If ever the movie Contagion needed a real-life petri dish to nullify the necessary willing suspension of disbelief for that kind of perfect storm, Cici's Pizza in Fort Oglethorpe, GA would be it.
In a word: gross. Â Or loud. Â Or so many other things. Â This is another case of getting what you pay for. Â For an incredibly cheap price, you can eat yourself about dead on pizza that tastes like your own demise. Â And, if the quality of the pizza wasn't enough, imagine hoards of sneezing, booger-picking, coughing, dirty children running around, helping themselves unattended at the bar. Â You can watch children sticking their hands deep in the silverware containers after sneezing on them or picking their own (or a friend's) nose. Â If that grosses you out, don't even think about using the bathroom. Â I think they hose them down in some kind of chemical/urine compound every night.
To avoid the inevitable plague that will someday emerge from this restaurant, I always order a calzone with the cashier when first entering. Â Yes, for the price of the buffet, you can order your own specialty pizza, which helps. Â I order the same thing every time: a veggie calzone without black olives. Â Every time I eat there, my family finishes, and the calzone is nowhere to be found. Â Usually, they have made some sort of error with the order pertaining to their penchant for black olives in veggie calzones despite the request for none. Â The manager is a super nice guy, though, and he's always corrected the error with a smile.
Finally, you'll also probably find the missing link while eating here. Â If you've ever wondered what it would be like to actually interact with some of the most horrifically stereotypical rednecks ever portrayed on television, this is your place: grossly obese families clad in enough camouflage to make the Statue of Liberty disappear with a flock of children clinging to random body parts. Â GINORMOUS pickup trucks in the parking lot, missing teeth, and enough college-football garb to make you believe it's a religion rather than a sport.
So, I suppose, for the price you pay for pizza you at least get some entertainment. Â Quick tip: if the entertainment gets a little "too real," their vision is based on movement.