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Who on earth has ever ordered just a "large pizza for pickup"? Without specifying ingredients, type of crust, anything. This is like ordering a chair by phone
by iwanttocomment 5y ago
Who on earth has ever ordered just a "large pizza for pickup"? Without specifying ingredients, type of crust, anything.
This is like ordering a chair by phone from a furniture store by dialing the number, saying "Armchair for pickup" and heading on over to the store.
Why reserve books online from the library? Just call them and say "10 books for pickup" and then hang up.
- tamaharbor 5y agoBack in the day in NYC, I always ordered simply a ‘large pizza’. Cheese only and thin crust were assumed.
- kzrdude 5y agoThis is wild, I didn't know such default pizzas existed (my context: scandinavia)
- hnal943 5y agoI'm USA and had no idea adults ate cheese pizza.
- thehappypm 5y ago.. your pizza doesn’t have cheese?
- rcpt 5y agoProper Naples pizza doesn't have toppings. There are regulations https://www.pizzanapoletana.org/en/ricetta_pizza_napoletana https://www.pizzanapoletana.org/en/ricetta_pizza_napoletana
- throwaway2037 5y agoHow about Pizza Margherita in Italy? It is one of the most common pizzas for adults to order.
- tluyben2 5y agoYeah, it seems cheese pizza is a (badly done according to Napolitanen tradition) margherita ; it does have base, tomato sauce and cheese according to all the pictures and references I could find. And that is indeed very common everywhere I have been, including the US where TIL apparently you just say ‘cheese slice’.
- Gunnerhead 5y agoHuh? What type of pizza should adults eat?
- bee_rider 5y agoCheese pizza must be the default, right? It is the lack of toppings. Although whether they follow up to clarify about toppings must depend on the place. In my experience, if the guy on the phone is rude and lets you mess up your order, they are much more likely to produce a good pizza. Places will only be polite (or offer lots of options) if they can't compete on quality.
- Handytinge 5y agoIn every country I've ordered pizza, there is no default. If I said "a large pizza", they'd say "ok, what type?".
- kzrdude 5y agoAh, the 'Soup Nazi' hypothesis
- bee_rider 5y agoI haven't watches Seinfeld, but I'm under the impression that the main characters are actually the villains, right? The Soup Nazi did nothing wrong (I assume)!
- yoz-y 5y agoNever seen a place with a "default". If you ask for pizza it would be exactly like the root comment said. Even if you were to ask for no-toppings you still have to choose whether you want a cream or tomato base.
- Ekaros 5y agoNot in Nordics or at least in Finland. From search of about dozen pizza places, single one had "Margherita" with cheece and sauce only. Rest don't even have an option for one.
- ineedasername 5y agoBecause traditional pizzarerias don't have crust options like that, and if they do they are not the default. With my local place the call really is as simple as: Me: I'd like a large plain pie for pickup. Pizzeria: what's your name? [Name]. Okay $name, 15 to 20 minutes. And we're done. If you're ordering from a big 3 chain then you have to deal with a bunch of non-dedault options, but if you know what you want it can still be as easy as "I'd like a large stuffed-crust pizza with the hearty marinara". (Though plenty of people consider the big 3 to be pizza the same way that Olive Garden is Italian food... A rough facsimile, but not the real thing. I'm a little more open minded than that). Pizzas are a lot more fungible than furniture or books.
- hnal943 5y agoyou don't order toppings? They don't ask?
- anamexis 5y ago"Plain pie" is New Yorkish for cheese pizza.
- tluyben2 5y agoMargherita Pizza or just base with cheese (cannot imagine the latter)? Margherita makes sense for plain pie in more places around the world.
- navbaker 5y agoTypically in the US, a margherita pizza is a very specific combo of cheese, tomatoes, and basil on top. Very different from just a plain cheese pizza.
- tluyben2 5y agoWhat is on a plain cheese pizza? Not only cheese I hope? In the pictures it looks like there is tomato sauce but I have never particularly ordered a 'plain cheese pizza' in the US; I only ordered with toppings.
- Vixel 5y agoI often order "the large" from a place by me. They feature a different pizza every day and you can just order it by size. It's kind of mystery box. I've found that I don't really care what the toppings are because the crust, sauce and cheese are so good. Pick off what you don't want.
- corin_ 5y agoWhy not spend an extra 10 seconds finding out if there's a topping you don't like and asking them to not put it on? Surely even quicker than picking it off, and less wasteful! But maybe you like nearly everything so you only have to pick something off once in a blue moon.
- halostatue 5y agoMy local isn’t much different than this. "Medium mediterranean for pickup.” 35 minutes later, I go get the pizza. I used to spend a lot more time giving specific ingredients, but I reached the point where it was easier to pick one or two of the 3–4 vegetarian pizzas they offer. No crust options (type _or_ thickness; it’s always thin crust).
- huffmsa 5y agoLarge pizza = large plain pizza Large pepperoni = large pepperoni Lots of traditional pizzerias will understand that and not offer much else.
- Lamad123 5y ago"Large cheese regular crust!" Voilà!!
- klyrs 5y agoMy local place has caller ID, which associates my number with my address and my previous orders, etc. They know my favorite order and yes, it's that easy. They do read out the ingredients for confirmation, and that's a good thing.
- insaneirish 5y ago> Who on earth has ever ordered just a "large pizza for pickup"? Without specifying ingredients, type of crust, anything. LOL. All the time. Me: "One large pie." Them: "Anything else?" Me: "Nope." Them: "15 minutes." In NY/NJ, pizza is a language unto itself.
- thehappypm 5y agoEverywhere else is overthinking it. I’m from New Jersey, and I can hardly even imagine that there are places where a normal part of a transaction is specifying a kind of crust!
- jjav 5y agoYes. The best thing about ordering by phone is after a while they just recognize your voice and go "The usual?" and that's it. Much more personal.
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- ozim 5y agoSo we have an app in Europe that is operating in countries I frequent and live/lived. I don't have pizza place that would recognize me by voice because I might order from any place like 1x a year or 2x a year. I love that I can go to most of medium cities and I don't have to drive around searching for food places because I can find them via app, whether I stay with friends or in a hotel and just order food for evening. Then calling on the phone in English is not really a good option, calling using broken local language might be even worse than trying English :) Then payment before order with my app account and card is also super easy and convenient. That said, I think it is not super common use case but that delivery app makes my life a lot easier.