Pet Peeve
Parabeagle
3,085 Posts
Okay, just need to vent a little here. Why do they call it a "fast food" restaurant when the service and food is ANYTHING but??? Hitting my favorite (well, not favorite but the least objectionable) burger franchise across the street from my office, I was pleasantly surprised to find only one person ahead of me in line for the cashier. This person was well dressed and articulate, no apparent behavioral, seeing or hearing challenges and proceeded to spend the NEXT FIVE MINUTES HAVING THE CLERK DESCRIBE IN DETAIL WHAT GOES INTO EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN', FRIGGIN' ITEM ON THE WHOLE BLOODY MENU!!!!!! I wanted to shout "READ THE FREAKIN', FRIGGIN' MENU BEFORE YOU GET IN LINE, YOU BONEHEAD!" (or words to that effect).
So he decides what he wants, clerk inputs the order and he PAYS WITH A CREDIT CARD THAT GETS REJECTED!!!! Then he tries another. Thankfully, that one goes through.
Between the time I entered the restaurant and the time I got the cashier (about a 10-foot stroll) seven minutes of MY TIME was wasted.
Okay. I'll go take a valium now.
And while I'm at it, isn't the Forum loading VERY SLUGGISHLY TODAY??? x;-)
Have a good weekend, everyone.
So he decides what he wants, clerk inputs the order and he PAYS WITH A CREDIT CARD THAT GETS REJECTED!!!! Then he tries another. Thankfully, that one goes through.
Between the time I entered the restaurant and the time I got the cashier (about a 10-foot stroll) seven minutes of MY TIME was wasted.
Okay. I'll go take a valium now.
And while I'm at it, isn't the Forum loading VERY SLUGGISHLY TODAY??? x;-)
Have a good weekend, everyone.
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>>And while I'm at it, isn't the Forum loading
>VERY SLUGGISHLY TODAY??? x;-)
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> Thank you for mentioning my pet peeve of the day.
It should get better this week. For the long term, we'll have to shell out some bucks to give our system more capacity.
James Sokolowski
HRhero.com
Can you really use freakin' and friggin' in the same sentence? I mean, isn't it a freakin' item or a friggin' item....x:D
Besides, I was going to use freakin' friggin' AND flippin' but decided against it. x:D
And yes, the forum IS loading pretty slowly. Gotta love a T1. xx(
I can be a regular Basil Fawlty (kinda felt like him when I was standing behind that bloody idiot in line, too). x;-)
>02-13-04 AT 05:10 PM (CST)[/font]
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>Beaglepuss, honey, baby, sweetheart: Take a deep
>breath, let it out slowly. Did you take the time
>to read Don's Valentine Day post? Chocolate
>will take care of the FREAKIN', FRIGGIN'
>anguish. Trust me. x:*
Now...back to the freakin',friggin',bloody topic of fast food....I AGREE with what you are saying. The only thing I will touch at a fast food is coffee or iced tea at some places. Anyway...that's another story.
I hate to get behind someone who orders "the barnyard" and then it takes FOREVER for them to get their order processed. The cashier sometimes makes the momentous decision to have them pull forward so the other folks in the mile long line can be served. Pulling "forward" means leaving just enough space for a Yugo to get through.
The credit card thing, I go ballistic over. If you can't afford the five bucks for a fast food meal, you'd better start brown bagging it. (or at least go by the ATM and get some freakin' cash!).
Venting is good!
Hey! We already have a Prozac lick by the timeclock. What more can we do?
>timeclock. What more can we do?
An even better suggestion than breaking out our Midol-filled fire extinguisher, Rockie. Salt licks don't require PASS training. Serve yourself as needed. x:D