Just say por favor

[jack sommerset]

You do this small gesture and you will receive dinner this evening. One large free pizza. They say they are not political, racist or being controversy. They are promoting their company towards all people of the USA. They are promoting manners. I'm going to take their word for it even though they pulled this same sort of promotional thing when they had customers pay with pesos a few years back. Personally I will not be a part of the promo for a number of reasons. God bless

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/restaurants-hotels/20120605-controversial-pizza-patron-promotion-for-spanish-speaking-customers-is-today.ece

[fraga]

Shitty pizza TBH...

[Drachen]

Does this work in San Antonio too? It isn't great Pizza, but if free.....

Also, as far as the peso thing, did anyone who has a problem with this also have a problem with the fact that you could pay in canadian dollars at Eddie Bauer? (Not sure if you still can)

[CosmicCowboy]

It got you posting about a pizza place on a message board didn't it?

Looks like their promotion is working.

[jack sommerset]

It got you posting about a pizza place on a message board didn't it?

Looks like their promotion is working.

Of course it's working in regards that people are talking about it. Octomom stripping is working for her in regards we are talking about her. She is getting free pub for her future porns. But will it work out in the log run? Will it turn off anyone that is not Latino? Will existing black,white, yellow patrons stop getting their pizzas there? Is it racist? Are they playing to their latino customers and hoping to get more Latinos. Are they making a political statement? Some of me says yes to all these questions. Most of me says I will take their word for it since this is the 2nd Latino promotion in 5 years.

I'm curious if this type of promotional will work when it comes to dollars and cents, where they will go from here with it and of course other people's opinions. God bless

[Drachen]

Also, it's funny the article says that employees received death threats about the peso promotion, but that their sales jumped 35%! It sucks that those people who were angry hate capitalism.

[jack sommerset]

Also, it's funny the article says that employees received death threats about the peso promotion, but that their sales jumped 35%! It sucks that those people who were angry hate capitalism.

Sales jumped 35 percent and they did not do that type of promo again? That doesn't sound right. Im not saying its not true, just saying money is money and at the end of the day I would think they would throw that promo at us again. God bless

[Drachen]

Of course it's working in regards that people are talking about it. Octomom stripping is working for her in regards we are talking about her. She is getting free pub for her future porns. But will it work out in the log run? Will it turn off anyone that is not Latino? Will existing black,white, yellow patrons stop getting their pizzas there? Is it racist? Are they playing to their latino customers and hoping to get more Latinos. Are they making a political statement? Some of me says yes to all these questions. Most of me says I will take their word for it since this is the 2nd Latino promotion in 5 years.

I'm curious if this type of promotional will work when it comes to dollars and cents, where they will go from here with it and of course other people's opinions. God bless

It could be a political statement, or it could be a way to endear itself to the fastest growing demographic in the country (yes maybe to the detriment of other demographics).

[Drachen]

Sales jumped 35 percent and they did not do that type of promo again? That doesn't sound right. Im not saying its not true, just saying money is money and at the end of the day I would think they would throw that promo at us again. God bless

from their wiki:


In January 2007, Pizza Patrón announced its new "Pizza por Pesos" policy which enabled the chain's customers to pay for pizzas with Mexican pesos for a limited time. Though the company was not the first to implement such a policy in the United States, the move came at a time of increasingly heated debate over illegal immigration in the United States and caused the chain's Dallas headquarters to receive complaints and death threats.[4] It also created publicity for the chain, garnering media attention from several outlets (including Fox News and The Colbert Report). After the first week of the promotion, one owner reported that he took in about 15,000 pesos (close to $1,400) at his two southern California branches, accounting for roughly 20% of his profits.[5]

On May 3, 2007, the company reported that sales in the first three months of 2007 were up 35% compared to sales during the first three months of 2006. The company attributed the strong growth in sales to publicity generated by news reports about the "Pizza for Pesos" campaign and said that its policy of accepting pesos, originally scheduled to last only until the end of April, was being made permanent.[6] They caused controversy again in May 2012 by offering free pizza's for customers that would say a sentence in spanish. Critics said this was racist and insensitive to people who did not speak spanish and would have to pay full price because so.

[ChumpDumper]

Sales jumped 35 percent and they did not do that type of promo again? That doesn't sound right. Im not saying its not true, just saying money is money and at the end of the day I would think they would throw that promo at us again. God blessIf sales stayed up, they wouldn't have to.

[Goran Dragic]

If sales stayed up, they wouldn't have to.
Ron Bless? :lol

[cantthinkofanything]

Also, it's funny the article says that employees received death threats about the peso promotion, but that their sales jumped 35%! It sucks that those people who were angry hate capitalism.

White people be crazy. Bitching about free pizza when all you gotta say is a couple of words in Spanish.

Like being mad about getting a day off for MLK Jr.

[jack sommerset]

from their wiki:

You can still pay with pesos? Also I found it interesting the owner is of italian and Lebanese decent. Perhaps sales are way up and they are just thanking their customers. My brother chump added to the conversation without insults. My prayers are being rewarded. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

You can still pay with pesos? Also I found it interesting the owner is of italian and Lebanese decent. Perhaps sales are way up and they are just thanking their customers. My brother chump added to the conversation without insults. My prayers are being rewarded. God blessYour existence is an insult to God.

[Spurminator]

Hispanics aren't the only people capable of speaking Spanish or having Pesos.

[Drachen]

You can still pay with pesos? Also I found it interesting the owner is of italian and Lebanese decent. Perhaps sales are way up and they are just thanking their customers. My brother chump added to the conversation without insults. My prayers are being rewarded. God bless

I am not sure why this is interesting.

Also, perhaps sales are down, so they are doing a promotion to get their name out.

[jack sommerset]

If it is racist marketing It would appear "nothing personal" approach cuz the owner is not Hispanic. All about the money, who you are marketing with a touch of a political message attached might be the answer to this type of promo. Plus desperate times calls for desperate measures and sales down would make sense with this type of promo considering the racial element, pesos and Spanish speaking. That's part of my interest to the story.


Like I said, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. 5 dollar pizza doesn't sound good to me, you get what you pay for and in this case it's free. No thanks. God bless

[Drachen]

If it is racist marketing It would appear "nothing personal" approach cuz the owner is not Hispanic. All about the money, who you are marketing with a touch of a political message attached might be the answer to this type of promo. Plus desperate times calls for desperate measures and sales down would make sense with this type of promo considering the racial element, pesos and Spanish speaking. That's part of my interest to the story.


Like I said, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. 5 dollar pizza doesn't sound good to me, you get what you pay for and in this case it's free. No thanks. God bless

Oh for sure, I have tried their pizza once and will only eat it again for free. Its little ceasars level bad. I for one applaud the company's effort. They saw a market with a future and have gone after it... HARD.

[CosmicCowboy]

I have no problem with them marketing to a specific demographic group. That concept is as old as advertising.

[baseline bum]

Their pizza may suck, but their logo is awesome

http://cdn.bimfs.com/KHOU/39ee69cc075b7e0cbaaa1d5c39e93ec7d03df93e.jpg

http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/img/photos/2012/05/18/bc/7d/pizza-patron-350x275.gif

[ChumpDumper]

If it is racist marketing It would appear "nothing personal" approach cuz the owner is not Hispanic. All about the money, who you are marketing with a touch of a political message attached might be the answer to this type of promo. Plus desperate times calls for desperate measures and sales down would make sense with this type of promo considering the racial element, pesos and Spanish speaking.What is your evidence sales are down?

And there's nothing racial about money and language. Anyone can say the words and pay with pesos.

[jack sommerset]

What is your evidence sales are down?

And there's nothing racial about money and language. Anyone can say the words and pay with pesos.

My angry and confrontational brother. I truly understand you but I can't have discussion with you when you make up things I say or interpret what I say as a matter of fact. It's unproductive. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

My angry and confrontational brother. I truly understand you but I can't have discussion with you when you make up things I say or interpret what I say as a matter of fact. It's unproductive. God blessI quoted you.

If you have no evidence sales are down and you just made that up, say so.

[jack sommerset]

I quoted you.

If you have no evidence sales are down and you just made that up, say so.

I'm praying for you. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

I'm praying for you. God blessYou're a terrible liar

Ron bless.

[Oh, Gee!!]

And there's nothing racial about language. Anyone can say the words.

Sounds like the arguments made by the "English-as-the-official-language-of- the-U.S." crowd when they were accused of having racial motivations. And given jack's level of ignorance, I bet he's part of the same crowd that offered that same race-nuetral justification.

[ChumpDumper]

I actually don't mind the official language idea all that much, but I can see why it's a contentious issue.

It's hard to believe this offer is meant to exclude anyone though, especially one that only requires two words that probably don't even need to be pronounced correctly.

[jack sommerset]

Sounds like the arguments made by the "English-as-the-official-language-of- the-U.S." crowd when they were accused of having racial motivations. And given jack's level of ignorance, I bet he's part of the same crowd that offered that same race-nuetral justification.

Actually it doesn't sound like that at all. Also, I am not involved with any crowd that is racially motivated nor am I a racist.

My brother chump and I agree yet again. I am not against the official Language idea either. God bless

[Borat Sagyidev]

You do this small gesture and you will receive dinner this evening. One large free pizza. They say they are not political, racist or being controversy. They are promoting their company towards all people of the USA. They are promoting manners. I'm going to take their word for it even though they pulled this same sort of promotional thing when they had customers pay with pesos a few years back. Personally I will not be a part of the promo for a number of reasons. God bless

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/restaurants-hotels/20120605-controversial-pizza-patron-promotion-for-spanish-speaking-customers-is-today.ece

In Boston, they have all sorts of promotions for Ireland / Gaelic with the huge Irish descent population there. Would you care for those?

[jack sommerset]

In Boston, they have all sorts of promotions for Ireland / Gaelic with the huge Irish descent population there. Would you care for those?

I don't know. Maybe as much as I did for ths one I'd say. I wonder how many pizzas they gave away last night. I can't imagine anyone went out of their way and/or they got too many new customers for a free 5 dollar pizza. Im also wondering if anyone that read this thread went and got one. God bless

[boutons_deux]

So Jackhole is against companies being "free market" to pursue customers.

Does Jackhole prefer a law preventing companies from using anything but Ingles?

[Drachen]

I don't know. Maybe as much as I did for ths one I'd say. I wonder how many pizzas they gave away last night. I can't imagine anyone went out of their way and/or they got too many new customers for a free 5 dollar pizza. Im also wondering if anyone that read this thread went and got one. God bless

I did not. I was going to, but decided against the likely line. Like I said, I have tried them before and the pizza isn't great. I am sure that they got a lot of new customers. People like cheap pizza.

[jack sommerset]

So Jackhole is against companies being "free market" to pursue customers.

Does Jackhole prefer a law preventing companies from using anything but Ingles?

You're silly. Of course not on comment and no to your silly question.

I would like you to spend less time here. Get away from the political scene for a bit, spurstalk. I have concerns that you are wasting your life away in here with your silliness. God bless
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[boutons_deux]

YOU started the thread about NON-Engrish, and I'M the silly one? GFY

[jack sommerset]

Well yes, yes you are. Starting a thread about a pizza restaurant promotional does not equal jackhole doesn't believe in free market. Not even remotely does that say that.

My advice to you is sound. Go for a jog, volunteer your time to people less fortunate, join a sports team, read a Stephanie Plum book, take a girl out, enjoy some more of Gods creation and take a break from buttons. God bless

[boutons_deux]

not a thread about pizza, it's a thread about non-English.

[jack sommerset]

not a thread about pizza, it's a thread about non-English.

I'm not going to give up on you! I'm going to workout. God bless

[Creepn]

I was wondering what was up because when I passed it yesterday, the line wrapped around the block. I only saw about one bum in line too.

[ChumpDumper]

I don't know. Maybe as much as I did for ths one I'd say. I wonder how many pizzas they gave away last night. I can't imagine anyone went out of their way and/or they got too many new customers for a free 5 dollar pizza.http://media.kens5.com/images/0605_free_pizza01.jpg
http://media.kens5.com/images/0605-pizza-patron.jpg

lol "I wonder"

lol "can't imagine"

lol no new customers

[ChumpDumper]

lol be@ners getting all excited "yeah, free pizzas!!!" and spending all their pesos there not realizing they just played right into the white owners handFounder Antonio Swad is of Lebanese and Italian descent. He started catering to Hispanics after they proved to make up the majority of his customers at his first store. Pretty cool business story. Also started Wing Stop.

[scott]

Only latinos are capable of saying "Por Favor"

[Drachen]

Only latinos are capable of saying "Por Favor"

No, but they are the only ones who mean it.

[jack sommerset]

http://media.kens5.com/images/0605_free_pizza01.jpg
http://media.kens5.com/images/0605-pizza-patron.jpg

lol "I wonder"

lol "can't imagine"

lol no new customers

Thanks for posting, brother. Which one is you? God bless

[ChumpDumper]

Thanks for posting, brother. Which one is you? God blessThat's Dallas. I don't live in Dallas.

You were utterly owned and are going to hell.

Ron bless.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Does this pizza really suck?

I never tried it. Heard their large pizza regular price is five dollars

[ChumpDumper]

I never tried it.:cry You can't if you're not Mexican! :cry

[jack sommerset]

That's Dallas. I don't live in Dallas.

You were utterly owned and are going to hell.

Ron bless.

That's a odd response. I have high hopes for you, brother. We need to work on that anger and you need to learn how to accept a compliment/thank you. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

That's a odd response. I have high hopes for you, brother. We need to work on that anger and you need to learn how to accept a compliment/thank you. God blessIt's not an odd response. I don't live in Dallas. You were owned and are going to hell. I have no hope for you. You have been consumed by your own anger and lies and couldn't tell the truth anymore even if you wanted to.

Ron have mercy on your condemned soul.

[jack sommerset]

It's not an odd response. I don't live in Dallas. You were owned and are going to hell. I have no hope for you. You have been consumed by your own anger and lies and couldn't tell the truth anymore even if you wanted to.

Ron have mercy on your condemned soul.

Let it all out, brother. Try getting to sleep before 12 and sleeping a solid 8 hour per night. You will gain some much needed positive energy. Awkward sleeping habits cause anger and you clearly get agitated easily. When you dont get proper sleep and you clearly dont, you strike out against people who care for you and want the best for you. Be open minded, por favor. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

Let it all out, brother. Try getting to sleep before 12 and sleeping a solid 8 hour per night. You will gain some much needed positive energy. Awkward sleeping habits cause anger and you clearly get agitated easily. When you dont get proper sleep and you clearly dont, you strike out against people who care for you and want the best for you. Be open minded, por favor. God blessI get plenty of sleep and am not angry. Just stating the facts. Accept your inevitable fate like a man and quit trying to take me to hell with you.

Ron bless.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Does anyone know why/what triggered jack sommerset's "god bless" shtick :lol

[ChumpDumper]

Does anyone know why/what triggered jack sommerset's "god bless" shtick :lolLies and sins. Just like anyone who does that.

Overcompensating tbh.

[Creepn]

Lies and sins. Just like anyone who does that.

Overcompensating tbh.

Gotta agree with Mr. Dumper here. The worse of the guilty ones hide behind a facade such as this one. Wouldn't be surprised if Zimmerman starts doing this.

[jack sommerset]

I get plenty of sleep and am not angry. Just stating the facts. Accept your inevitable fate like a man and quit trying to take me to hell with you.

Ron bless.

I forgive you for this latest outburst. I don't believe you get enough sleep. You are all over this board night and day. That's a fact. You are clearly a angry person and confrontational to boot. Not a winning combo. I will not nag you, it is a suggestion that I believe will change your life. I can't change you, only you can change you. It's ok to change. God bless

[jack sommerset]

Gotta agree with Mr. Dumper here. The worse of the guilty ones hide behind a facade such as this one. Wouldn't be surprised if Zimmerman starts doing this.

It's ok to show people respect. This board is full of name callers and angry people. I chose to be real, be myself more and drop the name calling shtick. God bless

[jack sommerset]

Does anyone know why/what triggered jack sommerset's "god bless" shtick :lol

Same goes to you. The name calling days are over. That was me thinking I was funny and trying to get along with others. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

I forgive you for this latest outburst.It wasn't an outburst. You're lying again.
I don't believe you get enough sleep. You are all over this board night and day. That's a fact.Sorry, you can count the hours if you like. You'll find there is plenty of time for work, eating and sleeping.[quotre] You are clearly a angry person and confrontational to boot. Not a winning combo.[/quote]You are clearly projecting your anger on me since your latest facade forbids expressing it here. Your anger will boil over and you will commit an orgy of sin soon enough. It's who you are.
I will not nag you:lmao you're lying about that, too.
it is a suggestion that I believe will change your life. I can't change you, only you can change you. It's ok to change. God blessYou didn't change and are going to hell.

Ron bless anyway.


It's ok to show people respect. This board is full of name callers and angry people. I chose to be real, be myself more and drop the name calling shtick. God blessYou couldn't be more fake if you tried. If you tried to be less of a snarky, holier-than-thou phony, People would have more respect for you.

Ron bless.

[jack sommerset]

I know this site, myself are very important to you. My opinion matters as well as many other people's opinions matter to you, it's fuel for the fire that burns deep in your soul. You work so hard here, fighting, debating, arguing with whomever you disagree with or think you are mad at. You can't hurt me, brother. You're hurting yourself. You have not figure it out yet, you are fighting you. That's a tough opponent. Get some rest. I will continue to pray for you. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

I know this site, myself are very important to you. My opinion matters as well as many other people's opinions matter to you, it's fuel for the fire that burns deep in your soul. You work so hard here, fighting, debating, arguing with whomever you disagree with or think you are mad at. You can't hurt me, brother. You're hurting yourself. You have not figure it out yet, you are fighting you. That's a tough opponent. Get some rest. I will continue to pray for you. God blessYou lied about nagging.

lol work so hard

[clambake]

he slaughters chickens for a living.

maybe the severed heads were talking to him.

[jack sommerset]

I own a distribution company in Dallas.

Brother, You accused me of stalking you as well. You engaged me with conversation 9 out of 10 times. I think it's time you take a hard look at yourself and stop the anger. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

I own a distribution company in Dallas.What do you distribute besides lies?

Ron bless.