Papa Johns Pizza & Delivery 4+

I’ve been eating at PJ’s for decades - their app is great with their “papa track” functionality (to see if your pizza is ready)…. But today I noticed they’ve preyed on all their customers with a fake percentage tips. I don’t know how long it’s been this way, but the percentages are very skewed - No matter what I add to my cart, even the 15% tip is off by a large margin… it gets worse as you increase the tip percentage. The 25% option is actually close to 33-35% for my order today which is why I noticed for such a small order, why is my “25%” tip costing me a third or more of my order? Is this their app programmer taking a little off the top for themselves, or is Papa being greedy and hoping people won’t notice their “tip” isn’t accurate to the percentage button they are clicking? Seems a lot of people either refuse to tip or “over tip” and I really hated to find out that the app is preying on those who click the 25% button to support their local workers of great pizza pie. I wonder if Papa is aware or if it’s all some heinous unethical scandal. I mean it’s a tip, so we can’t sue for inaccurate pricing, it’s literally us giving them free money to help pay their workers as a thank you, but with the app doing your “percent” math wrong, in this day and age, isn’t an accident - it’s malicious. Now I don’t even trust leaving tips in any apps - how do we KNOW the workers are even getting the right amounts? Crime.

I have twice ordered from the app and it is slow to update my “current location”. First time I was did it I returned home from Orlando, FL to North Carolina. As I used the app it never updated my location. I thought it would auto pick up my current location. I did reach out to the store and the manager was very accommodating. Also the manager at the North Carolina store felt bad for me because I was with my wife and kids sitting in the car. He quickly had his team make up our order locally. Second time I was earlier in the day in Rock Hill, SC drive home to Charlotte, NC. While in Charlotte reopened the app placed my order. In error, did not check my location being update and the app still thought I was in Rock Hill. After having it opened for 5-7 min before select the order option. I placed my order and when to the Charlotte Papa John’s to pick up my my order was 35 min away in Rock Hill. Lucky I call and had my sister pick up the pizza but I still had no pizza for dinner. Just if possible place on your list of enhancements a prompt that prior to ordering asked that you confirm the location BEFORE the order goes through or accepts payment.

I love this place’s pizza and have for well over half of my life. The more I use this app the more these issues irritate me... and I’m not going into everything I like about this app, just what I dislike this time around. It irritates the snot out of me having to feel guilted into tipping a damned driver BEFORE I receive my food. Because I have seen the difference in how things are handled with a tip included or excluded and trust me, either you tip before or you really regret it later.

10 cents for Parmesan packets and crushed red pepper? I don’t mean to seem like such a penny pincher, but this crap adds up SO FAST and before you knew it, those two simple pizzas you were craving turned into a $60 order!! But it is really lame that they charge for these now when there are other ways of getting money from people..., JUST ask the developers at Niantic and Pokémon Go; they have many many underhanded ways of milking money from us while acting like everything is business as usual..

Their soda selection is underwhelming, but not as underwhelming as their barely mediocre rewards program. Mind you, Jamba Juice has everyone beat with the most lackluster rewards program I’m a part of, but this one is close when it comes to being humored that your spending actually elevates you rapidly to your free stuff. Yeah