# How does your Family/Group resolve Pizza orders? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424 "2010-11-04T04:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/21 "2010-11-04T14:36:09Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > What rules and procedures do you employ when ordering Pizza(s) for your group or family? How do you resolve the issue of toppings? When the team I manage at work exceeds all their productivity goals for the month by a set amount, I buy pizza for the lot of them on the first Friday of the next month. This comes to seven pizzas. The top two associates for the month each get to completely design a pizza if they choose to. Of the remainder, one is pepperoni, one is sausage, one is pepperoni & sausage, one is meatless, one is multi-meat, and the other is whatever the hell I want it to be. I don’t allow voting here. Why? Because I can’t be arsed. Why, yes, I did just order seven pizzas to be delivered tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/22 "2010-11-04T14:42:33Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > I’ve never met a pizza I didn’t like, so I let everyone else decide. I’m like that with most food orders. Once in a while I have an urge for a particular dish and because it is so rare I usually get it. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/23 "2010-11-04T14:47:15Z")
As a child, mum and dad always decided what was on the pizza. Didn’t like it? Well, when you grew up, you would get to choose the toppings. Now I’m a grown up, I get to choose the toppings! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/24 "2010-11-04T14:49:10Z")
We usually get one each (our pizzas are not as large as the US ones). Then the slice-swapping commences. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/25 "2010-11-04T14:58:46Z")
I hate the guy who really pushes for Hawaiian or taco pizza. Nearly everything else you can get from a standard pizza chain is solid Italian-American ingredients or a close enough substitute. They never want half either. Who are these jerks that launch into, “Hey, what about Hawaiian, everybody?”. 95% of the room is fine with anything between cheese and supreme, but you had to attempt to sabotage that with your damn pineapple. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/26 "2010-11-04T15:02:12Z")
She gets one and I get one. Still costs less than $25, and we get two or three meals. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/27 "2010-11-04T15:27:11Z")
I’m typically fine with whatever anyone else orders. My favorite pizza is veggie or supreme so I’ll sometimes lobby for those. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/28 "2010-11-04T15:41:47Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > As a child, mum and dad always decided what was on the pizza. Didn’t like it? Well, when you grew up, you would get to choose the toppings. Yeah, we had a family tradition where we went to the local pizza place every Friday only to have Dad order the thick crust Supreme, which meant that the youngest child (me) would spend half his dinner picking all the crap that he didn’t like. Dad’s response when I complained? “Get a job and buy your own pizza”. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/29 "2010-11-04T15:44:29Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Dad’s response when I complained? “Get a job and buy your own pizza”. Next time you see your Dad give him a beer from me. I’ll shout. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/30 "2010-11-04T15:47:49Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Next time you see your Dad give him a beer from me. I’ll shout. 3 years too late. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/31 "2010-11-04T15:56:28Z")
Everybody who could be involved knows that everyone else is okay with “classic” pizza toppings like vegetables, sausage, and pepperoni, and less okay with weirder stuff like barbecue and pineapple. So whoever is paying just orders a selection of regular ol’ pizzas, and everyone is happy. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/32 "2010-11-04T15:59:41Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > I hate the guy who really pushes for Hawaiian or taco pizza. Nearly everything else you can get from a standard pizza chain is solid Italian-American ingredients or a close enough substitute. They never want half either. Who are these jerks that launch into, “Hey, what about Hawaiian, everybody?”. 95% of the room is fine with anything between cheese and supreme, but you had to attempt to sabotage that with your damn pineapple. My wife and I often get Hawaiian pizza, and the two kids usually just get cheese pizza. Otherwise, the wife and I decide on what we want and I don’t push for Hawaiian at work or other places. There is a local place that serves a sliced meatballs and sausage pizza that is tres awesome. I recommend that. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/33 "2010-11-04T16:01:45Z")
I don’t know anyone anal enough that this is an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/34 "2010-11-04T16:08:04Z")
As someone who grew up in Hawaii, I’d like to say that the abomination known as “Hawaiian Pizza” to the degenerate Haoles isn’t in-fact something Hawaiian. A Hawaiian Pizza would likely have Portuguese Sausage or Spam on it. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/35 "2010-11-04T16:10:12Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I don’t know anyone anal enough that this is an issue. I bet you do, but they just don’t dare express their anality around you out of fear. I mean, you’re a mean old lady; some of those bite. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/36 "2010-11-04T16:13:25Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I bet you do, but they just don’t dare express their anality around you out of fear. I mean, you’re a mean old lady; some of those bite. I would hope that my friends and family aren’t scared of me! :eek: Seriously, nobody ever asks for anything crazy on the pizza; we’re always dealing with some combination of pepperoni, sausage, ham, bacon, bell peppers, onions, spinach, jalapenos, mushrooms or something else very ordinary. No one ever orders the chopped liver and anchovies pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/37 "2010-11-04T16:14:12Z")
I’m a pepperoni-only guy, and there don’t seem to be many people who dislike pepperoni pizza, so that’s an easy sell. Sometimes, though, we do half-and-half; my wife likes pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom, and the little Torqueling likes nothing better than eating all the mushrooms off a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/38 "2010-11-04T16:31:16Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I would hope that my friends and family aren’t scared of me! :eek: 😕 That statement makes no sense. If everyone’s afraid of you, you always get what you want on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/39 "2010-11-04T16:33:18Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > As someone who grew up in Hawaii, I’d like to say that the abomination known as “Hawaiian Pizza” to the degenerate Haoles isn’t in-fact something Hawaiian. A Hawaiian Pizza would likely have Portuguese Sausage or Spam on it. Shut your Haole! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424/40 "2010-11-04T17:01:19Z")
Extra cheese for Celtling, mushroom or veggie for me. No worries. I like leftovers, so have even been knownt o order a large of each. At work we get a plain cheese, a veggie, a pepperoni and a supreme. If you can’t find something you like in that mix then bring a sandwich! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-your-family-group-resolve-pizza-orders/559424.md?page=3)