Fun With Domino’s Tracker
Just in case you missed the commercials, Domino’s Pizza say’s it has changed its pizza recipe. Apparently, they are trying to make good pizza now, rather than whatever it was they were doing for the past 20 years.
I love pizza.
Hell, I even love bad pizza – Totino’s, anyone?
But for some reason, Domino’s has never quite done anything for me. I can’t pinpoint exactly WHAT I don’t like about it. It’s just not that good. The cheese always tastes … well, different from most every other pizza cheese I’ve ever had. And their crust tastes like a cracker more than a true pizza dough crust.
So, I decided to give their “new” pizza a try and ordered a pie online last night.
Whatever you have to say about the pizza, they did get one thing right – their website!
Not only is ordering easy, but they have a cool feature they call the Domino’s Tracker. This is a brilliant concept, updating you on the progress of your pizza. Now you no longer have to wonder, “when is that pizza going to get here?!”
Pretty cool, eh?
The first update told me that Mary (name changed to protect the innocent) had taken my order. Then another indicated that my pizza was baking.
Then I got this update.
What the WHAT?
And while I love the new feature, I think they might be giving us a bit too much information. See the screenshots below for an example of what I mean.
FUN WITH DOMINO’S TRACKER
Well, now I know why the cheese tastes a bit funny.
For those who want to know if the “new and improved” pizza was good, I’m not sure. For all its advances in technology, it still arrived at my door lukewarm. But I’ve gotta say, I LOVE their website.
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Ha ha ha…
I saw the Domino’s tracker for the first time right after Christmas while at a friend’s house. It was neato mosquito and everything, but the pizza still tasted like the sauce was brewed in swamp water and the crust was still like salty, uncooked pancake.
/agree!
If only the cooks and delivery people were as inspired as the web designers – but I guess you get what you pay for?
Alas, Domino’s is the only place that delivers here in Redneck Central, so when I have the dosh to order pizza, I have no choice. We seem to have a fairly good one (or they like my family) because the pies get here hot and are usually tasty enough…and if they do make a mistake, whether I noticed it or not, there’s usually a coupon for a freebie in the mail within a day or two. The Evil Genius gets a kick out of the tracker, too.
My favorite place is Mellow Mushroom…but you have to mortgage a kidney to afford ‘em and drive half an hour to get to one…so we don’t have ‘em very often.
Dang…now I want pizza…
Shade and Sweetwater,
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Liked the parody, but man I’d rather eat the box than eat the Dominos. Spoiled though we are with three awesome family pizza joints minutes from here….
I’m glad that Pizza Hut doesn’t do this. Especially in my neighborhood. All I would see is baby momma drama.
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Domino’s is my favourite pizza place in the UK (texas barbesue = yum) but when we had one in Florida last year it was awful, really awful. In fact it was the worst thing we ate while we were there and the staff were ghastly.
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Dave,
This post had me laughing so hard that my laptop was literally jumping up and down in my lap. Domino’s Pizza = cold cardboard with a semblance of cheese-like substance and sauce that tastes more like Ketchup that renders it inedible. Changed formula or not, I am still staying away!
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The website even without your improvements is a little strange to me. I certainly don’t want anyone checking my pizza for deliciousness. That just sounds wrong.
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Hilarious post as ever. I must say, when I saw the tracker thing I was thinking, if they’re spending so much time inputting all that information, surely that’s gotta delay actually getting your pizza to you, right?
I never tasted Dominos but I gotta tell you, home-made pizza is the way. I do it on a stone but you could do it on a regular baking tray and I bet it would still taste wayyy better than grassy cheese. Plus you get to choose your own toppings. And you can even buy ready-mixed dough. Hell, you can even buy pre-rolled pizza bases. Go on, give it a try. You can thank me later…
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I was put off Dominos when I watched some spotty ass-crack of a kid whirling a dough base around on his forearms only then to see him wiping his greasy sweaty forehead with the self same forearms. All that rancid puss and arm hair turned my stomach.
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You see, none of that would apply where I live. We only have two cheesy pizza places in town (pun intended). And they don’t deliver.
I was curious, if it was just me or did others agree that the only thing better about Dominos Pizza was the Commercial…After seeing Dozens of Ads, I decided to give it another try ( haven’t had a Domino’s Pizza in approx 5 Years) Well I ordered 2 Mediums, hoping for a “New” delicious Pizza, since I was starved…Even Starving this Pizza was NOT GOOD, Not even Okay, By that I mean Pizza Hut Pizza is Okay, Heck even Little Ceasar’s Pizza is Okay, This Pizza was Bad, Not even in the Same Ballpark as Papa John ( of Which- We order 2 Large about once a Month or So)
I Tried to Scarf down a few slices, But the Taste only got worse, After about 30 mins I Called in about the Gaurantee…Going down to today to get my $12.82 Back.
I, if it was just me or did others agree that the only thing better about Dominos Pizza was the Commercial…After seeing Dozens of Ads, I decided to give it another try ( haven’t had a Domino’s Pizza in approx 5 Years) Well I ordered 2 Mediums, hoping for a “New” delicious Pizza, since I was starved…Even Starving this Pizza was NOT GOOD, Not even Okay, By that I mean Pizza Hut Pizza is Okay, Heck even Little Ceasar’s Pizza is Okay, This Pizza was Bad, Not even in the Same Ballpark as Papa John ( of Which- We order 2 Large about once a Month or So)
I Tried to Scarf down a few slices, But the Taste only got worse, After about 30 mins I Called in about the Gaurantee…Going down to today to get my $12.82 Back.