Mistakenment - Follow-Up
Today is a good day. The Holy Tax Return arrived, that once-a-year gift that only Uncle Sam can bestow. Boy I sure do love my adorable tax deductions. But that’s not the story for today.
Yesterday I made a return visit to the Burger King mentioned on Monday. Walking inside was an odd feeling. In almost a year and a half I had never actually been in the place, only near it via the drive-thru window.
After standing in line for a few minutes, I finally made my way up to the front.
“Can I help you?” the old, cantankerous woman behind the counter says.
“Can I speak to the manager?”
“Manager!” she says, even though the guy is standing right behind her.
I wave him over to the other end of the long counter, where food is usually picked up.
“Hi, I uh… I had a very interesting conversation with an employee here on Monday afternoon. She’s short, dark hair, glasses?”
He nods.
“Well, I was there at the window and…” I tell him what happened. Read this post if you want to know.
“Oh,” he says, wiping his face with his hand. “Yeah, she uh…we’ve had some problems out of her in the past.”
Yeah, I’m shocked. Heh.
“Let me get you some Whopper coupons,” he says and heads back to his office.
As soon as he’s gone the rest of the employees whom I’ve come to recognize rush over.
“What are you doing in here?” “Is everything okay?” “What happened?”
“Well, it’s the strangest thing. That girl at the window on Monday cussed me.” And I tell them the shortest version possible. They’re just eating it up. I’ve officially fueled their gossip machine for another two or three days.
A guy with greasy hair sticks out his hand. “I’m sorry about that, man.”
I laugh (because I really think the whole situation is just absurd) “It’s okay. It was surreal, is all.”
The manager comes back and hands me my coupons. I turn around and go back to the register. I use my free coupon, add cheese, and a french fry.
Then I’m taken aback by this statement: “You’re going to have to pay for the cheese.”
All I gotta say is ouch. You’re compensated all right, but that $.25 cheese? That’s your responsibility.
So I called her a bitch and ran out of the place.
;-)
See you Monday.
Tell everybody, waitin' for Superman
That they should try to hold on, best they can
8 Comments:
Burger King in Australia is called Hungry Jacks - we have no idea why. Two years ago my then five-year-old had a birthday party there. Three days before the event my wife called to check that the booking was still ok - the guy who answered the phone put the phone down to check the booking. 40 minutes later someone else put the phone down because it was off the hook. Now, we wouldn't normally wait that long but we'd had problems with them before and wanted to see how long it took. Turned out afterwards that the guy was the deputy manager. I spoke to a shift manager on the day of the party and the staff all did the same thing as with you: gathered for the gossip and openly told me that he was a tosser and he should get the sack. Oh, and we got free coupons too.
Who cares look were you are eating, Burger King!
It?s not like it?s spogo in Beverly Hills.
From the sound your writing, I bet you have never been out of your state.
Please get some culture,
Last time I was at spogo the water was $5.00 a glass.
That were you get good service, not from a high school kid.
All you write is crap & complaining.
I feel sorry for you!
Sounds as if you are always looking for something for nothing.
Your whole website is negative.
Yeh... Please get some culture so you can be "just" like the aforementioned pompous ignorant bastard that made that last comment.
I believe the real dumbass here is Black Alias. Last time I checked water was free. And check your grammar!! Culture indeed! And by the way, if you don't like it, don't read it. Pompous assholes are a dime a dozen. Meaning we don't need anymore.
My point is that most of the stuff written here is just plain unprofessional.
I listened to Evan in Nashville & it?s seems that he takes something & twists it to his advantage.
I read his blog & most of it is great, real great them BAMM! It?s crap
His daily blog would be better if he only made positive posts.
Honestly his site is a disgrace to the blooger community.
I am sorry that critiquing can?t be mentally stimulating for others like you.
Maybe if you GOT out of hick town you would be happy.
That?s before all of the businesses kick you OUT!
Thank you,
Criticism is only valuable when it is constructive. One second you say the blog is great and then you say it's a disgrace to the blooger (sic) community. Which is it?
I suggest you go take your pills and, while you're at it, fix your link to your own web site. It doesn't work. Or is that because you're afraid of some "critique" of your own web site?
Make up your mind Alias. Either you think it's mostly great or mostly crap. It can't be both. Let's read yours and see if it's any better. Oh that's right, your link is "broke". Read it or don't but I happen to love Mr.O!!
BTW, Alias, what the hell are you talking about? "Before all the businesses kick you OUT"??
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