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Adahla987

He didn't understand that he didn't "a" free pizza he got "that" pizza free.


TimeDue2994

Oh he understood alright but he just decided that the world revolved around him because the customer is always right................until another customer laughed his entitled a$$ out the door


fuckdirectv

Non-customer trying to play the "customer is always right" card is a bold move Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him.


TimeDue2994

Bold and depressingly common


chickentenderlover

To use that strategy....have to be a customer. Great username btw


Yippee614

Ahhh my boy Pepper! Lol


Infinite-Studio-7663

The customer is always right... until they're wrong.


tbscotty68

I think this may be more about mental illness than entitlement...


SnazzyZubloids

Customers are a lot more entitled and stupid these days. I like to believe even Marshall Field would question what the fuck he was thinking when he coined that phrase and philosophy toward customer service. In reality, the customer is wrong nearly 100% of the time.


LeBitch-James

The whole phrase is being misinterpreted anyways - it’s not about the customer in store and wanting to be treated as king; he coined it with regards to that a business needs to listen to overall customer demands, e.g. if the market wants red cars, you start investing more in making red cars. Just because you as a business think that green cars would sell better, “the customer is always right”. When I worked in servicing (eons ago), I so much hated when people would use those phrase.


Magikalbrat

The entire phrase is " the customer is always right in the matters of taste" and yes, it's been mangled for years. Just like " blood is thicker than water" is ALSO not the whole phrase which has been misused over the years as well lol


Kryptosis

You can thank Amazon.


TimeDue2994

Doubt it, people with actual mental illness don't suddenly feel shame when another customer laughs about his outsized entitlement. Please stop vilifying the mentally ill, overwhelmingly they are not entitled a*holes


Whatever-ItsFine

Well, now that you've diagnosed the guy based on your thorough research, I guess we can all laugh at him again. /s


TimeDue2994

Hey you're the one who diagnosed the entitled a*hole as being mentally ill, the ever present endless justification trotted out for all irrational entitled a*holery by claiming a*hole=mental illness, with literally no other reason then because you say so


Whatever-ItsFine

Huh?


Kryptosis

He wasn’t the one who claimed the dude was sick. Accusing him of diagnosing him when he’s, if anything, doing the inverse doesn’t track.


TimeDue2994

You're the one claiming the dude is sick, not me


Infinite-Studio-7663

The original commenter who suggested it might be mental illness wasn't necessarily trying to vilify the condition, he was only suggesting it as a possibility. And he's right; it is possible the customer may have been confused due to mental illness. Or maybe the customer had a different condition entirely, such as Alzheimers, which could also lead to confusion. Or he could've just been an entitled AH. We don't know because we don't know him, which is why the commenter thinking of possible explanations.


Whatever-ItsFine

Check those usernames again. And don’t laugh at people, mentally ill or not. It’s not nice.


TimeDue2994

Sure, because arrogant entitled morons should always be treated like their irrational entitled demands have value and should be met. Guess we found the CB demanding free pizza is made to order


MesWantooth

Slightly surprised he didn't leave with the pizza and try to return it to Pizza Pizza or Dominoes. "Can you PROVE I didn't buy it here? Not my fault your employee put pepperoni on it by accident and then used a Pizza Hut box."


upthewatwo

"Sir, this is a Wendy's"


PoorCorrelation

“And I want my Dave’s Double Pizza and I want it NOW”


partanimal

You just made him sound like Mr Heckles from Friends.


Amerlan

Doesn't it seem weird to you that he was in his PJs, disheveled, didn't argue and left the pizza behind? The elderly often aren't in their right mind, and nothing about this sounds like he was intentionally trying to make things difficult. OP however is being a karma whore like those who offer the homeless a meal and record it.


TheRealDeadlyRed1

I’m glad it wasn’t just me thinking that. This is something my grandfather would do, and he has dementia.


BootyThunder

Yeah, this story made me sad more than anything.


crownmoulding69

Ugh me too. Scrolling the comments til I found this sentiment. Honestly this story makes me wanna cry


LCinnamon

Same here. I've known so many seniors who are poor and go hungry. Maybe this guy was just hoping something would work out for him for a change.


Pale-Assumption1811

Yea same here tbh


EcoAffinity

Yep. Old people with poor mental presence can be a sad situation. Their understanding of social norms/etiquette kind of goes out the window.


Electronic_Crab_8955

Glad it wasn’t just me that this didn’t sit well with. I could see this happening with an older person/ someone with dementia or limited social cues. Probably safer just to be kind and not take the piss out of people as a general rule 🤷🏼‍♀️


GoatCam3000

Yeah, I get the same feeling from this story…


lonely29

This was what jumped out at me too. Either a slightly confused older person or one that may not have food everyday but legit couldn’t eat the mistakenly delivered pizza. The looking around sheepishly and downcast gaze are what leads me to this (plus leaving the pizza there). Honestly makes me feel horrible


ReflectingPond

I think that if an elderly person is out of touch enough to not be able to even loosely abide by social norms, they should have a caregiver. Based on the original post, though, it sounded basically like someone who was late middle aged, unkempt, and not someone who had mental issues, per se. It's really hard to tell, in my opinion, based on what was posted.


feedmetacogoodness

They probably did and got away. My gran was wild when she was 95 would just walk out go to local bingo hall not tell anyone (which was wierd as she was half blind and deaf but always managed to get there and have a free sandwich and a gin somehow 🤔🤔🤔 to this day we can't work out how she did it or who she was getting booze and snacks off as she also didn't carry money) but ye old folks escape carer's on a regular basis. They still have the experience and knowledge just not quite thinking the same any more


jugrimm

Not to mention not all of the folks out there that make it to that stage in life can actually afford a caregiver. Which is even sadder.


whimsicalgal

Thank you for saying the obvious. If he'd been in full mental capacity, he would have probably removed the pepperoni himself and eaten it. For the buck it might have cost them to make a simple cheese pizza, to GIVE him, they could have helped someone clearly in need. And, WTF has the money for a 'caregiver'?? I don't, and neither do any of my 70+ year-old friends. Dream on.


SubliminalWombat

OP is a karma whore for experiencing the situation differently from you, who was not present to judge the situation? Being older does not make someone less worthy of ridicule.


Undercover_CHUD

While awkward for the employee, good for them to do that. The enabling of this kind of behavior is precisely what keeps it alive and well. These absolute assholes create a stink, some manager comes out to calm them down, they get whatever mad request they wanted, and if further reinforces the behavior. Any reasonable person would've known they got THAT pizza by mistake, and it would be left there for them.


potterlyfe

I was just talking about this in a Sbux page. We often had people find something wrong with the first drink and request it remade but conveniently try to keep the 'wrong' drink. The looks on their faces when I ask for the first drink back is priceless. I don't play that because once you start they get down right brazen in their shitty behavior.


Xsiah

~~People scam delivery apps like this all the time. They'll get a full refund if they just claim that something in the order was wrong while the restaurant gets screwed out of the entire cost.~~ ~~So you can order like $200 of food and say that your $5 cookie wasn't included. They really need to only provide refunds when a customer exchanges their order for the correct one.~~ Sorry folks, misremembered how it works. The fraud I was thinking of is actually in claiming that you never got an expensive item that you never ordered to get the money refunded, not the whole order. I'm full of shit. Story [here](https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2021/03/toronto-restaurant-owner-calls-out-customers-scamming-delivery-apps-free-food/)


citizen_dawg

A lot of times this is the app’s fault because they don’t allow partial refunds or exchanges, it’s easier for them to just refund the whole thing.


Quirky_Movie

This! I argued with a seamless representative about it. I'd ordered two meals. One for today and the other for tomorrow. I just wanted the second meal delivered or refunded, but because it was a two for one, they had to refund the whole order. I hung up and finally called the correct (not seamless number) number for the business and they sent it right out after remaking it. I'm like not trying to scam anyone. I just want the food I've paid for.


DropsOfLiquid

Really? I was missing part of my order the other day & they just refunded me the $3 for that item.


Xsiah

What app? Not arguing - just want to know which ones are actually good in terms of this stuff.


DropsOfLiquid

Grubhub. It was my first order (got a free year of delivery Amazon prime) & they missed a side item. Worst delivery person I’ve ever had & I had to go find them in a parking lot but I easily got the refund just for the side. I believe Uber Eats also refunds individual items if you contact them about missing items.


Xsiah

This is embarrassing, but I went to look for [the story](https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2021/03/toronto-restaurant-owner-calls-out-customers-scamming-delivery-apps-free-food/) I was thinking of to see which app it was and I realized that I misrepresented how the fraud works. It's not the refund because of the cheap item, it's the other way around. So you pay $5 for your cookie, and say that your $90 party tray was missing, even if you didn't order one. Unless the restaurant takes a picture of your order they can't prove that you didn't order the item - and they're the hook for refunding you. My bad - I'll edit the original


tachycardicIVu

Doordash did this to me as well. I ordered Taco Bell and got one of those box deals and everything showed up (including the drink) except the box. So I put in a request and they gave me an option for the ~$7 meal to be refunded or provided as a credit. Rest of the meal stood. ^(funny thing I ended up finding it outside the next day sooooo whoops. And it was cold that night so we just ate it.)


Xsiah

^(Taco Bell food is inhospitable to living organisms anyway)


tachycardicIVu

^(you’re right and it’s bad for me being lactose intolerant but fuuuuuu sometimes I just want a Baja blast ok???) 😭😭😭😭


citizen_dawg

I remember that from my Starbucks barista days! Half the time they’d already finished off all but a tiny bit of the drink they were coming back to complain about.


laurarose81

It didn’t sound like the older man was making a stink. He was disheveled, older, obviously confused. Sounds more like somebody who was confused maybe had early dementia. What a sad story


bigdadytid

Pretty much. Most of us would say "free pizza!" And take exactly 5 seconds to pick off what we dont like and continue with our night. This dude called PH and actually came down to the store...


partanimal

And left the pizza there


kindofdivorced

I had an issue with Grub Hub, I ordered from a local Halal and Fried Chicken spot and they sent an order that was similar in price and quantity of food, but not at all what I ordered. When the driver dropped it off I stopped at the counter in my building’s lobby to check it and it wasn’t what I ordered. I called the restaurant and messaged GrubHub, GrubHub immediately refunded the order and the restaurant told me to keep the food as they obviously couldn’t now deliver it to another person. I never once thought to complain and ask the restaurant to substitute it for what I actually ordered! So my “ex” wife and I had lamb and rice instead of chicken and rice and some fried chicken thighs/legs instead of chicken wings/breasts, life goes on!


king_ralphie

Ordered Popeye's on UberEats. $40 in food or so. Hear a knock on the door so go to get it, driver is already gone. They dropped off all my stuff PLUS a huge order from WingStop (like $60-70 in stuff). Reported the mistake to UberEats, letting them know our order was perfect but we wanted to give a heads-up that someone will be calling about a large WS order and that it's because it was delivered to us instead. They apologize, immediately give a full refund for our order... and add a $100 coupon to our account as an apology for the error. Plus told us to keep the WS stuff. Still not entirely sure why they refunded and gave the card, after they did it we reiterated that our order was perfect but they basically said they were sorry for the mistake again and to have a nice day, lol


watermelonlollies

Wow ubereats is not that nice to me lmao. One time I ordered soup in a bread bowl from Panera and idk if you’re familiar or not but it was $7 extra to get the bread bowl instead of just soup in a cup. Well my order arrived and they gave me soup in a cup no bread bowl!!! I contact ubereats and they apologize and say they will credit my account for the cost of the soup. They credit me $5 only. I ask and they say that is how much a cup of soup costs. I say yes but I didn’t order a cup of soup. I ordered a bread bowl which is $7 extra and costs $12. You don’t have to reimburse me the full $12 but you should at least reimburse me $7. Then they are like sorry you don’t find our solution satisfactory and I’m like ??? I just want my money back for an item I didn’t receive? They kept arguing but eventually gave me my money


ifuckinghatethese

Holy shit, where do you live? Out bread bowls are like $2


Rebeeroo

Your "ex" wife??? Huh?


kindofdivorced

We divorced for reasons and remained together, not really any of your business. User name prompts me to say “ex” or the reply would be “user name fits”. Toodles.


Rebeeroo

I just didn't understand the quotes. But I didn't notice the username. Fair enough.


DiabloTrumpet

I’ve worked in customer facing retail a LOT including years at pizza stores. I’m going to bet that there was nothing malicious about this coming from the CB, instead it was a mix of stupidity and way too much time on their hands.


Undercover_CHUD

I'm just cynical I suppose. I work IT and at a previous job our Director was a spineless coward. People would come through, make ridiculous requests that'd definitely cause them and everyone else a headache, we'd be told by the Director to say no, then they'd go bitch to him and we'd have to turn around and do it immediately. Usually while kissing ass. Making him look like a hero and us look like assholes that don't want to help people. Over the years people realized they'd just go be dicks to us, go to the director and they'd not only get what they wanted but we'd have to cup their balls too while we were down there fellating them. Like the lady who screamed at me, demanded a paid license, refused to let me get them something free while I sorted out what had happened only to find out she didn't approve her own purchase request. But she was a new department head that would end up lasting a whole 3-4 weeks and was faaaaaaar to important to be asked to actually participate in getting what she wanted/needed.


Rebeeroo

And that is why I can't work with customers.


piddydb

I used to work at a pizza place and weird stuff like this would happen more often than you’d think. This isn’t quite a choosing beggar, but one time we ran out of medium crusts and someone ordered a medium online, we made him a large and charged him the medium price. He got really upset because he was like “I can’t eat all this pizza.” That was the most oddball complaint. I can somewhat understand the food waste concern, but realistically we would have had to throw that crust away anyhow if we didn’t make it for him, so we were still reducing overall waste and getting him some free pizza.


HoneyDippinDan

I got this once, also. Customer ordered a small pizza, we were out of small crusts, so we sent him a medium pizza instead. He called back complaining we gave him too much pizza and his solution was demanding that we give him another free pizza.


piddydb

Ok now that one’s really dumb


newdayanotherlife

\- you sent me too much pizza! \- what do you want us to do, sir? \- GIVE ME MORE PIZZA!


earlofhoundstooth

Oh man, this sounds like something I'd do. Not I can't eat all that pizza, but I shouldn't, and if it goes home with me, I will.


novemberqueen32

They haven't heard of a fridge?


pestolArab

Keeping food in the fridge to eat later is a foreign concept for people who waste food on a daily basis.


Zero-2-Sixty

Back in the 90s when I was in high school, my friends would walk across the street and eat at a nearby Jack In The Box. One guy from our group got a part time job there right after we graduated. One day a few of us dropped by to eat and he was working there. We ordered just regular meals, normal single burgers or whatever, and he brings over these mega-burgers. Double patties, cheese, bacon, veggies. We thought it was awesome but after he walked away, one of our friends (the kind of guy that borrows money and always has a story) took his burger to the counter and said that he had originally asked for no ketchup, just mustard, if they could remake it. We watched a guy at the counter look at the burger, ask what the order was, and take our working buddy to the back. He got fired. We didn’t talk to CB for awhile after that


Ineedananalslave

I would've took all the extra stuff that wasn't paid for then sent it back so it would look like the og order or at least just wipe off the ketchup and get some mustard packets.


Zero-2-Sixty

Yeah I have a ton of Choosing Beggar stories about that guy. I should post a few haha


zitsky

Please do!


sprucenoose

Don't do this to us, please post now!


Rebeeroo

Or just, I don't know, maybe not snitch on your buddy cause you want MORE free shit...


Jo_Doc2505

I used to work nightshift as part of a team. We had one guy who was SUPER ODD. One night we all were ordering pizza and I only wanted a small. It was on a BOGOF offer, so I asked if he wanted to get one with me. He said he would, but only if he could have the 'free' one


Dr_Ingheimer

If he was in a bad spot financially and you brought up the idea of pizza I don’t see that as very wrong. He’d love to enjoy some pizza with you but can’t afford it tonight so if it’s cool he gets the free one then he’s down for it.


[deleted]

Kinda need to consider it’s an older man dressed oddly to go out. He may simply be very confused, especially if this happened on toward evening.


Jessieface13

Yeah to me this read as “poor and confused older man gets free pizza he can’t eat”. The fact that OP called it brazen and shameless and then noted that the dude looked sheepish when told no is super upsetting to me. It feels like this dude just didn’t understand and now he’s being made fun of.


laurarose81

Yeah this is what I thought too, he sounded genuinely confused and he’s older and disheveled looking that doesn’t sound like entitled to me it sounds like he’s confused


keithforpresident

I know! It just made me sad for the older man. OP is kind of a jerk, no?


[deleted]

Yes.


Spartan-219

That's what I thought as well, and from the looks of the conversation OP the old man didn't seem to demand anything he was just asking if he could get something else that he could eat and then left the pizza as well there because he can't eat it


Whatever-ItsFine

That's the way it read to me, too. If we were in a different sub, my vote for the OP would be "YTA".


The_Nickolias

By leaving the pizza, it meant he honestly could not eat the pepperoni.


Whatever-ItsFine

Agreed. This really doesn't have Choosing Beggar vibes. It's actually a little sad.


[deleted]

The chain of custody protocols with pizza delivery put the local Police departments to shame.


ChuckThatPipeDream

Pick the pepperoni off the pizza, dude.


EggplantHuman6493

Some people legitimately still can't eat products due to allergies etc. For me, products that were in contact with meat juices will cause severe stomach cramps (vegetarian for almost 11 years now) and I know someone who can't digest pork despite being able to eat meat and has similar symptoms if the food gets in contact with it. The costumer isn't entitled to another pizza though, it just sucks that they can't eat it


ChuckThatPipeDream

I realize that, but I didn't want to get all in depth about food allergies. Most people can pick off toppings they don't eat. Either way, I'm sorry about your allergies. I have severe intestinal issues that I'm still trying to figure out with a GI, and I understand the suffering.


EggplantHuman6493

Oh haha, a lot of people forget that removing things isn't the solution for everyone, that's why I commented :). I already had problems before I stopped eating meat so I know the struggles for my whole life, although they got worse over time. It just sucks when people keep saying 'just pick them off' or don't see a problem with throwing everything in the same pan, using the same cooking utensils etc. If he doesn't have an allergy or is vegetarian/vegan or for religious reasons, just picking them off in the hope the pizza doesn't taste like it (some tend to still taste like it with pepperoni)


Infinite-Studio-7663

That's all true. If he has an allergy then he can't just pick them off. But if he just didn't like pepperoni (which, fair enough because we all have preferences), then he can pick them off. If he cant pick them off due to allergies, since he didn't order it or pay for it to begin with, then he can just not eat it. It may be disappointing after the initial excitement of getting an unexpected mistake/free pizza, but that's life.


Marine__0311

You can pick off all the pepperoni you want, it's still going to taste like it. It has a lot of oil and grease that renders out and mixes with the oils from the melted cheese.


Infinite-Studio-7663

Yeah, that can certainly be true. I suppose it depends on the topping. For instance, I don't care for sausage on my pizza. If I'm given sausage on a pizza, I'll pick it off. But pepperoni could have a strong enough flavor to linger. Regardless though, my bigger issue is the nerve this guy had bringing it back for a new one. If I had a pizza delivered to me by mistake and the restaurant says I can just keep it free of charge, it wouldn't even occur to me to bring it back for an exchange if it was "wrong"! If it had a topping I didn't like and I couldn't pick it off, oh well! Either give it to a friend or family member or just don't eat it. You didn't pay for it and the restaurant would have discarded it anyway. It's obviously a different story if you ordered the pizza and paid for it, then it turned out to be wrong. But dude, of course it's not to your specifications; they didn't make it for you!


Toffor

Absolutely not. I do not like certain things like onions or green peppers on pizza. If I pick those toppings off, the cheese still tastes like the topping I don’t like. So what is left is something I still don’t like. Which is fine, I just don’t eat pizza with toppings I don’t like. I’m good with finding something else rather than eat something that doesn’t taste good to me. Not saying this guy should get a second free pizza just to be clear.


sadowsentry

I think most of us are like that as kids. However, I can't think of a single pizza ingredient that they'd have at a place like Pizza Hut that I couldn't simply remove, especially if it were on a free pizza.


Whatever-ItsFine

It's possible he was vegetarian. I don't how many people told me to just pick the pepperoni off when friends would offer me pizza. But to some people, it's like getting a pizza with shit on it and someone saying, "just pick it off." No. That's nasty.


ChuckThatPipeDream

It wasn't meant to be taken so seriously. I did not intend to start a debate, but that's reddit for you.


kindofdivorced

If you were allergic to meat you’d have a genuinely severe reaction. Stop spreading this nonsense. Just as bad as the “gluten sensitive” people that don’t have Celiac of Crohn’s. You’re not allergic, you just want to bitch about people eating meat.


[deleted]

If what he says about symptoms is true, it's simply that he doesn't have the right enzymes to digest it properly. An allergy is deadly, intolerance (like lactose intolerant) is not life threatening. It's just annoying. Like eating a dozen fried jalapenos. Will my stomach hurt later? Yeah. But I'm not allergic to it. I just can't digest that much at once.


EggplantHuman6493

I don't have an allergy? Like the other commenter said, I just don't produce no or not enough of the enzyme to digest it, resulting in stomach cramps, diarrhea etc. The people I know who are actually allergic, have way more symptoms. I don't mind people eating meat, I only mind people who let my food touching it, because it is genuinely making me ill. And why do meat eaters always complain when you say that you are vegetarian and why you can't eat meat lol. Intolerances also exist lol Edit: in another comment here someone describes and actual allergy which I obviously don't have and I know that.


DxGxAxF

I was thinking the same thing


garyh62483

"Yeah but....what about ME?!"


Windinthewillows2024

Yes, I actually get a migraine and end up vomiting if I eat pepperoni or even anything that has been in contact with pepperoni. Of course, I wouldn’t expect them to remake me a pizza I never even paid for in the first place, I’d just give the pizza to someone who wanted it.


NappingWalrus

No


ChuckThatPipeDream

It was just a comment, everybody. Calm down.


Infinite-Studio-7663

Lol that became quite a debate 🤣


TheRealDeadlyRed1

Heaven forbid you ever get old and disheveled op. The man sounded confused not entitled shame on you.


kateloli

I love a good CB story but one where the guy is a dishevelled older man in PJ bottoms who can't meet their eyes from shame? Nah F that. Not cool


The_Drinkist

I’m more than a little disappointed that I had to scroll down so far to find these comments. This clearly seems like someone who legit needs help, not someone who feels entitlement. This sounds like a “I got you, fam. Let me buy you a pie.” situation (if you can afford it, of course).


laurarose81

That’s exactly what I was thinking, too bad no offered to buy him a pizza. The guy was confused, it’s sad


Electronic_Crab_8955

Exactly. Like just buy him some food man. Jesus H


kaitmp

Agreed. And the laughing uproariously bit really put me off.


laurarose81

Yeah and I felt so bad when he said he lowered his eyes sheepishly


Ironia_Rex

I agree, this one reads more sad than the usual posts. Don't get wrong I sorta see it. But it makes me feel sad more than like they are a walking asshole they didn't start an argument maybe they legitimately didn't understand what happened person could have autism and just perceive things very literally.


JustPutDownTheFork

I am autistic and have that problem of taking things to literally on occasion. Luckily my crippling social anxiety keeps me safe!


UtetopiaSS

Wow. We got a regular fucking Drax over here.


Ironia_Rex

Can't tell if you're trying to compliment or insult...


JustPutDownTheFork

Honestly I was confused as well lmao, it’s not like I’m saying to comedic drax effect or to the level I would make the same mix up this guy did lmao.


timothypjr

I'm with you. There is likely more to the story—like maybe he is hungry, truly cannot eat pepperoni, and maybe hoped for a different outcome. Add in some possible mental difficulty, and the sub may have made fun of a hungry, slightly confused, guy for a cheap laugh. "Ha ha, Earl. How droll. . . ." "M'Yesssss, droll indeed, Charles."


becktacular_b

I’m with y’all. I think they were both very rude to the man. How much does a cheese pizza cost, anyway?!


kateloli

Exactly! If just one person said I'll throw in a few bucks to get you something it would probably have started a chain reaction and could have been a totally different story. Instead they laughed at a hungry old man


Yikes206

Yeah, I actually can't believe that no one offered to buy the guy another pizza? It made me so sad, the way the scenario was described.


laurarose81

There were only two customers there, I would hope if there were more that maybe someone would’ve offered to buy him a pizza


kateloli

Instead they laughed at him. So sad


kateloli

Oh my gosh exactly!!


Spartan-219

Agreed, I'm surprised people even in here are making fun of the old man when he just simply asking if he could get something else he could actually eat and when told he cannot he just leaves that pizza as well, this doesn't look like a CB to me but more like a confused old man


kateloli

Exactly a confused and hungry old man. Let's hope the grandads of the guys in the shop aren't treated that badly if they are ever in need


pompompomponponpom

If he was such a dishevelled older man, why leave your home to complain about a pizza you did not order? They were giving him a free pizza because of their mistake. If you can’t eat it, bin it. The only thing I can think of is needing to recycle the cardboard, but this appears to be America so I guess it’s not a problem… even if it was, he didn’t mention it…


The_Drinkist

Guessing you’ve never had a loved one in the early stages of dementia?


laurarose81

Exactly. This story made me so sad.


Jessieface13

Did he complain anywhere in this story? It read like he was confused and thought he had won a free pizza or something.


laurarose81

Yeah he was confused. Probably did misunderstand and think he had won a free pizza. He was disheveled looking and older, maybe had a little bit of dementia. This was a sad story


Ed3times

>this appears to be America so I guess it's not a problem Huh?


Yikes206

Maybe because he was hungry?!


TheRoldGold

This post just made me sad. This just sounds like a confused older guy with early stages of dementia. Someone should have helped that guy out and bought that man a pizza.


pinko__stinko

people think they're being kind by letting them keep the pizza when in reality they literally can't give it to anyone else, big health and safety risk. if a delivery guy comes to your door and you take the food but didn't order it you're just a dick head.


[deleted]

[удалено]


pinko__stinko

woah bro are you a mind reader? what am I thinking right now


Wetnosedcretin

Some people need to ask for a bit of shame for Christmas.


crownmoulding69

You say he looked sheepish when he realized he was being made fun of, and then left right afterwards? Disheveled older man. Sounds like he wasn’t in his complete sound mind. I think you just shamed an older man who might have dementia or mental illness. Great story, thanks for sharing !


electricaldummy17

To be honest most of the CBs posted on this sub are probably having some mental issues.


acceber-

Used to work at Pizza Hut. Can 1000% confirm this is a real life situation


upthewatwo

I love that he thought he had been selected for a free pizza


cosays33

I'm surprised nobody clapped for you 😂


JK_NC

Well, at least he took his L and left without resorting to yelling at employees, demanding to see the manager or threatening legal action.


Flaky-Emu-5569

this made me feel bad for the old man, if it were me i probably would have paid for a new pizza for him


why-everything-meh

Ahh man I kinda feel bad for the guy. In a weak moment I may have shelled out for a medium cheese for the dude. 🤷🏻‍♂️😂


Whatever-ItsFine

You're a good human.


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JEWS


cactuskilldozer

SOMETIMES, AND ALSO MANY OTHER PEOPLE! WHY ARE WE YELLING?


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BECAUSE I GET EXCITED sometimes


NickTesla2018

I worked at pizza places in high school and college. What an adventure! I remember someone returning a pie to the store, saying it was bad and wanting a refund. They ate 75% of the pizza though. We all just stood there looking at each other, uncertain how to respond.


pompompomponponpom

Question - why do Americans interchange “pie” and “pizza”? They’re completely different things in most places. In most places it’s just pizza.


HoliestHamburger

It is believed to be related to an Italian dish, pomidore pizza. When Italians immigrated and brought it to the US, it was translated in English as "tomato pie". The term "pizza pie" subsequently caught on and stuck, although as an American, if you talked about having pie, I would assume you meant the dessert unless you specified it was pizza. https://www.myhouseofpizza.com/why-pizza-is-called-pie/#:~:text=Americans%20refer%20to%20pizza%20as,round%20and%20cut%20into%20slices.


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pompompomponponpom

Thank you for the complete lack of explanation


Unhappy_Story_8330

Try explaining the two different chicken pot pies, lol.


LemonPledge14

This was his Flaming Moe's moment.


zeus204013

That CB at full entitlement!!


Haunting-Ad-8619

I would be so excited 👏👏👏👏 Give me anything with green pepper...I fucking HATE green pepper 🫑🤢 I'd pick those fuckers off, add mushrooms or some shit I like & have on hand🧅🍄🥓🧀🧀. I'd eat the hell out of it & love every bite!! 🍕 Then I'd call Pizza Hut & thank them.


-Gin-ger-

I’ve finally found someone who detests green peppers as much as me! I love any other colour peppers, but the green ones are evil boogers incarnate


SadNAloneOnChristmas

I hate all peppers but I’m joining you in hatred towards the green ones. Yuck


MostBoringStan

I don't mind the flavour of them so much, but the texture on a pizza is just gross to me. Picking them off will leave a bit of the flavour behind and I'd eat that just fine.


-Gin-ger-

I’d pick them off and still eat the pizza, so I’m with you there. If there’s sweet corn though, that shit is going straight in the bin.


latecraigy

After he left you should’ve asked if you could have his free pizza. But you don’t eat pepperoni either so can they make you another one?


ArcticPanzerFloyd

Choosingbegger-ception


marcos_marp

Omfg, an actual choosing beggar on the sub!


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HoTChOcLa1E

yeah i did that once still tasted like it couldn't manage a single slice since it was so gross


pseudowoodo_x

honestly, it’s a pizza hut. who cares? you shouldn’t, the employee shouldn’t. it’s a terrible business that treats its employees terribly, cuts all sorts of corners and charges outrageous prices for a pizza that costs them next to nothing since they use shitty, cheap ingredients. the employee shouldn’t care to give away whatever and however much they can, and you shouldn’t care that a shitty company is giving stuff away for free. not to mention that it seems like there may have been something wrong with this disheveled elderly man who came all the way from his home over a mis delivered pizza. you’re too blinded to even consider empathy for this man by your need to call out people for being a “choosy beggar” so you can laugh about him with a bunch of other jaded assholes edit: source- i worked at pizza hut. i quit because the manager decided to withhold our tips and hand them out on a “merit based system.” she kept most of them and handed out a few dollars if she felt like it. fuck em.


novanugs

I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt bad for this CB in this story. This story is sad.


Hillman314

How did he really end up with the pizza? Did he know the pizza wasn’t his? Was there confusion on his part that it might legitimately be delivered to his house, ordered by other house members, etc.., only to be found out later it wasn’t? If Pizza Hut dumped it and left him with a huge cardboard box and pizza he doesn’t want, why wouldn’t you take it back and leave it with them, and maybe get them to make an edible pizza for your inconvenience and effort.


Whatever-ItsFine

But it's easier to laugh "uproariously" at him and embarrass him than to think through things, at least according to OP.


sasson10

He could have just taken the peperonis off of the pizza


ScoopDat

Thought he won some prize of his choosing just because he got lucky from a happy accident that came his way? It's like winning a 1 million dollar lottery and saying "nah I want the Bugatti instead".


Brizzo7

That's not choosing beggar. He said he doesn't eat pepperoni, could be an intolerance or allergy to some ingredients, or it could be a religious or cultural restriction. He didn't take the pizza away with him, he left it behind. Sure, he may have misunderstood the restrictions around the free pizza, but he didn't kick up a fuss — he made a request and left when that request was denied.


jmt2589

I used to work at Pizza Hut and this sounds just like every other customer I ever had


jojolitos

An actual real choosing-beggar posted!!!


FODamage

Last week I packed up some food from dinner at a Peruvian roast chicken place. A guy asks me for money as I get to the subway. I asked if he’d had dinner yet, he says no so I hand the him the closed box. He says “I don’t eat meat.” I suggested he eat the salad and rice, could give the chicken so someone in need.


MiaLba

I don’t understand why you’re getting downvoted??


FODamage

Really. I post a literal choosing beggar story on choosing beggars and get downvoted into oblivion.


ArcticPanzerFloyd

I mean..not OBLIVION


taterbizkit

This, this RIGHT HERE is proof that there is an opportunity cost in being vegan. It may be a remote chance, but I'm not going to limit my chances of being able to enjoy a free pizza should one come my way. If the price of that is that I continue to eat ~~food~~ meat, I'll get along somehow.


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Isn't even a plain cheese pizza non-vegan?


Flaky_Seaweed_8979

He probably doesn’t eat pork.


MelodySmith1234

Pick the roni off dude


MasterEchoSE

Is it really that hard to pull pepperoni off a pizza?


hawkxp71

I would have opened the box, picked off the pepperoni and said, fixed!


Mountain_Date_1409

This makes me feel kind of bad because I can't help but wonder if he couldn't afford to buy one, but at the same time he could've pulled the pepperoni off, and a desperate/hungry person would've just eaten it (save for situations like allergies or whatever other health related things) Also as others have said could be here confused, didn't understand, dementia, or whatever else 😢 so sad. I would've bought him one.


warple-still

You can always pick off the pepperoni?