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I've done this a few times, like today at Wendy's:quote:Me: "I'd like a number two combo, with a Baconator, Biggie sized" Two reasons I bailed: 1. If ordering is this bad, how bad are things in the kitchen? 2. If I'm the slightest bit unpleasant toward the employee, perhaps in my tone, they could spit in my food or worse. I've done this about five times in my life. I get that working in fast food is nobody's dream job and I treat the employees kindly and with respect, but if I get a bad feeling I am out of there.
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Feb 24, 2020 07:48
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: "Did you want the Baconator, or the Son of Baconator?"
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what? nah man. poo poo no.
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Feb 24, 2020 08:18
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No, but because of sunk costs I once spent about 35 minutes at a Taco Bell drive thru. I have no idea what was going on inside, but I did get food eventually.
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Feb 24, 2020 09:16
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Universe Master posted:No, but because of sunk costs I once spent about 35 minutes at a Taco Bell drive thru. I have no idea what was going on inside, but I did get food eventually. Did this happen to be in Iowa City? Because loving same. It was too comical to leave
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Feb 24, 2020 09:37
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Extensive Vamping posted:Did this happen to be in Iowa City? Because loving same. It was too comical to leave Birmingham on a Sunday night years ago.
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Feb 24, 2020 10:01
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Wait, is there an implication here that somehow the employee is at fault for being confused by you asking for a Biggie size when that hasn't existed in like 20 years? Seriously, the teenager you're giving your order to likely didn't co-exist with the Biggie size at any point in time.
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Feb 24, 2020 23:13
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my friend and i once ordered mcflurries late at night and didn't know which window the guy told us to pull around to. we sat at the first one for a bit, then the second one, but then we got all anxious so we drove off to the other mcdonalds that's right across the highway and got our mcflurries there.
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Feb 25, 2020 00:04
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Only once when I realized I didn't have my wallet on me after ordering.
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Feb 25, 2020 00:20
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My local Taco Bell always takes forever, and people used to pull out of the line to leave if they were waiting 20+ minutes which happens regularly It's still that way except now there's a curb with landscaping so you can't escape the line This is wonderful when you pull up to the speaker and they tell you they're out of beef or the credit card machine is broken and you still have to wait for the people ahead of you
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Feb 25, 2020 06:12
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I had to wait 40+ minutes in the taco bell drive-thru line late night one time. the line was out onto the street, the inside wasn't open, and we had already ordered online and paid. there's no way I would have waited otherwise, it was lovely and so was the food that night
Crusty Nutsack fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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Feb 25, 2020 06:20
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I did this today although I usually don't. I tried to go to Arby's and they were out of some type of buns, and the guy in front of me was there for like 10 minutes, and kept getting in and out of the car and handing people things through the window (receipts, food? Not sure. It was taking forever to wrap up, whatever it was.) I didn't see anything good coming out of that trip so I bailed.
The Breakfast Sampler fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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Feb 25, 2020 09:06
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any time i've considered leaving, i've been trapped. i just repeat to myself "maybe it's their first day" and try and be as politely stern as possible at the window to get free food.
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Feb 25, 2020 20:43
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Q_res posted:Wait, is there an implication here that somehow the employee is at fault for being confused by you asking for a Biggie size when that hasn't existed in like 20 years? Seriously, the teenager you're giving your order to likely didn't co-exist with the Biggie size at any point in time.
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Feb 26, 2020 05:11
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kfc and jack in the box, when they have you waiting forever which happens a lot there. oh and an arbys once, same reason.
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Feb 26, 2020 08:44
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If I can leave and they mess up several times I bail.
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Feb 28, 2020 06:14
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Protip: If you park your car and walk through the drive through you wont get trapped.
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Feb 28, 2020 06:27
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A Grand Egg posted:Protip: If you park your car and walk through the drive through you wont get trapped. I was drunk and walking home (well, back to a hotel) once and tried to walk through a wendy's drive thru (the counter was closed it was drive thru only hours) and the refused to serve me because I wasn't in a car.
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Feb 28, 2020 17:17
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I'm ashamed to say I didn't bail after ten+ minutes in a subway drive thru the other evening. One person there and of course two people ordered in person just before my own order went in. But dammit, I'd been on the go all day without food and my only other options were gas station or McDonald's, which is a large gamble post-9pm.
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Feb 29, 2020 00:46
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Forget drive throughs, who has bailed on an in-progress subway sub? Is there a term for that? There should be.
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Feb 29, 2020 03:13
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shadow puppet of a posted:Forget drive throughs, who has bailed on an in-progress subway sub? I've so wanted to. I have definitely walked in, gotten in line, seen someone start ordering 5 subs from a list, and walked out. Subway's biggest problem is Subway customers.
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Feb 29, 2020 03:33
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shadow puppet of a posted:Is there a term for that? There should be. A sandwich philistine?
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Feb 29, 2020 03:35
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I actually can't wrap my head around a drive thru subway. Like you're already dancing on a knife's edge when you can directly puppet the maker of the sandwich in full view. I can't imagine what comes out when you yell an order into a tiny speaker and hope for the best.
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Feb 29, 2020 03:41
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tetsuo posted:I actually can't wrap my head around a drive thru subway. Like you're already dancing on a knife's edge when you can directly puppet the maker of the sandwich in full view. I can't imagine what comes out when you yell an order into a tiny speaker and hope for the best. I never went to one before they upgraded, but they have digital order screens now that pretty much let you put anything you want together. Food quality aside they're the best place to order from, and I wish everyone else would get on board.
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Feb 29, 2020 03:56
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CaptainPsyko posted:I was drunk and walking home (well, back to a hotel) once and tried to walk through a wendy's drive thru (the counter was closed it was drive thru only hours) and the refused to serve me because I wasn't in a car. We used to do it all the time. Here a lot of places used to close indoor service after a certain time, but have a 24hr drive though. The trick, if youre in a group, is to stand in a square shape 2-2 or 2-3 pattern like youre actual car passengers and one person mime using a steering wheel.
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Feb 29, 2020 05:05
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I've never had that problem OP.
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Feb 29, 2020 08:22
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CaptainPsyko posted:I was drunk and walking home (well, back to a hotel) once and tried to walk through a wendy's drive thru (the counter was closed it was drive thru only hours) and the refused to serve me because I wasn't in a car. I had that happen and was so drunk I responded by getting angry and vomiting, didn't break eye contact with the night manager though.
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Feb 29, 2020 10:21
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And another thing, what is with people sitting too far back in line so you can't order? Happened tonight at, oddly enough, another Wendy's. The kid ahead of me was like 1.5 car lengths behind the person at the window and refused to budge even after a polite honk. So of course the people sitting behind me are just waiting for him to move up so they can even order. The dogfucker.
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Feb 29, 2020 10:47
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I've never had to wait a crazy amount of time at a drive-thru, maybe 15 minutes tops, and that's extremely rare. The last time it happened the wonderful girl at the taco bell window put a bunch of extras with my order so it was worth it. I've actually had worse luck inside the restaurants. Popeye's is usually slow around here but the worst thing i ever experienced in terms of wait time was a terribly understaffed burger king at a rest stop after an important yankee-red Sox night game late in the season. There were 3 people in the entire place trying to deal with about 150 drunks. Those poor bastards. That was easily an hour wait
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Mar 2, 2020 19:00
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Steak n Shake. The one I used to go to was always a guaranteed 20+ minutes in the drive thru, even if it's literally just you and one other car. Presumably this was because dine in orders were given priority on the grill, but at that point why bother having the drive thru open? It was also the only late night restaurant in the area and right next to the light rail terminal, so good loving luck ever getting food friday/saturday late night.
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Mar 3, 2020 06:36
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I did once, in the aforementioned Taco Bell drive through. I would legit get revenge if they trapped you in there in some way. I also bail at my local subway whenever I see it's the Israeli owner making sandwiches instead of the normal awesome girl. Awkward if you make eye contact first, but I fully accept my gooniness.
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Mar 3, 2020 10:40
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shadow puppet of a posted:Forget drive throughs, who has bailed on an in-progress subway sub? I've done this. The guy didn't greet me which was not a biggie if that was all, but he was more focused on the girl in the line ahead of me than making my sammich. What made me bail was that I ordered a tuna sub, and this guy starts scraping the dry crusty tuna out of the bottom of the bin with his scoop while continuing to flirt with the girl. I just walked out and didn't say anything.
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Hell no, because one time my dad and I managed to confuse and disrupt a drive-thru order so badly that eventually 2 different teams of people brought out two instances of the same big rear end order at Taco Bell for the price of one and we ate like gods. Persevere, amigos.
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