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Pizza Shenanigans With A Firework Spectacular. |
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The best feeling coming from events like these when stuff goes wrong is making the most out of it, and that's exactly what happened for a majority of today. The pizza gods were displeased with our previous actions it seemed, but we remained triumphant.
The morning and afternoon was calm. Nobody really thought it was cool to set of any fireworks early, which was a welcome suprise considering this neighborhood. Kelly cooked a nice little pork roast for all of us today because Dad wasn't going to be able to celebrate with us because it's Tuesday and he'll have work while the fireworks are going off along the Strip. So we all had sort of a family lunch/dinner meal, and it was very nice. I didn't really have to worry about any college ordeals, since no one would be there since it's the Fourth of July. I even called earlier today to see if they had my English results on a whim, but nobody answered any of the phones. At least they can't say I didn't try. xd
I was cooped up in my room again for a bit, so I decided to go sit and hang out with Kelly and Sophia downstairs, messing with this blanket and pretending Sophia was a ghost. Around 6, Kelly asked me if I wanted to go for pizza with her, so of course I said yes. Her plan was to go out and sort of celebrate, and of course have some pizza. The first location was initially to go to Pizza Hut, but it wasn't in the cards.
When we got there, it wasn't too busy, but it had enough people there I guess. Taking in everything, it looked like there were only two people working the whole restaurant, and I'm pretty sure that included phoned-in orders. Also, the tables and the salad bar didn't look too sanitary. This was the place I would occasionally go to with Amanda and Sonja, and I alway remembered how Amanda loved the Pac-Man machine. I found it to my dismay, out of order, and looking like someone had sat on the machines' cabinet. It was one of those classic, look down through the glass ones. That's too bad, they're hard to come by any more. We had been standing there with a fussy Sophia waiting to be seated because the sign said so, when we finally both looked at each other and said, "Maybe this place isn't a good idea."
The next option was for Villa Pizza, a sort of "mom n' pop" place that's been around since as long as I can remember. We figured they wouldn't be too busy, or they'd have enough people. Once again, we should have cashed out while we had the chance. This made me mad, I couldn't believe they were so unstaffed, I bet a bunch of jerk-offs "called in sick" today. I don't get why they would still be open though, it's not worth all the trouble they were going through. First off, they only had one guy making pizzas. Two of the waitresses were about to just throw down, one of which wasn't doing her job to cater to the dine-in guests. The other was sucking up to these two police offers and waiting on them hand and foot, and the cops were just eating salads for God's sake, what could they possibly need?
I finally got one of the waitresses' attention, and she told me I could just sit and wait, but no one ever came to our table. So I just got up, memorized our order, and got in line. It was for the people waiting in carryout, which took about 20 minutes. Then, when I finally get up there, the man tells me I can't make my order, and we have to wait for the lady. So Kelly gets up and asks her when she'll be able to take our order, she just keeps stacking dishes and doesn't even really say she'll be there in a minute or apologize, so Kelly had had enough. She was about to lose it, so she did the better thing and just walked away.
So now we're tired, really hungry, and aggravated. Finally, we just opt to buy some Digiornio pizza from Albertson's. I run in, and go to the checkout lines to see there's only two open, and the lines are long. But finally, a ray of hope shines: self-checkout. And no one's using it. I don't even hesitate, why does no one use them? They're so convenient, and it's not like they take forever, because then it's your own fault and incompetence. It took like two minutes, and we were back home cooking the pizzas in the oven. Of course, the smoke detector had to be a little wuss and cry out whenever it got hot, we had every window and door open in the house. Patience reigned victorious, though, and we finally got to eat. Digiornio is really good pizza, those commercials don't lie. Delivery can bite my shiny metal a**. domokun
When we got everything cleared away, we sat and watched the Macy's Fireworks show on T.V., then I went to call Sonja. The things you do for pizza, I swear. confused
Edible Substance · Wed Jul 05, 2006 @ 07:03am · 0 Comments |
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