. . "What a strange experience. I went in to buy a single slice of pizza at 7pm. The place looked closed, but the \"OPEN\" sign was lit and I wanted to support the local downtown Chandler shop. (I had been here two years ago and had a total disaster of an experience. I knew the place had to have new owners by now.)\n\nI stopped in, ordered my slice with pineapple for $2.49 and got a can of Diet Coke.\n\n\"$4.24.\" says the nice lady behind the counter. So, I gave her my credit card. The bill I signed said $4.94. I thought I might have heard her wrong at the beginning, so as she heated my pizza in the microwave, I asked a man, presumably her husband, what the story was.\n\nAs I suspected, they charged me extra for charging such a small purchase. No problem, but I would have preferred to have been made aware before I used the card.\n\nSo, while I wait, I pop open my Diet Coke and it had no flavor. (We have this same problem at the office. You buy a bunch of diet soda from Sam's Club and by the time you drink it, it is like bad club soda.) So, at first I thought to myself, I don't want to bother this guy, but then I thought to myself, \"These people work damn hard, they are trying to start a business. They would want to know that there soda is bad.\"\n\nSo, I said to the man, \"I think the soda has expired. It has no taste.\" I didn't ask for a refund and I was going to let it slide. I just needed something to wash down the pizza.\n\nWell, this really pissed the guy off, so he turns to the woman warming my pizza and says, \"Put a hold on that order!\" He pulls out five bucks out of the register, hands it to me, and non-verbally indicated that I should get out of his restaurant.\n\nNow, I was willing to put up with:\n\n- expired, flavorless soda\n- microwave pizza\n- a 20% surcharge on my bill without my knowledge.\n\nand this guy kicks me out of his restaurant!\n\nI try so hard to be pro-small-business, pro-local-guy, but this was like a Twilight Zone episode.\n\nIronically, when I went here two years ago, I had an equally strange encounter. \n\nNow, it is possible that the immigrant owners did not understand that I was just trying to clarify the credit card issue for future reference and my complaint about the soda was just to warn him and help any future customers. But, I was in a bit of a hurry already and I didn't want to dig any deeper. \n\nHonestly, I feel bad for the couple. I'm sure they are working hard, but maybe they aren't made for the pizza business. I hope it works out because frankly I'd like to see them succeed and having a pizza place in Downtown Chandler makes a ton of sense."^^ . "2"^^ . "5"^^ . "4"^^ . . "2011-08-17T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ .