Pizza parlor’s giveaway sparks heated debate

[Dragonfly]

Pizza parlor

A pizza parlor is being criticized for asking customers to order a pie in another language.

Dallas-based Pizza Patrón, with 104 outlets across the country, plans to give away 80,000 large pepperoni pizzas on June 5 to anyone who orders in Spanish, according to a report in USA Today.

Some have slammed the deal, as immigration remains a hot button issue in the country.
"It seems to punish people who can't speak Spanish, and I resent that," Peter Thomas, chairman of the Conservative Caucus, says in the report. "In public areas, people should be speaking English, and that includes pizza parlors."

So conservatives have a problem with this?

Really? I thought conservatives were all for a free market and allowing a business owner to run his/her business as they wish?

Is this a problem?

What if a company that sells beer would give away free beer if you ordered in German? Would that be an issue?

Free Chinese food if you ordered in Chinese?

Free cheese is you order in French?

Is this the kind of crap that makes politicians look like fools?

I'm just lost as to why this pizza place is getting flack over this.

On the flip side - it's fantastic advertising and marketing.

Thoughts?

 

[Sarcogito]

I highly doubt most conservatives have a problem with this at all. Mr. Thomas is being a dumb ass. But yeah, good publicity.

 

[spud_meister]

:shrug: I have Greek friends who get free souvlakis when they order in Greek, I see no problem with this. Though, really, it should be Italian, not Spanish.

 

[lpast]

I bet if I order in italian id get a free pizza...Hey Yo ba fongool....they wouldnt know the difference

 

[Zyphlin]

So conservatives have a problem with this?

Really? I thought conservatives were all for a free market and allowing a business owner to run his/her business as they wish?

Which does nothing but highlight your wanton desire to not actually have an objective view of the other side or actually understand how and why they think but rather wish to make judgements based on stereotypes and charicatures in the same way as people who view asians as buck toothed squinty eyed math geniuses or southerners as red necked mullet wearing nascar fans.

Conservatives in general agree with the free market and the rights of business owners to do what they wish, within the reasonable confines of the law, to generate business and revenue.

However, one can dislike what someone is doing while still believing they should have the right to do it.

For example, I think the things said by Westboro Baptist are horrible, attrocious, ignorant things and I don't agree with and seemingly are just there to attack the grieving family....but at the same time, I believe in their right to be able to speak their hatefilled horrible crap.

If there was a conservative sitting there saying that the GOVERNMENT should ban this person from doing the promotion, then perhaps you'd have an argument. However, there's nothing at all anti-conservative or anti-free market in having an issue with a promotion he's doing and not supporting it on a private level yourself.

Now actually getting worked up over this enough for death threats? That's just ridiculously stupid. They're shooting for their customer base, which makes sense.

 

[Andalublue]

Pizza parlor



So conservatives have a problem with this?

Really? I thought conservatives were all for a free market and allowing a business owner to run his/her business as they wish?

Is this a problem?

What if a company that sells beer would give away free beer if you ordered in German? Would that be an issue?

Free Chinese food if you ordered in Chinese?

Free cheese is you order in French?

Is this the kind of crap that makes politicians look like fools?

I'm just lost as to why this pizza place is getting flack over this.

On the flip side - it's fantastic advertising and marketing.

Thoughts?

How stupid would you have to be not to be able to say, "Una pizza peperoni, por favor"?

 

[tessaesque]

This is overblown controversy. The requirement is to say "Pizza Por Favor" when you call in. And the details are on the website. And it's a themed restaurant.

Would people be screaming bloody murder if Olive Garden or an Italian gellato place offered a free dessert for saying thank you in Italian?

 

[Daktoria]

Is this a problem?

Yes, he should be asking for people to order in Italian instead. F*ck Spanish. That's the least graceful of the romantic languages.

On the flip side - it's fantastic advertising and marketing.

Exactly. Marketing isn't finance.

Italians at least know which field has its place. This guy's pizza probably tastes like a soggy rag.

 

[Daktoria]

This is overblown controversy. The requirement is to say "Pizza Por Favor" when you call in. And the details are on the website. And it's a themed restaurant.

Would people be screaming bloody murder if Olive Garden or an Italian gellato place offered a free dessert for saying thank you in Italian?

Of course not. Italians actually assimilated and contributed to society. Hispanics just make a mess of everything like typical workaholics.

 

[tessaesque]

Of course not. Italians actually assimilated and contributed to society. Hispanics just make a mess of everything like typical workaholics.

Are you being serious or are you throwing out random sarcastic remarks that don't further debate?

 

[Daktoria]

Are you being serious or are you throwing out random sarcastic remarks that don't further debate?

Do you have a problem with Italians, or do you think Hispanics actually know what they're getting into?

 

[tessaesque]

Do you have a problem with Italians, or do you think Hispanics actually know what they're getting into?

I don't have an issue with anybody, and i have no idea what you're talking about with the second part of your question.

I think you've created a false argument that nobody ever made to argue against, dude.

 

[Tigger]

They have the right to run this sort of promotion. I also have the right to make sure that I never step foot in any of their 104 nation-wide franchises. This is the United States of America, we should be ordering things in American English, no other language. That's my take on it, anyway.

 

[Ikari]

They have the right to run this sort of promotion. I also have the right to make sure that I never step foot in any of their 104 nation-wide franchises. This is the United States of America, we should be ordering things in American English, no other language. That's my take on it, anyway.

Whatever, I love ordering sushi in Japanese.

 

[Daktoria]

I don't have an issue with anybody, and i have no idea what you're talking about with the second part of your question.

I think you've created a false argument that nobody ever made to argue against, dude.

Do you think it's depressing that Hispanics come over the border primarily looking for work, not primarily to join a community?

Communication is the key to community by the way. It's a sign of the times when advertisements go out like this pizzeria's, and it doesn't even want to speak Italian.

 

[tessaesque]

Do you think it's depressing that Hispanics come over the border primarily looking for work, not primarily to join a community?

Communication is the key to community by the way. It's a sign of the times when advertisements go out like this pizzeria's, and it doesn't even want to speak Italian.

I don't see what your question has to do with the OP. Honestly, I don't get what your point is at all.

 

[Daktoria]

I don't see what your question has to do with the OP. Honestly, I don't get what your point is at all.

What do you see the OP has to do with?

 

[tessaesque]

Here's what Pizza Patron is all about, according to their website

Celebrate life’s moments.
For more than 20 years, Pizza Patrón has been committed to celebrating the diversity of the Latin culture and lifestyle in our stores. While most companies merely market to Hispanics, our entire brand is centered on creating a unique experience that respects and honors the multifaceted traditions and heritage found within the Latin life.

We are devoted to offering great service and unmatched everyday values to all of the hard-working families and individuals who live in the neighborhoods we serve. We strive to bring the comfort of home and family into each of our locations - at Pizza Patrón, our home is your home.

We welcome and invite everyone to experience the Patrón difference. We are confident that once you discover the festive vibe of our stores, and enjoy the quality and everyday value of our food, you will come back again and again.

 

[Deuce]

They have the right to run this sort of promotion. I also have the right to make sure that I never step foot in any of their 104 nation-wide franchises. This is the United States of America, we should be ordering things in American English, no other language. That's my take on it, anyway.

This is the United States of America, we should be using whichever damned language we feel like using.

 

[Daktoria]

Here's what Pizza Patron is all about, according to their website

Is pizza a Hispanic tradition?

Obviously, the pizzeria is selling out culture just to make a buck.

 

[tessaesque]

Is Pizza a Hispanic tradition?

Does it matter? It's an American tradition...and they're a company operating in America.

This is a melting pot. Why, exactly, are people to be pigeon-holed to fit anybody's narrow definition of heritage?

 

[Daktoria]

Does it matter?

Yes. When people disrespect tradition, they show they don't care where culture comes from.

It's an American tradition...and they're a company operating in America.

This is a melting pot. Why, exactly, are people to be pigeon-holed to fit anybody's narrow definition of heritage?

Heritage doesn't exist without narrow definition.

Literally, you have to focus to create it.

 

[Harshaw]

Pizza parlor



So conservatives have a problem with this?

Really? I thought conservatives were all for a free market and allowing a business owner to run his/her business as they wish?

Is this a problem?

What if a company that sells beer would give away free beer if you ordered in German? Would that be an issue?

Free Chinese food if you ordered in Chinese?

Free cheese is you order in French?

Is this the kind of crap that makes politicians look like fools?

I'm just lost as to why this pizza place is getting flack over this.

On the flip side - it's fantastic advertising and marketing.

Thoughts?

You're going to find someone who gets their panties in a bunch about anything. Would you be willing to take a statement from a liberal that no one's ever heard of as indicative of all liberals?

In general, nobody cares.

 

[Daktoria]

You're going to find someone who gets their panties in a bunch about anything. Would you be willing to take a statement from a liberal that no one's ever heard of as indicative of all liberals?

In general, nobody cares.

This is why I hate libertarianism - it doesn't realize how cultural relativism destroys property rights.

You can't have private property without properness. That means respecting where private property came from.

A Hispanic pizza joint obviously doesn't care about how pizza is an Italian creation. It further emphasizes how Hispanics are just a bunch of workaholics.

 

[jambalaya]

So they are catering to their clientele? I don't know, if I wanted to sell more pizzas I wouldn't be adviertising that I am catering my business just to one language group. It is food after all and pizza at that and we all love pizza. I am offended that I am not considered part of his clientele.