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Woman Alerts Police of Hostage Situation Through Pizza Hut App

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-side-order-of-help dept.

mpicpp writes with this ABC News story about how a Pizza Hut app may have saved a woman's life. "A Florida mother held hostage by her boyfriend used the Pizza Hut app to notify police she needed help, authorities said. Cheryl Treadway, 25, was allegedly being held at knife point in her home by Ethan Nickerson, 26, in Avon Park on Monday, the Highlands County Sheriff's Office told ABC News today. 'She was held hostage by him all day,' Public Information Officer Nell Hays said. Nickerson took away Treadway's phone, police said, but she was eventually able to persuade him to let her order a pizza using her Pizza Hut app. 'She told him, "The kids are hungry. Let's order a pizza. Let's get them some food,"' Hays said, noting that's when Treadway was able to sneak in a written message through the delivery. Along with her order of a small, classic pepperoni pizza, she wrote: 'Please help. Get 911 to me,' according to police. She also wrote: '911hostage help!'"

105 comments

  1. Have it your way! by Rabbit327 · · Score: 1

    I'd like to order a cheese pizza with police department, fire department, and an ambulance.

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    1. Re:Have it your way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      ...and the pizza box was empty. But the policeman was grateful.

    2. Re:Have it your way! by davester666 · · Score: 2

      that's cheesy.

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    3. Re:Have it your way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Please send me a cheese pizza, and an ambulance 30 min later, because your pizza is so unhealthy I'll be dying by then.

    4. Re:Have it your way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      What? No Hashtags? #help #heldhostage #ohnoes

    5. Re:Have it your way! by McGregorMortis · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think that counts as two toppings.

    6. Re:Have it your way! by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've heard you get a much faster response with the Dunkin' Doughnuts app...
      but your rescuers my have frosting on their fingers and jelly on their shirts...

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    7. Re:Have it your way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Use Jimmy John's instead. They are Freaky Fast!

    8. Re:Have it your way! by trparky · · Score: 1

      Get the hand-tossed pizza and it's not nearly as greasy on the bottom like the pan-pizza is. Hell, you actually taste the pizza and not the grease when you order hand-tossed.

    9. Re:Have it your way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why does "hand tossed" pizza make me think you're not only going to get a different type of cheese on it, but also some form of "special sauce"?

  2. Pizza Hut reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Police delivery in 30 minutes or less, or it's free!

    1. Re:Pizza Hut reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It would actually be interesting to know whether or not the pizza was delivered and, if so, who by.
      I imagine that Pizza Hut would be reluctant to send someone into a potentially dangerous situation, so it probably wasn't delivered, but you never know.

    2. Re:Pizza Hut reply by FlyHelicopters · · Score: 1

      If I was the manager of that Pizza Hut, I'd give her a month of free pizza... Why? Because that woman went through hell and it would be a very small token of humanity to remind her that good people exist.

    3. Re:Pizza Hut reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not to mention the free advertising worth many times that.

    4. Re:Pizza Hut reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Um, so how is Pizza Hut pizza supposed to help with that one?

    5. Re: Pizza Hut reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Keep feeding them weird square pizzas till they pop?

    6. Re:Pizza Hut reply by losfromla · · Score: 1

      Yeah, add obesity to her list of problems, way to help her out.

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    7. Re: Pizza Hut reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow you are so right.

      I never order pizza hut, but got some tonight. Don't know why, but I had a craving for it.

      I did read this article earlier today...

      Subliminal advertising

    8. Re:Pizza Hut reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, because she will clearly not associate Pizza with something bad like a hostage situation in the near time.

      On another note pizza delivery by a police sounds like a bad porn script mixup.

    9. Re:Pizza Hut reply by tehcyder · · Score: 1

      It would actually be interesting to know whether or not the pizza was delivered and, if so, who by. I imagine that Pizza Hut would be reluctant to send someone into a potentially dangerous situation, so it probably wasn't delivered, but you never know.

      Yes, that is clearly the most interesting thing about this story.

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  3. Extra anchovies by Ecuador · · Score: 1

    Remember, if the person holding you hostage is over your shoulder looking at the screen while you order, you can still call for help - just order the pizza with extra anchovies! You will either get the police, or at least Patrick Dempsey!

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    1. Re:Extra anchovies by GTRacer · · Score: 1

      Patrick Dempsey? Is he decapodean also? I'd be more worried about John Zoidberg, M.D.

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    2. Re:Extra anchovies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well, Loverboy predated Futurama by a decade (in production time, or 1000+ years in fictional timeline time), so the question is, has Zoidberg been watching much 1980's romcoms?

  4. I predict... by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 3, Interesting

    swatting through pizzahut...

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    1. Re:I predict... by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 1

      you're right, I stopped going there -because- of the flies.

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    2. Re:I predict... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Brilliant, the app has all the permissions it needs to identify the user.

  5. Kudos to her by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    She kept her head under extremely stressful and frightening circumstances, and thought of a clever way to notify the authorities. Good for her!

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    1. Re:Kudos to her by Toad-san · · Score: 2

      But the REAL heroes, let us not forget, are Pizza Hut! They had (1) the wisdom to read the message, and (2) the courage to call the cops!

    2. Re:Kudos to her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      the courage to call the cops!

      It's a fucked up world when a bystander needs courage to call the cops.

    3. Re:Kudos to her by Aighearach · · Score: 1

      the courage to call the cops!

      It's a fucked up world when a bystander needs courage to call the cops.

      I don't want to know about a person who can see in something this small that the world is fucked up, but who apparently didn't notice before.

      Yes, calling the cops requires courage, or foolishness. Sometimes they even shoot the victim, or a family member. Often they arrest the victim. And don't assume that being a witness will keep you from getting charged with something too, or "accidentally" shot.

      There is a time to call the cops, this was probably one of those times. But asking for help from armed people who are generally above the law, and where they reject over-qualified applicants, and applicants with above-average intelligence, this is obviously a situation requiring a serious risk/benefit analysis.

    4. Re:Kudos to her by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      You know, in this fucked up world the poor worker could still get a lecture from his manager for doing the right thing because "it could have been a prank" and "we could have been held responsible if anything happened".

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    5. Re:Kudos to her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I've never felt that way, because I understand that only the craziest stories make the news and all the ordinary calls do not.

      When I have called the cops, I made sure they had clear and accurate information and knew what to expect when they got there. That may not always be possible, but even with the horror stories, you generally find that someone got jumpy and feared for their life (perhaps wrongly) because they were expecting danger, or in some cases, had just been attacked.

      Assuming you're level headed, it's possible to de-escalate any tense situations with cops by being calm. And yes, I have been yelled at by an angry cop before, etc. I was even wrong, regarding a minor traffic offense. Instead of fighting or arguing with the cops, I calmly complied, explained myself, and was promptly let go.

      If you treat the cops like enemies, though, due to expecting terrible things, I do not foresee any interactions with them going well. It's just like the people who expect every dog to bite them and therefore end up treating every dog poorly, without realizing that their reactions are creating a problem that does not need to exist.

      But that's just because everybody reacts poorly to being pre-judged. Prejudice is a nasty, corrosive thing that prevents people from getting along, no matter what factors its based on. I hope you're not like that. I don't really know, though. All I know is what you just said and it's sad, because the media only focuses on sensational things and does not give an accurate picture of the everyday life of anyone.

    6. Re:Kudos to her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      STFU, boot-licking sycophant.

    7. Re: Kudos to her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Except in the event of a prank like this you are supposed to notify the police.

    8. Re:Kudos to her by freeze128 · · Score: 1

      Yeah, that's great now, but after reading this in the news, Pizza Hut will see a large increase in "911! Help! I need Chicken wingz!@@!@!"

    9. Re:Kudos to her by Nethemas+the+Great · · Score: 1

      Apparently it does require courage or at least a certain meager measure of empathy.

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    10. Re:Kudos to her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      1/10, far too obvious. Go back to Reddit and practice some more. You're not ready to troll here.

    11. Re:Kudos to her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, calling the cops requires courage, or foolishness. Sometimes they even shoot the victim, or a family member. Often they arrest the victim.

      Not in this case. When Pizza Hut calls them about a hostage situation at such-and-such address, they can make all the mistakes in the world at that address. It is still extremely unlikely that the bullets will hit Pizza Hut employees.

    12. Re:Kudos to her by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 1

      There's still the risk of being charged with "wasting police time" though...

    13. Re: Kudos to her by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      Like doing what you're (legally) supposed to do has ever shielded an employee from getting fired...

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  6. It was just a matter of time by DougOtto · · Score: 0

    Finally, Domino's delivered something healthy.

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    1. Re:It was just a matter of time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      It was Pizza Hut, at least you tried...

    2. Re:It was just a matter of time by countSudoku() · · Score: 1

      "Finally, Domino's delivered something healthy.".. someone else's pizza!

      Thank you! Thank you! Enjoy the buffet, tip your waiter and/or waitress!

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    3. Re:It was just a matter of time by slew · · Score: 2

      "Finally, Domino's delivered something healthy.".. someone else's pizza!

      Thank you! Thank you! Enjoy the buffet, tip your waiter and/or waitress!

      The indigestion will be with you all week...

  7. Somebody read the note? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I had a problem where my address wasn't in any system, with no option to manually enter it, so I would order my pizza to a nearby address and write my real address in the note ("Come to X-place"). Did anybody find me 5 doors down in the business park? No. They called me to tell me nobody is answering - business addresses, and the guys I leeched the address from had gone home already.

    1. Re:Somebody read the note? by ledow · · Score: 2

      I used to live smack bang on the delivery border of my local pizza delivery. I lived above a shop opposite the railway bridge, and they would never deliver past the railway bridge.

      When you told them the road name, they asked if you were past the railway bridge or not. Say yes, you get no pizza. Seriously. And there was no other takeaway that would deliver to you in the area. Say no, however, and they come and deliver no questions asked even if the driver rings to ask where you are.

      One time the driver turned out to be an old guy who'd lived in the same house previously and had the same problems. He never ratted us out, though.

      Short-sighted business practice, as it was literally 20 feet or so difference and they had no competitors in that area.

    2. Re:Somebody read the note? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Had relatives that lived just outside of delivery range. They used to have the pizza delivered to their car which was parked inside delivery range. They would just go sit in their car and wait for their pizza to show up. Always found that odd.

    3. Re: Somebody read the note? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Admittedly I'm in the UK, but...

      I once got pizza Hut to deliver to my work place, which is a rather large pleasure pier in a sea side town. I gave them the pier's address (which would get them to the front of the pier) and wrote in the comments "come and find the guys working on the carousel at the end of the pier" and they did exactly that, no hassle at all.

    4. Re: Somebody read the note? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's not their call. They are a franchisee and have a territory.

    5. Re: Somebody read the note? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sucks to live on the wrong aide of the tracks.. Har har har.

    6. Re: Somebody read the note? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Nope. No territory concerns - there were no cooperating franchise with territory on the other side of the line this time.

      It is just management being stupid - trying to keep things simpler than they really are. You set a delivery limit so your car(s) can come back in reasonable time to make more deliveries. At times with little business, you obviously let them go beyond the limit. Better with a long delivery trip than none at all.

      Usually, a hard limit isn't necessary. Pay the driver per delivery and this takes care of itself. Another option is to deliver anywhere, but with extra cost outside the limit. Customers pay the true cost, or look harder for a closer competitor.

  8. Flori-duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Figures. Why am I not surprised.

  9. Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...as she demonstrated terrible choices in men AND pizza.

    1. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 1

      ...as she demonstrated terrible choices in men AND pizza.

      She certainly had a terrible choice in that man, but the pizza saved her life!

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    2. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      but ignore commenting on the morality of the man, who through violence and force held her hostage?

      A curious way of phrasing it. I would have said that I simply did not address it, but I guess ignore works too. BTW, you do realize that that is different from approving of it, right? Because I'm getting the feeling that you don't.

      What is the world coming to when, if you want to make a joke about one thing, you need to explicitly address anything and everything else that could possibly be addressed because someone will take your lack of addressing it to mean the worst thing possible?

    3. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think it is pretty clear he is trying to create humor by commenting on the least relevant part of the story (the pizza, rather than the hostage situation) as well as juxtaposing the relative importance of choosing a partner (with kids no less) vs. brand of pizza to order.

      In common parlance, this is know as a "joke".

      You can go on and accuse me of having soggy knees now...

    4. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 0, Troll

      ...as she demonstrated terrible choices in men AND pizza.

      Your comment speaks volumes about you and says little about her.

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    5. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      how this trash gets +4 insightful, ill never know.

    6. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by mpicpp · · Score: 1

      ...as she demonstrated terrible choices in men AND pizza.

      if i had any moderator points...

    7. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Cito · · Score: 0

      If the woman would have just stfu and made his sandwich he wanted then none of the problems would have had to happen.

      now instead we got some woman using a pizza app to get help cause she didn't want to make a sandwich. :P

    8. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      People's reactions to what is clearly just a joke are *hilarious* and are making this joke something special.

      What on earth is slashdot becoming? Are the people reacting this way even a native english speakers?

    9. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The only thing it says is that he has a sense of humor. Anything beyond that is 100% projected, and you know it.

    10. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      LOL after these replies, it's a good thing you didn't make a dongle joke .

    11. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, but it was pretty tasteless. This is the kind of crap that helps certain people paint every guy in tech as some kind of sexist jerk... :(

    12. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So what you're saying is you think she has great judgement, both in men and pizza? :)

    13. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      A woman is held hostage and you comment on her being her own worst enemy and dis her choice of food, but ignore commenting on the morality of the man, who through violence and force held her hostage?

      hi, you're not a hostage. there, you're fixed now. pass it on.

    14. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It was hard to read it as a joke when the pizza saved her life. It just sounded mean-spirited.

    15. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

      Ordering that pizza from Pizza Hut got her out of that predicament. ;)

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    16. Re:Sometimes, people are their own worst enemy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      For posterity... but someone could probably write a term paper on how the moderation of this thread has gone. I've seen the OP go from -1, Troll to Score 3, the original comment going after him from +5, insightful to -1, Troll and the guy explaining that it was a joke finally elevated as though the grownups with mod points finally looked at the thread. It'd be neat if there was a moderation history we could see.

  10. Donut Shop App by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if the local Donut Shop had an app, the response would have been quicker...

  11. Saw something like this on the news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some lady was being held hostage in her home and was allowed to call out for pizza. She dialed 911 and proceeded to act like she was connected to Domino's,

    The 911 operator picked up on this right away -- smart gal! -- and started asking yes/no questions like "Is someone threatening you?" "Are you able to talk freely?" "Do you need the police to come?" (I'm not sure I would have figured out what was going on. Then again, I'm not a 911 operator.)

    Short time later, the lady was free and the guy was in custody.

    1. Re:Saw something like this on the news by porges · · Score: 1

      I think you're described an ad from this year's Super Bowl, although it may have been based on a real incident.

    2. Re:Saw something like this on the news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nope, it was on the news within the last month.

    3. Re:Saw something like this on the news by slew · · Score: 1

      Nope, it was on the news within the last month.

      Maybe legendary news on this site?

    4. Re:Saw something like this on the news by ledow · · Score: 5, Informative

      If you work in an emergency call centre, most of the calls you get will be genuine emergencies. Though you might get the odd crank, when they start continuing on but acknowledging you ("Ma'am, this is an emergency line", "Yes, please", "Ma'am, we're not a pizza delivery", "No, no anchovies, thanks my husband hates them", "Ma'am, do you have an emergency?", "Yes, how long will it be?" etc.) it doesn't take a genius to work out what's happening.

      Sure, you still get drunks, timewasters, etc. but if you even think for a second that there is a problem, you send out units anyway, even if just to avoid a repeat incident.

      People are inherently skilled in conveying meaning without saying those particular words. It's a fabulous human skill. Even more fabulous when you can do it without alerting someone else listening in to one half of the conversation as to what's happening.

      I have to say, one of the things I've always tried to pre-arrange is the "I'm in trouble call". If you call and use a certain keyword, that's me coming running. If you call and I ask if you're okay and you say "No, dur, I'm being taken hostage", then you're probably fine. If I say "Honestly, are you okay?" and you say "Yes, I'm fine", that's my cue to come running.

      Pre-arrange such things with your family. Get a keyword between you. Or a private joke that you can deliberately ruin when you're actually in trouble. Something that others won't notice. Because the guy kidnapping your daughter might actually be that boyfriend she trusted and knows her well and that she has to phone daddy every Monday or he'll get suspicious, so he lets her but listens in. She might need that way to make herself known without anyone else noticing.

    5. Re:Saw something like this on the news by Shortguy881 · · Score: 1

      I know news has gotten pretty bad, but mistaking a super bowl commercial... Ok, I can see that.

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    6. Re:Saw something like this on the news by drunk_punk · · Score: 1

      This ad? From the No More Campaign.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

      I wonder if watching this superbowl ad saved this lady's life?

    7. Re:Saw something like this on the news by Chelloveck · · Score: 1

      Because the guy kidnapping your daughter might actually be that boyfriend she trusted and knows her well and that she has to phone daddy every Monday or he'll get suspicious, so he lets her but listens in. She might need that way to make herself known without anyone else noticing.

      You mean the boyfriend she trusted well enough to tell, "My dad is so lame! Not only does he make me call him once a week, he actually gave me a safeword. Can you believe it? I have to be super careful never to say the word 'trousers' or he'll go apeshit and turn into Liam Neeson." That trusted boyfriend? Good thinking.

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    8. Re:Saw something like this on the news by Immerman · · Score: 1

      Really. I mean super bowl commercials are SO much more honest - there's no threat of false advertising charges for the news.

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    9. Re:Saw something like this on the news by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      it doesn't take a genius to work out what's happening.

      I'm not sure about the policies where you live, but where I live it's an offence to call emergency services with out a genuine emergency. Even if you prank call them you'll end up with a police car at your door if for nothing else than to hand you a fine.

    10. Re:Saw something like this on the news by PPH · · Score: 1

      Answered "Yes" to the question "Do you want anchovies on that meat lovers special?"

      There's gotta be something wrong! Send the SWAT team!

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    11. Re:Saw something like this on the news by Anubis+IV · · Score: 1

      That's his point. He was providing an example of a hostage situation where someone can't answer the emergency operator directly, so they continue on as if they're having a normal conversation when really they aren't.

    12. Re:Saw something like this on the news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And your superior solution is to... sit on it?

      Obviously, more complex actions are not going to work with people that don't have any sense. GP sounds like the type to have put some sense into his family, good for him. Only thing that beats preparation is luck, and there's no such thing as luck.

    13. Re:Saw something like this on the news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Preparation for what exactly? A one in 50 million event in the UK where he appears to live?

      You might as well spend your time preparing for your lottery win instead, because there's a 1 in 14 million chance of that. You might as well walk around wearing a rubber suit, because you've got more chance of being hit by lightning.

      GP doesn't sound like someone whose put sense into his family. He sounds like a paranoid loon who has instilled fear into his family.

      Worrying about preparing something that very nearly the entirety of the population can safely say will never happen to them is stupid. It's an unhealthy way to bring up kids- instilling into them the idea that such events are common enough to be worth preparing for. They'll be shivering paranoid wrecks before they even reach puberty if you apply the same logic to all such low occurrence events.

    14. Re:Saw something like this on the news by tehcyder · · Score: 1

      Pre-arrange such things with your family. Get a keyword between you. Or a private joke that you can deliberately ruin when you're actually in trouble. Something that others won't notice. Because the guy kidnapping your daughter might actually be that boyfriend she trusted and knows her well and that she has to phone daddy every Monday or he'll get suspicious, so he lets her but listens in. She might need that way to make herself known without anyone else noticing.

      Or, more simply, never let any of your family leave the house without an armed escort. Or just never leave the house at all. (You can always order in pizza).

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  12. Hiding messages in unrelated data by mi · · Score: 1

    Also known as steganography.

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    1. Re:Hiding messages in unrelated data by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Funny

      but this involved pizza, so it was probably more of a case of sausageography.

      and it happened online, so it was really iSausageography.

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  13. Convenience Fee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Did anyone notice the $2.75 convenience fee listed under "911hostage help!"?

    What a buncha dicks.

  14. FUCK YES, RIGHT ON by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Good for her, bad for him, good PR for Pizza HUT..
    "click here for police assistance along with your order"

  15. Convenience Fee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anyone notice the $2.75 convenience fee under "911hostage help!"? What a bunch of jerks!

  16. JJ's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Should have used Jimmy John's would have delivered much faster

    1. Re:JJ's by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1

      Should have used Jimmy John's would have delivered much faster

      True, but if anyone freaked it might have ended badly.

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  17. a departure from the usual calls for help. by nimbius · · Score: 2

    manager: Holy cow, cancel that last order! the woman ordering says we need to send 911 immediately. there seems to be some kind of emergency.
    cook: she probably ordered the barbecue pizza. people usually want an ambulance after eating that.
    manager: no she says shes being held hostage!
    cook: must be the honey sriracha pizza then. people usually describe that one as a demanding, life threatening experience.

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  18. Pepperoni, Olives and Cops. by Joviex · · Score: 3, Funny

    From what I understand, Pizza Hut will charge more for extra coppings.

    1. Re:Pepperoni, Olives and Cops. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, I said CAPERS, not COPPERS!

      And I think the delivery boy would probably pay to give some people extra coppings.

    2. Re:Pepperoni, Olives and Cops. by Joviex · · Score: 1

      Damn it I ordered bacon, not pig!

  19. Meanwhile Domino's Gets a Woman Jailed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    While Pizza Hut is busy saving a woman, less than 40 miles away Domino's gets a woman arrested for complaining about the quality of her food.

  20. Useful by HideyoshiJP · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, that field is more useful than I thought. All I ever did was ask them to draw a wizard on the box - they did.

  21. Clearly an urban legend by Opportunist · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as a Pizza Hut where the staff reads the stuff you write in the extra line.

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    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
    1. Re:Clearly an urban legend by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Au contraire! Sometimes they do read it. I always call to confirm though. I like my pizza well-done "extra oven time".

  22. yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    boring. let me know when someone alerts police of a hostage situation via slashdot.

    or when pizza hut delivers a gun stuffed crust pizza to a hostage. that would be cool, too.

  23. Pizza & Punishment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    With all of the dim-witted company actions happening lately I'm half-surprised this didn't end up being a story about how the Pizza Hut employee got fired for getting involved in a police matter.