Papa John's Employee Delivers Vandalism with Pie

Uh oh, another graffiti-happy citizen has been busted! Following the kid on the N train who was caught on a camera phone scratching into the subway window, a pizza delivery man was busted above-ground in Brooklyn Heights. Allegedly the "saucy Papa John’s deliveryman" was seen doing the deed in a Livingston Street elevator, The Brooklyn Paper reports. "And now the owner of the building is biting back, suing the franchise for $3,200 — the cost, he says, of removing the 'Dizzy CFM' tag that the ditzy doughboy scratched into the car’s wood paneling." The tagger worked at the Downtown Brooklyn establishment and has since been fired. One lawyer told the paper that “It’s a tough case unless Papa John’s knew [the deliveryman] had a history of vandalism."

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on December 5, 2008 5:48 PM

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fixilator

Why all the hating on Papa John's? Their pizza is delicious. There, I said it.

tingo

Look at how sad that black and white image is. It's like this papa john's delivery man is writing a plea for help - trying to make his mark for someone else to notice, to ascribe a sort of worth and value for the world to see. Dizzy CFM - now made 'famous' by this, now known to the world.

Or maybe he was just bored.

HughGass

Who the fuck orders from Papa John's in New York City???? Probably the same people I see lined up at the Olive Garden and Outback.

west side Michael

He is just studying interior design ,so says his

lawyer,"this was just homework".

Gentrifier

That's what they get for not using a real pizzeria.

rcltrh

He was on company time doing company business. It's their responsibility. Maybe they should do better screening.

Snoopy

It's always those Italians thinking they're Michaelangelo or Gipetto that do all this vandalism.

Any description of the perp?

virgilstarkwell

it's art, right jake?

suepart

yo, where's the new museum curator?? here's your new artist/flavor of the month for your weak museum of crap...

Spirit of 76

“It’s a tough case unless Papa John’s knew [the deliveryman] had a history of vandalism."

Kind of a double standard, isn't it? The firefighter who was hit with a chair got over $3M even though his fellow firefighter didn't have a history of beating people over the head with chairs. If you're going to hold one organization accountable for the actions of its employee, you should do the same to the other.