Pizza Chain encouraging staff to flirt with customers

[thinkingdog]

Pizza Express teaching staff to flirt with customers

Pizza Express is teaching its staff how to flirt with customers in an attempt to relax them, it has emerged.

The family-friendly restaurant, famous for serving up "bambinoccinos" – a cappuccino without the coffee for kids – has recruited classically trained actor Karl James to teach flirting and the art of chit-chat to staff to help them to butter up the restaurant's customers.

Mr James had played a key role in designing Pizza Express' new training and recruitment process, including teaching staff "how to flirt (subtly) with customers so they feel more comfortable and relaxed", he said.

Angela Baron, an engagement adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, backed the flirting technique, which she said was becoming more popular in service-led businesses. She said: "Pizza Express is a fun, family-orientated business and I can see that teaching people to engage with customers and have fun with them would give them a better experience."

However, she warned the company to explain to staff exactly what they meant by flirting or the training could become a recipe for disaster. "If they mean customer flirting in the sense of 'what are you doing later when the kids are in bed', that's not a good idea," she said.

[DoubleJuice]

brings a whole new meaning to getting a large

[cuse_man]

Originally Posted by DoubleJuice

brings a whole new meaning to getting a large

lol

[JRSPATS]

Dominos pizza sucks, but if she's making or delivering I'm eating out at dominos on a regulas basis.

[thinkingdog]

Originally Posted by JRSPATS

Dominos pizza sucks, but if she's making or delivering I'm eating out at dominos on a regulas basis.

If it's her, I would certainly hope so.

[secondbase]

Originally Posted by JRSPATS

Dominos pizza sucks, but if she's making or delivering I'm eating out at dominos on a regulas basis.

so true and both accounts

more thinking dog more

[be47320]

theres a place in chicago that does this called gullivers pizza but they use a slightly different technique

[Chris46139]

Lmao

[upinya83]

lmfao

dominos new pizza much better than their old, not too bad

[Windy City Irish]

Originally Posted by be47320

theres a place in chicago that does this called gullivers pizza but they use a slightly different technique

[ParrotHead]

Time to order Dominos

I knew this thread wouldnt fail with thinkingdog starting it

[westcoastO]

Originally Posted by be47320

theres a place in chicago that does this called gullivers pizza but they use a slightly different technique

rofl