Would you wait two hours, for a pizza, to get delivered to you?

@cream97 (29087)
United States
March 3, 2009 11:57am CST
I was in the mood and I had a craving for a pizza. So, about two weeks ago, I called to place an order over the phone for a pizza at Pizza Hut. And the guy told me that it would be a two hour delay before I would be able to get my pizza. From my understanding, even for carry outs it was the same too. So, I told him never mind. I then decided to call Papa John's. And they delivered a pizza to me in about 45 minutes. I was very hungry, and I did not want to wait until two hours to have a pizza delivered to me. I guess Pizza Hut was very busy that day, or they could have been short on the staff, or food itself. I am unsure of the reason. I think they could have been backed up with having so many people coming in and calling to place orders for pizza. Would you endure the wait of two hours or would you go somewhere else to eat?
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@mgmagana (3618)
• United States
3 Mar 09
i would've picked it up myself or maybe wait 2 hrs. if it was 3 i couldve waited til 5 to get it. i guess i'd have to be in the situation to know for sure.
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• United States
3 Mar 09
What?!?
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
3 Mar 09
I probably would have called somewhere else. Unless I was craving pizza from that place only and other pizza just wouldn't hit the spot as good. That is pretty bad having to wait two hours for a pizza. They should get so far behind.
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@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
3 Mar 09
Definitly go somewhere else. We have about 3 or 4 pizza places within a half mile range, including one so close, I could walk there and usually do. We never have the pizza delivered.
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@max1950 (2306)
• United States
3 Mar 09
i would have goten it somewher else and when the guy finally showed up i'd give him the empty domino box. i dont like pizza hut anyway to much bread too thick and never cooked right always doughy
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• United States
3 Mar 09
no way i would wait 2 hours pizza, not with all the others around, they just would lose my business for that night and i would tell them that so they know that they lost another customer.
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@Spook619 (335)
3 Mar 09
I would go somewhere else, or snack while I was waiting for it depending on just how much I wanted a specific pizza.
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@alokn99 (5717)
• India
3 Mar 09
Wait for Two hours to eat the pizza.. The delivery guy would have wondered why he took up this delivery if he was two hours late in delivering this. The pizza delivery guys here have a scheme sometimes of delivery within half an hour or the pizza comes free. For two hours i would have made sure i get next 4 four orders free.
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
30 Mar 09
We rarely order take out pizza b/c it's just outrageously priced. Instead I'll buy a couple of Frenshetta's and make them up the way we like them. I like them better too. We did order pizza from Pizza Hut a couple weeks ago and the woman told me it would be 15 minutes...it was more like 10 if that. It was good but really not worth the cost. In answer to your question, if it wasn't there within no more than 45 minutes I would have called back and canceled it. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]
• Philippines
22 Dec 09
pizza - pizza delivery
Hi there cream97!I know how irritating it could be to be waiting for food to be delivered that long. Sometimes, what I do is to follow-up my order from time to time just to check if my food would be delivered soon. Pizza Hut (in the Philippines) has this policy wherein if they do not deliver within the time specified, you get the pizza for free. I think that is the reason why they always deliver on time. At least here in our city that is. Two hours of waiting is too much. I would have gone somewhere else to eat and cancel my order.
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
8 Mar 09
No, there is no way I would wait two hours, if I wanted to eat soon. In a case like that I would open my cupboards and refrigerator to find something else to eat, and order the pizza the next day if I still had a craving. Now, if I was not in a hurry to eat it, I would wait the two hours while I busied myself doing something around the house. Pizza to me is a take it or leave it kind of thing, so I wouldn't be salivating as I waited for it. But seriously, if I was not famished and something else to do, I would wait the two hours.
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• Philippines
7 Mar 09
I don't think so. I don't have that much patience when it comes to food especially if I'm hungry.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
3 Mar 09
I suppose if it was a "call ahead" order such as ordering pizzas for a party later in the day, but otherwise NoWay!
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• Philippines
4 Mar 09
Of course not! That's too long! Here in the Philippines Pizza Hut has a policy that they have to deliver your pizza in 30 minutes. If they are even a minute late, the pizza is free! I don't understand why there are outlets that make you wait that long just to deliver a pizza that you are supposed to be paying for.
• Singapore
4 Mar 09
Actually if I am hungry, even 30 minutes be too long lol.
• Philippines
5 Mar 09
Same here pal! LOL
• United States
10 Mar 09
No. I would never wait two hours for pizza. Although I enjoy pizza, it's not an item that is worth it.
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@royal52gens (5488)
• United States
10 Mar 09
A two hour wait for a pizza is too long. I would have done just like you. I would have gotten my pizza somewhere else. I like pizza but not enough to wait two hours.
@gemini_rose (16264)
21 Mar 09
No I could not wait two hours to get a pizza delivered, I would have had to go somewhere else I reckon. I would have gone past the stage of hunger waiting that long and would not have ended up eating it when it came!
• India
6 Mar 09
No way friend.A pizza is a fast food!And I really cannot wait more than even half an hour to get my teeth into fast foods.Leave aside waiting for 2 hours!!When I am hungry I just got to eat fast.And anyways at our place when we feel like having a pizza we order it and the delivery boy gets it to us within half an hour.So no hunger pangs on that count.
@Sky347 (33)
• United States
5 Mar 09
It depends on how hungry I am and how much I love that particular place's pizza. For me, pizza hut pizza is not worth waiting for. I would have done what you did and ordered elsewhere. Papa Johns and Dominos are much better choices anyway. I used to love pizza hut, but they don't make their food the same. Their pizzas now have hardly any sauce and the cheese on their food is usually burned. Has anyone else noticed that the Tuscan Lasagne looks nothing like the commercial? And it's one lasagna noodle with sauce and ricotta and one more noodle on top. That's it! It tastes ok if you don't mind burned cheese on top. But I would think the Italians would be insulted if they were truly served a lasagne like that as the comercial says. And it's not new for pizza hut to make you wait 2 hours. I have waited before when the pizza was still delicious, but it's not worth it anymore.
• United States
5 Mar 09
I doubt I would wait that long for a pizza. There's other pizza plaes in town so I would just say forget it and go elsewhere. I'm not going to wait two hours for a pizza when I can go elsewhere and get it right then.
@falconx (221)
• Finland
6 Mar 09
I would probably eat something while I am waiting.