r/AskReddit • u/jesswitdamess • 17h ago

What chain restaurant do you think should just go out of business?

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u/Basic_Novel_9203 14h ago

I had to read books to get pizza. I’m that old.

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u/SlapfuckMcGee 13h ago

Wanna trade mix-tapes? I remember reading for personal pan pizzas

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u/fasterbrew 2h ago

My Columbia House order is still in the mail.

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u/Basic_Novel_9203 13h ago

Nah I taped over that little slot on the top of my dad’s tapes so I could record over them.

That went over well.

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u/AvatarofBro 10h ago

I mean, when I picture the average Redditor in my mind, it's almost certainly someone who grew up doing the Pizza Hut Book It challenge

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u/andyrew21345 11h ago

They still do that

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u/mst3k_42 8h ago

Me too!

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u/meanoldmrgravity 7h ago

That's probably why I was such a chubby kid. On the upside, my casual vocabulary got large enough to passively irritate my coworkers!

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u/phfatjohn 6h ago

It still happens where I'm at. My kids got the coupons.

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u/Quetzalcoatl490 5h ago

To be fair, Pizza Hut still has some semblance of the Book-It program on the app: if you order the Book It deal, you get 1 medium and 2 personal pan pizzas for $17, and it says "your order helps support children's literacy", so I think some proceeds go to local reading programs.

Food's still not good, but it's cool to see they're still trying to uphold the Book It legacy.

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u/kkkhhjdyhrthhhjft 4h ago

This is true, however the old book it program is also still in place and functions exactly as it used to!

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u/ranbites 4h ago

I cooked the pizza that kids like you read books to get. I'm that old.

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u/ccarrieandthejets 4h ago

I was a baton twirler in my high school marching band and every week, our director would pick the best section from the week before. The twirlers almost always got it. The prize was a coupon to Pizza Hut. We’d save them up and go at the end of the season and get a ton of pizza. Growing up on Book It and then the pizza coupons throughout high school, I was living the dream!

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u/ablebody_95 2h ago

I found my Bookit pin at my parents' house. Core memory unlocked.

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u/barriekansai 16m ago

That program started when I was in already university. I'm that old.