kranky
Elite Member
Stopped at the KFC about 6:30 to grab dinner. They aren't busy and I go right up to the register. A 2-piece meal, a 2-piece chicken only, plus 4 wings for a buck. I pay and step aside to the pickup counter. The register begins a rapid beeping noise which triggers the cashier to start pressing random keys in hopes it will stop. The manager comes out, informs her that it just means the register tape has run out and shows her how to change it.
As my receipt starts printing, he notices that I got overcharged by $1.60 because she didn't enter code 27 for the wing special 😕, and hands me the $1.60. He is unnaturally apologetic, beyond what I thought was necessary, but oh well.
She starts gathering the food and tells me that it will take another 15 minutes for the chicken breasts to finish cooking. I didn't want to wait so I opt for Extra Crispy - alas, all gone also. Pointing to the sparse chicken pieces left, she says that's all they have until the chicken finishes cooking. The manager comes back up front and she tells him why she can't finish the order. Suddenly the manager grabs a chocolate cake from the cooler and thrusts it at me. "Here, I apologize for the delay, have a cake." A cake? I'm thinking, I don't want any cake. I decline. "They are really good, I can eat a whole one!" OK, fine. Gimme the cake.
"Would it be all right if I gave you chicken strips instead of waiting for the chicken to finish cooking? They are all white meat." Fine. I'm really not that picky. He tells her to give me three chicken strips as a substitute for the breast and goes back. As she's packing it up, he yells from the back, "Make that six strips!". Why? I have no idea. And as I watch her pack it up, I count 20 chicken strips she put in the box. Then she gets about 10 wings (I paid for 4) in another box. Finally, she packs the rest of the food I ordered. And I have the cake. Pushing the bag at me, she whispers, "six strips wasn't enough".
I think she gave me about $30 of food for no obvious reason other than I accepted a substitution. It was almost as if they were trying to run out of food.
So what were they really up to, anyway? Hidden camera gag? That's not normal behavior! :Q
As my receipt starts printing, he notices that I got overcharged by $1.60 because she didn't enter code 27 for the wing special 😕, and hands me the $1.60. He is unnaturally apologetic, beyond what I thought was necessary, but oh well.
She starts gathering the food and tells me that it will take another 15 minutes for the chicken breasts to finish cooking. I didn't want to wait so I opt for Extra Crispy - alas, all gone also. Pointing to the sparse chicken pieces left, she says that's all they have until the chicken finishes cooking. The manager comes back up front and she tells him why she can't finish the order. Suddenly the manager grabs a chocolate cake from the cooler and thrusts it at me. "Here, I apologize for the delay, have a cake." A cake? I'm thinking, I don't want any cake. I decline. "They are really good, I can eat a whole one!" OK, fine. Gimme the cake.
"Would it be all right if I gave you chicken strips instead of waiting for the chicken to finish cooking? They are all white meat." Fine. I'm really not that picky. He tells her to give me three chicken strips as a substitute for the breast and goes back. As she's packing it up, he yells from the back, "Make that six strips!". Why? I have no idea. And as I watch her pack it up, I count 20 chicken strips she put in the box. Then she gets about 10 wings (I paid for 4) in another box. Finally, she packs the rest of the food I ordered. And I have the cake. Pushing the bag at me, she whispers, "six strips wasn't enough".
I think she gave me about $30 of food for no obvious reason other than I accepted a substitution. It was almost as if they were trying to run out of food.
So what were they really up to, anyway? Hidden camera gag? That's not normal behavior! :Q
