Papa Johns
AS you may know, Papa Johns pizza is donating all of their profits from yesterday and today towards the families of the four murdered Lakewood officers. We decided yesterday to have Papa Johns for dinner, so I ordered on-line at 4:48 from their Woodinville store. The reply told me that it would be ready in 44-54 minutes. When I arrived at the store, an incredible scene was occurring. I think half of Woodinville ordered from them, the store was crowded, packed beyond belief. The manager said they were selling three times the daily average of pizzas. The staff was overwhelmed as was their online ordering system, which finally went down. People were being told it could be an additional hour for their orders. The phones were ringing off the hook and they finally stopped taking orders by phone. Through it all, the staff and crowd remained calm. Finally, they just started handing out what pizzas were available to the customers on a first come, first serve basis, except for the firefighters, who got moved to the front of the line. Since it was for a good cause, nobody really objected. It was incredible to see the neighborhood turn out to show their support for the police. The staff should all be given raises for their demeanor and coolness throughout, Papa Johns has won me as a regular customer, and, you should eat Papa Johns tonight, just order early and be patient.
4 Responses to “Papa Johns”
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Beth says:
We ordered our pizza at 4:00pm and were a little surprised by the lack of customers when we arrived at about 5:30pm to pick it up. That was amazingly short lived- the line had started. I know the night before (Lake Stevens store) was insane and I suspect last night was a great night. How awesome. The Lake Stevens store did a great job and we really enjoyed our pizza. Thanks everyone for supporting this effort. Thank you, Papa Johns, for supporting our officers!
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jim thompson says:
thank you Kirby
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Steve says:
I thought you were a fan of Garlic Jim’s “The best Pizza you ever tasted” or something like that? Or is that just for the commercials?
The same thing happened in Bonney Lake, Kirby. I waited for 2 hours, some waited longer and we were packed front to back, wall to wall and the line went outside a long way, too. And for the first time in my long history in WA, nobody acted like a jerk for having to wait! We just passed pizzas over our heads to whoever they belonged to, cheered when they called names, and everyone cheered and thanked the two uniformed officers who came to get their pizzas!