The Tragic Story Of A Customer’s Blatant Disrespect Toward Pizza
Holding a pizza box isn’t usually something you think about, you just do it. You’d think holding the box flat would be common sense, but apparently not for this customer.
Joe Greenway, former employee at The Philadelphia Pizza Style & Subs in Maryland, jumped on to Twitter and took us on a journey of pizza abuse and disrespect.
He vented about a customer who continually picked up his pizza order and walked out with the box tilted sideways, like you would a biology book as you run to class.
To each their own, but we can only imagine how annoying it must have been for the pizza shop workers as their carefully crafted pies would get flipped and probably destroyed for no good reason.
Greenway expressed this frustration with a lengthy Twitter story, but actually left us with unanswered questions. It was like the maddening end to “Cloverfield” that offered no real ending and just pissed off everyone at the movie theater.
However, here is his story. You be the judge if this customer was an asshole for his pizza savagery:
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I’ve never hated anyone in my life except this next guy.
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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My old job I worked at a pizza place. Every week this guy came in and order 2 extra large pizzas.
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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And every single week, I yell “Pickup Smith”. He walks up to the counter. Shows me his receipt. I slide the pizzas across the counter.
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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Mr. Smith picks up the two pies (18″)… AND TURNS THE BOXES SIDEWAYS UNDER HIS ARMS. He walks out the door with 2 piping hot loaded pies.
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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HE JUST NONCHALANTLY CARRIES HIS PIZZAS LIKE A HIGHSCHOOLER CARRYING TEXT BOOKS
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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There were a bunch of Spanish cooks working with me, that couldn’t take it. They spend 70 hours a week making pizzas. And to see this.
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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Some of the cooks would say things like “he should not do this” “why does he do this” “puta gringos” but no matter the nationality we agreed
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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He had to be stopped.
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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At first, I started carrying his pizzas out to his car for him. “Oh wow great service” he’d say. And then when I handed him the pies
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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I digress. It’s my last week working there. Smith calls his order in on Thursday. I know I have 25 minutes to prepare. What should I say.
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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I’ve never straight up asked him. Closest I’ve gotten was proxy conversations with customers that came up after him, as disgusted as I was
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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So he walks in. He pays. The pies come out. I yell “Pick Up Smith”. He walks up with his receipt. I slide the pies. He picks them up
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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begins to tuck them under his arm. And in this moment I know. It’s now or never. My five years at Philadelphia Style Pizza have come to this
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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This is for me, for tony, for Guatemala. He turns to leave. And suddenly as if without preparation I ask…”Why”
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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He looks at the me. Then the tucked pies. Then back at me. Pauses for a moment and says
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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They’re for my family I don’t even eat pizza
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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And that was it. I stood there with my mouth open for a few seconds in disbelief. The next customer came up. I finished my week. But still
— joewen wilson (@sad_tree) January 13, 2016
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main picthx lucky peach
