May 29, 2008

• In the mid to late 1990s, the internet was just finally rearing it's head to the mass public. This was a time when the internet was still confusing to many and a lot of people were still unsure what can be done with it. The one thing that was bound to happen though, was the media taking hold of it, bringing it into commercials, TV shows, movies, etc... One of the most popular ways of depicting it in stories was usually in the form of some "loser" hold up in his home like an anti-social hermit, ordering a pizza through the internet. I've always thought that was a rather neat idea, but at the time there really weren't many pizza places that offered that kind of service. At least, I never really bothered to check, and settled for just calling in the order through the phone. After a decade of knowing about this "ordering pizza through the internet idea," I recently finally decided to try it out with PizzaHut.com. Wow, I should do this method more often. Just click on what you want, choose the coupon you want to use, pay online, and wait for your order. No more needing to verify your order with a person on the phone that frankly speaks faster than you want him to, or the chance of having to deal with a misunderstanding. Pretty cool.

  I even followed through this idea of ordering online in advance with BestBuy.com, by using their "store pick-up service" and choosing the items you want to buy, and just picking them up, ready and waiting in the store. There is no more need to look for your item, or ask a store clerk to find it for you, or wait in line to pay at the register, because that'll be taken cared of already by the time you are ready to pick it up. You don't even have to pick it up the same day, and you can literally just order it online for pick up, and wait up to 8 days before getting it.

  Ah, the internet. Turning out to be pretty beneficial don't you think?

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