More Stories From Little Caeser's

I can never remember where I put my car. I can always remember where I put my glasses, but I usually lose the car. I mean, out of the two, I'd think the glasses are easier to lose, but I lose the car most often. Mind you, if I lost my glasses and the car, the car would probably be the one I'd find first. I mean, how easy can it be to hide a red car with Ontario plates in Nova Scotia? Maybe then it's a good thing that I lose my car more often than my glasses.

Ahhh... So I was on cash again at Little Caeser's. By the way, at Little Caeser's they call me Dorothy. Like, Dorothy from Wizard of Oz. I don't know why. Ashlin always teases me about being called Dorothy, so I call her Ugly Flying Monkey, or Stupid Flying Monkey. But it doesn't deter her. Anyway, On Thursdays we have Free Crazy Sauce with our Crazy Bread. One gentleman came in and asked for Crazy Bread and I asked, "What kind of Crazy Sauce would you like with that?" He looked confused so I explained that on Thursdays and Saturdays Sauce is free with Bread and I asked again, "Would you like Donair or Tomato sauce?" Still looking confused he said, "I didn't know there would be a test."

One of our Combos at Little Caeser's is the Family Choice. It's actually the most popular choice of our customers and it comes with one canadian pizza and one peperoni pizza, a two litre pop, some crazy bread, and crazy sauce. The only caveat is that it can't be changed. You can't change the toppings, or anything. So anyways, this lady came in--she's one of our regular customers and she's really cranky all the time--and she asked for the Family Choice with no Bacon. So I told her, "I'm sorry, we can't make any changes to the pizzas." So she repeated, firmly and louder, "Give me the Family choice with no bacon!" I repeated my earlier statement, and a tall graying man who was with her, and who I hadn't noticed until now, put himself in front of her and said angrily, "Boy, can't you speak english! We want the Family Choice with no bacon!" So I said, "Sir, I'd be happy to sell you the family choice, or a pizza with no bacon, but I can't give you a pizza with no bacon at the family choice price." I don't think they completely understood what was going on, because they stalked out and didn't come back. I think they may have thought that I was refusing to serve them.

The next day, a lady came in and asked, "If I order pizza for my daughter's birthday, would they be made fresh?" So I replied with, "Yes." She qualified with, "Or would you just take them out of the box?" (The hot box is where we keep our ready-made pizzas.) So I replied with, "Yes," again, because we would give her the order out of the box, but the pizzas in the box are kept fresh. She said, "What?" and I said, "Pardon me?" and she said, "Why are you saying 'Pardon me?'?" And I replied, "I'm not quite sure I understood the last thing you said." She rolled her eyes and said, "Can I talk to that girl over there?" pointing at Janelle. So I went over and traded jobs with Janelle and she asked the same question to Janelle, which Janelle answered with more clarity. Then she said, "Can that boy not speak english?"

I have to admit that I was being purposely difficult because the lady was being rude and snobbish. I get frustrated with customers who come in and ask for fresh made pizzas when we already have some ready. I generally give them a fresh pizza when they ask for one, but if we gave everyone a fresh-made pizza we wouldn't be able to sell them at the prices we do. Five dollars for a medium pizza is probably the best price you'll get anywhere, and the pizzas we sell ARE fresh! (That price is even better than the price you'll get on a same-sized frozen pizza at the grocery store!) Here I am, ranting...

Anyways. We had a brunch today. Tim and Stef, Kenny and Heidi, Kim, Rachel, Laura, Celina, Janna, and Stephen all attended. We had german pancakes, sausages, coffee, fruit, yogurt, and all kinds of nice things and good fellowship and played Apples to Apples and Bananagrams. It was great! Then everyone went back to their studies and Janelle and Rachel went out.