In God We Trust…..Semper Fi!
Posted on 06/01/2004 12:39:14 PM PDT by CourtneyLeigh
BRUSHFIRE ALERT: "Screw Pizza Hut"
******************** "Screw Pizza Hut" June 1, 2004
“Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, says he's been delivering pizzas for 20 years and has always packed heat on the job,” reports WorldNetDaily.com (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38726) today. At around 11 p.m. on May 17th, just after he had made a delivery in a high-crime neighborhood in Indianapolis, a dirtball confronted Honeycutt with a loaded 9 mm handgun. At that point, Honeycutt pulled out his own 9 mm from the back of his pants and fired 15 times, hitting the would-be robber at least 10 times, killing him.
Sounds like pretty good gun “control” to us. And dare we say, an awfully effective “deterrent.”
Anyway, Honeycutt went back to his Pizza Hut store and called the cops. The cops have since determined that Honeycutt acted in self-defense and will not face criminal charges. Nevertheless…
Pizza Hut fired him.
For violating a company policy against carrying firearms.
BRUSHFIRE ALERT: Now, let’s be honest here. Pizza Hut, as a private business, has the right to make such a rule and enforce it.
On the other hand, WE have the right to voice our objections to such a stupid rule and refuse to do business with them unless and until they change it.
And if you’d like to voice YOUR opinion about how Mr. Honeycutt was treated, you can call the Pizza Hut corporate office at 1-972-7700 or give them a “pizza” your mind by emailing them through their website at http://www.pizzahut.com/contact/feedback_other.asp
You can also quickly and easily locate the Pizza Hut franchise store near you - along with their phone number - by going to: http://www.pizzahut.com/locator/.
I just called the store in my neighborhood and spoke with the manager. I explained that my family would no longer be dining in her restaurant and why. The woman’s response was, “You should call the corporate office. That incident in Indiana has nothing to do with us.” To which I responded, “Well, it does now. ‘Cause you just lost a customer over it. Maybe YOU should call the corporate office.”
Something tells me she will...
Chuck Muth President Citizen Outreach www.citizenoutreach.com
It's a lot easier to hit a target when someone isn't trying to kill you.
I wonder how many pizza delivery persons will be assaulted now that Pizza Hut has gone public nationally with its "No Carry" firearms policy?
In God We Trust…..Semper Fi!
Well, in Pizza Hut's defense, they are probably going to be facing a huge legal case from this loser's family for vicarious liability in the shooting death. Even though the delivery guy won't face criminal charges, the company may face a legal suit. Is that right? NO, but even if the suit goes nowhere it will still cost them a pretty penny in legal fees. I can see where they are coming from.
On the other hand, they should not have a delivery area that includes known dangerous areas.
re: Papa Johns--it's not the pizza, it's the garlic butter sauce that comes with it. HMM YUMMY!!! And their chicken fingers are excellent.
Pizza Hut can stick it up their pizza butt.
Maybe he missed with the first 10 shots. In that case he would have bean DOA with a 45.
I've been saying that for years.....they don't know how to make pizza and never have.
That has gotten other companies sued......It's racist don't you know.
I don't recall the outcome, but the NAACP went after Domino's Pizza for refusing to deliver in a particular area of Dover, Delaware because it was and still is a dangerous area to go into........even in broad daylight.
Wait a minute...we made a damn good pizza. Of course, it was 1972...two pizza sizes, one salad choice, one sammich choice. Beautiful waitresses in hot-pants and halter tops...
If you're gonna to eat pizza from one of the chains.....Papa John's is the best of the lot. Pizza Hut has gotten marginally better over the years, but is still substandard to me, and Domino's is no different than eating greasy cardboard.
What can I tell you? I grew up in NYC, I'm picky about my pizza.
Another place to avoid. Right along with K-Mart.
In 1972 I had never heard of Pizza Hut.......we were still getting our pizza from the guy that had a store with a brick oven 3 blocks away.
The first time I was ever in a Pizza Hut was about 1978 and was looked at very strangely when I just suggested to my friends we order a large half and half pie. One of the other girls I was with knew what I was talking about, but no one else, including the waitress, had a clue. The other gal and I were native New Yorkers, we happenned to be in southwest florida at the time!
I have eaten at a Pizza Hut exactly 3 times since then.
better than the 2 out of 15 for the average cop, especially under duress and in the presence of pizza.
It's probably the worst franchise pizza in the known universe! Then I learned what they put in their pizzas and that confirmed why I hate PH.
As much as I like your letter to PH - I seriously doubt you will be getting anything other than a canned response - if that much.
We did plenty of 1/2 & 1/2's. But we didn't fold them over like I learned to in N.Y. Damn good pizza there - but I truly miss Carnagie Deli's pastrami. And all the delis, for that matter.
He was afraid Pizza Hut would charge him with the pizza, so he hung on to it while firing.
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