Don't EVER, EVER buy Domino's Pizza!

[ProudDad]

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/12/gods_senatorexplores_run_for_president.html#more

Check out Monaghan...

[Riddler]

1. I quit buying Domio's a long time ago.

This only validates my decision!

[LiberalFighter]

12. Same here

I generally have tombstone pizza when I do have it at home... it has been probably at least a year since having pizza at home.

[JerseygirlCT]

34. 20 some odd years ago

I guess some news travels slowly?

[Dulcinea]

47. Same here.

I quit patronizing Domino's when I learned Monaghan gave big bucks to Operation Rescue (was that in the '80s?)

[KansDem]

50. Yes, about 20 years ago was the last time I bought from Domino's

Because of the politics involved and also because the pizza tastes like tomato sauce on wet cardboard. There is simply better pizza available.

Mmmmmm...pizzzzaaaaa! :9 Now I want pizza for dinner tonight!

[ANHG]

2. It would appear the ACLU would stand behind this 110%

[GoneOffShore]

44. Could you elaborate on what you mean, please?

[htuttle]

3. ...not to mention it tastes like ketchup-covered cardboard...

...covered with some sort of polymer-meat-and-cheese-food.



:puke:

[ANHG]

4. Papa John's

[htuttle]

6. Papa John's is good, but I prefer thin crust

If I'm not making it myself, I look for a local Italian tavern that has carry out.

[ANHG]

11. Schweeeeeet! (Cartman voice)

thin crust!

[Hippo_Tron]

19. Pizza hut is the best IMO but it's also a heart attack in a box

Not that the others aren't but you can feel the years ticking away with Pizza hut.

[donheld]

25. Welcome to DU ANHG

:hi::toast:

[Clark2008]

28. As long as there's no sauce on it.

I don't like Papa John's sauce much.

[MADem]

10. My PRECISE thought--if the politics didn't suck enough, the product certainly does!

That is some of the NASTIEST pizza I have ever consumed. AWFUL stuff! The only remotely bearable versions are the extra thin crust; it's then that you have a hope of tasting...what? The SALT, probably, that they put on those dreadful doughish disks! No amount of hot pepper can rescue the things!

I haven't had one in ten years, but I remember them, and not fondly!

[Arugula Latte]

40. Hey, htuttle -- What have you got against ketchup-covered cardboard?

Sheesh. You fancy elite liberals can't eat a little cardboard now and again? :eyes:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

81. if you eat it within 10 minutes out of the oven...

it's not bad.

I admit, I like the chocolate sauce for the brownie bites. I wish that they sold the sauce alone...

[TwentyFive]

5. domino pizza is awful tasting - slimy - just like the republicans

Thanks for posting.

[mtnsnake]

32. Don't ever ever taste a republican either. You'll regret it if you do!

:evilgrin:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. Pizza hut is advertizing $5 med 1 toppings

no need any more. :)

[Counciltucky]

8. I don't buy Domino's after having worked there.

The owners of the franchise I worked for were pieces of shit.

This just adds to the motivation.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

82. worked at a bad one of their franchise stores for 1 night... interesting experiences...

came within 50 feet of hitting a deer. Couldn't find an address- they sent me off the map- granted, extra money for me per mile, but... probably not the best idea to do with a newbie driver.

It was next to impossible to see the numbers on the doors/mailboxes, even with my brights on.

FINALLY, when I found the house, I was slightly flustered, knowing that even with the heat bags, the pizza wouldn't be hot anymore. I prepared an apology mentally as I tried to walk quickly up the driveway. There was a skateboard? Scooter--I don't know what- but it had wheels lying out. I proceeded to further humiliate myself by falling over it.

When I got to the door, I apologized for the delay, and explained that it was my first night on the job.

the kid (about 15) who ordered the pizzas said something like "Dude, my parents gave me money for food- said that friends could come over whenever, whattever...and then they went away on vacation (to some tropical location, IIRC) He looked at me... and as I struggled to make change in the dark night with only the light from the half-open door- he said something like "No- keep it. I've got more." I must have looked stunned-he laughed. I asked if he was sure about that. With a MOST emphatic nod, he grinned- (the grin of a rebellious teen) and said something like"Oh yeah, I'm sure. Have a good night." I had just gotten a $15 tip.

When I got back to Domino's, they asked what had taken so long. Apparently they didn't like their drivers wasting that much time. I apologized. (again- gosh, how many apologies had I issued that night?) The next call was to deliver a couple of pizzas to a street that I TOTALLY knew where it was. I was sure that I was all over this one- could get it there quickly. I did. I was SO proud of myself! The adult at the door took the pizza, thanked me, paid for the pizzas with a check and closed the door behind him. (Yo- where's my tip?!)

I got back to the store. That's when they told me that there was a charge for paying by check... (I apparently should have gathered this knowledge from some mystical source/trainer...) Oh- and this fee would be coming out of my tip from that delivery. I laughed. I told them that I hadn't gotten a tip, showing them the check for the exact amount of the food. They told me that I must have gotten a cash tip, then. That was the last straw. I SO did not need this--although I really needed the money-- had just graduated from college and hadn't gotten a real job yet.

I reached into my wallet- where we weren't supposed to put any tips/or dominos moneys- and pulled out a dollar bill from my own money, then, I took off my little hat, badge and T-shirt (was wearing a tanktop under it) and handed them all to the manager. "Thanks for the experience," I said and walked out of the store.

[Richard Steele]

9. I thought Tom Monaghan sold his Dominos shares awhile ago.

Nowadays, I just avoid it because the one near us SUCKS.

[Hissyspit]

14. He did. n/t

[BlueStorm]

13. I haven't had their shit in years...

Theirs and Little Ceasers taste like crap. My digestive system can't handle their "pizzas". The only major chain pizza that I like is Pizza Hut, their Thin and Crispy is the best.

Blue

[marmar]

35. Yes, Little Caesars isn't going to win any gourmet awards....

But the Ilitch family, which owns the chain (and the Detroit Tigers, Red Wings and half of downtown Detroit), is a big fixture in Michigan Democratic Politics, so at least you can eat it with a good conscience. :)

[jgraz]

15. I have never in my life eaten a Dominos Pizza

And I don't plan to.

For the record, here's what a real pizza looks like:

[Ninja Jordan]

16. Is that homemade?

[jgraz]

17. Yep -- here's the recipe if you want it

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/jgraz/8

[NMDemDist2]

36. dang! that's a work of love but sounds like it would be worth every

minute of it

especially with the polenta rather than the potato

I'm printing this one out to add to my (bulging) folder of DU recipes -- most which came from the Cooking and Baking group. You should come by and repost that for the Foodies eh?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=236

[jgraz]

55. I'll be happy to repost it

Do you know if I there's a shortcut for this, or do I have to copy the HTML page and redo the formatting?

[NMDemDist2]

57. you should be able to cut and paste if from the "printer friendly" view

or just post a link to your journal with a few hints of what awaits

:hi:

[mtnsnake]

33. No offense, but that looks more like last Tuesday's beef stew w/a pizza under it

[jgraz]

54. Wow, smack talk about my pizza

We really will debate anything on this site. ;)

[mtnsnake]

60. haha, sorry about that. I couldn't resist

I give you all the credit in the world if you make your own pizza. It actually looks delicious, but I couldn't resist being a wise guy. I give anybody grief who puts anything on top of their pizza. I'm just a plain pizza type of guy!

:hi:

[we can do it]

67. Now Thats a Pizza

[Kosmo]

18. don't worry.

both my college roommates worked for Domino's, I've had my fill. But seriously who cares if they build their own little world. I hope it works and encourages other religious groups to isolate themselves. If they are too extreme to fit with normal society that thrives on innovation and technology, well good riddance.

[njdemocrat106]

20. Domino's - nasty politics, nasty pizza

If I'm forced to eat chain pizza, then make it Pizza Hut (though to echo what another poster said, I think I feel my arteries seizing up when I eat Pizza Hut). Nothing beats a real pizza from a real pizzeria, though.

[Vexatious Ape]

21. Feeling validated here.

I hate Domino's pizza like I hate the flu, because the cheese has the consistency of Elmer's Glue. It ain't right.

[jillan]

22. Help get this to the Greatest

My family did order from Domino's.... but NO MORE!!

We need to get the word out.

[cboy4]

23. Excellent Warning!

Incidentally, Brownback shouldn't waste his time.

He thinks he can be president? :spray: :rofl:

[silverojo]

24. OMG, fundies are so freakin' stupid!

Abortions, pornography and contraceptives will be banned in the new Florida town of Ave Maria, which has begun to take shape on former vegetable farms 90 miles northwest of Miami.

I guess nobody would be capable of driving to nearby towns--or the metropolis of Miami--to get abortions, porn, or The Pill. And of course, none of these pretentious pious pricks would have a stash of their own porn, nor would they download it from the "internets". Oh, no...never!

Tom Monaghan, the founder of the Domino’s Pizza chain, has stirred protests from civil rights activists by declaring that Ave Maria’s pharmacies will not be allowed to sell condoms or birth control pills. The town’s cable television network will carry no X-rated channels.

See above. I think it'd be fun for a whole lot of gays or swingers to roar through the town in convertibles, tossing around condoms like confetti, and flinging DVD-R's of X-rated films like frisbees. If anyone acts on this idea, please videotape it and post it to YouTube. :rofl:

The town will be centred around a 100ft tall oratory and the first Catholic university to be built in America for 40 years. The university’s president, Nicholas J Healy, has said future students should “help rebuild the city of God” in a country suffering from “catastrophic cultural collapse”.

You've heard of cities that are sanctuary cities for illegal aliens? They'll probably make this a sanctuary city for child-molesting priests!

[Heywood J]

49. There are radio stations that have done

condom/toy drops on places in Georgia and Alabama that prohibit the sale of sex toys and birth control. I'm just amazed that nobody's lawyer mentioned that some of the plan might be illegal and quickly struck down (e.g. prohibiting abortion in the face of a Supreme Court decision).

[SharonAnn]

79. Opus Dei town. Sounds really swell. The Handmaid's Tale come to life.

[BluegrassDem]

26. Well I do like Domino's buffalo wings and Cinnastix

Their pizza sucks and I won't buy that, but I can't give up the Cinnastix or the wings, especially since I live in a tiny town. ;-)

[wyldwolf]

31. their wings are surprisingly good.

[Cobalt-60]

27. Barf City

I've tasted Papa Dells and Willy's Thick and Cheesy.
Domino's is little more than a picture of a pizza
(guess where I attended college)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

37. OMG!

Somewhere in the haze of my drug and alcohol addled youth, I remember eating Papa Dells. I hadn't thought about it in years!

Note: Didn't attend IU, just partied there!

[riderinthestorm]

41. I spent more than a few afternoons at Willy's, beer and their pizza - yum!

Did you hang out at Murphy's near campus?

I never had Dominos. Now I'm a Giordano's fan.

U of I, Champaign/Urbana '84 graduate here :hi:

[Cobalt-60]

64. I hit Murphys of course

But was too busy to be a regular.
I was class of '84 as well.

[DarkTirade]

29. I don't order from them anyway... their food is a wee bit on the crappy side. :)

[Vinca]

30. What a loon.

The pizza tastes like soggy cardboard anyway.

[YOY]

38. Too expensive and tastes bad anyways

I haven't bought their pizza in years.

I prefer local joints hands down! I recommend Brick's Pizza if you are ever in Arlington...

http://www.brickspizza.net/

[Beausoleil]

39. Haven't had Domino's in ages

Mostly for political reasons. Glad to hear I'm not missing anything if it's that nasty. I have to admit Pizza Hut is at least tolerable as far as chain pizza goes.

[Cass]

42. Domino's founder bankrolled Operation Rescue?! I did not know this.

Monaghan is the billionaire founder of Domino's Pizza who has used his wealth to bankroll groups such as Operation Rescue and the Thomas More Center for Law and Justice...

Operation Rescue is an organization that should be on a domestic terrorism watch list, IMO. Thank you for posting this information.

[BrotherBuzz]

43. Monaghan sold his Domino's Pizza empire to Bain Capital Inc. for $1 billion in 1998.

http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/domino.asp

[Cass]

46. Thank you for clearing that up for me. I don't like Domino's pizza but

on occasion the kids ask for it. I almost keeled over thinking I had inadvertently contributed to Operation Rescue.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

70. I faced them in court -- domestic terrorism up close

I faced them in court, working as a stenographer.

They were defendants in a civil case. Planned Parenthood and various doctors were plaintiffs.
I've seen all those familiar names, Flip Benham, Randall Terry, Don Treshman, etal. and it's traumatic as hell to be in the same room with them.

In fact, that case was what made me say, "I'll be GODDAMNED if I'll work in a courtroom again and be traumatized like that." And I never took down another trial. That was in 1994.

The shit-stirring started in '92 when they were picketing abortion clinics during the 1992 Repuke Convention in Houston, as a tie-in publicity stunt, and they got arrested, and the civil suit tied in because of their disruption of businesses and the picketing of doctors' houses, etc. I took down some of the temporary injunction hearing in 92, and it was traumatic then.

The female judge whose court this was in lost her job in the next election, due to the judgment for the plaintiffs of over $200,000, (by the jury of 12, NOT by the judge) and some hyper religious man was elected who could not understand why he couldn't post the ten commandments in his courtroom. He had to have that explained to him by the appellate court.

[Cass]

73. Wow, Perragrande. I remember back then how they were really out of control. That was the period

when they killed several doctors. It must have been awful to have to transcribe their statements in person....it was bad enough reading them in the papers or seeing them on television. I really hope they and their ilk are on a domestic terrorism watch list. They are very dangerous people.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

77. statements that throw juries into shock

One of them was a lawyer reading the deposition of the mother of a young man (20 yrs old I think) who had firebombed an abortion clinic by putting a Molotov into the attic space. However, he left his wallet at the scene!! He was serving some long term at a Club Fed prison for arson. I remember the woman spoke in her deposition about how proud she was of her son for following his principles, etc. !!! Convicted felon. Club Fed. That made the jury shake their heads. :wow:



And then Don Treshman, local anti-abortion rectum, asked by Plaintiffs' counsel if he and his group condemned the murder of Dr. David Gunn in Florida. He answered, "We neither condone it, nor do we condemn it." :wtf:

Jury slides out of their chairs in shock. :wow:

[Cass]

78. I remember reading similar statements from the anti-abortion crowd after Dr. Gunn's murder.

They refused to condemn his murder. They are radical religious extremists who use the bible as their justification just like Bin Laden and his followers use the koran for theirs.

It must have been so difficult for you to have to digest every word spewed out by these people. I give you a lot of credit for being able to sit there quietly.

[nebula]

45. I wouldn't feed their shit to my dog.

If you ever wonder why Dominoes pizza is tastes so bad...

They like to buy the cheapest, second and third-rate ingredients they can get their hands on. From some of the most questionable, unsanitary suppliers in the industry.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

48. As an architect I'll say a good thing Tom did

was invest a lot of money saving and preserving Frank Lloyd Wright houses and design objects throughout the world. At one time he held the largest private collection of FLW furniture etc... but ultimately sold most of it off when money was needed.

[Sancho]

51. So, what is the undervote in Ave Marie, Florida?

Did their DRE's work?

[A HERETIC I AM]

62. I dont think there is too many inhabitants there yet.

It is right down the road from where i am no living in Fort myers, FL. It's in Collier County, near Naples. I understand his college is operating out of temporary quarters in Naples, waiting for the campus to be completed.

Hopefully, mother nature will see fit to wipe it off the map.

[Mike Daniels]

52. I'm more likely to not buy it because it tastes like crap

Look close enough into the politics of most chief officers of any major company and you'll probably find a reason not to buy anything.

I personally found the original "Delivery in 30 minutes or less or your pizza is free" policy more dangerous as it compelled the drivers to endanger themselves and others regardless of road conditions.

[sarcasmo]

53. I quit buying that crap every since Monaghan screwed up the Tigers.

His Religious crap is another story.

[MrSlayer]

56. It is sacrilegious to buy chain generic pizza in South Philly.

I wouldn't buy that crap for a dime and wouldn't take it for free.

[Gelliebeans]

58. Thanks for the heads up

but I stopped buying their awful pizza years ago. No way am I going to throw money toward his kind of agenda. In fact when I learned about Domino's Pizza, I started looking into who owned what companies and found out how I could spend my money and have using Buyblue and other websites ever since.

[thatsrightimirish]

59. ewww

Domino's is gross anyway

[sakabatou]

61. I like Pizza my Heart better

[A HERETIC I AM]

63. Check out the website for his little xtianburg.

http://www.avemaria.com/

(snip) "Ave Maria FL is an exciting place to live, work, play, and learn for every family, every lifestyle, and every dream" (snip) (emphasis added)

Really Tom? every lifestyle? really? Even ones you dont like?


Didnt think so.

It would be truly apropo if the zip code turned out to be 33666! Down here, all of them start with 33xxx so how cool would that be?

[laundry_queen]

65. Before I knew about this

I tried Domino's, once. It was, bar none, the grossest pizza ever.
Never ordered it again. And of course, now don't plan to, ever, in the future.
Doesn't stop them from sending me flyers in my mail every 2 days though. :eyes:

[everythingsxen]

66. I don't care: Politics and Food are two different issues

I generally dislike Dominos because I used to work for them so I know how crappy their food is.

However in general I strongly disapprove of boycotting businesses based on political affiliations. It is one thing to boycott a business which advertises on a particularly vile commentators TV or Radio show. It is another to boycott a business because you disagree with the owners politics. Obviously *some* exceptions may apply...

[zulchzulu]

68. Eating Domino's, drinking Coors while you watch a Fox flick from Blockbuster

Heavy. Duty. Karmic. Download.

[Union Label]

69. I generally don't use politics as a buying strategy

That said the real reason you should stay away from Dominos is it tastes like shit and looks like cardboard with spraypaint which more than likely tastes better.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

71. No problem.....allergic anyway

I don't eat pizza, I'm allergic to tomatoes. I eat pizza, the next day I feel horrible and have to stay in bed.

Now if I could just find an Italian place to eat that doesn't cover everything in tomatoes, and is reasonably priced......:banghead:

[peekaloo]

72. Cardboard with tomato sauce and shoe leather toppings.

not my idea of pizza.

[freethought]

74. Haven't bought Dominoe's pizza in years. The stuff sucks! n/t

[LynneSin]

75. I knew about that about 15 years ago

But since their pizza is pretty crappy, it wasn't something difficult to boycott.

BTW, I haven't touched Pizza Hut since they had Rush Limbaugh as a spokesperson back in 1993

[LynneSin]

76. Speaking of Boycotts - Curves CEO is a major anti-abortion nut

http://dir.salon.com/story/mwt/feature/2004/05/19/curves/index.html

Curve ball

Curves gym, with its no-stress workout for exercise-averse women, is the fastest-growing franchise in the U.S. But revelations that its founder gives millions of dollars to antiabortion groups has its customers divided over just what a "female-friendly" business is.

By Rebecca Traister
Pages 1 2 3 4

May 19, 2004 | If you live near a Curves health club (and with 7,500 of them dotting the U.S., Canada, Europe and Mexico, trust us, you do), you may have barely noticed its unprepossessing exterior. Each location in the chain of women's gyms takes up only 1,000 to 1,800 square feet on a given sidewalk or strip mall, and is adorned with a violet-and-white awning bearing a Barbie-style scripted logo that makes the place look like a hair-scrunchie kiosk from 1986. But Curves' spare exteriors, and the minimalist fitness programming that goes on inside, have helped the chain become the country's fastest-growing franchise. It boasts nearly 3 million members, and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest fitness center franchise. Curves locations are so ubiquitous that they seem to act as antimatter counterparts to business brethren like McDonald's and Starbucks, popping up on every corner to suck that extra fat right back.

But these days, the women's gym first franchised in 1995 by Waco, Texas, fitness entrepreneur and born-again Christian Gary Heavin is not just doing battle with the saturated-fat-mongers across the parking lot. The past month has seen a whirlwind of confusing press about how much -- if any -- of Curves' profits Heavin gives to anti-abortion groups, and what kind of anti-abortion groups. The storm has left Heavin, franchise owners, gym members and the media locked in a battle that illustrates the confusing powers of the press, the Internet, and political and religious conviction. What seems clear is that Heavin is a committed foe of abortion who has contributed his own money to health agencies that discourage terminating pregnancies; he even blasted a local chapter of the Girl Scouts in print for its associations with Planned Parenthood. But Texas Planned Parenthood leaders have praised some of the health centers Heavin funds, and some feminists continue to defend Curves as one of the most pro-woman health and business ventures in the country. The fracas, which has included imprecise reporting and a scattershot boycott, prompts the question: What does it mean for a business to be good for women?

[FVZA_Colonel]

80. Is this plan of Monaghan's to build a town in any way constitutional?

It certainly doesn't seem like it.

[Ignacio Upton]

83. The Consitution hasn't stopped other religious cults

Honestly, I think Monaghan will end up like David Koresh (or at least Warren Jeffs) in a couple of years. This town he's proposing is fundie land.

[joeprogressive]

84. Yeah, let's not prevent unwanted pregnancy and STD's but

spreading heart disease through greasy pizza is good for America.