Heather says this pizzeria in Victoria, B.C. has been confounding customers with its customer service “policy” for as long as she can remember. (Which I guess means…it’s working?)
related: ps bacon is life
Our customers are always right…except when they’re wrong.
April 25th, 2008 · 117 comments
FILED UNDER: "customer service" · Canada · mixed metaphors · pizza · restaurant
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#1
Crash
As long as you don’t serve me bad water I’ll be an important customer then, confound it !!
Apr 25, 2008 at 1:16 am rating: 6
#2
EL CHAVO!
That’s one of the best finds yet!
Apr 25, 2008 at 1:27 am rating: 4
#3
Carrie
*snort*
Apr 25, 2008 at 1:33 am rating: 1
#4
Canthz_B
So does a drink of bad water mean that I am doomed to a bad life? FTW!!
Apr 25, 2008 at 1:53 am rating: 2
#5
Canthz_B
“We know our food is toxic, but the water is to die for!”
Apr 25, 2008 at 2:01 am rating: 12
#6
Sarah
That bad water was fucking delicious.
Apr 25, 2008 at 2:26 am rating: 3
#7
Heather
Hey! Shout out to Victoria! From another Heather there.
Apr 25, 2008 at 2:56 am rating: 0
#8
honeyedhemlock
I need some asprin.
Apr 25, 2008 at 3:39 am rating: 0
#9
Costas
“Donairs”?!
Are these airborne Doner kebabs?
Apr 25, 2008 at 4:11 am rating: 0
#10
Chipmunk
Now, grammatically, I know it means “water -> life as customers ->us”. But I’m reading it as “water ->life as customers -> importance.”
So it comes out as “Nobody likes bad importance!”
Apr 25, 2008 at 5:17 am rating: 2
#11
unholyghost2003
Perhaps this sign isn’t the only P/A thing about this place. A review I found:
“best donair in the world
Athena’s makes them big, bold, and beautiful. Their beef donair is 12 full inches long, and has 4 inches of girth. These things are a tradition within my circle of friends… go ahead and try to eat a whole donair… I dare you.
The atmosphere inside is appropriately soup-nazi-esque. Just walk in.. pay the man your 10 bucks.. and you’ll be in donair heaven.”
Apr 25, 2008 at 7:09 am rating: 0
#12
Wade
Donairs Pizza: Covering Canada from Halifax to Victoria
(just noticed the link under the photo
)
Apr 25, 2008 at 7:12 am rating: 0
#13
claw71
If you feel the need to post that sentiment I suspect you might be in one of this distant lands where all you have is bad water.
Apr 25, 2008 at 8:44 am rating: 0
#14
GhostWriter
What is with that weird logo?
It almost looks like a nude woman in Cheney’s glasses.
Apr 25, 2008 at 8:53 am rating: 0
#15
GhostWriter
Athena? …wearing a winter parka, maybe.
Apr 25, 2008 at 9:11 am rating: 0
#16
claw71
I think it’s a badly replicated clip art photo of a bust of the goddess Athena.
Apr 25, 2008 at 9:12 am rating: 0
#17
Joe
I’m a little confused by the 2 for 1 deals. I get the 2 for 1 pizza, since it’s on its own line. But I can’t tell if it’s the souvlakis or the pasta that are 2 for 1.
Apr 25, 2008 at 9:17 am rating: 0
#18
RunBarbara
This sign, roughly translated, means something like….“Give us your money, eat our girthy donair and don’t be an asshole. Don’t even think of bringing your kids in here and don’t throw up in the urinal.”
Apr 25, 2008 at 9:32 am rating: 6
#19
Ron
I drank bad water in Victoria once. I was so sick that I just laid by the toilet for 2 days only moving to dry heave some more.
Apr 25, 2008 at 9:54 am rating: 0
#20
Canthz_B
If they substitute the word “sex” for “water” I’d be willing to wager a goodly sum that business will pick up!
Apr 25, 2008 at 12:21 pm rating: 2
#21
Naomi
…I hope they can blaim this on Engrish.
Apr 25, 2008 at 1:01 pm rating: 0
#22
Sarah
They have a point, though. You really don’t want to mess with Athena. She wears a bloody Medusa head over her clothes!
(British *and* literally!)
Apr 25, 2008 at 1:15 pm rating: 0
#23
OutOfTopic
given the tone of certain comments here for a while, I’m wondering: is tmhq rule #1 applying out of tmhq?
Please stop to be PA to new commenters (or even just aggressive sometimes) or someone will have to post one of your own comments as a PAN…
This is so ironical that even this comment apply to this rule, it probably proves it doesn’t have to be answered but just meditated.
Apr 25, 2008 at 2:44 pm rating: 3
#24
Summer
Engrish 101 for you!
Apr 25, 2008 at 4:12 pm rating: 0
#25
Mishee
By the way, I would just like to agree that bacon is life..
Apr 25, 2008 at 6:25 pm rating: 0
#26
pistola
Why do people eat at places that resent them? I like going to places that appreciate my business, maybe I’m crazy.
Apr 25, 2008 at 6:32 pm rating: 0
#27
Ben
Odysseus: Oh Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, give me your help in this, the hour of my need.
Athena: Brave Odysseus, know this, that customers are very important, as important as water is to life – but remember that no one likes bad water.
Odysseus: What? How does that help? My men were just turned into pigs.
Athena: Also no one likes water that whines.
Apr 25, 2008 at 10:15 pm rating: 3
#28
Ben
I think the beauty of this saying is that you can easily switch out the important objects. For example:
Our customer are very important to us. As important as sex is to the reproduction. Please remember that no one likes bad sex.
or
Our customer are very important to us. As important as Hitler was to WWII. Please remember that no one likes bad Hitler.
or
Our customer are very important to us. As important as feminine hygiene is to cleanliness. Please remember that no one likes bad feminine hygiene.
Apr 25, 2008 at 10:39 pm rating: 0
#29
Canthz_B
This sign really does not have the stuff to last a weekend.
Apr 26, 2008 at 2:45 pm rating: 0
#30
Canthz_B
Donair always makes me think of reindeer.
Apr 26, 2008 at 2:48 pm rating: 0
#31
Heather
But seriously, they make really good donairs. Ten bucks for meaty goodness? And they make a killer greek salad.
Thanks everyone for all the laughs.
Hi to the other Heather out there. I’ll change to HeatherG, you can have Heather. Tee hee.
Apr 27, 2008 at 8:21 am rating: 0
#32
RP
The folks over at customerssuck.com would LOVE this.
Apr 29, 2008 at 1:56 pm rating: 0
#33
just me
I live in Victoria, BC too and Athena’s has awesome Donairs, big fat juicy ones that puts my ex’s penis to shame…
Please remember that no girl likes bad penis.
:-p
Apr 29, 2008 at 5:01 pm rating: 0
#34
mango
Hilarious – I too have lived in Victoria much of the time and I remember this warning from at least 15 years ago. Correct me if I’m wrong though, but wasn’t it Cosmos Pizza that also used to or still also has this same packaging with the same warning?
Anyhow, I was always so annoyed by this warning and the fact that the owner is clearly an asshole that I never order from them. I’m reminded to tell other people not to order either, just because of that arsy comment.
Jun 13, 2008 at 6:52 pm rating: 0
#35
gia
I used to live in Victoria too! I recall being mildly drunk and calling to order some 3 a.m. after bar food and asking the guy, with no malice intended, if that was from some sort of Greek saying? Because, WTF? But he hung up on me. So, I never even got to try their thick juicy donairs. Shame, really.
Jul 1, 2008 at 7:52 pm rating: 0
#36
Jamie
It does have good pizza, though, and this one time I was short a couple bucks and he gave me the pizza anyways.
So order from Athena’s, Victoria! :3
Jul 4, 2008 at 12:29 am rating: 1
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