# How often do you order Pizza Delivery at home? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599 "2016-08-03T01:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![efyou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@efyou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/efyou)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/21 "2016-08-03T08:56:06Z")
Used to order pizza like once a month in my early 20’s. I think I’ve ordered pizza one time in the last five years or so and that was mainly because I wanted to see how smooth the online ordering worked. It worked. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/22 "2016-08-03T11:33:50Z")
Never. We live too far off the beaten path to get delivery. I bring pizza home every Monday. The bar has a pizza special on Mondays, and I swear it costs more _not_ to get a pizza than to get one. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/23 "2016-08-03T11:55:12Z")
We’re right on the edge of the delivery limit of a local pizza place. (I started ordering from them when Papa John pissed me off with his whining about having to provide insurance under the ACA.) Anyway, the local place makes a better pizza, plus salads, calzone, pasta, subs, and other stuff I can’t remember off the top of my head. I voted “monthly” but sometimes it’s more often - just depends on how exhausted I am when I get home from work. Plus they send really good coupons in the mail at least every month. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/24 "2016-08-03T12:01:20Z")
Torn between “occasionally” and “never”. In my adult life, ordering for myself, I’ve only ordered delivery when I was in no position to drive to pick it up. I guess technically I also ordered when I was moving in to my new place and paid my helping friends with pizza, but other than that I only indulge in delivery when I am at another person’s house. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/25 "2016-08-03T12:46:26Z")
Never. Too far out for any of them. We have to drive into town and get pizza when we want it. Did it a lot in college, though, probably around once every two weeks. (I couldn’t afford more.) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/26 "2016-08-03T13:03:43Z")
Probably have pizza every 3 or 4 weeks, but almost never have it delivered. The pizza place is only a few blocks away and I have a hard time justifying the additional expense of a tip when I can easily and conveniently do takeout myself. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/27 "2016-08-03T13:31:15Z")
I voted occasionally because we often do go out for pizza, but we pick it up because the places are right around the corner. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/28 "2016-08-03T13:39:32Z")
We don’t get delivery of anything due to where we live. Not even mail. So pizza is right out. I’ll pick one up on the way home every few months. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/29 "2016-08-03T13:43:07Z")
Very infrequently, for delivery at home. I did get delivery at a hotel, a few months ago, using a free coupon I got when I went to the Domino’s grand opening down the road. 😉 I prefer to get a pickup from some nearby pizza place. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/30 "2016-08-03T15:03:36Z")
I never order home delivery, but I do get pizza delivery to my hotel room probably 5-6 times a year. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/31 "2016-08-03T15:30:22Z")
It only takes a couple of minutes to get to the nearest pizza place, and there are several quite good ones within five minutes drive. I only ordered delivery once in my life, when I was recovering from a colonoscopy and wasn’t supposed to drive. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/32 "2016-08-03T15:42:09Z")
Before I changed my eating habits I ordered pizza at least once a week, sometimes twice. Since I stopped eating pizza (mostly, I have a slice or two sometimes), never. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/33 "2016-08-03T16:05:51Z")
Since there was no choice for “annually”, I voted “Never” because that’s a closer choice than “monthly” or “occasionally”. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/34 "2016-08-03T16:14:46Z")
You specified Delivery, so the answer is never. However, we get carryout Pizza Hut maybe once or twice a month. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/35 "2016-08-03T16:19:57Z")
I live in a very small town and pizza delivery is non-existent, so I had to vote ‘Never’. We do have a bar and two convenience stores you can go get one at but I usually never did until the one convenience store got a Godfather’s Pizza Express in it just recently. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/36 "2016-08-03T16:34:20Z")
Every couple of weeks. My wife developed an unfortunate fondness for Domino’s “naked” chicken wings and the local decent pizza places that serve wings bread theirs. So I wind up ordering WAY more Domino’s than I otherwise would. Kids don’t care, pizza is pizza to them. When I actually want pizza to get excited about, I order from one of the local “real” pizza places; maybe once every six weeks. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/37 "2016-08-03T16:35:33Z")
I get pizza delivered much more often to my office than my home. At the office, it’s once or twice a month. At home, more like once or twice a year. Partly, that’s because we like the Papa Murphy take and bake pizzas. We stock up on their $10 Tuesday deals and keep one or two in the freezer. I have neither the freezer nor the oven at the office. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/38 "2016-08-03T16:42:23Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Every couple of weeks. My wife developed an unfortunate fondness for Domino’s “naked” chicken wings and the local decent pizza places that serve wings bread theirs. So I wind up ordering WAY more Domino’s than I otherwise would. Kids don’t care, pizza is pizza to them. I had Domino’s for the first time in a few years about a month or two ago, when T-Mobile had a promotion where you’d get a free Domino’s pizza if you signed up with their “T-Mobile Tuesdays” promotion or whatnot. Anyhow, Domino’s used to be my lowest of the low, along with Taco Bell, of fast food but, damn, either I got soft or they really stepped up their game. I actually enjoyed the damned thing. I know they changed their crust a few years ago, and I remember being impressed by the change, but it was only on second account that I realized how much better they had gotten. It’s a perfectly reasonable pizza. And wings should be unbreaded, so your wife is right. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/39 "2016-08-03T17:26:24Z")
Never get delivery. We don’t get pizza that often, but when we do, we go pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599/40 "2016-08-03T17:39:23Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I know they changed their crust a few years ago, and I remember being impressed by the change, but it was only on second account that I realized how much better they had gotten. It’s a perfectly reasonable pizza. > > And wings should be unbreaded, so your wife is right. It’s reasonable for the cost (medium 2-topping is $5.99) and I’ve certainly had worse pizza. I’m not one of the “any pizza is good pizza” types – there’s plenty of atrocious pizza and Domino’s isn’t it. The bad part is that when I want _good_ pizza, it’s a harder sell if we just did the Domino’s & Wings thing a few nights before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-order-pizza-delivery-at-home/761599.md?page=3)