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[Grildon Tundy]

Funny thing about pizzas, I think only one time the delivery came wrong. I even remember it due to 2 reasons:

1. It had tons of diced green peppers on it. We all looked at it and thought it was gross

2. I guess the driver had to make sure we werent lying. So when we opened the door, the guy literally stormed into our house with shoes on, saw our kitchen which you can directly see from the front door, beelined to the pizza box on our dinner table to check out it was wrong. He didnt even say a word. He gave us the replacement pizza and walked out.

Typical scummy asshole. On the plus side it wasnt snowing or raining that day, so at least he didnt track water into the house. lol

This was probably mid-90s. My parent's house at the time was probably worth at least $500k which was a lot back then (probably worth $2M+ in the burbs now) living in a nearby court with other big houses (pizza place was literally a 3 in drive away).

And this guy thinks were gonna rip him off a $15 pizza.

A more litigious person could've made more money than a $15 replacement pizza off of that encounter.

 

[p_xavier]

Ponderosa would be destroyed with current Beef prices if they were still around.

I did like going when I was young and getting the baked potato and steak. Served on the metal tray.

Was the salad bar and ice cream though.

 

[p_xavier]

You people seem to be higher class, but having pizza in my region as a kid was luxury.

 

[Quasicat]

I miss Ponderosa the most.

Ponderosa struggled a bit here because we had a place called Duff's Smorgasbord. It had a circular buffet table where you stood in one place and the table spun slowly allowing you to easily get what you wanted. The best part was that half of the table was in the back area where they constantly cleaned and refilled the steam trays.
I can still remember the smell when I walked in. Unfortunately, it's now a Walmart parking lot.

 

[p_xavier]

It's HoMERS! We're allowed to have one.

 

[Woggleman]

Pizzz hut was the best chain pizza in n its day Of cpurse not comparable to a family owned italian joint but the best of the national chains.

 

[nightfly]

I'm more nostalgic for the prices.....shits gone crazy these days.

It's been crazy since Bidenflation.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

For you guys talking Ponderosa, I faintly remember it in the 80s. Pretty sure they all disappeared by the 80s where I live. Not sure. But I remember where it was. I know we ate there one time but dont remember the experience. I remember googling it long time ago for fun and never knew it had a buffet too.

Olive Gardens disappeared here too. But google says a few locations are coming back this summer! I think I only ate there once in the early 90s I think.

There was one Chi Chis near a big mall we ate at a few times in the 90s too.

 

[p_xavier]

For you guys talking Ponderosa, I faintly remember it in the 80s. Pretty sure they all disappeared by the 80s where I live. Not sure. But I remember where it was. I know we ate there one time but dont remember the experience. I remember googling it long time ago for fun and never knew it had a buffet too.

Olive Gardens disappeared here too. But google says a few locations are coming back this summer! I think I only ate there once in the early 90s I think.

There was one Chi Chis near a big mall we ate at a few times in the 90s too.

I went to a Ponderasa in Edmondton a few years back, seems that closed too. I'm a Nostalgia guy, went to Hong Kong for Popeye's Chicken before it opened here.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I went to a Ponderasa in Edmondton a few years back, seems that closed too. I'm a Nostalgia guy, went to Hong Kong for Popeye's Chicken before it opened here.

LOL. I just had Popeyes for lunch today.

I was in Hong Kong once in my life. For those of you who have never been there, KFC has Portuguese tarts, mushrooms with rice, and you get a plastic gloves so you dont get your hands greasy. Was awesome. The portu tarts likely a connection to Macau as that was a Portu territory at one time.

 

[Power Pro]

That's what I'm talking about!

"you're delicious" lol that line always cracked me up for some reason

 

[p_xavier]

LOL. I just had Popeyes for lunch today.

I was in Hong Kong once in my life. For those of you who have never been there, KFC has Portuguese tarts, mushrooms with rice, and you get a plastic gloves so you dont get your hands greasy. Was awesome. The portu tarts likely a connection to Macau as that was a Portu territory at one time.

KFC was also strange to me.

 

[GateofD]

i miss Roy Rogers

 

[nush]

I was in Hong Kong once in my life. For those of you who have never been there, KFC has Portuguese tarts, mushrooms with rice, and you get a plastic gloves so you dont get your hands greasy. Was awesome. The portu tarts likely a connection to Macau as that was a Portu territory at one time.

Those egg tarts are sold all over mainland China, I don't think there's a specific Macau connection. What's really crazy was the stuff you could get in Mc Donald's pasta and rice dishes, one time I even saw a portion of steamed Broccoli on the menu.

 

[p_xavier]

So what kind of games are they putting in the retro pizza huts? Retro games or modern?

Puck man

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I miss TGI FRIDAYs and Red Robins

 

[Toots]

A more litigious person could've made more money than a $15 replacement pizza off of that encounter.

What kind of eternal victim goes straight to litigation in a situation like this one ?
Maybe the delivery guy was just thinking " im pissed off that entitled kids from an obviously wealthy neighborhood call me back to give them another pizza on this cheap 15$ order", even if it was warranted ?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

What kind of eternal victim goes straight to litigation in a situation like this one ?
Maybe the delivery guy was just thinking " im pissed off that entitled kids from an obviously wealthy neighborhood call me back to give them another pizza on this cheap 15$ order", even if it was warranted ?

Fair point.

The counter is simply to deliver the right pizza to the right house and delivery dude wont have to backtrack with a new pizza. It cant be that hard to drop off a pizza 5 blocks down the street.

 

[Toots]

Fair point.

The counter is simply to deliver the right pizza to the right house and delivery dude wont have to backtrack with a new pizza. It cant be that hard to drop off a pizza 5 blocks down the street.

I know the problem lies with the pizza place.
I also know that the pizza delivery guy (who surely is not at fault since he doesn't make the pizzas) is a human being and sometimes human beings are pissed off for good or bad reasons, even no reasons at all.
I know that talking about litigation at this point is only possible in the anglosaxon world, where your victim status can grant you a huge (and often undeserved) payday. I know some poor families would love nothing more than to cash a huge check after their troublesome teenager gets shot by the cops. What rotten mental state must one be to think like that? Im not sure, but i bet it starts with suing the pizza delivery guy for entering your place with his shoes on and a frown on his face and thus instilling fear in your little homeowner heart.

Having the right to be a passive agressive weakling cunt and profit from it doesn't mean you absolutely have to lower yourself into doing that.

 

[IDKFA]

Blame this cunt.

Little Chef was already at deaths door before Heston Blumenthal got involved. His menu didn't save the brand and they dropped his menu in 2013.

They then tried to go back to the old classics, but that still didn't bring people through the door and they closed shop a few years later.

 

[Susurrus]

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[Susurrus]

i miss Roy Rogers

I miss TGI FRIDAYs and Red Robins

These are all still around. IDK about Roy Rogers because I didn't even know they existed until about 6 years ago, but Red Robin and TGI Fridays don't seem to have changed appearance much. I do miss the old Red Robin chocolate shakes, those were good, the current ones aren't the same.

 

[AJUMP23]

I miss poderosa as well. Ny family used to get the buffet and pig out

I use to eat so much at Ponderosa as a kid i would go lay down in the car. I was disgusting.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Trying to recreate that 80's demographic, with 2026 ethics..

Good luck

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I know the problem lies with the pizza place.
I also know that the pizza delivery guy (who surely is not at fault since he doesn't make the pizzas) is a human being and sometimes human beings are pissed off for good or bad reasons, even no reasons at all.
I know that talking about litigation at this point is only possible in the anglosaxon world, where your victim status can grant you a huge (and often undeserved) payday. I know some poor families would love nothing more than to cash a huge check after their troublesome teenager gets shot by the cops. What rotten mental state must one be to think like that? Im not sure, but i bet it starts with suing the pizza delivery guy for entering your place with his shoes on and a frown on his face and thus instilling fear in your little homeowner heart.

Having the right to be a passive agressive weakling cunt and profit from it doesn't mean you absolutely have to lower yourself into doing that.

Where did it say anywhere in my post about suing the guy? That was a different poster.

I'm talking about deliver the correct pizza and don't go walking into other people's house uninvited as if they live there.

 

[Toots]

Where did it say anywhere in my post about suing the guy? That was a different poster.

I'm talking about deliver the correct pizza and don't go walking into other people's house uninvited as if they live there.

You might want to look at the exchange again.

"What kind of eternal victim goes straight to litigation in a situation like this one ?"

This quote was adressed to the other poster.
You took upon yourself to respond to it with imo a very passive agressive answer.
I took upon myself to explain to you in detail what i thought about the whole thing. Not once did i accuse you of suing or wanting to sue the delivery guy. I did say that the mindset needed to sue the delivery guy in a situation like that had to be rotten, and could only be found in the very litigeous anglosaxon world.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Didn't mean to cause beef, and I'm not endorsing litigation. I am saying that there was probably grounds for a case of unlawful entry.

Fwiw, sounds like SoB's fam handled it well, and I don't understand why my comment set you off, Toons

I've never pressed charges on anyone.

 

[GateofD]

Running into someone's house like that is unhinged though