How to order a pizza?

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So I am home alone this weekend, and I decided that I was going to order a pizza tonight... (first time ordering)

I've got the number, and I have finally decided which pizza I want.

But what do I say when they pick up the phone?

Just say that you'd like to order a pizza and tell them which pizza you want from the menu?
You could always do it online though, easy.

say hello my name is (insert name) and i'd like to order (insert pizza name)(wich can be found on their webside) and after that say
can you deliver it to (insert exsact address,postnumber and house number) if they didint get some of info at first time they will call you to get it ..happy pizza moment EDIT: i always order mine thought online to avoid any problems

Yeah I guess, but I don't know in what order I have to say things and how fast, I need to give them my address and such.

I'm ordering from a newly established take-away so they are not online yet. They are the only take-away which will bring food to my area.

They'll ask you what size, what you want on it, if you want anything thing else besides the pizza. Then they'll ask you what your address is and phone number. Then they'll tell you around how long it'll be. Sometimes they'll tell you what the total is, sometimes you need to ask.
That's basically all there is to it.

Dam I never thought it would be this hard, lol.

It's just that I don't know if they will ask for everything or if I have to say it straight forward.

Just start with "I would like to order a pizza".

Have the following data available, and wait for them to ask for it:

What size you want.
What toppings you want, or the name of the pizza (if predesigned).
Your address.
Your phone number.


They may ask if you want [alternate sauce] or [special cheese] or a [special of the week deal].
Feel free to say no.
They may also ask if you want [side order] or [soda].
Feel free to say no.


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Edit: There is usually no small talk. They are usually quite data oriented, and will ask you for the data as it is needed.

Woh I did it, but that was really stressful...

I had to spell the address three times, but hopefully it will be okay.

Yeah, usually the way to be is matter-of-fact. But the person taking the order might be a grouch-asaurus, and nothing to do with whatever you did or said. The person ordering the pizza might be abrupt or rude, or they might launch from just a little bit of small talk and talk your ear off (which is why gentle closure skills are so important), or they might come on to you in an awkward way.

It is the full range of human interaction.

None of this is particularly likely, but all of this is possible. This is why human interaction is so difficult, as well as worthwhile.

This is the reason i like online ordering, most places have it and it's way less stressful. When someone makes me order something via telephone they might as well be torturing me, that's how much i loathe talking on the telephone.

I'd just order it online.

Human beings are just too complicated.

Very few interactions, if I do A, the person will do B.

if I do A, the person will probably do B. That's about the most one can get.

So I tell myself, a repertoire of skills, applied in merely an approximate fashion, and mistakes are okay. And try and ping pong it back and forth (I sometimes struggle with getting into my mode of all sending-no receiving)

'yeah, that's pretty cool' [if the person is talkative, and again, they probably won't be]

'Okay, I need to be going. Thank you very much.'

And you'll want to tip the delivery person, pretty much a minimum tip of at least $1, even if that's way over 15% on a small order, yeah, that's kind of the minimum tip. In fact, when I have a solidly middle class income (and currently I don't!), I sometimes make a minimum tip of at least two dollars, well, years and years ago I briefly delivered pizzas, and since then, I've been a waiter on a couple of occasions, you don't need to do that.

And if you can't tip, just be brief and matter-of-fact.

I would find a way to get someone else to do it for me. It's virtually impossible.

I do it fairly often, all you have to do is be straightforward.

The nice thing is now they will likely have your addresss in the computer to make a future time easier.