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From: rzdz@fluke.UUCP (Rick Chinn)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Those twits at McDonalds
Message-ID: <576@tpvax.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 16:46:59 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 16:46:59 1985
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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I can remain silent no longer.

Joe Loda (aicchi!joeloda) said it right. The kids are just trying to be
salespeople and get you to spend a few more cents. Besides, I'd be willing
to bet that there's a bit more margin built into the extras. As a frequent
McD. customer (expedience and hunger wins out over gastronomic excellence) I
don't mind the twits asking if I want something extra, as I frequently
space-out part of my order. So...look upon it as them asking if you forgot
something.

Now, my pet peeve:

You go to the drive thru, order your stuff, they say: that'l be a
dollar-three-ninety at the window please...you drive up, pays your
dollar-three-ninety and then the twit delivers the coup de grace:

    The [item(s) you ordered] will be ready in a [couple, few, etc.] minutes.
    Please pull ahead and I'll bring your order out when it's ready.

Of course, the twit's idea of a couple of minutes usually stretches out to
five, etc. If I wasn't in a hurry, I probably wouldn't have tried the stupid
drive through. (btw...I call this maneuver "going to to the penalty box")
Sometimes it helps to glance at your watch when they say this and look back
at them doubtfully. Of course, some of them wouldn't respond if you put 25 kV
between their eyes (you know, the ones that are dead from the toes up).

On occasion, (after being forced to wait more than the stated time) I have
backed up into the window after someone has left and refused to budge until
they bring me my food. That usually gets results, pronto!  

Another:

When you get your change at the drive thru, the twit gives you a handful of
silver on top of a bunch of paper bills. Then you get to try to get it back
into your car without dumping it all over the insides of your car (or worse,
their driveway).

Still another (this happened at monterey jacks, nee yack een ze box):

I ordered one of their breakfast things from the drive thru. The pretty
picture and the menu made no mention of eggs (I think that they were made
for throwing). The help said nothing of eggs (stupid me for not asking). I
got the thing, paid my dough, and found out when it was too late that there
was egg inside. Yeeeech!

I took it back, explained the predicament, got shown that the sign inside
said "EGGS", prominently. The manager type begrudgingly suggested that maybe
what I wanted was the thing, hold the egg. I agreed. She then tried to
convince me that the reason that it was a breakfast item was that it had egg
inside. 

Have I been asleep, or has the egg lobby gotten it legislated that eggs are
for breakfast only?

No offense if you used to be one of their employees, but I just look at the
whole thing as a game of chiefs and indians...you do what you're told if you
enjoy your state of employment. The whole thing just reeks of the parent
corporation's state of mind toward's their employees.

Now if you could only email the twits at oak-brook a stale McFish.

You deserve a brick today...

Rick Chinn
John Fluke Mfg. Co MS 232E
PO Box C9090 Everett WA 98206

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