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Rants People who eat fast food are stupid |
If you know me, you most likely know that I work at Taco bell. You probably also know that I hate my job. Just in case you don't, i do. The primary reason I hate my job is because I have to deal with people. Now, don't get me wrong, nothing intrigues me more than people and their thoughts, but for some odd reason, almost all customers at Taco bell are incredibly stupid. So stupid in fact, I find it hard to believe they have survived to become an adult. In case you don't believe, here are some things custokmers have actually said to me. Me: Hi, your total is $3.52. Lady: I'm sorry, I seem to have forgotten my money, do you accept credit cards? Me: No, sorry ma'am, cash only. Lady: Well, do you accept cheques? Me: No, cash only. Lady: Well it's just like cash. Me: No, cash only. Lady: Oh, okay. (drives off) Besides the obvious stupidity of what she said, how the hell do you go to buy food without money? I mean, this happens surpirsingly often, at least three times a day. When you leave to go get food, shoudln't the first thing you check be your wallet? I mean, what's more important than having money when you're going to get food? Checking to make sure your shoes are tied so you don't trip? Making sure your zipper is zipped up? Putting on ypour mittens so you don't catch the sniffles? Anways, that is just one example. Customers have actually gotten violent on me before, in fact many times, over stupid little things. It gets really abd around 10 p.m. and later because everyone is drunk. In fact, just tuesday night (June 26, 2001) three drunken 20 year olds came up to drive thru in a jeep. They were in a predicament because like, many others, they didn't have enough cash to pay for their food. Me: Okay, your total is $8.94. Guy 1: uh, hey can you help us out, we don't have any money. Me: well, what do you want me to do? I can't pay for your order.(I really had abotu $50 in my wallet, I just didn't want to buy them food) Guy 1: c'mon man, I work over at motel 6. You see me here all the time right? Me: No, I don't think i've ever seen you before.(at this point i notice they all have beers in their hands or laps). Guy 2:c'mon man, just hook us up. (at this point I got tired of dealing with them and told my manager to take care of it) Manager: Okay, what is the problem? (she's Mexican so her english is pretty broken) Guy 1: We forgot our money, can you give our order to us just this once? Manager: No, I am sorry, we cannot do that. Guy 2: What the fuck! Why not? Guy 1: Wait man, they work at taco bell, what was the total? 5.40? That's like two hours of work for them. ( keep in mind he's a bellhop at motel 6) Me: Uhh, no it was $8.94. Guy 1: Well, if you won't help us out then fuck you! (starts driving off) Guy 2: Bastards! Me: Come back and see uas again sometime.(blows kiss) One of the most vivid memories I have of drunken customers is the first time a drunken customer got mad at me. It happened shortly after I began working there. It was at about midnight and this lady was piss drunk, so drunk that i hoped she wouldn't make it home. She did though because she comes up there quite often now. Me: I'm sorry ma'am, we're out of chicken, would you like steak instead? Lady: No chicken? argggh, I'm too mad to talk. Ladies daughter (sober and ashamed): no thanks, we'll just take our money back. How the hell do you get so mad about chicken that you can't talk? It's not like our chicken is even that good, I mean I could understand if she got kind of mad and wanted a refund, but if not having chickne at a fast food restaurant makes you too mad to talk, what do you do if a car dealership doesn't have the color car you want? Kill people? Rape people's pets and then spit on them? One of the funniest stories I have though is also the most pathetic because the customers were completely sober. It happened right after "the great flood of 2001" and we had basically no food the day after it happened because the truck that holds our food couldn't make it across the freeway to get us our supplies. The food lasted us most of the day, but we ran out of almost everything at about 10 p.m.. By almost everything, i mean we were out of meat, cheese, chicken, letttuce, large cups, small and medium lids, and napkins. So naturally, we had to close early and while we were putting everything up for the night, customers were still trying to make orders at drive thru. After about the third customer I got tired of having to explain we were closed due to lack of food, so I made a recording on the automatic message thingy that plays every time a customer drives up. All it said was "we're closed, we're out of food, bye!", very simple and self-explanatory. However some girl that comes every day with her friends after she gets off of work didn't exactly get it. (message plays) Girl: What do you mean you're out of food? Me: We don't have any food to sell you. Guy: But i'm hungry. Me: that's nice but we're out of food. Girl: I don't believe you, you're lying. Me: whatever, we have no food to sell you. Guy: But i'm hungry. Me: I don't care. Guy: But i'm hungry. Me: Good for you, there are other places to get food you know. You could go to Burger King, Sonic, or Albertson's (at the time I wasn't aware they all worked at Albertson's). Girl: I don't believe you. You have no food at all? Me: We have jalapenos, but we put those up. Girl: you're lying, i'm driving up.(she drives up to the window) Girl: You know, you are very rude. What's your name? Me: Freddie Benson spelled F-r-e-d-d-i-e (I pointed to my name tag, but i forgot that i was wearing my manager Karen's name tag) Girl: (scowls at me)You mean you have nothing? Me: No, we are closed, that is what the message said, we have put all food up. Girl:(scowls again then drives off) I am pretty sure that you are all thinking that i seem like the type that spits in the food of stupid customers like the ones above to punish them for their stupidity. Well, you're wrong, being stupid is it's own punishment. And if Taco Bell is a good cross-section of society, there are a lot of people out there who get punished every day. |