I don't do a lot of fast food. If you see me in the drive-thru, it is usually to buy something for someone who is with me or to get myself a Diet Coke. Well, this week I went to two different fast food restaurants and I was not happy with either.
Monday, I had to play secretary at church for the afternoon so I stopped by Dairy Queen on the way. I love Dairy Queen's onion rings so I ordered them and a burger. After a bit, I saw the cook put the onion rings up on the tray thing they use so that the front line workers can get them. Well, he put them up there with a bit too much force and onion rings came out of the box and shot across the tray. One even landed half-way on it and half-way off. Another went over the tray and landed on the Dairy Queen bags below. The cooked took some tongs, picked them, up and put them back in the box ... all except the one that landed on the bags. He couldn't reach it.
Can you saw, "ewwww"?
Well, I watched with some interest to see if those were my onion rings and minutes passed and they just sat there. Finally, I got the front line girl's attention and pointed out the onion ring that landed on the bags. The cook heard what I said to her and told her I probably wouldn't want that one. You think?
A few more minutes pass by and finally they call my burger and she goes to put the onion rings in the bag. I get her attention again and explain that I don't want those onion rings. I tell her how they landed all over that tray and he put them back in the box and that I don't want them. I also explain to her that the rings had been sitting up there for sometime at that point. Well, she goes to tell him to cook some fresh and he asks her why. She tells him and he gets nasty about it and remarks quite loudly that it will be 3-4 minutes before I get some fresh ones.
I tell her nicely that will be fine with me, but note that if he had thrown the contaminated ones away in the first place that I would have had fresh onion rings within minutes. They would have actually been done before my burger was.
After a couple of minutes, he put the rings back up on the tray and tells her to "get them out of there." I get my order and notice that I have spare food in my bag. I let them know, give them back what I did not order and head to church. Once there ... I realize that they put ketchup and pickles on my burger and I specifically asked that they not do so.
We went there that same Monday night. The kids wanted a Sonic Blast and since I didn't have a cake or anything for my birthday, I figured I would get something sweet too. I ordered their new Bundt Cake Sundae. Well, next time you are at Sonic's ... look at the menu and see what it looks like. What you get is not as big nor looks as appetizing. If I had known, I would have just gotten a milkshake.
You know, I was tempted the other day to stop and get a chicken sandwich at a drive-thru (sic). Thanks for helping me get past that temptation. I needed a reminder of what fast "food" places are like.
So, see? Something good came of your experience.
just wanted to say welcome to the blog.
interesting story with drive thru.
reminds me of a conversation i had with a couple of friends. our discussion veered DRIVE THRU LISTENING. how if we would have the other repeat what we just told them, THAT WE COULD AVOID several MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
anyways, i agree , going to drive thru can be the ADVENTURE you didn't sign up for.
Delighted to meet you. Just popped over from a friend. Ahh, the smell of fast food, definitely something I don't miss on the mission field. Well, maybe I would like an order of Wendy's french fries once in a while or an In -n- out burger! Okay, now I'm drooling, back to my beans and rice.
Hugs for your day,
Sarah Dawn
Ugh! fast food is so bad for your system. The cheapest food fixed in the worst way. You do realize that the meat used in burgers has growth hormones and other foreign chemicals as does the dairy. Sonic is so cheap I once broke a tooth on a huge piece of bone in a hamburger, it was my last sonic! This kind of food also creates acidic blood type and increases the likely hood of you getting sick. If you MUST eat fast food, I recommend Innerlight for alkalinizing the blood, and keeping you healthy after an indulgence. ;-)
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