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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Some McDonalds tips NEVER work???
Message-ID: <374@zinfandel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 10:19:06 EST
Article-I.D.: zinfande.374
Posted: Thu Apr 18 10:19:06 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Apr-85 04:22:55 EST
References: <157@mcc-db.UUCP>
Reply-To: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
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Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek CA
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Summary: 

In article <157@mcc-db.UUCP> derrick@mcc-db.UUCP (Dwayne Derrick) writes:
>
>[...] Everytime I go to a fastfood place
>and order my standard burger,fries and med. coke I finish with a THATS ALL.
>And 9 times out of 10 those idiots reply with   "would you like anything else?"

If they don't say that they usually get fired.  That's why they do it.

>I hate it when some semi-intellect who is atleast 3 years older than 
>me (20) calls me SIR!
>And when I ask them why they call me SIR, they never can give
>me a reason?

Probably they are instructed to address ALL male customers as 'sir'.

>I also REALLY hate it when I ask for a coke and the usually crude response
>is (as if I failed the bar exam), "We DON't have coke, just pepsi!"
>
>Listen folks.. I have already proved by the fact that I eat at this joint, that
>I DON'T have any taste buds, What difference does it make whether its coke or
>pepsi? None!

Au contraire.  If you order Coke (r) and they give you Pepsi (r) instead,
and the Coca-Cola Corporation soft-drink police find out, their lawyers
will nail McDonald's hide to the proverbial barn door!

>[...] refunded all my money. I was laughing as I followed half the
>yet to be customers out the door.

Most fast food emporia do have strict standards of customer relations.  One
of these is if the customer is dissatisfied, refund his money.  I hesitate to 
encourage people to take unfair advantage of what is a generous policy.
While fast food places leave a lot to be desired, they often do a reasonable
job WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE BUSINESS.

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Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900				(kerch@lll-tis.ARPA)