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Says Charles DH Crosbie, who submitted the photo at right to our Flickr pool:
Yes, this is how the slice came: a used and soiled "Convenience Size" bottle of Vaseline moisturizer, as found in a Pizza Pizza, bagged slice of pizza; purchased in-store at 8:30PM (EST) 23 February 2008, Yonge St near Bloor St (Toronto, Canada).If you want to see more (and why wouldn't you?), there are several more photos of the mess. (There's even a video.)
Torontoist e-mailed Charles earlier today to find out more. Assuring us that he has no pre-existing vendettas against Pizza Pizza (or Vaseline), he told us that he went to the store with his girlfriend and her friend. All three bought drinks, while the friend also bought a vegetarian slice, and the three hopped into a taxi and went together to Charles's home. When the friend opened up the paper bag in the living room, he was "disgusted and confounded to find an old, dirty bottle of Vaseline mysteriously sitting on top of his food." They "asked each other repeatedly if it was a prank or if we really had never seen it before; the Vaseline bottle was completely foreign" to them. Charles's girlfriend called back Pizza Pizza, and they "politely and promptly" sent a small pizza for the friend, and, says Charles, said they were "on the case" to find out what happened. Probably a good idea, that.
Photo by Charles DH Crosbie from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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They probably just threw the food in one of the employee's plastic bags by accident.
What I don't get is why they would throw a slice of pizza in a plastic bag.
By "bagged," I'm pretty sure he means bagged in a Pizza Pizza paper bag, not some random plastic bag lying around with a container of Vaseline in it. I've added "paper" to the mention of the bag in the latter half of the post for the sake of clarity.
One thing is for sure: There's nothing worse than getting chapped lips while you're eating pizza.
Hey,
Pizza Pizza has been on my black list since 1999. Every single time anyone mentions having pizza, I tell them my Pizza Pizza horror story, and I will for as long as Pizza Pizza is in business.
This is classic bad PR that gets repeated hundreds of times and all service businesses should avoid.
In a mall parking lot near my home, I was cut off by a PP deliver car where a woman was killed a week earlier by a careless driver. So, I went in to the PP and asked to speak to the manager. I was immediately told to leave or they'd call the police, so I called the police myself from inside the shop.
I stepped outside to wait for the police, and a delivery driver came out and threatened me and my girlfriend saying he could find out where we lived.
The police came and told me they were aware of the problem and had similar complaints. But since the mall parking lot is in fact private property, the stop signs and speed limits are merely suggestions and cannot be enforced by the police.
Join my boycott of Pizza Pizza: more than your colon will thank you.
Cheers,
Tuds
We haven't ordered from Pizza Pizza for a very long time. Although the overall 'quality' of their 'za has improved (save for the extra Vaseline :), they are still terribly overpriced! I'd much prefer to tip my local Pizzaiolo devliery guy than pay $2.75 AND a tip to some PP delivery jerk! The last time we ordered, which was over a year ago, the total including delivery was just over $25. My mother-in-law beat me to the door, cash in hand, and the delivery guy said "OK?" and took the $30 she handed him, scampering off with almost $5 tip. The last time I checked, it was up to the customer to deem the appropriate amount of the tip, not the person delivering the pizza.
And TokyoTuds, I concur with your story. About six years ago, a PP delivery guy made a turn near the Dundas and Church street location, went over the sidewalk, and almost ran me over. Natually, I hoofed his car. Screeching on the brakes, this five-foot-nothing came out the car, barking "Why you kick my car." My answer: "'Cause you drive like assh--e." End of conversation.
I admit Double P has some interesting toppings (mango) but I've never been overly impressed with their delivery pizza. It's better than others, but just enough to cement itself in the middle of the pizza pack. And buying an individual slice? Forget it. Most of the time they've been sitting around for a few hours. The only time I go there these days is when it's so late that most other restaurants around my apartment are closed (i.e. 2:45 AM Saturday night). There's better quality to be had for roughly the same price (sometimes less).
Every time I order pizza from them, if they give me the 45 minutes or its free guarantee, then it arrives in about 42-44 minutes. Cold. And I'm not that far from two different locations. If they dont give me the guarantee, then It's usually over an hour or hour and a half before I see the pizza. Of course, much colder. At this point I have to almost always throw the slice in the microwave.
The last time I watched the driver almost hit 3 parked cars before he came to the door and gave me unnecessary attitude (I guess he was just pissed off that he almost had to take responsibility for his reckless driving).
I know a girl who, name is Lizza
She'll take your order, she'll make your pizza, but she don't use sauce, and she don't use cheese, she don't use sausage, or any of these...
She uses vassssssss-eline
Vasssseline.
a stretch, but first thing that came to mind,
Pretty good, WannaBinToranna! I can't think of many words that rhyme with 'Vaseline,' except perhaps for 'tamborine,' and 'David Lean.'
Ah, it has the makings of a loooonnnnnggg week!
It's a play on a song, and I'm trying to remember the band/song, (can't use "the google" from here at work for it) lyrics are...
know a girl who thinks of ghosts
Shell make ya breakfast
Shell make ya toast
She dont use butter
She dont use cheese
She dont use jelly
Or any of these
She uses vaseline
It's an old Flaming Lips song.. An awesome one at that.