Back in 2005 I posted a free pizza scam for Pizza Hut, well it’s back but for Papa Johns, and I just got it delivered to my house.
Go to http://www.papajohns.com and register. Make sure you are logged in before starting to enter your promo code.
TMXXXOK is the code you will be using.
edit: Turns out you can also use TSXXXOK. Try it out!
XXX is your random letters. Keep trying random letters until it accepts it. A lot will already be taken as other people have used them. If you get “blocked” simply close your browser and open it back up.
Once you get it, then go to modify cart, and add a topping (1 is free), then checkout choosing “cash”.
$2.00 delivery fee + $3.00 tip = $5 pizza. Or, go to the store and pick it up for free. I was not asked for a coupon or anything, the guy was cool. Came in 15 mins. If they ask for a coupon, just say you got it in an email but have already deleted the email.
Bam.
I finally graduated. Things feel really different. I feel like I moved but I haven’t gone anywhere. Without having someone else (UCF) dictate a schedule to me, it becomes more of a responsibility to work all day and keep some kind of a regular daily schedule. At least I’m not waking up at 11 and doing nothing…
Here’s a photo from graduation:
I just got over a stomach flu that pretty much kept me in bed for 3 days, it was horrible. Now I can get back to work. I’m starting a new company that will sell table covers for Fraternities and Sororities, as well as colleges. We will also have some other products. It’s keeping me very busy, and I have to juggle that and my current companies.
What’s really bothering me and prompted me to put some thoughts down on this blog, is the economy situation and Obama’s plan. Obama wants to do things like stimulate the economy with more money, which will do nothing more then drive the dollar price even lower, history has already proven that. With all these bail outs, our economy is really screwed up. The only solution I see is a Darwinism approach and let the strongest companies succeed and take over the others, much like the banking industry.
On the news today I heard about some counties in Florida are going to be cutting teachers, administrators, and Junior Varsity sports programs. This breaks my heart to say the least. How would I fix this budget crisis in the public education system of Florida? I’d start by not spending more money to renovate schools and roads, firing teachers, and cutting programs, and instead cut back on things like Crossing Guards. Are you kidding me? I never had a single crossing guard when I was growing up. You know what it taught me? To be aware of my surroundings, make my own decisions, and not rely on someone else to tell me when I can cross a road… And you know what? No one died at my school, or even in my county. We pay these people to sit around for hours AFTER school and hold up a little stop sign in the road. Some intersections have 4 of them! Instead of paying them, I’d rather cut 2-4 of them and keep a teacher on staff. This next generations education is going to suffer and it’s not their fault. With a growing obesity epidemic (I’m down to 210 lbs by the way), cutting sports programs will only ensure this epidemic increases.
Another problem I have with Obama and his, yes HIS, recession, is the effect it has directly on people like me, a small business owner. The bail outs are only being given to the largest corporations in America… however let me shed some light on employment in the USA.
Small Businesses (those with fewer than 500 employees)…
- Represent 99.7% of all employer firms (meaning, companies with employees)
- Employ about 50% of all private-sector employees
- Pay nearly 45% of the total U.S. private payroll
- Have generated 60% to 80% of net new jobs annually over the last decade
- Create more then 50% of non-farm private gross domestic product (GDP)
- Hire 40% of high-tech workers (such as scientists, engineers, and computer workers)
- Made up 97.3% of all identified exporters and produced 28.9% of the known export value in fiscal 2006
Source: Small Business Administration
What does this mean, and why am I mad? The government (Obama’s new plan) offers no support for small business owners. However, just yesterday I did hear that they are going to offer a $3,000 per hire tax credit for companies with new hires. $3,000 isn’t really that much if you consider what it actually COSTS a business to have a new employee after benefits, 401k, etc.
What else sucks about the recession is that even though I have almost perfect credit (no negatives, just not a long history since i’m 22), I can’t get a loan. I can’t get a loan because people that had bad credit got credit cards and maxed them out with no way to pay. Basically America borrowed money from the entire world and now has no way to pay it back. Now what?
I don’t have a solution for the whole world or the U.S’s financial problems. I hope someone does because I think Obama is only going to make things worse and stick the next president with the bill. I know personally I’ve seen a drop in revenue in all of my companies, and it sucks. That’s why I am starting new companies with new strategies such as having everything be Just-In-Time and no inventory to minimize my risk if the companies fail. Wish me luck.
