It must have been some eight or nine hours ago now: if you tried to get a pizza delivered back then, they would just give you a message telling you to call back at 10 am when the pizzeria was open.
Pizza delivery is notoriously dangerous. More pizza delivery drivers get shot than cops. It took a long time for people to build up the courage and sense of responsibility for pizza before they braved those streets.
Everyday i consider being a cop, good overtime pay, life isn't at risk, do whatever you want swap precincts if there are issues no biggie, its a legal mob that protects their own, no real risk, they just stand around let shootings happen, speed everywhere, free whip, my friends have seen cops from local areas doing coke in ppls houses, they're corrupt af just havin a good time, no ones about to stop them like on tv, everyones in on it
This is America. People do whatever the f*** they feel like doing, you got a problem with that? Because they have a right to. And because they have guns and no one can f***ing stop them. As a result, this country has one of the worst economies in the world. When it gets down to itāwe're talking trade balances hereāonce we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwaves in Tadzhikistan and selling them hereāonce our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickelāonce the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani bricklayer would consider to be prosperityāy'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else:
I have to imagine that even back when pizza was probably first invented, food delivery was a common thing. You just would have to order it in person, in advance if you didn't have a bird or know how to write.
I've been a member for a couple of years and assumed it was warmed up frozen pizza, but I looked up the process and it isn't. It really tastes pretty good (especially for the price).
Hey alright. I didn't know if you just wanted something available pre-1900 or specifically a horse. If I knew how to get you the hookup on equestrian pizza I'd be happy to tell ya, but I don't.
You know, when I was a kid in the 80's we were slightly rural, nothing was ever delivered except mail, or if you ordered something freight or building supplies.
You could get takeout in my area, but afaik, noone was delivering anything
I had seen the commercials for Domino's 30 minute delivery, But they just simply weren't in my area and it didn't seem like there was anybody else doing that work.
Kinda the same here, except my house had delivery. Our cottage which was 30 minutes from the house, had no delivery u told mid 00s even though pizza place out there was only 15 minute drive. Was weird to my child brain
Those were dark times. My favorite in undergrad was to order a 14 inch hot sauce pizza from a local shop (of course delivery). I may be trash for how much I enjoyed this pizza but idc. Wont matter on my death bed
Wait. What was that pizza place called? With a Greek guy who said pizza pizza. And it was 2 pizzas. And the pizzas were impaled on a spear. And it was pretty good pizza.
The movie That Thing You Do contains a subtle bit of American pizza history. When the Oneders play their first gig at the "spaghetti place out by the airport" there are several announcements over the PA like "Table 4, your pizza is ready" - a detail that says even though they were serving a lot of pizza they weren't known as a "pizza place," because very few restaurants in the early 1960s were.
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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world · 91 pts · 1y
I can still remember that time.
It must have been some eight or nine hours ago now: if you tried to get a pizza delivered back then, they would just give you a message telling you to call back at 10 am when the pizzeria was open.
RadicalEagle@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y
The dark ages.
captainjaneway@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 1y
Pizza delivery is notoriously dangerous. More pizza delivery drivers get shot than cops. It took a long time for people to build up the courage and sense of responsibility for pizza before they braved those streets.
I honor our pizza delivery drivers. o7
H1jAcK@lemm.ee · 49 pts · 1y
I served in the pizza delivery service for nearly ten years šļø
JayleneSlide@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
Thank you for your service, culinary logistics veteran.
captainjaneway@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
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Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com · 8 pts · 1y
Ain't nobody got time for Delta Quadrant Pizza delivery. That's coming out of your tip, Kathryn.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I see the Trek reference, but I feel like I'm still missing something...
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I was a part of delivery team six. We lost a lot of good men on that delivery run. 22 pineapple pizzas changes a man.
Contemporarium@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Papa Johnās, West Virginia 55th company. Still get flashbacks when I hear someone say āgarlic sauceā. Canāt believe I made it out alive
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
And I'M STILL WAITING!!! I ordered this pizza in 1997! How long does it TAKE???
H1jAcK@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
I remembered your Diet Dr Kelp, though
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Where were you stationed?
Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 1y
This is more of a America problem than a pizza guy problem.
3dmvr@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Everyday i consider being a cop, good overtime pay, life isn't at risk, do whatever you want swap precincts if there are issues no biggie, its a legal mob that protects their own, no real risk, they just stand around let shootings happen, speed everywhere, free whip, my friends have seen cops from local areas doing coke in ppls houses, they're corrupt af just havin a good time, no ones about to stop them like on tv, everyones in on it
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
*in the USA
shalafi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
This is America. People do whatever the f*** they feel like doing, you got a problem with that? Because they have a right to. And because they have guns and no one can f***ing stop them. As a result, this country has one of the worst economies in the world. When it gets down to itāwe're talking trade balances hereāonce we've brain-drained all our technology into other countries, once things have evened out, they're making cars in Bolivia and microwaves in Tadzhikistan and selling them hereāonce our edge in natural resources has been made irrelevant by giant Hong Kong ships and dirigibles that can ship North Dakota all the way to New Zealand for a nickelāonce the Invisible Hand has taken all those historical inequities and smeared them out into a broad global layer of what a Pakistani bricklayer would consider to be prosperityāy'know what? There's only four things we do better than anyone else:
music
movies
microcode (software)
high-speed pizza delivery
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
snow crash mentioned
rainrain@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y
You read my mind.
Those skates!
yata@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
This is the internet.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Iād be careful telling USians that they arenāt the only people on the ānet, they might shoot you.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Pretty certain that stat is from America. Also, pretty certain my post was the opening to one of the most famous cyberpunk novels of all time.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
The deliverator stands tall
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Unlike your coppers, your pizza delivery people donāt deserve even risking getting shot.
urbanhedgelady@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
I live super rural. It still isn't.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 14 pts · 1y
I have to imagine that even back when pizza was probably first invented, food delivery was a common thing. You just would have to order it in person, in advance if you didn't have a bird or know how to write.
BossDj@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
Toss a coin at the corner street urchin to fetch it for you
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
That time was last night. The location? Costco. $10 for a pie is the best deal going right now.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
And it's a good size. And not terrible.
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I've been a member for a couple of years and assumed it was warmed up frozen pizza, but I looked up the process and it isn't. It really tastes pretty good (especially for the price).
over_clox@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Well now I want a pizza delivered on horseback.
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
It's pretty commonly delivered by bicycle in NYC.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
And? I did that on bicycle occasionally in Mississippi, way faster than a vehicle no less.
I mean I want a pizza delivered by horse, even if I gotta ride the horse my damn self.
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Hey alright. I didn't know if you just wanted something available pre-1900 or specifically a horse. If I knew how to get you the hookup on equestrian pizza I'd be happy to tell ya, but I don't.
Cornflake@pawb.social · 9 pts · 1y
It was in fact Digiornoed.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Downvoted because digiorno is owned by nestle.......and nestle is evil.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
It's not delivery, it's de... struction of human life and exploitation of natural resources.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 1y
You know, when I was a kid in the 80's we were slightly rural, nothing was ever delivered except mail, or if you ordered something freight or building supplies.
You could get takeout in my area, but afaik, noone was delivering anything
I had seen the commercials for Domino's 30 minute delivery, But they just simply weren't in my area and it didn't seem like there was anybody else doing that work.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Kinda the same here, except my house had delivery. Our cottage which was 30 minutes from the house, had no delivery u told mid 00s even though pizza place out there was only 15 minute drive. Was weird to my child brain
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
I'm currently 3.9 miles from a Dominos that will not deliver to my neighborhood.
Then I viewed the reviews, I now frequent non-chain pizza places.
Tungsten5@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Those were dark times. My favorite in undergrad was to order a 14 inch hot sauce pizza from a local shop (of course delivery). I may be trash for how much I enjoyed this pizza but idc. Wont matter on my death bed
adarza@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
we always had to go pick up the pizza! pizza!, unless we were goin' to super-k, which had little caesars inside with a dining area.
rainrain@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y
Wait. What was that pizza place called? With a Greek guy who said pizza pizza. And it was 2 pizzas. And the pizzas were impaled on a spear. And it was pretty good pizza.
FlavorPacket@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Little Caesarās. Good pizza, great bread sticks. The founder was a pretty good dude too (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ilitch)
rainrain@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y
Jesus. I had no idea. He was a superhero.
meep_launcher@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
It wasn't until the invention of the skateboard and baseball cap that pizza delivery could even become a thing at all
lipilee@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
Every time you order pizza, it's not delivered for a long time, until it's delivered.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
The movie That Thing You Do contains a subtle bit of American pizza history. When the Oneders play their first gig at the "spaghetti place out by the airport" there are several announcements over the PA like "Table 4, your pizza is ready" - a detail that says even though they were serving a lot of pizza they weren't known as a "pizza place," because very few restaurants in the early 1960s were.