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Dial 459-2222, get a bankruptcy petition, delivered to you...

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It better not affect operations. That would be a disaster that rivals the Hindenburg to the cheap pizza community.

the buffet was a highlight as a kid.  still go once a year for the nostalgia.  and the ranch.

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11 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

the buffet was a highlight as a kid.  still go once a year for the nostalgia.  and the ranch.

Used to park at the MLK location during finals.  Would buy the lunch buffet.  Would eat, then sit at a table drinking iced tea and studying for hours.  Then at dinner time, grab my plate and hit the buffet again.  Ate all day for like $5.

Fuck, I helped drive these guys to bankruptcy.  My bad.

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Used to park at the MLK location during finals.  Would buy the lunch buffet.  Would eat, then sit at a table drinking iced tea and studying for hours.  Then at dinner time, grab my plate and hit the buffet again.  Ate all day for like $5.

Fuck, I helped drive these guys to bankruptcy.  My bad.

I did the same.  Pretty sure about 20,000 students per year did this on a regular basis,.so don't blame yourself.

Being in high school in Austin in the 80s, it was THE pizza for all parties, get-togethers, happenings, goings-on, and general events.  And since we had off-campus lunch at Anderson High, it was pretty common to hit the Far West or Anderson location at lunchtime, too.

It's still my kids' favorite delivery option but the stores are getting fewer and further between.  

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This is Round 2.  Gatti's was in bankruptcy back in the 80s as well.

and I thought they were saving money using cardboard for pizza crust.  must have a terrible business model. 

Former employee @ the Lake Travis location summer of '93. There was a goat ranch next door. Every night around 9pm when the buffet got shut down we would walk out the back door with loads of cold, stale pizza and be greeted by a herd of ~25 slobbering bug-eyed goats, ready for the pizza party.

 

 

If 459-twenty-two twenty-two is disrupted, you can dial Four four four four fourfourfour in the interim.

1 hour ago, smuggs said:

Former employee @ the Lake Travis location summer of '93. There was a goat ranch next door. Every night around 9pm when the buffet got shut down we would walk out the back door with loads of cold, stale pizza and be greeted by a herd of ~25 slobbering bug-eyed goats, ready for the pizza party.

that sounds like the best job in the whole world.  

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34 minutes ago, futureman said:

that sounds like the best job in the whole world.  

The job of pizza-eating goat?

Just now, Brisketexan said:

The job of pizza-eating goat?

no, hanging out at the pizza shop all day smoking dope and then feeding the leftovers to a bunch of hungry goats.  I could do that every day for 60 years and retire. 

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Just now, futureman said:

no, hanging out at the pizza shop all day smoking dope and then feeding the leftovers to a bunch of hungry goats.  I could do that every day for 60 years and retire. 

I could indeed think of many worse jobs.

But still....pizza-eating goat sounds like a decent gig.

no, hanging out at the pizza shop all day smoking dope and then feeding the leftovers to a bunch of hungry goats.  I could do that every day for 60 years and retire. 
Retire? Does that gig pay 6 figs?
8 minutes ago, Whatever said:

Retire? Does that gig pay 6 figs?

it’s a simple life. 

Was going for a nostalgic order. Large 2 topping 8 wings and ranch. $30 before tip. Shit ain’t Homeslice

Fuck off. Was better when Mr

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

On 1/10/2019 at 2:48 PM, utee94 said:

It's still my kids' favorite delivery option but the stores are getting fewer and further between.  

I love Gatti's but I can't get anyone else in my family to eat it.

13 minutes ago, wood said:

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

if this isn’t bullshit that’s pretty fuckin great

1 minute ago, futureman said:

if this isn’t bullshit that’s pretty fuckin great

No bs...

The funny thing is the calls slowed to a trickle after a few days of that tactic. So we had that goin' for us.

1 hour ago, wood said:

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

My roommate in college had the same name as a fairly prominent, Uber conservative state senator (this was back in the days when phone books were still a thing).  We would get a few calls wanting his opinion on this or that.  We had some fun with it.  I had a quote printed in the Statesman.

3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

My roommate in college had the same name as a fairly prominent, Uber conservative state senator (this was back in the days when phone books were still a thing).  We would get a few calls wanting his opinion on this or that.  We had some fun with it.  I had a quote printed in the Statesman.

wood’s story may have been true.  this is bullshit though.  nobody got quoted in the paper. 

It wasn’t a ridiculous quote.  It’s pretty much what he would’ve said. Just tossed in a couple of unique words.  Chalk it up to lazy reporting.

I had a buddy in high school that just kept one of Mr. Gattis buffet plates in his back pack. He’d just walk in and eat for free at will. 

I remember walking in there during college and seeing the entire offensive line destroying the buffet. I figured they would have filed for bankruptcy that afternoon. 

2 hours ago, wood said:

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

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I worked at the call center in high school in the 80’s. “Thanks for calling Mr. Gatti’s, can I take your order?”

Usually by 8pm I’d start getting calls from drunk people going “yeah I need a taxi.” Yellow cab in Austin had the phone number 452-9999...but because that jingle had burned that phone number in most of Austin’s head back then they ended up calling Gatti’s.

Good times. Always had plenty of large Samplers around and cinnamon sticks in the break room.

Ghatti’s is ass, but had to rep for quality thread title.  I even read it in my head to that little bitch’s commercial jingle.

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

Ghatti’s is ass, but had to rep for quality thread title.  I even read it in my head to that little bitch’s commercial jingle.

You shut your whore mouth and leave your mother out of this. 

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