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Tech Testing Tuesday
Can You Order A Papa John's Pizza 3 Weeks In Advance?
Welcome to the inaugural installment of Tech Testing Tuesday where me -- that's yours truly -- tests something technical.
Now, some of you might be waggling an accusatory finger towards your computer screen and saying "Brad, you are ripping off KFVS and their 'Will It Work Wednesday' segment." That's the feature where KFVS tests the claims of various consumer products each week on Wednesday.
Let me assure you that Tech Testing Tuesday is not even close to being the same.
First of all, you will notice that they air their segment on Wednesday. My feature has Tuesday in its name and will run on Fridays, so that makes it doubly different.
They also evaluate products like laundry detergent and something called a "Ped Egg" which are the type of items I have absolutely no interest in testing. Besides the fact they're kind of boring products, they're not really very technical which is a key requirement of Tech Testing Tuesday.
Also, while you might think that the 'Will It Work' feature is unique to KFVS, it's not.
I did a cursory check on the web and TV stations in Tallahassee, Cincinnati, and two in California all have "Will It Work Wednesdays." There are likely even more broadcasters who use that feature. Perhaps, our local CBS affiliate originated this concept, but I'm thinking not. They probably saw a good idea and borrowed it.
There you go. That's my preemptive rebuttal, so now on to testing.
A couple weeks ago my wife and I ordered a pizza from Papa John's. We did it the traditional way via the phone. When we order a pizza, I almost always pick it up rather than having it delivered. We think it's faster, and I don't mind going to get it.
I got to Papa John's a few minutes early and while waiting I noticed a banner in their store promoting their website and touting that you could order a pizza online up to 3 weeks in advance.
Now, I would never order a pizza that far in advance, but the fact you can is pretty intriguing. How structured is your life if you actually know that you're going to want a large pepperoni with mushrooms and black olives 3 weeks from today? I don't now about you, but my wife and I rarely know what we are going to have for dinner until well, shortly before dinner. I think that's pretty typical for a couple where both people work.
So this little technical feature interested me, and I had an opportunity to test it last week. My wife had to go to a conference, leaving me batching it for 5 days. I decided on Wednesday evening that I was going to be hungry for a large six-cheese pizza for lunch on Saturday at 12:45 pm, to be precise.
Placing the order online was pretty easy. Waiting two and a half days was the hard part.
Would my pizza be ready for me at the designated time on Saturday? Would I even remember that I had ordered a pizza and what kind of pizza it was? Would I still be hungry for a six-cheese topping?
So, Saturday came and I managed to remember that I had ordered a pizza.
At 12:43 I stepped into the Papa John's on North Kingshighway and there was my pie, fresh out of the oven waiting on the shelf behind the counter.
I would rate my experience on this episode of Tech Testing Tuesday as quite positive. The only unfavorable part of my order was the fact that I was expecting an email from Papa John's on Saturday reminding me that I'd ordered a pizza, but never got one.
Would I order another pie online? Possibly. Although, probably not days in advance. My life is just not that structured.
For those of you who may be interested in ordering a pizza online, Papa John's is NOT the only local pizzeria to offer this service.
According to my research, Pizza Hut, Domino's and Imo's all offer local online ordering. I'm not sure if you can order 21 days in advance, but then how many people really need that ability? I think not many.
Just for the record, I did a Google search for "Tech Testing Tuesday" this morning, and I appear to be the first occurrence of that phrase on the Web. Woohoo! Can you say copyright?
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