I might go months without ever eating a pizza, but when I do, I know what I like...and my recent experiences with both Pizza Hut as well as Papa Johns have been huge disappointments.

Historically, I've always seen Pizza Hut as dependably "good" although not always great....and then there is "everybody else"

For decades whenever buying a pizza hut "supreme", there were always ample toppings, usually so much that it was unavoidable to have excess pieces tumble off. But, you paid for this excess. Pizza Hut was never gonna be your bargain darlin

Two weeks ago I thought it was about time for a pizza, ordered up a Pizza Hut Supreme, and was awed by the lack of toppings, once I got it home. Oh each group was represented by token slivers, scattered sparsely across the pie...but it left me feeling frustrated, as though somebody else got my pie.

So, yesterday I tried to make it up to myself...the TV commercials for Papa John's stuffed crust pizza appear fairly lush with fixings. So I order a pepperoni and mushroom pizza with stuffed crust, and particularly remembering my bad experience at Pizza Hut, I opted to pay extra for "extra pepperoni"....thinking that would at least hedge my bet.

Get it home, and it looked like a cheese pizza. I was so pizzed....oh there were shreds pf mushrooms and pepperoni hidden under the cheese....but NOTHING like what I thought I'd be getting for $20.....just kept thinking "THIS IS EXTRA PEPPERONI?"

So I guess this must be a product of the overall "inflation" bit? The big chains have evidently decided to exploit the pandemic mentality where we are just supposed to be thankful we are getting ANY PIZZA? Are the corporate offices just looking the other way while their franchisees soil their image and reputations with such thievery? Have official orders been sent out to become miserly with toppings?

I'd always expected to get screwed at Little Caesars, because they promote themselves as bargain basement, but never expected the skrewgie from PH and PJ the way I just got

Life as we've known it is going down the tubes.

I think I'll go for an indie shop if there is a next time :mad:

I have had Domino pizza delivery over the years and it was just fine and affordable and in recent times a place here called Dagwood's and it was OK and so costly...

Now I refuse to spend $20 or so on a pizza so I buy nice frozen gluten free personal sizes and they can cost up to $8 and often less.

The Dominos shops in my area do a good job, and they have the best deals on carryout. I live alone now -- I usually wait to buy pizza until the rare occasion I can share one with my niece. Some places will let you have different toppings on each half.

Permission to correct the spelling of pizzeria?

piz·​ze·​ria | \ ˌpēt-sə-ˈrē-ə \
Definition of pizzeria
: an establishment where pizzas are made or sold

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pizzeria

Permission to correct the spelling of pizzeria?

piz·​ze·​ria | \ ˌpēt-sə-ˈrē-ə \
Definition of pizzeria
: an establishment where pizzas are made or sold

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pizzeria

Permission denied grammar nazi. I even looked it up before posting, and the claimed correct spelling looked ********...so I decided to stay with what I personally preferred. I doubt seriously that anyone missed my intended meaning. :eek:

I remember years ago, I used to feel abused in the wallet when buying pissurea pizza. Now they leave me feeling just plain ripped off. But I guess if you complain and ask for a replacement, they just spit on and do other nasty stuff to your food.

Permission denied grammar nazi. I even looked it up before posting, and the claimed correct spelling looked ********...so I decided to stay with what I personally preferred. I doubt seriously that anyone missed my intended meaning. :eek:

I remember years ago, I used to feel abused in the wallet when buying pissurea pizza. Now they leave me feeling just plain ripped off. But I guess if you complain and ask for a replacement, they just spit on and do other nasty stuff to your food.

Permission to stay ignorant granted :thumbsup:

Ignorant!!!!????^(*&%&%%

Permission to stay ignorant granted :thumbsup:

Maybe you should whine to TJ and get him to change it for you? Like the other thread?

I buy nice frozen gluten free personal sizes and they can cost up to $8 and often less.

Just being honest, but I've never eaten a frozen pre-made pizza that didn't taste like one.

Some spellings don't make a whole lot of sense.

(Just like we drive on parkways and park in driveways.)

As far as frozen pizza, I've tended to like ones with self-rising crusts best.

Just being honest, but I've never eaten a frozen pre-made pizza that didn't taste like one.

Well, whatever, things change and one has to change with the change....The pizzas I buy seem to be OK..don't taste frozen variety. I buy Newmon's, Calif Pizza Kitchen, DiGeorgio, Open Nature (our store's gluten free variety) and like to keep a couple in the freezer for when I get an urge. I'm out of all pizza now and will be cooking up Trader Joe's sockeye salmon filets today.

Since my life has changed so much due to damage from hip surgery, I have changed so much of what I used to do and what I can do now.

Some spellings don't make a whole lot of sense.

(Just like we drive on parkways and park in driveways.)

As far as frozen pizza, I've tended to like ones with self-rising crusts best.

I choose thin crust as I like to keep the carb content lower.

And for the spelling issue, nothing in the whole scheme of it all. So what if a word is spelled wrong or something isn't perfect????? Some need to forever complain about something.

Maybe you should whine to TJ and get him to change it for you? Like the other thread?

I fixed it for you. I change thread titles all the time. :)

Nothing beats Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.

I agree,I like thick pizza!!

Maybe you should whine to TJ and get him to change it for you? Like the other thread?Ah man!!

I fixed it for you. I change thread titles all the time. :)

Nothing beats Chicago-style deep-dish pizza.

Hasn't there been official guidance regarding "spelling corrections" given here on these boards?

I could have sworn I've seen stevea and I seem to faintly remember even you mentioning that unless an "error" is sufficient to impact meaning, that we not be petty about enforcing spelling issues.

Did I just imagine that?

Hasn't there been official guidance regarding "spelling corrections" given here on these boards?

I could have sworn I've seen stevea and I seem to faintly remember even you mentioning that unless an "error" is sufficient to impact meaning, that we not be petty about enforcing spelling issues.

Did I just imagine that?
Maybe you did because TJ once mocked me for a typo where I meant to type TITLE but typed TITTLE.

Permission denied grammar nazi. Give opus a break. I don't think he's being a grammar nazi. He's a New Yorker and us New Yorkers take pizza very seriously.
BTW, chain pizza parlors like Dominoes, Pizza Hut, Papa John, etc. suck.

Maybe you did because TJ once mocked me for a typo where I meant to type TITLE but typed TITTLE.

I'm not a psychic. I was genuinely confused by your use of the word tittle. :cuckoo

I'm not a psychic. I was genuinely confused by your use of the word tittle. :cuckoo

I'm being 100% sincere, I seem to recall both of you advising message board members to not spell-check other members, unless the nature of their error somehow interfered with the meaning they were trying to convey.

Your intervention here in this thread, on such a picayune matter, appears a fairly drastic departure from what I thought was your established policy.

Give opus a break. I don't think he's being a grammar nazi. k.

She was being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yetwdpsiM8Q

She was being https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yetwdpsiM8Q

opus is a he, not a she.

I'm being 100% sincere, I seem to recall both of you advising message board members to not spell-check other members, unless the nature of their error somehow interfered with the meaning they were trying to convey.

Your intervention here in this thread, on such a picayune matter, appears a fairly drastic departure from what I thought was your established policy.

I guess it's a rule, but it's difficult to enforce. I would have edited the thread title whether opus mentioned it or not.

3. Please do NOT correct other users spelling, punctuation, and/or grammar. This isn't English class - as long as the message is coherent enough to make its point, that's all we ask.

This is also a rule.

15. Do not use the words ******** or gay in a derogatory, hurtful or rude way.

"Permission denied grammar nazi. I even looked it up before posting, and the claimed correct spelling looked ********...so I decided to stay with what I personally preferred. I doubt seriously that anyone missed my intended meaning."

Was it necessary for you to use that word? You could have used foolish, silly, stupid or dumb.

Maybe you did because TJ once mocked me for a typo where I meant to type TITLE but typed TITTLE.Ah man!!

opus is a he, not a she.

I never would have guessed that.

Was it necessary for you to use that word? You could have used foolish, silly, stupid or dumb.

I felt as though I was entitled to a "slap back". First blood having already been drawn.

This is the point I was trying to make with Stevea in another thread.

You have these chronic instigators who have been abusive for so long, that (it appears as though) you just accept that behavior as their "normal". Perhaps since you've known them for so long, their insults appear "innocent"?

Only once their acts inspire the intended reaction... DOES SOMETHING SEEM OUT OF PLACE..... and only then does the "Sgt Schultz" routine evaporate,.

In fact, I'll bet if you stop and think for a moment, you'll already know who these chronic instigators are.....they are the ones with the fondness for pronouns coupled with pejoratives.

It's not that I personally have thin skin, quite to the contrary. That's why you'll seldom see me use the "report abuse" function. The real problem here as I see it is that the instigators seem to enjoy an immunity from moderation, that their targets do not.

That's about as honest as I can be about it, without going manic. :crazy:

You have these chronic instigators who have been abusive for so long, that (it appears as though) you just accept that behavior as their "normal". Perhaps since you've known them for so long, their insults appear "innocent"?
I know who you are referring to. The one was very nasty to Bestie in the thread about Bestie's cat a few days ago. Yet such vicious personal attacks against her, me two years ago, and Janice when she was still here at most get a suspension and not outright ban. I have a strong feeling this "friendly" member is a large part of why Janice did not want to continue as an administrator here, she was even worse to Janice than me.

It's really shocking, bizarre-like how this spelling thing has gone as it has. And I do agree with some of the comments spit out, but again the dumb spelling thing.

I can't hold back any longer, the posting rule being quoted in this thread improperly uses the contraction "it's" in place of the word "its."

"It's" is a contraction for "it is" and does not indicate possession.

It's ironic when a rule concerning grammar contains a glaring grammatical error of its own. ;)

Well, forum "passion play" aside....I believe that I have found a superior solution to my pizza dilemma.

Sbarro (gee, I hope I spelled that properly, the forum spell checker has it flagged) The truly nice thing about Sbarro, is that their product is dependent upon "curb appeal" as part of their marketing mix. THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE SLICES LOOK APPEALING in order to sell them.

So, at least you know what you are getting. The down side, of course, is the price. If you bought an entire pizza at their a la carte pricing...you'd really be paying exorbitant prices.

At least the price I see on the menu will be the actual price I pay, I'll give them credit for honesty.

And, no more often than I eat pizza, the price and inconvenience of having to go to the mall, should not be a deal killer. Sure beats getting the box home and discovering I've been ripped off.

I'll likely miss the "cold pizza for breakfast" the following day ritual that for me has become part of the overall thrill....but I guess that's a sacrifice I'll just have to make?

I know who you are referring to. The one was very nasty to Bestie in the thread about Bestie's cat a few days ago. Yet such vicious personal attacks against her, me two years ago, and Janice when she was still here at most get a suspension and not outright ban. I have a strong feeling this "friendly" member is a large part of why Janice did not want to continue as an administrator here, she was even worse to Janice than me.

Thanks for the reassurance that I'm not alone in seeing this issue.

And just for the record, I'm not trying to get anybody banned. That's not the way I work.

It's just been a perverse pattern hard not to notice, where the same chronics insult everyone they do not agree with...on and on, and on....and seemingly it's just another wonderful day in the neighborhood....until they get the response they are asking for...and only then does the hand of moderation descend into the shadows.

Like I said earlier, it most likely is innocent enough...the mod likely doesn't notice the "heat" until there is a response....but the way that usually shakes out, makes it appear as though the instigators are hiding behind the moderator's apron strings.

And yes, I believe some are shrewd enough operators to exploit opportunities exactly in that way. :wave:

Well, forum "passion play" aside....I believe that I have found a superior solution to my pizza dilemma.

Sbarro (gee, I hope I spelled that properly, the forum spell checker has it flagged) The truly nice thing about Sbarro, is that their product is dependent upon "curb appeal" as part of their marketing mix. THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE SLICES LOOK APPEALING in order to sell them.

So, at least you know what you are getting. The down side, of course, is the price. If you bought an entire pizza at their a la carte pricing...you'd really be paying exorbitant prices.

At least the price I see on the menu will be the actual price I pay, I'll give them credit for honesty.

And, no more often than I eat pizza, the price and inconvenience of having to go to the mall, should not be a deal killer. Sure beats getting the box home and discovering I've been ripped off.

I'll likely miss the "cold pizza for breakfast" the following day ritual that for me has become part of the overall thrill....but I guess that's a sacrifice I'll just have to make?

Yum, I'm enjoying my "cold pissa" breakfast from yesterdays frozen supreme with pepperoni, sausage, cheese and vegies....

And again t he spelling thing, :lol::lol: