This has been the norm lately.
Exhibit A:
I need to grab some food fast, so I go to the McDonalds drive-thru, place my order, pay for it and leave. When I get to my destination, a big chunk of my order is missing (aka, the portion of it that was for me). So I call the restaurant ( I use that term very loosely). Someone answers the phone but is too busy giggling with their co-workers to even say hello for about 20 seconds. Once the girl acknowledges that she is on the phone, I tell her that I did not get all of my order, and what it was exactly that I was missing. She says, “Oh sure, I have those here. Just come on back and get them.” So then I say, “Oh sure, no problem except that I am already outside of town and I am not coming back for two crappy overly processed pieces of crap.” Or something to that effect. She says, “OK, I will write your name down on a piece of paper and you can come get them whenever.”
“Great,” I say. Meanwhile I am starving.
Six hours later, I arrive at the McDonalds, they immediately give me my food, which I am certain is the exact food they had made for me six hours earlier but neglected to put into my bag. Mmmmmm. And that’s that, no “Sorry for the inconvenience” or “Sorry we can’t figure out how to put stuff in a bag based on a list of items taped directly to the bag itself”.
Exhibit B:
We decide to go to the local Sonic for some ice cream. I order a banana split and a regular Reese’s Blast. The girl taking my order repeats back to me, “One banana split, one large Reese’s Blast.”
I say, “That should be regular, not large on the Blast.”
She says, “OK, here’s your total.”
Order arrives. One banana split, one large Reese’s Blast. I just pay for it and leave because I figure that I am lucky it’s a Blast at all.
So basically, it goes like this.
“Welcome to sonic, may I take your order?”
“I would like to have a banana split and a regular Reese’s Blast.”
“OK, that will be a banana split and a large Reese’s Blast.”
“Um, regular, not large.”
“Large it is. Coming right up. Oh, and you will be lucky if it is the right flavor. See you in about an hour.”
I noticed while there, they had a large sign that said Fast and Fresh. Uh huh. I have never found a Sonic to be neither fast nor fresh, unless you count greasy as fresh. In that case, some of the freshest food in the world comes from Sonic. Slowly.
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