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Papa John's Announces Pizza-Ordering App for Apple TV
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Sadly there's only 1 left in my part of NY and it's by my mom's apartment. She does not have Apple TV.
I haven't eaten pizza for nearly 2 years (part of my mid-life health kick), but even if it was looking to buy one, I don't see the advantage of doing it on your TV vs a phone or tablet
With tools like this there will be less need for dedicated employees to take phone orders. That of course means fewer jobs for teenagers or collage students. Fewer people working for the company and more profits for the executives that park profits overseas and avoid paying taxes. Fewer taxes paid; less money available for fixing roads, bridges, medical care for our vets and older text books for your children.
Sounds like a win-win for only a few.
Sounds like a win-win for only a few.
What if you do not own a smart phone or tablet, or you have eyesight issues, or if you just want another option?
My father might say he doesn't any advantage to ordering a pizza on a smart phone or tablet vs a landline.
BTW, I don't order pizza that often, but when I do, I find that the mobile websites to be buggy and not very user friendly. Many times, I use my computer or just be old fashion and call.
I don't know if the tvOS version will be good, or bad, but having that option will be great.
I think my kids will like it too.
I think you're overestimating the usefulness of this App. There've been plenty of those apps on the phone and that job market never changed, plus mom and pop pizzarias are still going strong and will never bother to make Apps for their stores.
For the single person or maybe even the couple, I agree with you. Once you start throwing multiple kids into the mix, it's convenient to have everyone see the menu all at once and order right from the TV.
In this particular case, a Papa John's In-Store Team Member does more than taking orders on the phone. All employees including drivers are required to learn how to talk to customers on the phone. Bigger stores I seen don't practice this rule. However on a typical Friday (in my experience), the ratio between online orders and phone ones are 10:1. It gives us more time actually make the pizzas and use the lines to contact customers in which we had issues regarding location, messed up orders, payment, etc. Essentially, in my average day of work there before I quit for college, there was one In-Store and two drivers (waiting for their delivery # to bake) at the front on the phone but everyone else had other responsibilities.
The poster was making a few assumptions that are most likely wrong. One being that there is a dedicated phone employee, which I don't think is true for most pizza places. Another being that having an app on the ATV4 will replace one way of ordering. Maybe it might bring in new, or more frequently repeating customers.
Actually, I could make a few assumptions and say the exact opposite.
Maybe having this app on the ATV4 will increase sales, which will lead to expansion, then more jobs, then more tax revenue... and so on.
Although, I don't think the poster was serious anyways.
I have no interest in this specific food app, but I use GrubHub all the time. It is so much simpler to order this way, instead of having to pass around my phone/laptop, or worse try to collect everyone's order myself. This way everyone can easily see it on the screen and just pass around the remote.
Oh, Ethan from H3H3Productions on YouTube would be so proud. PapaJohns.com baby, now even easier to order through your Apple TV!
Papa Bless!
Papa Bless!
Use to be. But now, gluten free is not so bad. There are plenty of alternatives .