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So not too long ago I ventured out into the darkness at around 6 pm to go to Burger King. It seemed like a fairly routine task and I expected to be back quickly and without anything blogworthy happening. Well, I was wrong. It turned out to be a really strange experience.
I get there and the place is empty except for the five or so employees. Not a single customer in the joint. At 6 pm. On a Friday night. Crazy!
Anyway, I step up to the register and give the nice young lady my very complicated order of a Double Whopper with cheese, mustard and pickle only. Now, it's possible that the registers at Burger King are extra complicated to use. Eve if I could obviously tell how to put my order in while reading her register upside down despite the fact that I've never worked in a fast food joint like BK.
After a bit of a struggle she finally got the order in and then told me my total, took my cash and gave me my change without incident. Then she told me that I was “Number 33” She was very clear about the number, just in case I'm hard of hearing or not good at understanding such things. I guess it's good to have a routine and stay in the practice of insuring that people know their number, even when the place is empty.
So, I go over and fill my cup halfway with coke, drink it, and refill it again as I always do. Then I turn around and wait patiently. After a couple of minutes the girl who took my order put the burger in the sack with the fries and turned around to place it on the counter. I began walking up to her and she very loudly said “NUMBER THIRTY-THREE??!!!” I froze for a second and looked around the room. Then I reached out to get the sack from her and she again said “Number thirty-three?” kind of have accusatory and half in disbelief. All this even though she had just taken my order less that 3 minutes earlier.
At this point I considered looking at my receipt and saying “Oh, not I'm number FORTY-three. Damn” and then walking back over to the coke dispensers. But, I was hungry and was afraid that this would really confuse her, so I assured her that I was indeed number thirty-three and for her give me my damn food.
I got in the car and though “You know, I should check to make sure they got this right.” Sure enough, they put ketchup on my burger and no mustard. How the fuck do they screw up an order when I'm the only damn customer in the place? Did someone come through an hour earlier and want ketchup and pickles and the guy on the line got all confused? Whatever.
I took the bag back inside and informed the girl who now acts as if she's never seen me before in her life that the order is wrong and she says “Really?” as if this never happens. Well, turns out the cook or assembly line guy DID get confused because the order on the ticket was what I wanted. So, they fixed it and I left happy with my yummy burger.
This is why never go use the drive through.
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