wrong size on another.
I also ordered a side of "Turbo Stix" and a side of cheese bread (two different items, although similar) because we were dining with other people and I wanted to sample both. He convinced me that they were the same item, and only gave me one order of them. Not to mention, he tried to get me to buy a large enough order that feeds "up to 64 people." WHO IN THE WORLD ORDERS TWO PIZZAS AND CHEESE BREAD FOR 64 PEOPLE? Sorry, lost it there. But seriously? 64 people? Why do they even carry that? I asked for a "large" to feed 4-6 people and ended my phone conversation as quickly as reasonable.
I'm not the type of guy to call and berate someone over the phone. I worked in retail for a short period, and I've seen the type of people that choose to subject someone to the anger they feel over being wronged on accidental mistakes. I'm just not that guy. I did call, however, because I was frustrated. I didn't ask for a new pizza or a coupon for next time. I told the manager that my order was messed up, and I suggested that he or someone else stay with the gentleman while he took orders to ensure that no more mistakes happened. I hope he understood that I tried to take the high road and did the right thing in helping his employee.
Although this may not seem like a big deal, I don't enjoy being argued with and having my order incorrectly processed.
Seriously, 64 people. That blows my mind. Anybody want to try to order it and see how much they can eat with me? No? You guys are no fun.
Grades:
Service: No, just no. (Grade: D, for this time. I've had Jet's before and they had fine service.)
Atmosphere: We ate at home, but this isn't a very big place. They have tables if you like, but I've never tried eating there. (Grade: B)
Taste: I really liked the bold fold spicy pepperoni, and the turbo stix are awesome. (Grade: A)
Accessibility: Nothing to add, it's not really a dine-in place most of the time. I'll give it a B only because I can't vouch for it being handicap-accessible, but I didn't see anything that would keep someone from accessing it. (Grade: B)
Another post tomorrow. Next up: Johnny V's in J-town.
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