I finally got around to ordering the free Domino's Pizza I had earned by having bought 6 previously. Domino’s had been urging - then badgering - me via email - 6 in 6 days (on top of the daily ones they always send) that I was running out of time to get my **FREE PIZZA**. So opened the app and went thru the steps to order my **FREE PIZZA**. After choosing my two favorite ingredients I clicked on “Pickup” because I was near the store and wanted to pick it up on the way home. The app told me that “Pickup” was not available on **FREE PIZZAS,** so I adjusted my order to “Delivery,” and then clicked the option to have it delivered at 5:00 o’clock, when I knew I would be home. But the app told me that **FREE PIZZAS** can’t be ordered ahead of time, but only “Right Now.”
So I changed my order to “Delivery Right Now” and closed my book in preparation to get in the car to drive home from the coffee shop.
BUT, then the app told me that they couldn't deliver it because my order didn't amount to at least $17 … FOR A **FREE** PIZZA! I was pissed so I sent a tweet to Big Domino, and received a response, asking for my phone number, email address & promo code. I supplied that. Here is the response from the Domino’s agent:
“I was able to look into this. While this special code is valid for a free medium two-topping pizza for delivery, local delivery minimums must be met as stated in the offer's terms. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience. We genuinely appreciate your feedback.”
So I gave him some more feedback, to which he did not reply. Apart from the angry words I pointed out that this seemed to be a scam to get people to buy additional stuff so that their orders could be delivered. No reply to that, either. So, sorrowfully, this has resulted in my divorce from Domino’s. May it grow cold, dry & withered forever more.
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RIP, Simone Segouin, 97, died yesterday, proud member of the French resistance, famously photographed by Robert Capa and others in August 1944, aged 18, as she liberated Paris. Never to be forgotten. @WWIIMemorial
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Truly, I did not make this up:
Florida
Proposed bill bans dogs from sticking their heads out car windows [The Guardian]
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We’ve all needed to put things together that had instructions that included counting the screws and bolts and nuts, to make sure they were all there well I was trying to put together a table today in my new abode, and the instructions were quite clear that I had to make sure that all of the hardware was there before I started putting it together. So I searched the box again. I searched the large parts of the table … and found no hardware whatsoever. I scratched my head (not really) and then looked at the two large table parts that seemed to be all that were there. and then I could see that there were no places to put screws bolts or nuts on this table, that the two pieces fit together with a little bit of fudging; so I put it together.
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Here is an astounding article by social psychologist that I actually read all the way through:
Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence. [by Jon Haidt Social Psychology Professor at NYU]
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‘Incredibly intelligent, highly elusive’: US faces new threat from Canadian ‘super pig’
Now, as fears over the potential of the pig impact in the US grow, North America is also facing a new swine-related threat, as a Canadian “super pig”, a giant, “incredibly intelligent, highly elusive” beast capable of surviving cold climates by tunneling under snow, is poised to infiltrate the north of the country.
“The emergence of the so-called super pig, a result of cross-breeding domestic pigs with wild boars, only adds to the problems the US faces from the swine invasion.” [The Guardian]
BEWARE!