My Experience with Domino's Pizza Online Ordering System

It was a dark and stormy night. And being hungry, always wanting to use that opening line, and having an open internet connection had me wanting some Domino's Pizza. But...what to do? Driving to the restaurant means burning gas, waiting, waiting some more, and having to come home realizing that I forgot the napkins again.

Even a simple phone call to my local Domino's Pizza location meant a usage of cell phone minutes. Cue the dramatic background music. The Domino's Pizza I'm ordering online from today is at 220 Willow Street, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Their telephone number is 814-333-4300. But folks this online ordering is so much easier.

There aint many a problem that me and the Google Boys can't fix. A Domino's manager once told me that they had an online ordering system that was fun to use. So I told myself: "Self...try that online pizza ordering fiddle-de-dangery." Self and I have been buds for a while. We can push each other around like that.

As I'm tabbing around their site, I'm studying how the site's laid out. I can clearly see where to find coupons on the Domino's pizza website. I'm just a tad unclear how to implement the coupons on my food order. Domino's...when those marketing gurus recommend you make the site user-friendly they mean your online pizza ordering system needs to even be user-friendly for folks like me. I don't really like that I somehow blew it using coupons but it's true. I am a man.

Other than that it's not so bad. Domino's system is letting me specify how heavy or light I want each topping, and within minutes, my custom-built pizza is on it's way...so they say on the pizza tracker. (Yes! Domino's Pizza offers a pizza tracker! Neat huh?) As your food order goes through each phaze of production a different tab lights up.

Domino's Pizza seemed to have some talented website designers not only provide great visuals, fast loading pages, and even a field for special instructions. And therein went my request for napkins and paper plates. I'm a bachelor. So what? The price of just under $25 total comes up. I confirm my order, and my information, since this is my first time, and that's when the Domino's Pizza tracker comes up.

Now I've no doubt that when the tab lights up that says Paul is preparing my order that it's true. And when the tab lit up saying my order was baking I'm sure it was. And even when the little red Domino's Pizza light turned red as it was telling me my food was in a heat wave bag...I believed it.

But the light lit up all the way across. It signaled that I got my meal and they were hoping I was enjoying it's yummy deliciousness. That little red Domino's Pizza light was wrong. A quick call to the Domino's Pizza location here in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and I learn just as I suspected. The driver was all by themselves and there was an order in front of mine. There's always an order in front of mine at a Domino's Pizza.

That's just as well. I'd be a little more nervous buying from a Domino's Pizza that never had an order before mine. And since I've met the management here, and their walk-in floors are cleaner than some places tabletops, I knew it to be worth waiting for my grub from this particular Domino's Pizza location. Having been in delivery myself (spiffy uniform and all) I can certainly empathize with this Domino's Pizza delivery driver.

While I'm waiting I read from Domino's Pizza that yearly, their drivers collectively drive the distance of nine round trips to the moon and back. While mulling on the thought a friendly knock finds my door. Pizza Guy! Foreswearing giving him a welcoming embrace like the long lost friend that he is, I merely double check the paper plates and napkins, check. Always tip your driver who remembers everything. So we're clear: because that driver skipped not a single beat, this Domino's Pizza location gets a 4 out of 5 possible stars.

Now let me warn you in advance. If you're ordering one of those new bread bowl pasta dishes Domino's offers on the side of a pizza...be hungry. They're bigger than they first look. Good thing I had my domino's Pizza delivery driver bring napkins. After the bread bowl pasta is done (chicken Alfredo by the way. Yum!) The rest of my Domino's Pizza is going for breakfast.

Source:
Personal Experience ordering from http://www.dominos.com