Adventures in fast food

[podling]

On Sunday I had some oddness with fast food places. During the second experience, they tried to give our order to someone else. I'm glad those people were paying attention. But it's the first experience that has me looking for a different local Dunkin Donuts. See, I moved during the summer, and so the one I used to go to, with it's crew of way cool happy little Peruvian women is probably the 3rd or 4th closest now. So I go to the one in Monmouth Junction, I was in a hurry, this seemed like an okay plan. Here's what happened...

It's around 1pm. First I wait. There are three or four people working there. There are two customers there. For some reason, their orders are taking a while. Eventually I get served.

Workerguy: What would you like?

Me: Egg 'n cheese on a plain bagel.

Workerguy hesitates... then: No plain. Wheat?

I look and say: I'll take poppyseed.

Workerguy stares at me for 20 seconds or so: So you want a poppyseed bagel?

Me: Yes.

Workerguy hesitates again... : Toasted?

Me: No. Not necessary.

Workerguy: What did you want again?

Me: Egg & cheese.

Him: Nothing else?

Me: No.

He goes away for several minutes, comes back with my stuff. Asks me if I'd like anything else.

Me: Yeah, I'd like a lemonade coolata.

Workerguy: We don't have that flavor.

Me: It's on the menu.

Workerguy stares at me.

Me: I'll get a soda then.

Workerguy continues to stare at me. So I go get a soda and bring it back, as he obviously can't ring it up otherwise (unlike every other Dunkin Donuts, oddly).

Workerguy: Would you like anything else?

Me: No. (though as a matter of fact, I did want munchkins, to share with the people working on the play, but I didn't think asking him to count out fifty munchkins would be really worth it. Plus it would've taken forever.)

Workerguy: That'll be $x.

Me: So why is it on the menu if you don't serve it?

Workerguy hands me my change.

I walk out, possibly never to return.


Afterward, someone suggested that maybe it was a front, and if I'd asked for say... salsa... on my egg & cheese, that I'd've gotten drugs with it. But I somehow doubt this.

Comments

[vinlander71.livejournal.com]

Is this the Dunkin Donuts on rt. 27?

[podling]

No, the one on Ridge Rd. At least, I think that's Ridge Road. Vaguely near the municipal center.

[tyrus.livejournal.com]

I wonder if thats the one they were still building when i left IBM. I usually hit the one on 27 when in that area

[podling]

How would I know, you crazy crazy man??? Was I there with you??? No. No, I was probably here. In the same place I've been forever. Bleh. But yes, I think I shall switch my local to the one on 27 now.

[tyrus.livejournal.com]

I thought you just knew these things.

In related Dunkin Donuts news, I stopped for a Chai at lunch and the register rang up to $623 dollars.

[podling]

I don't know *anything*!!! That's the realization I've come to. I know nothing and no one.

So... did you pay them that much?

[fievel1.livejournal.com]

The one on 27 has the little old Chinese man, who took forever to make up your coffee but it had the perfect amount of milk and sugar, especially the iced coffee.