It’s not every day I get a chance to write about technology AND pizza, all in the same article.  So you’ll have to pardon me if I seem excited. 

Papa John’s has unveiled a new service:  you can now order a pizza via text message.  Hooray!

And just in the nick of time, because ordering a pizza the regular way is such a long and tedious process that I was just about to give up trying altogether.  Using the phone or the internet to place an order for a pie is just too arduous. 

But in all seriousness, this is a neat little innovation, and hopefully–for Papa John’s sake–the pizza-craving, text-messaging demographic (i.e., teenagers) won’t find some way to abuse this system or create false pizza orders on their friends’ phones. 

The sad thing is, I’m just old enough to be very poor at text messaging…which means that ordering through this new method will likely not save me any time or effort.  Bummer.  But your 15-year-old is gonna love it, as long as you’re buying.