Would you like some pizza, deer?

November 27, 2016 11:17 AM

Dominos is training reindeers in Japan to deliver pizza over the holidays by pulling sleds full of pizza across snowy roadways too treacherous for delivery bikes. The company says they’re learning their new jobs on the grounds of a driving school and will be ready to start work in December. This idea is way cooler than that time Dominos tried delivering pizza by drone.
posted by _Mona_ (15 comments total)

I don't like dominos much, but that's a great deal on venison.
posted by adept256 at 11:43 AM on November 27, 2016 [8 favorites]

Even if this is a total disaster, it will be amazing.
posted by lesbiassparrow at 11:43 AM on November 27, 2016 [9 favorites]

i hope the hoofsis get overtime and some pants
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:05 PM on November 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

"Uh, hello, my name is A. Bominable Snowman, and I would like to order some pizzas..."
posted by lagomorphius at 12:13 PM on November 27, 2016 [8 favorites]

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Domino's came to say
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
posted by chavenet at 12:42 PM on November 27, 2016 [3 favorites]

That drone-delivery thing was just a publicity stunt. Current NZ aviation rules don't allow for autonomous delivery in urban areas.

Also, animal-pulled vehicles are slow. I'd rather pull a pizza from the freezer than wait for that thing to deliver.
posted by WhackyparseThis at 1:18 PM on November 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

> That drone-delivery thing was just a publicity stunt

Unlike this reindeer-based pizza delivery service, which is entirely sincere and earnest. I wonder: Does Domino's have hamburgers on the menu?
posted by glonous keming at 1:25 PM on November 27, 2016 [2 favorites]

A similar publicity stunt in Brisbane, Australia. Except instead of complimentary venison, you get a 30,000$ robot.

This is all so impractical I'd be concerned for anyone that took it seriously.
posted by adept256 at 1:27 PM on November 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

The company says they’re learning their new jobs on the grounds of a driving school

Taking them out for a few Lapps around the track, eh?

*backs away slowly*
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 1:57 PM on November 27, 2016 [13 favorites]

Underpaid immigrants stealing Japanese jobs.
posted by srboisvert at 2:58 PM on November 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

What's going rate tipping Reindeer.
posted by clavdivs at 6:03 PM on November 27, 2016

What's going rate tipping Reindeer.

Well, it's tricky, because they're skittish and harder to sneak up on cows, but the principle is pretty much the same.
posted by Ghidorah at 7:13 PM on November 27, 2016 [9 favorites]

Here's a tip for a reindeer; they're not your friends Rudy. They used to make fun of your nose before it was useful to them. They never let you play with them. You're like the kid that's only popular in summer because he has a swimming pool. Screw those guys Rudolph, you don't need them. That old guy is super creepy too.
posted by adept256 at 7:47 PM on November 27, 2016 [3 favorites]

What's going rate tipping Reindeer.

20 dollars, same as in omg really that just too easy.
posted by _Mona_ at 9:18 PM on November 27, 2016 [2 favorites]

This would be a terribly inefficient way to get parmesan bites in a place where it is currently partly cloudy and 78°F. The runners on the sleigh would just tear up the asphalt. It might put off the eventual drowning by 5 minutes, though, so that would be nice.
posted by wierdo at 10:52 AM on November 28, 2016