Comments on: Pizza Schmizza paid me to put this link on Metafilter

Pizza Schmizza paid me to put this link on Metafilter

angry modem — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:05:15 -0800

Odd Advertising ...Pizza Schmizza paid me to put this link on Metafilter.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:14:11 -0800

The Church of Scientology has been doing this in Toronto for years.

By: jonson

jonson — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 17:25:45 -0800

Not nearly as effective an advertising vehicle aswriting your domain name on the breasts of a beautiful model you hired to streak the U.S. Open, i'd imagine. Oh yeah, those links may not be safe for work.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:39:49 -0800

read my boobs.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:36:26 -0800

Aw, jeez, quonsar, do I hafta? Oh, it's a link to some lady's boobs. Whew!

By: filmgoerjuan

filmgoerjuan — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:40:59 -0800

Sheesh...I always felt bad for the minimum-wage guys who had this job...getting homeless people to do it is just plain wrong. I wonder how many slices he gives to the prostitutes for 40 minutes worth of work? And jonson, I can't believe that you expect that anyone is not going to click a link marked "breasts" before reading the NSFW disclaimer? I mean, how was I to know it might not be appropriate! ;)

By: yhbc

yhbc — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 19:42:12 -0800

Her (quonsar's link, that is) boobs actually read a little silicon-y, but that's just my read on them.

By: jonson

jonson — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:32:12 -0800

Actually, and I can't believe I would spend any time analyzing this, but the writing on quonsar's breast link doesn't look real, it looks photoshopped on. I imagine it isn't, I mean, it's not that hard to find someone who will let you write on their breasts (at least, it hasn't been in my experience), why go to the trouble of photoshopping it?

By: gyc

gyc — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:50:55 -0800

getting homeless people to do it is just plain wrong Why? I think this is a great idea. No one is getting exploited, the pizza place gets more attention that it could've expected, the person holding the sign gets some money and some food. It's not like the pizza place forced the guy at gunpoint to do this.

By: UKnowForKids

UKnowForKids — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:08:32 -0800

It's labor, right? And it's probably at far less than the minimum wage, right? This isn't exploitation? Also, I'm pretty sure these wages aren't being reported to Uncle Sam and won't show up on any W-2s. I wonder if this article won't provide some publicity of an unwanted sort for Pizza Schmizza.

By: gyc

gyc — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:04:14 -0800

It's labor, right? And it's probably at far less than the minimum wage, right? This isn't exploitation? Bah. The guy would be holding up a sign begging for money anyway, why not pay him a couple of bucks and give him some food for something he'd do anyway? It's charity. I really don't get how someone can say this is exploitation. It sounds like a sweet deal. I wish someone would pay me to do something I'd already be doing.

By: kindall

kindall — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:12:14 -0800

Minimum wage in Oregon is, IIRC, $6.90. So for 40 minutes (2/3 of an hour) that'd be $4.60. A slice, a Coke, and "a few dollars" would easily cover that. But as I said over at RandomWalks: I have a hard time considering something a stick could do just as well as a human being "work." It's charity with a dose of marketing. Companies often engage in charity in their communities. And one of the reasons they do so is for the publicity it will give them. The owner of Pizza Schmizza has figured out a way to get publicity from his charity instantly and continuously, rather than waiting for people to read about it in the newspaper once a year. Very clever.

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 03:36:01 -0800

I agree with jonson, the writing on the lady's breasts just looks like it's photoshopped on to the image. Nice little earner, get a few pictures of girlfriend or model....oh, it's free, gotta give it a go.

By: wrffr

wrffr — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:58:24 -0800

kindall: yep, exactly. the newly-opened pizza schmizza they were doing this for is a couple blocks from my work. if i want to buy a slice of pizza and a soda, it's $3.99. a slice of pizza, a soda, and a few bucks for 40 minutes of work is more than the equivalent of minimum wage in oregon.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:24:08 -0800

I rather liked the Pizza Schmizza idea -- down here in NorCal the panhandling issue has gotten rather heated. In San Francisco, business groups are targeting panhandling contributors with agression and near hostility, posting large ads linking giving to any/all social ills that take root in the street community. This seems like a reasonable alternative.