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I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

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.

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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.

BonesOfTheMoon ,

That’s disgusting. We do get take out sometimes from local restaurants, but I’m in a city and we have lots of options, and I don’t mind paying a higher price for supporting them. But for some chain restaurant, that’s obscene. My SO went to Burger King the other night to try one of the whopper melts they have right now, and that plus fries and an Oreo shake thing was 19 dollars. Glad I’m vegan time and again.

Lost_My_Mind ,

Forget everything you said. Forget the prices. Forget the experience you had.

My first question is…why would you willingly order Dominoes? This is ghe same chain that just 2 years ago had a series of commercials where the core theme of the commetcials was “Hey, we know our pizzas taste like cardboard and are universally hated buuuuuuut, maybe buy a pizza? We’re self aware of our awfulness, and we’ll try to do better maybe!”

TheRealKuni ,

Dominos turned their shit around like, I dunno, 15 years ago or so. When they started making oven baked sandwiches.

I honestly really like some of their pizzas. It’s not bad. They just know that it used to be, many years ago.

It’s like when Buick made those commercials about how their new cars actually look good so people don’t realize they’re Buicks. When you have a reputation, sometimes it’s a good idea to acknowledge it.

Cryophilia ,

Yeah the sandos and pasta are actually decent and with the coupons it’s a pretty good value.

I’m not saying it’s good food, I’m saying it’s decent food and good value.

TheRealKuni ,

I’m not saying it’s good food, I’m saying it’s decent food and good value.

I, personally, would call their Philly Cheesesteak pizza “good” food. Not, like, local restaurant level good. But early days of COVID that was my little bit of sanity. Order a couple pizzas from Dominos delivery on Sunday, eat a slice of each for lunch every day.

Cryophilia ,

I have literally eaten Philly cheesesteaks that taste roughly the same despite costing 3x as much from local restaurants. Dominos Philly cheesesteak is legit, at least for an area like the west coast that is devoid of truly good philly cheesesteak.

southsamurai ,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Eh, they don’t suck as much now.

They’re on par with any of the shitty chains tbh. Crust is okay, but not much more than that even with the various options for it. Sauce is acceptable, cheese is good, some of the toppings even can be called good to great for a chain pizza. Still not my top pick of the chains, but not as bad as Caesar’s at all lol. Better than freezer pizzas at least, though digiorno does a good enough stuffed crust if that’s your bag.

There was a time dominoes was worse than Caesar’s. By a big margin, depending on the store.

tobogganablaze ,

Damn, I wish I had such cheap food prices.

uis ,

THAT’S CHEAP FOR YOU?!

tobogganablaze ,

Yeah, Switzerland food prices are insane.

A similar sized pizza with the same toppings would cost me at least $20

uis ,

In Switzerland?! Oh, wait. Isn’t that country not EU member? But even non-EU European countries it is too high. Take RUB(Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) as example. Quick search says prices are: 580 RUB, 18 BYR(BYN), 212 UAH.

HeyJoe ,

Sadly, I do order from crap places like this more than I would like to admit. Key these days to keeping semi low prices or get more food for the price is to have an account and order from the app. You can see all the deals and pick one that may work best for you. Some places are better than others. Most of Domino’s is a scam because the deal price should just be the real price. It basically penalizes people who don’t go out of their way. Good luck next time!

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I told my wife about the price and she said, “you should have used the coupons on the app!” And I was like, “why would I have the app? I almost never order pizza and I don’t want them harvesting my data when I do.” So I guess that’s the trade-off now. Your data for lower prices.

KevonLooney ,

What data? Your pizza order data? What extra data does the app look at?

I genuinely don’t know because I have pizza places that don’t suck. You can get a real pizza for $20.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

You have no idea how insidious they are.

forbes.com/…/big-data-driven-decision-making-at-d…

sunzu ,

The bigger issue is having their app on your phone which provides access to things like your location etc

Cryophilia ,

You don’t need the app for Dominos, unlike most other restaurants out there. I actually order from Dominos more than other places because of that.

uis ,

25 cm pizze for about 1000 roubles? What the fuck? I can order 30 cm for 580 roubles (about 6$). Maybe even cheaper from other source.

astrsk ,
@astrsk@kbin.run avatar

This is why I always get a Costco 18" pizza for $10 every time I'm at the store. Yes, the pizza quality is not great, but neither are any of these other chains that charge 3x (or more) for less pizza of similar quality.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

WinCo actually has good pizza for not only hella cheap, they will accept food stamps for them by selling you an uncooked pie and then offering to cook it for free after you pay.

Cryophilia ,

That’s devious and I like it

PhlubbaDubba ,

It could be the “haven’t been able to eat solid foods myself in over a month”, but this post just reminded me of my favorite order from dominos that’d usually cover me for a couple nights

Cheesy breadsticks and a large thincrust with fixins, and now I’m doing the Homer Simpson drool, yes it was garbage pizza but it was good tasting garbage pizza to a lonely college student!

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Almost a year, not over a month. Well, technically that’s over a month, but yeah, it sucks not being able to eat when food is one of the most important things in pretty much every culture (unsurprisingly). You literally cannot escape food. It’s everywhere. Restaurants, supermarkets, billboards, you name it. And when you can’t eat it, it’s just torture. Especially if you really want to eat it, which I do.

PhlubbaDubba ,

I’ve started craving nostalgic foods for myself as a coping mechanism, for me it’s being unable to keep anything down save for like 2 things consistently

Nougat ,

I hope you come out of the other side of that, and I'll bring you a pizza myself.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I hope so too, thanks.

Lemming6969 ,

At over something like 2200 calories, that is 4 meals though, so like $7 per meal. Still horribly expensive for pizza though.

Lost_My_Mind ,

Pizza is overpriced for pizza though. I ordered from my non-chain local place. Everybody loves them. 2 pizzas, $90 before tip.

possiblylinux127 ,

The were hand made right? Right?

roguetrick ,

For $90 I sure as fuck hope they have the owner strapped to a goddamn milking machine to make the cheese. That or the landlord.

Restaurant landlords are a special kind of scum. They let restaurants revolve in and out until someone finally makes a splash. Then they raise the rents for the next lease. Every fucking time.

taiyang ,

I can’t wrap my mind over that price, our most overpriced place are $30 a pizza and those are humongous. Did you include overpriced sides? I find $15 for 6 wings a bit much and that’d usually do it.

Lost_My_Mind ,

No sides. I don’t know how much 6 wings are, but I know the 18 pack was $40. I didn’t get it.

Cryophilia ,

VHCOL area here, the god tier pizzas are about $50 each for a large pizza. Dominos is still Dominos pricing.

I’m not counting the super mega fancy sit down places that have Michelin starred chefs making pizza either.

TheRealKuni ,

Whoa. Was it like, Pequod’s or something?

Neato ,
@Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

Checked my local good pizza place. Made same pizza, the one you did but med instead. Local place was only $2 more: $17.50 vs $16.

It’s pretty much the same to order delivery from local or nicer places these days rather than the big chains.

Cryophilia ,

Yeah, fast food decided to go for good restaurant prices. Fuck you McDonald’s, if I wanted to pay $25 for a burger and fries there are awesome local joints I can go to that make much better burgers

CyberTaco ,

My family have explicitly stopped ordering from Dominoes because of how insane their pricing has gotten. We have lots of significantly cheaper pizza options in my area that that are as good or are better.

Cryophilia ,

Use coupons. Dominos is the cheapest around. And they don’t force you to download a privacy invading app to get the coupons either.

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

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 OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

LOL! Of course!

BananaTrifleViolin ,

The thing about inflation is the food is not expensive, its the value of money that’s gone down. Its salaries that are way too low to afford the new prices. The food isn’t too expensive - employees are being underpaid.

0110010001100010 ,
@0110010001100010@lemmy.world avatar

It can be both at the same time which is why the problem is so exacerbated right now.

explodicle ,

IMHO all that matters is the difference between the two.

Cryophilia ,

Yeah but that’s an academic, maybe even a pedantic, difference.

_number8_ ,

people love acting like they’re perfect and always make perfect decisions in these posts. like, you can easily advise the OP and sympathize but people love to be smug instead

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

Ain’t that the truth.

bitchkat ,

Next time buy her a large 1 topping and pick it up for $7.99.

Cryophilia ,

Yeah the delivery stuff was a quarter of the price at least, and depending on how they ordered it the base prices could have been inflated too.

zipzoopaboop ,

Then look at the price before confirming doofus

Burn_The_Right ,

OP is not complaining about accidentally buying something without checking the price. OP is very clearly complaining about insane inflation, which I will argue is completely manufactured by corporations, therefore warranting complaints from OP and the rest of us.

OsrsNeedsF2P , (edited )

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”

Eheran ,

Hahaha, let me ask my toddler if he wants salad or chocolate.

TheMinions ,

Haha my son ironically hates both of these things. He would choose to eat air in his room.

neomachino ,

This is why whenever my toddler asks for Mac and cheese I give him a dry salad. Gotta build that character.

thefartographer ,

Mmmm… Garden droppings

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@natecox@programming.dev avatar

It’s crazy that you went way out of your way to placate the internet assholes and they still found something to be insufferable about.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, gotta love it.

natecox ,
@natecox@programming.dev avatar

I just take it as an opportunity to block people these days. “You gave your kid pizza so you’re a shit lazy parent and no mitigating factor will be considered” is a pretty clear indicator that they don’t need any openings into my attention span lol.

Eheran ,

Nobody said that? Why make stuff up? People here talk about the pickiness being the issue. Children are picky unless you put the effort in to change that (most of the time, some just eat everything). It just sounded odd the way OP said it. If there were 3 options and the kid chooses one I would not call that picky to begin with.

thefartographer ,

You don’t have children, do you?

I’m not sure that person has ever seen a child

PhlubbaDubba ,

Look man, picky eating is way more complicated than, “just make the kid get over it.”

Trying to force food choices isn’t gonna do anything but give the kid complexes about trying new foods due to the high pressure they were taught to see those experiences as.

protist ,

I’m pretty much with you on this one. A lot of these people sound like they have terrible boundaries with their children. I get OP’s in a difficult situation, but I don’t get why they’re complaining about spending $30 on pizza when they agreed to pay that before it was even delivered. I’m not saying OP should’ve been like “you will eat what I say or you will go without dinner,” but really, as a parent you can give your child realistic options that don’t require you hiding in the garage for a couple hours. Ham sandwiches don’t smell, lots of foods don’t smell. If they “refuse,” they’re still going to want to eat later when they’re hungrier, and you make the same food choices available.

Also a large deep dish pizza from Jet’s is like $18, and it’s really hard to overstate how much more food and how much better their pizza is. Domino’s is clearly preying on people who don’t know any better or who don’t have any other options.

ArmokGoB ,

Yeah, I wouldn’t have gotten dinner as a kid if I was that picky.

CodexArcanum ,

I can pretty rarely get under $30 for just myself ($50 for two i consider quite the deal now) and we live in a city with many options, and most places i would order from are about a 10 minute drive. I’m not saying it’s right or good, just that the prices you see are in line with what I’ve been seeing. Food is quite a bit more expensive right now.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

It’s a good 1/3 more expensive than it was pre-pandemic though. I could have gotten that order for $20 in 2019.

CodexArcanum ,

Absolutely. Pandemic “inflation” threw all kinds of prices too high and nothing is coming back down because most industries are so small that they’re all essentially oligarchies now.

I am dead certain that the pandemic has actually put the US into a hard recession which the Fed has been covering up with various tricks. I’m pretty sure that after the presidential election, whichever way it goes, the economy is going to tank.

Mac ,

Ordered pizza last saturday. Two large pies, one sau+pep, one pep+olives. $30.
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