Would you complain if your pizza was too small

salamanca22 · 27-10-2014 7:29pm #1

So I just ordered the bank holiday cure which was a large pizza. When it came I thought it looked a little small so I got out the ruler and found that the pizza was 2 inches smaller than it should be. I ordered 16'' and got 14''.

Now you may say that it is not a huge difference but lets do the math.

The area of a circle is pi*r^2 right?

16'' = 40.64 cm
14'' = 35.56 cm

Since pizzas are measured by diameter we can half that to get the radius and do the math.

Offered pizza area = pi*20.32^2 = 1297.17 cm^2 of delicious pizza
Actual pizza area = pi*17.78^2 = 993.15 cm^2 of equally delicious pizza.

Now when you look at the numbers you can see 304.02 cm^2 of missing pizza! That looks a lot more than 2 measly inches right? It is a 26.55% difference!!

You are missing more than a quarter of what you paid for!

I myself am not gonna complain because I neither have the energy nor do I care very much as I can only eat so much pizza anyway but if I was sharing this pizza with another person or two I would 100% be on the phone looking for the missing area!

Anyway, would you complain for a missing 2 inches?

Also, in before the that's what she said and penis jokes.

helimachoptor · 27-10-2014 7:30pm

i think the inches are the pre cooked size and once the pizza is cooked in shrinks

seamus · 27-10-2014 7:31pm

They probably have some disclaimer ready to show which says that the pizza base is 16" before preparing and may experience some shrinkage during the baking process.

jamesbere · 27-10-2014 7:32pm

Just eat the damn thing

Micky Dolenz · 27-10-2014 7:32pm

That's an outrage. Send an angry email to someone.

john the one · 27-10-2014 7:32pm

That's what she said

Sky King · 27-10-2014 7:33pm

Take pics with a ruler and post an irate letter on their facebook page with said pics

I'll bet you get free stuff, but if not at least you'll get a laugh.

PizzamanIRL · 27-10-2014 7:33pm

No, I'd order another one. Mmmm, pizza.

Vojera · 27-10-2014 7:35pm

salamanca22 wrote: »

I myself am not gonna complain because I neither have the energy
nor do I care very much

Yep, you sound completely indifferent.

biko · 27-10-2014 7:35pm

I think you need to consider the pizza mass rather than the circumference.

salamanca22 · 27-10-2014 7:36pm

seamus wrote: »

They probably have some disclaimer ready to show which says that the pizza base is 16" before preparing and may experience some shrinkage during the baking process.

But dough expands in the oven!

I am also not irate at all. Just was curious to how much of the pizza was actually missing. Find it kind of funny actually. If it was a constant thing though I would definitely complain.

biko · 27-10-2014 7:38pm

Tbh, it sounds a bit like you're already complaining, just not to the right place.

seamus · 27-10-2014 7:38pm

salamanca22 wrote: »

But dough expands in the oven!

Only if it's been designed to. A thick crust in particular which has been designed to expand, will expand upwards at the expense of circumference.

Last_Minute · 27-10-2014 7:38pm

I have a 16 inch love muscle, i would take a picture of my erect love muscle on the pizza to show them the difference is size, then ask if they willing to give me another 2 inches.

salamanca22 · 27-10-2014 7:39pm

biko wrote: »

I think you need to consider the pizza mass rather than the circumference.

That could be true, however traditionally pizza is measured by the diameter right through the center of the pizza. I didn't order 1/4kg of pizza

Summer wind · 27-10-2014 7:39pm

All good things come in small packages.

the baby bull elephant · 27-10-2014 7:39pm

Subway footlongs are not a foot long.

Reggie. · 27-10-2014 7:40pm

Someone just hit someone

salamanca22 · 27-10-2014 7:40pm

biko wrote: »

Tbh, it sounds a bit like you're already complaining, just not to the right place.

Maybe I am, maybe I am not. (I am not) Either way I put the question to boards whether or not they would complain.

Brissygirl32 · 27-10-2014 7:41pm

First world problems

biko · 27-10-2014 7:49pm

Tbh, I'd bring a ruler next time and check in front of staff just for the mindfcuk.
Everyone "knows" that the measurement is to be correct after the pizza is cooked and not before.

catallus · 27-10-2014 7:52pm

Summer wind wrote: »

All good things come in small packages.

That's patently not true.

salamanca22 · 27-10-2014 7:55pm

biko wrote: »

Tbh, I'd bring a ruler next time and check in front of staff just for the mindfcuk.

Excellent, maybe I will do that next time just for the laugh

Overheal · 27-10-2014 7:57pm

subway got into a lot of trouble because its footlongs were 11.5 inches. What a scandal. also nobody cares.

salamanca22 · 27-10-2014 8:00pm

Overheal wrote: »

subway got into a lot of trouble because its footlongs were 11.5 inches. What a scandal. also nobody cares.

I dunno, in my case you are looking at more than a 25% shortfall of product.

If it was a consistent thing then I would care. You are right though, this seems to be a once off and I do not care at all. I just thought it would make for an interesting anecdote and conversation.

biko · 27-10-2014 8:04pm

All that "missing" dough is probably used to sell extra pizzas which then are pure profit, and unsuspecting customers are paying for it!

We need to standardise this, country is joke, ripoff Ireland Illuminati etc etc.

DazMarz · 27-10-2014 8:05pm

It was probably a female chef. Women are always told that something the length of a matchstick is six inches, so it's little wonder they'd fúck up pizzas.

mfceiling · 27-10-2014 8:15pm

Take it to the European Court OP...

What next? Publicans only putting 560 mls into a pint glass, ice cream vendors giving you a 97 instead of a 99?

Capt'n Midnight · 28-10-2014 11:54pm

salamanca22 wrote: »

So I just ordered the bank holiday cure which was a large pizza. When it came I thought it looked a little small so I got out the ruler and found that the pizza was 2 inches smaller than it should be. I ordered 16'' and got 14''.

Now you may say that it is not a huge difference but lets do the math.

The area of a circle is pi*r^2 right?.

If the radius is Z and the depth is a then the volume is

pi zz a :pac:

MadsL · 28-10-2014 11:59pm

salamanca22 wrote: »

The area of a circle is pi*r^2 right?

But in the case of a pizza it is pie*r^2 :pac:

I'll get me coat...

demanufactured · 29-10-2014 12:01am

salamanca22 wrote: »

So I just ordered the bank holiday cure which was a large pizza. When it came I thought it looked a little small so I got out the ruler and found that the pizza was 2 inches smaller than it should be. I ordered 16'' and got 14''.

Now you may say that it is not a huge difference but lets do the math.

The area of a circle is pi*r^2 right?

16'' = 40.64 cm
14'' = 35.56 cm

Since pizzas are measured by diameter we can half that to get the radius and do the math.

Offered pizza area = pi*20.32^2 = 1297.17 cm^2 of delicious pizza
Actual pizza area = pi*17.78^2 = 993.15 cm^2 of equally delicious pizza.

Now when you look at the numbers you can see 304.02 cm^2 of missing pizza! That looks a lot more than 2 measly inches right? It is a 26.55% difference!!

You are missing more than a quarter of what you paid for!

I myself am not gonna complain because I neither have the energy nor do I care very much as I can only eat so much pizza anyway but if I was sharing this pizza with another person or two I would 100% be on the phone looking for the missing area!

Anyway, would you complain for a missing 2 inches?

Also, in before the that's what she said and penis jokes.

Is that you Sheldon?

MissKittenfire · 29-10-2014 12:03am

Would you have complained if your pizza was too big? If they had given you 18 inches instead of 16 would you have told them?

salamanca22 · 29-10-2014 12:07am

MissKittenfire wrote: »

Would you have complained if your pizza was too big? If they had given you 18 inches instead of 16 would you have told them?

Probably not but in that situation it wouldn't be on me to complain would it? It would be on them to complain.

Anyway, seems a lot of people here are okay with missing more than 25% of their purchases. Really explains the era of DLC for games.

Paddy Cow · 29-10-2014 12:20am

A large pizza is 14". A jumbo pizza is 16". The jumbo pizza is huge and way too much for one person. You got what you ordered.

salamanca22 · 29-10-2014 12:22am

Paddy Cow wrote: »

A large pizza is 14". A jumbo pizza is 16". The jumbo pizza is huge and way too much for one person. You got what you ordered.

So those are official NSAI measurements then are they? The pizza was advertised as a large 16''.

And you a right, i cannot eat that much pizza nor could I even eat the large and a medium is still pushing it but I like to have pizza leftovers for a day or two.

aronura · 29-10-2014 12:28am

Would You share your pizza with others ?

www(.)smashlike(.)com/homeless-shares/

kowloon · 29-10-2014 12:28am

Overheal wrote: »

subway got into a lot of trouble because its footlongs were 11.5 inches. What a scandal. also nobody cares.

I believe they tried to get around it by trademarking the term 'Footlong'.

Tell me how · 29-10-2014 12:39am

Not sure I would have complained but if I had an option of either complaining or calculating the percentage difference and formulating the OP for boards I would have complained like a madman. You could have complained, waited for the new one, received and eaten it in the time it took to do the above.

salamanca22 · 29-10-2014 12:42am

Tell me how wrote: »

Not sure I would have complained but if I had an option of either complaining or calculating the percentage difference and formulating the OP for boards I would have complained like a madman. You could have complained, waited for the new one, received and eaten it in the time it took to do the above.

In fairness it took me less than a minute to do the calculation and about 4 to post to boards so 5 minutes all in all.

I wasn't really peeved off because it was just me eating pizza so I didn't bother complaining. I was more interested in would others have complained.

BrokenHero · 29-10-2014 12:44am

Just get a rolling pin and make it flatter.

SweetSand · 29-10-2014 12:48am

If pizza was good i wouldn't bother complaining, but if it was bad - would definitely complain.

susanlinda823 · 29-10-2014 10:47pm

I would totally get mad. How dare you stinge me on my pizza!!!

branie2 · 30-10-2014 12:29am

No.

allibastor · 30-10-2014 1:30pm

Complain, say you got a 14 inch when it was meant to be 16 inch.

I got a pizza last week that looked like it was dropped on its top and then put back to the box. My next 3 pizza were free

Would you complain if your pizza was too small

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