Papa John's in Sarasota

“I don’t understand why there are so many negative reviews. I have never gotten a bad pizza from Papa John. Today I picked up a half cheese and half pepperoni pizza and it was delicious. I was a walk-in. It was still hot when I got home. I, my mother, and her caregiver loved it. It even tasted good warmed up. At the pizza shop, I had gone back outside to my car to wait for the pizza because there is no place to sit down inside. I have advanced osteoarthritis and I was exhausted. It was raining today. I told the cook to give me a “thumbs up” through the window when the pizza was ready and I would go back inside to pick it up. When it was ready, the cook walked my pizza out to my car in the rain. I was very impressed with that because I didn’t have to walk back inside the store in the rain. I generally don’t tip cooks. I generously tip the drivers because they are at the bottom of the “pizza shop hierarchy.” Drivers don’t even make Minimum Wage! The cooks make way more money. I know because I used to deliver pizza and subs for Vocelli Pizza about twenty years ago. You just about have to live on tips. However, today I did tip the cook. We are currently in a bad economy and people who work in the food service industry are being hit the hardest. I tipped him before he walked the pizza out to me, not after, so my tip was not a reward for his good deed.“

“I was having such a bad day I was expecting to come in and fight for my pizza but one worker not only helped me out but brightened my day. I believe his name was James. He had curry brown hair and cheerful smile. Thanks guys for the good food and the good people.“