Is this a token of appreciation or deceptive marketing?

Journeyman · May 24, 2007

I was in my bank yesterday, the bank manager was out in the area where you wait to be waited on observing things, atleast that is how it seemed.

For some reason the two tellers were taking forever to take care of their respective customers, so I waited , finally my turn, afgter about a good 8 minute wait, seemed longer....

Then after I walked away th bank manaer comes up to me and says 'sorry for the long wait, we appreciate your business" and hands me what looked like a free pizza coupon...

At first glance i thought 'damn thats pretty cool a free Papa Johns pizza' , shoot i even give away pizza from time to time -so we had that mutual respect thing going briefly :missingte

....then I looked a little closer and read the last line, "if you buy a pizza you get another at no cost" :WTF:

I felt like turning around and handing the ticket back to the lady, I just shook my head and tossed it...this was nothing more than a coupon you could get in any mailer.....

uhh thanks but no thanks, the bank trying to get a kickback on pizza now, WTF.
:bigfinger

buddyboy · May 24, 2007

u sure that was the manager? maybe it was just a coupon lady??

Journeyman · May 24, 2007

buddyboy said:
u sure that was the manager? maybe it was just a coupon lady??

Funny thing is you could be right, I never saw anyone stand there like that....you rarely see a deal on one pizza anymore....they make you buy 20 bucks worth of stuff to get an deals

CalvinTy · May 24, 2007

Journeyman said:
Then after I walked away th bank manager comes up to me and says 'sorry for the long wait, we appreciate your business" and hands me what looked like a free pizza coupon...

At first glance i thought 'damn thats pretty cool a free Papa Johns pizza' , shoot i even give away pizza from time to time -so we had that mutual respect thing going briefly :missingte

....then I looked a little closer and read the last line, "if you buy a pizza you get another at no cost" :WTF:

Dang. Wish you went back to the lady and said, "Would you mind ordering the 1st pizza now so I can get the free one? I will be back in 30 minutes to pick up the free pizza. Thank you, it is much appreciated."

* CalvinTy

maxdemo · May 24, 2007

Pappa johns does not have buy one get one free deals...so I think its was a token of appreciation. They are one of the few pizza joints that does not do that for promos...at least not here in Houston

-Slim- · May 24, 2007

I wonder what we would get for waiting up to an hour at the bank here in Costa Rica.

fhmesq44 · May 24, 2007

WTF are you doing going INTO a bank? The last time I actually went into a bank was 5+ years ago when my wife put me on her checking account.

Timetopay · May 24, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
WTF are you doing going INTO a bank? The last time I actually went into a bank was 5+ years ago when my wife put me on her checking account.

Easier to show off the guns.

Journeyman · May 24, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
WTF are you doing going INTO a bank? The last time I actually went into a bank was 5+ years ago when my wife put me on her checking account.

:wink: I had a good reason

ElJefe · May 24, 2007

-Slim- said:
I wonder what we would get for waiting up to an hour at the bank here in Costa Rica.

Rice and beans, maybe?

fhmesq44 · May 24, 2007

Journeyman said:
:wink: I had a good reason

Hungry and looking for a free pizza?

G.MONEY · May 24, 2007

Maybe the manger knows you run PIZZA contests at the RX

-Slim- · May 24, 2007

Wouldnt it be funny if you had walked into a Dominos Pizza instead of a bank....LOL.

Woody0 · May 24, 2007

Guess if I want to do foreign exchange I should call in at my pizza joint?

-Slim- · May 24, 2007

Was this the bank?

Timetopay · May 24, 2007

PO69 · May 24, 2007

Well we go to LITTLE CEASERS PIZZA for the $5 pizza

Journeyman · May 24, 2007

We have that too (Lil Ceasars), how the heck do they get away wiht just 5 bucks a pizza?

they're not bad either.

BigAFan · May 24, 2007

Lil Ceasars is ok not all that great compared to Papa Johns.

firemanx · May 24, 2007

the cost to make a pizza is like 45 cents. We did the math @ our restaurant, and a normal cheese pizza @ a family owned restaurant only cost us 45 cents. So for these huge chains its prob even less since all there stuff is prepackaged, and bought in super bulk.