First of all, I’m in a semi-revolt against our constant level of connection at so many electronic levels. Cells phones, Blackberries, laptops, constant e-mail, working at all hours because we can connect to our work stations at home, television on demand, etc.–tell me, does any of this really make your life easier? Or is the price we pay for convenience too high? Jury’s out, I guess. But THIS is going too far:
If you just can’t STAND not knowing what’s going on with your pizza from the time you place the order till the time it arrives, then Domino’s has the solution for you with Pizza Tracker. Order online and you can track your pizza, within 40 seconds, to find out how it’s coming along. I’m not kidding. This is straight from the press release:
“Once customers place an order, they can go to www.dominos.com and click on the Pizza Tracker icon. They will see a horizontal bar that lights up red as each step in the process is completed. Customers will see confirmation of their order being received by the store; when it’s being prepared; when it’s been placed in the oven; when it’s been boxed and placed in the Domino’s HeatWave bag; and finally, when it’s on its way for delivery.So customers using Pizza Tracker will no longer have to wonder where their pizza is in the ordering process - it takes the ‘mystery’ out of waiting for their pizza.”
Wow. Aren’t you all excited?
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Responses to “Sure, if you have NO LIFE”
April 17th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Holy Moly! There’s nothing like sitting at your computer on a Friday night and hitting the “refresh” button every 30 seconds so that you can watch the progress of your pizza. Talk about excitement!
Seriously, I feel sorry for the people that work at Dominoes! I’m assuming that the pizza doesn’t have this traceable feature built in, which means that someone has to push a button or enter something into the computer at every stage of the process just so you know where your pizza is. Although we have probably all wondered at times whether or not a delivery joint has lost our order, I’ve always used the good old fashioned telephone to ring them up to make sure that it is being worked on if there is any doubt. I guess next they will add a text message alert feature that will send you a text every time your pizza enters a different stage of construction.
April 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
“Kids today! With their new-fangled “pizza tracers” and their internet gizmos! Why, back in my day we had to wait for the pizza man to come around in his carriage, passing through the cobblestone streets shouting “Pizza! Pizza!” and we would run out of our brownstone with our buffalo nickels and demand a slice of chicken pesto cooked on the coal stove in the back of his carriage, because a nickel was a lot of money back then, you see. Sometimes we would wait for hours for him to pass, and then a sudden rain storm would blow up and we knew he wouldn’t be able to cook pizza on that carriage in the pouring rain. Besides, his horse would get phlegmatic if the humidity got too bad.”
Ah, just another example of life imitating Snow Crash–a book that seems more and more eerily prescient with each technological advance in pizza delivery.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Actually there may be a method to Domino’s madness.
Think how many times people call to ask where their pizza is once they have ordered it. This way there are fewer phone calls to answer and maybe service will be faster? Just a thought.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Hmmm…when you order from Papa Johns online you get a response with an estimated delivery time (30-40 min) and I’ve never waited a minute longer. I find the Domino’s website less user-friendly, they deliver in my North Memphis neighborhood only when the spirit moves them to do so and they don’t take checks. Last time, I paid by credit card and watched the guy get out an old fashioned (!) credit card slip, put it over my credit card and rub a pencil over it to get the account number. Never again…just knowing he walked away with my full account number gave me the willies.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Talk about a DREAM COME TRUE for people with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)…
April 18th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Oh, please - what do they have at Dominos, pizza cam?! Anybody who is that paranoid about when they’re going to get a pizza should go to the pizza place & pick it up themselves. But wait…you might get behind a train or hit all the red lights on the way, just like the pizza delivery guy. It might not be hot enough for the molten cheese to burn the roof of your mouth on the first bite when it finally gets there! Go somewhere it can be eaten the nanosecond it’s brought to the table if you’re that finicky about it.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Domino’s pizza is just not one of the things I anticipate eagerly enough that I need constant updates on its progress made available to me. If I need to know down to the second how long food prep is going to take on a given occasion, I think I’ll opt for microwave dinners.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Not sure if this is the right place to ask.. but..
has anyone been to Cafe Toscana? I have a dinner there this week and wanted to know suggestions/comments
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:31 am
I have eaten twice at Cafe Toscana and it was great both times. The Parmesan and artichoke appetizer is to die for and leave room for a dessert shooter.
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