What happened when asking for extra peppers at Papa John’s

 

Papa John’s employee explains what may have happened to cause this.

I work at papa john’s. See, the thing is for every order of extra peppers we add in the computer, that actually equals four peppers that go in the box. So if someone on the phone was new and didn’t realize this, then say a customer asked for ten extra peppers. The newbie would add ten extra peppers. Then suppose a non-newbie boxed up the pizza. They would see 10 extra orders of peppers on there (4 per order) and thus give you 40 peppers.

SOURCE: ‘I Ordered a Pizza from Papa John’s and Asked for Extra Peppers’

Study: Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees

One of our other reporters printed out a copy of this story and handed it to one of the bosses.

Caught Twittering or on Facebook work? It’ll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.

The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those who do not.

Study author Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing, said “workplace Internet leisure browsing,” or WILB, helped to sharpened workers’ concentration.

“People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration,” Coker said. “Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the Internet, enables the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total net concentration for a days’ work, and as a result, increased productivity,” he said.

According to the study of 300 workers, 70%  of people who use the Internet at work engage in WILB.

Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information about products, reading online news sites, playing online games and watching videos on Youtube.

“Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos, using social networking sites or shopping online under the pretence that it costs millions in lost productivity,” said Coker. “That’s not always the case.”

However, Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation, or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office.

“Those who behave with Internet addiction tendencies will have a lower productivity than those without,” he said.

 

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Company uses “smiley faces” to create good economic times [Video]

When you see the A-Nete-Idea truck coming your way early in the morning, you know you are going to receive a smile.

“Grinners are winners, we think people are sad, sad people have no confidence, happy people go out and buy, sad people go home and hide,” Nita Clark of A-Nete-Idea said.    

Every Tuesday, they donate their smiley face sign to different companies in Stark County to help spur the economy.    

“Happy people go out and buy, sad people go home and hide,” Clark said. “We are going back to the same business over and over because they enjoy it so much and their clients enjoy it so much.”    

They also pass out smiley buttons to the company employees to wear so they feel happier and the customers they see all day will also receive a smile.    

“Bad times happen, good times are created, so I know we are making good times for people. And growing up, I realized happy times are the glue that get you through the bad times, so now I get to make a lot of glue for people,” Clark said.

Come evening, they take down their sign and put it away until next Tuesday when it comes out again to make a difference.

Read more, watch this story and smile: Stark County company using smiles to create good economic times