Who's Crying Now?

Yesterday, I drove past a Papa John's restaurant at 11:08am. The reason I remember the exact time is that I thought it was odd that there was a big line at the store at such an early hour. I thought maybe there was a school nearby that let the kids go to out for lunch or something. Then I quickly forgot all about it.

Until this morning. It is all over the news that yesterday, Papa John's sold large 1-topping pizza's for 23 cents. The reason? Some dumb ass Papa John's franchisee sponsored a promotion where they gave away t-shirts at a Washington Wizards vs Cleveland Cavaliers basketball game. The shirts said, "Crybaby" and the number 23, which was supposed to be a slam against LeBron James, of the Cavaliers. The only problem? This for some reason offended every pizza eating basketball fan in the state of Ohio.

The quick fix? Give away pizza's for 23 cents in Ohio yesterday. The problem? Every store got slammed with customers, couldn't handle demand, and ended up closing their stores by 6pm. Talk about Dumb and Dumber. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the Papa John's board room this morning.