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Mildly Infuriating

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Note I did not buy any food for myself.

To head off questions:

  1. No, I couldn't cook for her. I'm suffering from a long-term illness where I can't eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive. My wife is at a funeral, so I had to order food.

  2. She's extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.

  3. We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they're all at least this expensive.

  4. No, I didn't also have to buy her the cheesy bread or the second topping or the sauces, but it's nice to get my daughter a treat and that is no excuse for the order being that expensive.

  5. We're in Indiana, so this should be ludicrous in terms of pricing. This used to be the pricing I would expect when we lived in L.A. and ordered from a good local place rather than a chain.

Edit: Turns out what I should have been infuriated about is people repeatedly telling me to get takeout and having to repeatedly explain why that wasn't an option, having people not believe I'm sick, and being repeatedly berated for not magically knowing food coupons exist on the internet when I never order food on the internet. Oh right, and also being a bad parent for not forcing food my daughter doesn't like down her throat or starving her if she won't eat it.

By the way, I have another thing to be infuriated about. A huge storm came in and this happened to our trees. I assume I will start being berated for not cutting them down before that happened, but because I have no power or internet at home and have to go to the library to post, your further posts telling me what an idiot I am and how I'm an awful parent and how I'm not really sick will take me a while to read. Sorry to ruin your day. Maybe you'll find someone else to treat like shit.

Anyway, have fun telling me I'm the worst person on Lemmy, just don't expect a quick reply.

Oh, and do tell me how stupid I am for not knowing that people who clear up and fix such damage have coupons on their website.

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I felt bad reading this. Fast food is way too expensive here in 2024. And then you had to write an essay justifying yourself because of all the pedantic jerks who love to pounce on the smallest of things.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And someone already didn't apparently read it since they told me I should have picked it up myself.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Never order dominos without coupons. It’s exponentially more expensive than anything you can get with a coupon.

Dominos largest profit margins are on orders exactly like this. It’s often more economical to order more food at a cheaper price.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just looked on the coupons page on their website. None of the coupons would have applied.

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You’re never going to find exactly what you want, but the 5.99 deal for a medium 2 topping also applies to the cheesy bread you ordered, bringing the total down significantly.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

What's mildly infuriating here is OP... People are trying to explain how you could have saved almost 1/3 of your purchase price and you just argue with them and keep shouting from your soapbox.

Unfortunately, price shopping is a part of every transaction if you are trying to get the best deal. If you aren't invested enough to read the largest banner on the shop website to save almost 1/3 of your total, then getting the best price was clearly not a concern when you ordered. Yes, you are expected to do that yourself, just like buying anything else in the commerce system we have been using for decades. It's real boomer/privileged energy expecting that to just be done for you.

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You fucked up by not using the coupons

Edit: sorry not trying to blame you, you wouldn't know they do it this way, but they have extra high prices with really good coupons that are always active and can be used over and over. The best is the mix and match for $6.99.

[–] rodneylives@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I used to work at a Dominos, and their side items have been ludicrously priced for a good while. There's usually a "coupon" in their app with a substantial discount on pizza, it's the only way I'd order from them.

[–] JemandInChapinero@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

I guess the best option is frozen food?

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why would you need to defend yourself for ordering a pizza and being shocked by the high price? Sometimes I think I've gotten too old for the internet. People should be allowed to order a pizza every once in a while and not have to formulate a 5 point list of the reasons why it's okay for them to order pizza.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A whole bunch of people have come in to tell me why I should have done things that I already said I wouldn't be able to do based on those five points, so I suppose you could argue that it wasn't worth giving them, although I have a feeling even more people would have said "just get takeout" or whatever. Someone even now is telling me to get takeout just put the pizza in a Ziplock.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

???

Pizza is takeout... If they mean picking it up instead of delivery, well yes, you should have.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Again- I am extremely smell sensitive.

I go into the pizza place, I heave.

I carry the pizza to the car, I heave.

I drive with the pizza in the car, I have to keep pulling over to heave.

Why do any of you find that reasonable? Would you want to do that just to give someone a pizza?

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kinda shitty that Dominos has it set up so that tip is calculated on top of the delivery and service fees. Tipping on the value of food, I understand. Tipping on the cost of those other fees is double dipping and bad faith in my opinion.

Seriously, "y'all charged me a service fee to deliver my food? Cool! Let me tip you for that!"

Having done time in the service industry, I have no problem tipping where it's warranted, but you're tipping the Dominos corporation for their fuckery at that point, not the driver

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's like 50% of all tip calculations nowadays. It's really obnoxious and feels like it's trying to make you feel guilty for tipping an appropriate amount, but taxes and service charges aren't part of the service.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dominoes has their own cars tho so the delivery fee is in theory for car wear

[–] natecox@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

She's extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.

Lol, with attitude like that she'll be a delightful adult

Edit: I'll accept these downvotes. So far all the replies have been "well I let my kid do whatever they want, whatcouldgowrong.jpg"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You don't have children, do you? She had the option of Pizza, Jimmy John's, Chinese or nothing. She said no Jimmy John's or Chinese.

Edit: I suppose technically I could have used Uber Eats or whatever, but that's even pricier.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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