USAToday.com featured a story over the weekend about three Cincinnati pizza parlors that have started putting "wanted" posters on their pizza boxes. These posters feature deadbeat parents who are accused of failing to pay child support payments. A local child enforcement agency asked the pizza joints to do it. Karen Willis, the owner of Karen's Pizzeria says she hasn't heard any complaints...
"Some customers joke about it and say they're glad they aren't on it. Most seem to think it's a good idea."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-03-25-pizza-deadbeat_N.htm
While deadbeat parents should be tracked down and forced to pay, there should be complaints, and a fair amount of outrage, at this practice.
Pizza should come in a box with a picture of a pizza on the outside and the words "fresh" or "hot". Maybe the name of the place where you ordered the pizza from too. That's it. Instead, like product advertising messages that have become commonplace on pizza boxes, these "wanted" posters force another unwanted message on a captive audience that was just hoping to enjoy dinner without having to track down accused criminals at the same time.
What's next... suspected drug dealers on the back of cereal boxes?
Update: Foxnews.com now has a picture of the pizza box with the wanted poster attached. Here's the link:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,261051,00.html
Monday, March 26, 2007
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