Dominos Pizza College Entrance Exam
My teen daughter was recently sleeping over with a group of girl friends. She texted me just before midnight:
what’s the ph # of our fav pizza place?
My kids and I love a local pizzeria. It’s not a chain like Pizza Hut or Dominos Pizza. The pizzas at this local place are awesome. I texted her the phone number, but added that I didn’t think they’d be open so late.
She texted back: who is open then?
Dominos Pizza, of course! I’m pretty sure our local Dominos stays open until after most bars closed. Dominos Pizza understands that people get the munchies late, and don’t necessarily want Taco Bell every single time. I remember in college, calling Dominos Pizza at 2am, falling asleep (ok, passing out) on the living room floor with my apartment mates – only to be woken up at 2:30am, when the delivery guy brought our pizza. (If it’s not there in 30 minutes, it’s free! – was the motto of our local Dominos Pizza franchise.)
Of course, those are college memories of mine. My daughter is still in high school. Maybe this was her first late-night pizza run.
I texted her: Dominos!
She texted me back: what’s their #?
WTF!? She and her girl friends can’t look that up? How hard is it to do an iPhone web search? Or google something on the computer?
I texted her back the number, and asked: don’t you have internet?
My daughter didn’t text back until morning. (Rest assured, they got their pizza just fine.)
Kids these days. Can’t even order a Dominos Pizza without parental help.
Clearly, my daughter is not ready for college.
(Haha – don’t worry, she knows I’m teasing)
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Comment by Just Me...
| June 11th, 2009
That falls into the category I call at my house, Ask Mom.. Not matter what you are looking for, who you are, where you left it or even what it is, if you think about needing it and you’re at my house, the first thing you do, before anything else, is Ask Mom.. I even heard my daughter tell her little friend, who was looking for a certain Barbie dress, ‘Ask Mom’.. My standard answer is ‘I don’t know, what did you do with it?’ Which, now that I think about it, is probably why kids think their parents are soo stupid!!! :)
Comment by Steph
| June 11th, 2009
I think it’s great that your daughter asks those types of questions. At least you have some idea of what’s going on.
Sounds like you’ve got a great relationship with your kids and that’s hard to have sometimes.
Comment by Cathouse Teri
| June 11th, 2009
I’m feeling pretty strongly that you need to address this problem your daughter has with responding to you when she’s decided that you’ve asked her a dumb question. It’s just not okay.
Comment by MindyMom
| June 11th, 2009
I’m with “Just Me”. Although my kids are perfectly capable of finding their own answers that first thing they do is ask me.
What’s funny is that just yesterday I asked a question on twitter to which someone replied to try to google it. My response was, “oh yeah, once upon a time before twitter there was google.” I guess we all get lazy or fall into habits sometimes.
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Comment by QTMama
| June 11th, 2009
I would reply better than this but I’m laughing too hard at Cathouse right now! *hehehehehehe*
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Comment by staciesmadness
| June 11th, 2009
our college pizza place was Papa Johns, the garlic butter would wake you from your drunken state and give the cardboard pizza the soggy texture to be able to chew.
Ah, good times.
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Comment by krn
| June 11th, 2009
Awww, so cute and sweet that she texted you for the info. she needed, Dad’s.
Comment by April
| June 11th, 2009
You helicopter dad, you! :)
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Comment by Laura
| June 11th, 2009
Um I still do this! I have a guy friend who I text when I need something! I was studying the other night and was too cold to get out of bed so I text him to look up a word for me ;-p
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Comment by Shayne
| June 11th, 2009
Aw i think it’s sweet that she texts you (not at midnight tho). You’re her “person”. Yeah, you’re her dad, but you’re the one who she comes to when she needs something.
That’s pretty awesome (even tho it’s at midnight).
Comment by SingleParentPlus2
| June 11th, 2009
I think she just wanted to show-off to her friends how cool and resourceful her dad is.
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Comment by Ashley
| June 11th, 2009
So what you’re telling me is that it doesn’t get any better, eh? My almost 4-year-old son will drop something in the floor a foot away from him and asks me (from across the room or in another room) to come get it for him.
Except I’m not as nice as you, I tell him to get up and get it himself. :)
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Comment by Maggie
| June 11th, 2009
I just came across your blog. I love it. ‘Just started my own. ‘Hope you’ll check it out. I’ll enjoy reading yours. My daughter is 20.
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Comment by notasoccermom
| June 11th, 2009
I love this post! you are a cool dad!
oh and a little tip for you and your readers…
if you text a business, city and state. to google or 466453
it will send the address and phone number (which will auto dial when you click on it.)
this I learned from my daughter who just graduated high school..guess maybe she is ready for college
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Comment by Andrea
| June 12th, 2009
Ahh, yes I am familiar with the must have pizza munchies, even in my ‘old’ age. That’s the best thing about being a teen, dad knows everything! In fact, my dad still does.
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Comment by FJ
| June 17th, 2009
oh man – I have done a late night Domino’s run in college too…after buying a Bialetti pizza stone, I hate going out for pizza now though, especially a place that is selling you a pre-made frozen pizza and likes to push insane amounts of bread sticks and oreo cookie cakes on people…yuck. I am lucky enough to live in the Boston area where, in the North End, there are still some excellent pizza shops left, so if I really get a craving while I’m out there’s always a decent pizza joint…but I feel like if my daughter had gotten the munchies I’d rather make a pie and bring it over to her than subject her to Domino’s :) And I’m not even a food snob…really..!
Comment by Paula
| June 19th, 2009
My daughter is grown, has a good job & a house, will look up numbers but wants me or her noyfriend to make the call. She hates talking on the phone. Sick? “Mom, can you call the doctor for me?” Cable/internet? Doesn’t have them because she cannot call them.
IDEA: Wrap up a phone book and give it to your daughter for her next birthday or holiday. Remember those huge things with printed numbers? It’s so wild, they still work!
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