Won't Get Fooled Again

I guess every major restaurant or company is entitled to one blunder. Ford had the Edsel. McDonalds had the Arch Deluxe. Remember the whole invisible cola craze of the early 1990's.
Anyway, Papa John's Pizza, which is my favorite pizza restaurant had a special this past Valentine's weekend. Maybe you got snuckered the same way we did. Heart-Shaped pizzas. It seemed like a good idea. My fiancee got some for us. Little did we find out until we got home that we had been bamboozled for what was basically melted cheese on one big cracker. Now, we live about 40 miles away from the nearest Papa John's. She just happened to be in the town on Saturday anyway. I was going to take her out to her favorite Mexican restaurant but we settled on "special" pizzas
Hindsight is 20-20, but when I saw them, I went ballistic. When I saw how much she had paid, I nearly had a shitfit. Usually, I have a shit fit after I eat Papa John's. Anyway, our Valentine's Day was soured by overpriced thin pizzas which were hard as a rock. It tasted like the cardboard pizza you get at Wal-Mart for $1.25.
Needless to say, I was in the doghouse for my reaction, even though I had every right to get angry considering what they advertised looked a whole lot better than what they gave us.
This isn't the first time we've been duped on Valentine's Day. Our first year together, we went to a surf N' turf dinner special. Well, the turf was actually good tender steak. The surf was three jumbo shrimps which the waitress forgot to bring out until we were already looking over the check. The dinner salad consisted of diced lettuce with dressing on it.
Sometimes, it's best to steer clear of all "specials" for special occasions. Go with what you are used to.