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AIBU?

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To complain that my pizza wasn’t cut for me?

254 replies

YourBluntAnt · 21/11/2025 20:13

Spent £30 with Papa John’s. Love their pizzas. Special garlic sauce is amazing!

Anyway, they didn’t cut my pizza. AIBU to have complained through the Just Eat App?

Have been told by the cocky manager to consider buying a pizza cutter

Have them semi regularly as a treat and they’re always cut into slices, as most take away are!

H thinks I’m being silly.

Obviously this isn’t a world shattering issue, of course. But interested to see if I’m unreasonably unfair here to complain

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Missingpop · 22/11/2025 19:51

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youalright · 22/11/2025 20:15

HellsBellsAndCatsWhiskers · 22/11/2025 18:25

Jeez, how do you react to actual problems?

Quite well. Do what you want to me but don't mess with my food.

Allog · 22/11/2025 20:16

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Halfquarterbag · 22/11/2025 20:17

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Hell yes.

And what about the heat death of the universe!

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:17

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Wow. You sound pleasant. 🙄

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:19

Halfquarterbag · 22/11/2025 20:17

Hell yes.

And what about the heat death of the universe!

Why don't you start your own thread about that? 💡

Allog · 22/11/2025 20:22

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:17

Wow. You sound pleasant. 🙄

You’re welcome

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:23

Dollymylove · 22/11/2025 19:30

How petty!! They probably just forgot. I wouldnt bother cutting it up. Just tear chunks off it 😅

Like an animal? 🤔

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:25

nomas · 22/11/2025 19:23

Pizzas should be cut.

But if they’re not as a one-off, it’s not the end of the world.

Demanding a replacement pizza is ridiculous.

The business doesn’t want repeat business from people like you and OP.

Why are you afraid to ask for better service?

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:27

blackpooolrock · 22/11/2025 19:31

you think cutting a pizza makes their service stellar? Who said pizza was best delivered cut into pieces?

you need to give your head a wobble.

It's customary... 🤦‍♀️

nomas · 22/11/2025 20:29

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:25

Why are you afraid to ask for better service?

An uncut pizza is not bad service. It’s not amazing service but it’s not bad service and does not meet the threshold for a free replacement pizza.

Why do I know this? Because I’m a reasonable person with common sense.

Zanatdy · 22/11/2025 20:29

mistakes happen. You actually messaged them?

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:33

It seems as though the apathetic service personnel have joined the thread....
You know... the ones who think working in the service/food industry is beneath them.

mondaytosunday · 22/11/2025 20:34

Really? You must have a life of unicorns and rainbows to be bothered by this enough to even think about complaining, then to write a thread about it.

Starandflowers · 22/11/2025 20:36

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:33

It seems as though the apathetic service personnel have joined the thread....
You know... the ones who think working in the service/food industry is beneath them.

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If anything it’s quite refreshing that most people are pretty normal and have common sense on this thread, and are not the running to complain types like a lot of threads on here these days

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 20:41

I look at it this way: if I only get a 75% effort then maybe they should get a 75% payment.
We are paying money for the product which should be delivered consistently.
iyswim

Blades2 · 22/11/2025 20:55

considering the staff base is probably older teens and uni students, who are busy on a Friday night, yes Karen, you are being unreasonable.
and the manager is funny, which store is it so I can order and leave a huge tip 😊

Bushmillsbabe · 22/11/2025 21:02

Did you declare any allergies/was it a gf pizza? They don't cut them in this case due to risk of cross contamination. Or dominos don't anyway.

Heyhoitsme · 22/11/2025 21:23

Just smash your face into it and suck.

RavenhairedRachel · 22/11/2025 21:43

That's the epitome of a first world problem

Londonrach1 · 22/11/2025 21:44

Scissors ..only way to cut pizza

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/11/2025 21:47

Blades2 · 22/11/2025 20:55

considering the staff base is probably older teens and uni students, who are busy on a Friday night, yes Karen, you are being unreasonable.
and the manager is funny, which store is it so I can order and leave a huge tip 😊

So, they get a pass? They've got better things to do than work in a pizza joint? The work is menial and beneath them?

Have you seen all the threads about the snowflake gen z that can't handle work/criticism and lack work ethic?

CatchyShyCat · 22/11/2025 22:20

YANBU

Manager should have apologised and said it was an oversight, even if they thought you were being dramatic. Pizza being cut is a bare minimum requirement when you spend £15-20 on a pizza.

JudgeBread · 22/11/2025 22:27

Eh. It's not something I'd bother complaining about. But as a former manager in similar circumstances I'd have apologised to you rather than be snarky about a pizza cutter.

Lunde · 22/11/2025 22:36

Just order this next time 😂

To complain that my pizza wasn’t cut for me?