●4.0 · $20.00 · Open
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Downtown, Austin
mannyJan 26
●4.0
After Luke and Adhi beat me and Jibraan at pool 🎱💀, Jibraan and I decide to grab dessert and watch the NFC Championship. Simple plan. Bad assumption.
Everything is closed.
Whole Foods ❌
Trader Joe’s ❌
H-E-B ❌
So we land at Domino’s 🍕. Cinnamon bites and out. Easy.
Wrong.
The roads are pure ice 🧊. I’m telling Jibraan to drive slow all night. We pull up to Domino’s and there’s this slanted icy curb that basically funnels cars straight into disaster. Jibraan slides right into it 🚗➡️🧱.
Enter John. (homeless guy)
John immediately starts putting his body between the car and the curb 🧍♂️🫠, yelling “REVERSE! REVERSE!” — not helpful, extremely dangerous, full liability situation.
Afterward, he asks if we can help him out. I give him two $2 bills 💵💵. I’m ready to end the night.
Then he asks for food.
Here’s where I need to pause and say this:
the Domino’s itself was actually fantastic ❤️🍕.
Yeah, the area was rough and the store didn’t look amazing, but the employees were insanely kind. No attitude. No rushing us. Just hardworking people trying to close up and get home in freezing weather ❄️. Honestly one of the nicer Domino’s experiences I’ve had.
They weren’t taking new orders because of the ice, but someone didn’t pick up their food, so they gave me free pizza and chicken 🍕🍗. Pure kindness.
Meanwhile John had somehow already acquired a pizza ❓. No explanation given.
He sees my pizza, asks for it — I give it to him.
At this point John has:
• 2 pizzas 🍕🍕
• $4 💵
• zero mechanical assistance
Elite efficiency.
I walk back outside and see Jibraan handing John cash in the middle of the icy street 💸😐. I’m not about to intervene in front of John, so I simply dissociate and go back inside.
Then Jibraan comes in, very serious, slips me a folding pocket knife 🔪 and whispers:
“Just in case. We’re driving him to a hotel.”
I’m like…
What is happening.
I finally get the cinnamon bites 🍩 and walk back to the car — John is already in the backseat.
We’re now missing the entire NFC Championship 🏈❌ and driving John to a La Quinta 🏨. On the way he unloads full lore: family drama, betrayals, kicked out of a shelter for staying too long.
At the hotel, John needs $140 for the room and deposit. Then we find out they only take card. So Jibraan puts his credit card down 💳😵💫 and doesn’t get the cash back.
Final John haul:
• $140+ cash 💸
• my two $2 bills 💵💵
• two pizzas 🍕🍕
• free hotel room 🏨
• free ride 🚗
• AND he took Jibraan’s number and promised a free quesadilla 🌮📞
We finally get back to Luke’s. The game had literally just ended. We play Mario Party 🎮 instead.
Cinnamon bites review:
Honestly? Pretty good 👍🍩
Shoutout to the Domino’s staff for being real ones in the cold.
