A thought for next year's pizza party

[Stormrave]

My faithful henchman Phalanx and I were discussing the pizza party and considering that next year, if I could get another helper or two, we might be able to sell pizza by the slice.

His idea was that charging, say, $1.50 per slice allows the hungry people to eat their fill, while those with more delicate appetites don't need to pay $7 if they're only going to eat one piece. He admitted that this would require more helpers to hand out pizza.

My counter was that with just two of us running it, it was a lot easier for every guest to pay a flat rate and get a certain amount up to a maximum of 4 slices. There was a bit more flexibility to not have to pre-order each slice. It was also easier for me to gauge how much pizza to get (I ordered 4 squares for every pre-registrant, which left me with enough left over to handle a few unexpected guests) and it meant there was a lot less fussing with change etc.

So for those who came or may come next year, what do you think?

[JLvatron]

I think the bottom line should be your convenience. Don't do it if it makes it hard for you.
If people wanna volunteer, that would be great, but otherwise I think it worked out well.

I guess 1 thing you can do is give folks an idea of teh size of a slice. I suspected like a regular large pizza circle cut into 8 pieces; no way I could eat more than 3.
But these rectangular cuts were smaller and I was able to eat all 4.

Either way, 7$ is a pretty good deal for a decent meal plus pop.

[Aernaroth]

Especially at a hotel.

[Protoman]

Maybe try to implicate it into the preregistration or something cause a lot of people said they were going to come and didn't and thus you bought so much pizza...... I don't want you to waste money =P Granted the pizza did find a nice home ^_^

[Ninjatron]

Personally I would definitely appreciate the option to buy by the slice. I only had 2 pieces and didn't get a drink, so to only spend on what I took would have been a lot better. However I do understand that it might not be completely feasible to do it that way.

What I would have really liked, though, would have been a microwave to warm the pizza up when they got cold. That's a luxury though, but it'd be great.

Anyway, I was perfectly happy to pay the $7 and get what I got without going anywhere. In fact, that pizza was the only money I spent all weekend!

Sayonara.

[JLvatron]

Originally Posted by Ninjatron

In fact, that pizza was the only money I spent all weekend!

Wow! You're the Canadian Transformers Economizer!

From an organizers perspective, I feel that charging by the slice would create more of an opportunity for people to buy the amount that they want.

[Ninjatron]

Originally Posted by JLvatron

Wow! You're the Canadian Transformers Economizer!

That's a nice way of saying "You're a cheap bastard!"

And yeah, I am.

Sayonara.

[JLvatron]

Originally Posted by Ninjatron

That's a nice way of saying "You're a cheap bastard!"

And yeah, I am.

Sayonara.

aaaaHAHAHAHHHH!!!

[Stormrave]

Next question...if "by the slice" made it a little slower for everyone to get their pizza, would it still be worth it?

It was easy when one price was help yourself up to 4 pieces. It's going to be harder if slices are handed out as they're sold/if people have to be given their particular number of slices and have their particular change counted out. If I can't get more volunteers, the line will slow down. I'm definitely considering doing it this way by popular request, but want to check because i know it'll be more time consuming.