Come on, its pizza. You really can't order specifically for a certain amount of pizza like you do with burgers. Aren't you going to feel like an ass when there are a couple of left over slices she could have had. Then she wouldn't feel embarrassed and you wouldn't have to feel bad right now.
I read it as she DID offer her pizza, she just had to find her own plate
Next time I'd put something in the e-mail that they need to reply yes or no and by a certain time. If you don't get an answer, re-send to be sure they got it the first time.
Not on the company. Something a few of us decided to order and we all pitched in. I only ordered for the number of people who responded, so it wasn't like there was extra.
I get what you're saying here and I believe you, but did you order by the slice? I ask not because I think you did anything wrong in your response, but because I think coworker may be grumble grumble they couldn't have spared a slice grumble grumble. So even though you are cool, she may feel she has justice and righteousness on her side and will act weird.
No good deed goes unpunished and all that.
We ordered so everyone could have exactly two slices. By the time she came in, there still was some pizza leftover, since some people hadn't started on their 2nd slice. I did tell her she could have a slice, but she just needed to grab a plate since we didn't have any extras.
She is a grumbler by nature, so I'm sure she did some grumbling, but if you don't RSVP, I can't help that.
Was the email clear that an RSVP and contributing beforehand were necessary? I can see someone thinking it was a casual thing if an email went something like, "Hey, I was thinking it might be fun to all order pizza together on Tuesday. Opinions?" As opposed to, "Anyone want to chip in and order pizza together on Tuesday? Let me know if you're going to take part."
Post by RoxMonster on Jul 30, 2014 12:56:37 GMT -5
When we order pizza from the local pizza place, each person gets a personal pan with their choice of toppings. So, there is definitely no sharing or extra pizza leftover.
I'm assuming you didn't do that and just ordered large sizes? Still, everyone else chipped in, so I find it kind of weird to show up sans money and just expect to be able to eat some (unless she came with moola and thought she'd pay on the spot). I do think, if you had some leftover slices that no one was going to eat, you could bring them to her and say, "Hey, you took off before, but we have some extra pizza if you're interested."
I get what you're saying here and I believe you, but did you order by the slice? I ask not because I think you did anything wrong in your response, but because I think coworker may be grumble grumble they couldn't have spared a slice grumble grumble. So even though you are cool, she may feel she has justice and righteousness on her side and will act weird.
No good deed goes unpunished and all that.
We ordered so everyone could have exactly two slices. By the time she came in, there still was some pizza leftover, since some people hadn't started on their 2nd slice. I did tell her she could have a slice, but she just needed to grab a plate since we didn't have any extras.
She is a grumbler by nature, so I'm sure she did some grumbling, but if you don't RSVP, I can't help that.
Dang, girl. Do you all work for the Cleveland Clinic or something? EXACTLY two pieces is harsh!
I assume the email stated that people were chipping in, right?
It is kinda weird that she would come in to eat if she hadn't responded or paid. As long as there was enough pizza, you could have just said "oh I didn't get a response from you! Go ahead and take a couple slices and I'll get your money from you later."
You don't really need a plate to eat pizza...
I like to think this is how I would have handled it. I wouldn't have - the reality would have been a lot of awkward hand flapping - but I like to think I would have.
We ordered so everyone could have exactly two slices. By the time she came in, there still was some pizza leftover, since some people hadn't started on their 2nd slice. I did tell her she could have a slice, but she just needed to grab a plate since we didn't have any extras.
She is a grumbler by nature, so I'm sure she did some grumbling, but if you don't RSVP, I can't help that.
If everyone was planning on having their 2nd slice, though, I would have been pissed if I had paid and now I was down a slice. Because seriously- I LOVE my pizza!
If the email was clear at the start that people were chipping in and to let you know, then she's in the wrong and she can go grumble all she wants. And now she'll know - if she wants pizza, she needs to say so.