The ramblings of an addled mind.
After proving my prowess and mettle as a Road Warrior, Phone Jerk, Skin Flinger, Pizza Maker and Oven Tender I had earned enough merits to be considered a graduate of the company management training program and officially labeled Assistant Manager in Waiting. But I didn’t have to wait very long before the manager in a … Continue reading “The Adventures of Pizza Dude: Little Big Boss (Manager)”
In this episode – the next to last, for those who are getting bored – I’ll reveal the innermost secrets of the pizza oven-tender. A delivery pizza would not be very much use to you if delivered raw (or burnt to a crisp), so it could be argued that this position is one of the … Continue reading “The Adventures of Pizza Dude: Hot Stuff”
While the title of this story may sound like that of some hip new TV crime drama, it is in fact the name of the latest addition to my Adventures of Pizza Dude series where I reminisce over one of the jobs I held long ago. Past episodes include Road Warrior, Phone Person, and Skin … Continue reading “The Adventures of Pizza Dude: The Itemizer”
After earning my merit badges for Road Warrior and Annoyer of People I was taught what I considered the most fun part of pizza making: being a Skin Flinger. A pizza starts as a dough-ball snoozing with its siblings in a large fiberglass tray. The Skin Flinger scoops one dough ball out of the tray … Continue reading “The Adventures of Pizza Dude: Skin Flinger”
Once I’d earned my cape and mask as a super road warrior, I was brought inside to learn the next phase: phone person. Essentially this was taking orders, writing them out in the company shorthand on an order ticket, top copy to the pizza maker, sticking the rest to the proper size box and putting … Continue reading “The Adventures of Pizza Dude: Mr. Phony”
Long ago, when I was a young man (just after dinosaurs walked the Earth) I took a position that I felt would fast-track me to a lucrative position in business management. I answered a newspaper ad for manager trainees with Pizza World. Pizza World was a spin-off (copy cat) of Domino Pizza. You’re probably more … Continue reading “The Adventures of Pizza Dude: Road Warrior”
Since I recently wound up my Adventures of Pizza Dude series, I could not resist sharing this headline and accompanying photos with you. Japanese to Build Domino’s Pizza on the Moon Yes, you read that right. The Japanese division of Domino’s Pizza has released plans to build a dome-shaped Domino’s on the moon, and would … Continue reading “Destinaton Moon, Pizza and a Movie”