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When they realised what it was, the couple, from Middleburg
Heights, Ohio, were "just silent" she told Reuters after posting
a picture on social media of the pizza, which she said came from
Little Caesars.
Extremely angered by the Nazi symbol, they had tried to return
the pizza but received no response upon calling the shop, which
had closed.
Little Caesars, the world's third largest pizza chain, contacted
them the following day to apologise for the incident. It said
their employees had admitted to making the pizza as a joke and
it was never supposed to be sold. Two employees had been fired,
Laska quoted the company as saying.
Local media quoted a statement from Little Caesars condemning
racism and confirming the sackings. The company was not
immediately available for further comment.
Laska said her husband Jason had bought the pizza, which had
already been prepared, right before closing time.
She said she felt the termination was not a satisfactory step
given the severity of the 'joke', but was not sure what other
action she and Jason could have taken.
"This kind of hate being spread around and not taken seriously
is why the world is becoming so divided," she added.
"In the climate today a gesture like such is completely
unacceptable ... I hope the two responsible learn a valuable
lesson from this. Spread love, not hate."
(This story has been corrected to rectify spelling of Middleburg
Heights)
(Reporting by Nur-Azna Sanusi; writing by Karishma Singh;
editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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