I wonder what kind of pizza Jesus would have eaten?
Perhaps we could ask Softbank’s CEO, Masayoshi Son. According to recent news, after he was criticised for his performance due to huge losses suffered by Softbank, he compared himself to Jesus. “Jesus was misunderstood too,” he is reported to have said. He later apologised.
One of the miracles that Jesus is famous for is the Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes. With just a few loaves of bread and a few fish, he was somehow able to feed thousands of people.
Perhaps Masayoshi Son has been trying to perform his own food miracle – the Magic Money Pizza.
The owner of a pizza restaurant, who did not offer home delivery for his luxury pizzas, was very surprised to find that his pizzas were available on a food home-delivery app called DoorDash. The restaurant owner was even more surprised to find that customers could buy his pizzas on this home-delivery app for less money than he was selling them for in his restaurant. He sold deluxe pizzas for 24 Dollars in his restaurant, which were available on-line for 16 Dollars.
Confused, the restaurant owner asked his friend to order 10 deluxe pizzas from his restaurant on the DoorDash app. His friend paid 160 Dollars. Sure enough, the company DoorDash paid the restaurant 240 Dollars for the pizzas. The restaurant owner was now able to make a profit by selling pizzas to himself. He started to maximise his profits by selling pizzas to himself which had no topping.
DoorDash is apparently happy to make a loss for a while in order to show restaurant owners that they are able to attract lots of custom. The losses are supported by investors such as Softbank and their CEO Masayoshi Son.
I usually charge 3,000 Yen for a 50 minute English lesson. But if DoorDash would like to charge 2,000 Yen for the same lesson, and pay me 3,000 Yen, I will happily teach myself. I am such an experienced teacher that I could even do it in my sleep.
Vocabulary:
a loaf (many loaves) – an amount of bread which is baked and shaped, usually before being cut into slices
“Magic Money Pizza” – This is based upon the “Magic money tree” – the idea that money can be gotten for free and will never run out (eg. That politician has promised to spend lots and lots of money which the country cannot afford. Has he found the magic money tree?)
Sure enough – As expected
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