Italian mayor seeks dialogue after pizza order controversy

Italian mayor seeks dialogue after pizza order controversy

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Can you imagine an international incident that was caused by ordering pizza? Upset that a group of 16 Taiwanese tourists only ordered five pizzas, the owner of a restaurant in Italy filmed the encounter and posted it on social media. It sparked a massive backlash, prompting the Italian owner to quickly take the video down and post another one to apologize. The incident even escalated into a diplomatic affair, with the local mayor stepping forward to state that the owner had no malicious intent and was just seeking attention. He also expressed the hope to speak with Taiwan’s representative in Italy to resolve the dispute.

- Where are you from? China?
- Taiwan.
- Check this out! What a joke!

The owner of this Italian pizza restaurant swears on camera while recording an encounter with tourists.

Four pizzas. F*** that. I don’t give a damn.

The Taiwanese tourists, totally unaware they were being humiliated, thought it was a friendly interaction. They happily gave thumbs-up and replied, “Taiwan!”

Look at this. Amazing! Sixteen people and five pizzas. Taiwan.

Upset that the 16 tourists only ordered five pizzas, the owner took out his phone and started mocking them. He posted the video to his shop’s Instagram, where it was flooded with negative comments. The owner promptly took the video down and issued an apology.

Patrizio Pazzini
Restaurant owner
I want to apologize to everyone for the video I made, and I want to extend my apologizes to the people of Taiwan. This will not happen again. We Italians by nature like to joke around. I apologize once more to everyone. I love you, China. I love you, Taiwan.

Despite the apology, the backlash remained fierce. One person left a review of the restaurant on Google Maps explaining that Taiwanese typically share pizza, so it’s merely a cultural difference. Yet their attempt at rational dialogue was met with an expletive.

Hsieh Yi-jung
Italian-style restaurant owner
Having worked with Italian people for over a decade, I can suggest communicating with the owner that you plan to dine somewhere else shortly. Crucially, emphasize that you’ll leave immediately after finishing your meal so they can give the seat to another customer. I think Italians would be happy with that.

Uncle Jesse
Travel expert
In Italy, people are accustomed to ordering one pizza per person. If you really can’t finish it, then see if you can order drinks or appetizers, and ask the owner about a minimum purchase. When eating in Europe, the most basic etiquette is for each person to order a meal or a drink.

This encounter has even escalated into a diplomatic incident, with the local mayor stepping forward to say that the restaurant owner had no ill intent, he was just seeking attention, and his response was ill advised. He also said he wishes to speak with Taiwan’s representative in Italy to resolve the dispute.

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「16人點5份」義大利披薩事件延燒　市長緩頰：盼找台代表溝通

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出國吃披薩，竟然也能吃出國際糾紛？義大利一間披薩店老闆，因為不滿台灣遊客，16人只點5個披薩，竟然拿起手機邊錄影邊爆粗口，還把影片PO上IG公審，結果遭到大披網友出征，而後老闆趕緊下架影片，發出道歉影片。此事也上升到外交事件，當地市長出面說老闆沒惡意、只想博關注，但做法錯誤，希望找台灣駐義大利代表溝通、化解爭端。

“你從哪裡來的? 中國?
台灣
來看喔!太好笑了

一名義大利披薩店老闆，邊自拍邊飆髒話。

“四個披薩去你X的我才不在乎”

只是台灣遊客，完全不知道被羞辱，以為是熱情互動，還開心比YA，並回「Taiwan！」

“看這景象真棒！，十六個人五個披薩，台灣”

義大利老闆因不滿16名台灣觀光客，只點5個披薩，竟然直接拿手機錄影嘲諷，事後還把影片上傳到店家IG，影片曝光後，遭負評灌爆，老闆立刻把影片下架，火速道歉。

[[披薩店老闆帕齊尼]]
“我要為我製作的影片向各位致歉，同時也向全體台灣人民說聲抱歉，這件事不會再發生了，我們義大利人天性比較愛開玩笑，我再次為此向大家致歉，我愛你中國，我愛你台灣”

道歉歸道歉，私下砲火依舊猛烈，有網友到google map商家評價留言，台灣人習慣Pizza分著吃、只是文化差異，理性溝通卻被他用簡單粗暴的F開頭髒話回敬。

[[台灣義式餐飲業者謝宜榮]]
“跟義大利人工作，大概有十幾年的時間，可以跟老闆溝通一下說，待會我們還要再去別家吃，再講一個重點說，待會我們吃完之後，馬上就離開，這個位置就可以，讓您給下一個客人做生意，我想義大利人，一定會很開心”

[[旅遊達人傑西大叔]]
“在義大利他們用餐習慣，是一個人點一份披薩，如果真的吃不下，看是不是可以，透過點飲料或其他的前菜，跟店家討論一下，確認一下低消，在歐洲的餐廳，用餐禮儀，最低標準就是，每個人要點一份餐點，或者是飲料”

此事也上升到外交事件，當地市長出面說老闆沒惡意、只想博關注，但做法錯誤，希望找台灣駐義大利代表溝通、化解爭端。

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