What? No Original Crust?

August 17, 2007 | In Rants | No Comments

Have you ever been to a restaurant, ordered one of the most basic items and been greeted with “sorry, we’re out of that.” It’s kind of annoying. It’s happened to me a few times in recent memory. A trip to Taco Bell gave up the line “we’re out of beef,” in one of the many Sioux Falls locations. Mind you, 70 percent of the menu relies heavily on the low grade beef we all secretly love. Lucky for me, I got my order just before the beef drought crippled the location.

Tonight however I didn’t dodge the “we’re out of that” bullet. I decided to treat myself with my favorite cheesy pepperoni pizza from Godfathers. I normally like to stick with original crust, it’s the right thickness, and you feel like you’re getting a hearty feast as you make your way around the pie.

“What kind of crust would you like sir?” asked the voice on the other side of the phone. I promplty replied “Original please” only to be told they were out of it. At a pizza place. On a Friday night. What?

Lucky for me they still had golden and thin crusts. Neither of which make up the feast of a pizza that I’ve come to expect when I plop down more money than I should on a pizza. I went with the golden crust because the thin crust just doesn’t play ball for me.

While I enjoyed the lovely toppings and seasonings that were poured over the pie, it was still missing that one ingredient that puts it over the top.

At any rate, how crazy is it that a pizza joint can “run out” of a crust. Isn’t it all made of the same stuff? It’s pizza dough. All of it. Can’t they make more? My Friday nights are exciting aren’t they?

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