Ordering pizza online: surreal or ridiculous or both?

It is currently raining in New York City, and instead of going out and getting soaked, I decided to order some Domino's. Now, apparently the Domino's nearest to me does not do over the phone ordering anymore, only online. However, I must say, I'm glad for this; the online ordering process is hysterical.  
 
First of all, you have to navigate this convoluted ass menu where you can choose everything from 'Cheese or no cheese' (It's a fucking pizza!), to 'Cheese on the left side, but not right'; it's pretty ridiculous the things you can manipulate. After you've ordered your pizza (and your credit card has cleared), Domino's gives you a nice progress bar, which apparently can be tracked on Facebook.  
 
Now, I find this "hysterical" because the progress bar is divided into five sections: Order placed, Prep, Bake, Quality Check, and Out for Delivery; and with each step of the progress, a personalized Domino's status update is given. For example: 
 
- "Dekisha began custom making your order at 3:52 PM" 
 
- "Dekisha put your order in the oven at 4:02"  
 
- "Dekisha doubled-checked your order for perfection at 4:10"   

 
Now for the actual conversational value, A SOCIETAL QUESTION: Is it just me, or does anyone else find this whole thing a little absurd? I used to think it was excessive that Domino's stayed open until 3 in the morning for delivery, but this is ridiculous, yet surreal in an odd way O_O. What do you guys think? Should we be able to potentially order 10 Pizzas online at any given moment during the day? Are things like this TOO convenient?

THE FUTURE!

we don't get that in england :(
 
we just get 'ROUND YOUR HOUSE ASAP OK' then a smiley dominos pizza delivery girl or boy smiling with a pizza in their hand

I have the same service here in Ireland. Dominos are making money from this so i don't think they are complaining! ^_^ I think if people want pizza, people should get pizza!
 
But it's a bit of a wierd process on the internet, than ordering on the old telephone.

They should apply this type of technology to some sort of by-mail prostitution system.  That would be badass.

We can order pizza online, but no jetpacks.
This future sucks.
 
However that seems odd, does anyone actually care what status their pizza is at other than "being delivered"

We have a site here in Denmark (just-eat.dk) that lists every pizza restaurant or chinese, japanese, mexican.. Whatever.. 
Any restaurant, who's a member of the just-eat thingy so you can order from a lot of different places. 
Just type in your postal code or city name and voila, it will list a bunch of different restaurants that are open. 
 
Been using it for years, it's really great :D 
 
(can't recommend non-danish folk to go to the website though. Hard to understand and I if you do get them to send you a pizza or whatever, it might be cold when it arrives...)

It's a nice advancement that helps accurately organize supply and demand in a reliable format.
I think it's fine, as it is just a new type of business advancement for the food industry.

" They should apply this type of technology to some sort of by-mail prostitution system.  That would be badass. "

Pizza Hut's online ordering is great. 

I think this is awesome. You even get to see the pizza you build. I will probably use this. Thanks for letting me know.

I agree with you OP. I find this both hilarious and ridiculous. I can just see some comic like Conan or Robin Williams making jokes about this and incorporating it in their routine.

i personally would rather call the place then order it online. i can see something to go wrong with the order or something like that. i didn't even know that they started that. time is changing lol. 

It's not absurd until you can order pizza telepathically and eat it telekinetically. 

Domino's do online ordering here in N-Ireland, you can't beat it, think of all the energy I would be wasting reaching across the room for the phone every Friday!!

I really like the cheese and sauce options.  One of these days I'm just gonna see if I can get a blank dough circle.

Of every pizza I had while I was in America, Domino's was always the worst. This new reimagined one that they've been advertising tasted as bad as the old one only far more greasy.

yeah, I would just drive there and pick it up. The last time I ordered a pizza (I think it was on halloween) it took over an hour to get it to my house.

I dunno. I've done this many times, is it really that different from ordering it by a phone, or any odder?

As someone who lives in a dorm I love the Dominos progress bar thing, being able to sit in my room until it says they're leaving is excellent, far better than having to sit and wait in the front lobby for half an hour+

Domino's Points.
 
Free Pizza > Phone.

" It's not absurd until you can order pizza telepathically and eat it telekinetically.  "

" @Cerza:   "Philmore, left the store with your order at 4:23 PM"   PHILMORE? Fuck, just when I thought I was getting to know Dekisha. "

the status thing is overboard to me, but i can see how some people would have a use for it.
 
other than that it's nice. some people are old fashioned and insist on using the phone but i don't see a difference.

" @Geno said:

" It's not absurd until you can order pizza telepathically and eat it telekinetically.  "

That would looks stupid, though. Just imagine a dude walking in on you munching on nothing.

I like dominos more than pizzahut, theirs is nasty
 
 
OT: Its the pinnacle of man's mastery over computers.

neither

Nothing can be to convientent. I order my pizza online when I am lazy and don't feel like driving. Its better than sitting around in the place waiting for it.

I've ordered online is well. It's pretty hilarious. 
 
There website is so well designed, it gives you the picture of the pizza and you check the toppings you want, it'll give you a picture of it. It's pretty great.

Online ordering is awesome, I'm glad it exists. At the local pizza hut I can even just text something that corresponds to something I order a lot.

PIZZA REVIEW: 
 
 
It was ok. I absolutely hated the crust though. UGH, cheese/garlic? ARE YA KIDDING ME!?

I love ordering it online, mainly because I can't understand the mexicans who work at domino's on the phone.
I'm not even trying to be racist, I literally can't understand what they're trying to tell me over the phone.

Pizza Pizza does online orders, I love it. No more must I work around the clunky interface of a telephone. 

Ridiculous or Surreal? Neither. Its totally practical now that everything else is online. Why not?

This is anothe-
 
Oh wait, I don't care.

" Pizza Hut's online ordering is great.  "

" @Myrmidon:   O' SNAP SON! APATHY! "

" Of every pizza I had while I was in America, Domino's was always the worst. This new reimagined one that they've been advertising tasted as bad as the old one only far more greasy. "