McMeal from hell

[vilakins]

From today's NZ Herald's Sideswipe column (second article, quoted here in case the link disappears):

Ron Scott has complained vigorously to McDonald's head office about appalling service at a branch earlier this month. According to Ron, the teenager who served him "was surly, slouched and mumbled"; his order was slow, his chips were cold and the service was not what Ron expected of this fine restaurant. The team leader told Ron "the staff here are hopeless", then told the surly teenager he was a "doofus". Finally Ron and his companion received their meals and were hoping to eat and go before anything else untoward happened. But before they could finish a "youth clearly known to the staff, entered the restaurant with his shirt on but no shoes". As Ron pondered the rules regarding bare feet in restaurants, the youth went outside again, then came back in completely starkers and ran through the restaurant. The staff found this hilarious but Ron's guest, who is an elderly woman, was absolutely shocked. The team leader apologised profusely and told Ron the streaker was an off-duty employee and would certainly be sacked. After his numerous complaints falling on deaf ears, Ron finally received this response from the franchise owner: "We have taken your feedback extremely seriously," he wrote. "We have enclosed some vouchers."

ROTFL!

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Couldn't stop laughing! Where did he think he was, a restaurant?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I particularly liked the vouchers. Talk about adding insult to injury!

[shimere277.livejournal.com]

If the nude dude was hot enough, I might have considered it value-added - like a "super-sized meal."

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

That sounds like every McDonalds I have ever been in in the UK ( about 4 all of them in Newport. I thought that was what they were trained to do!!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It would have made my day! It might even have made up for the cold chips.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You never told me about those cheeky Welsh streakers!

[Wonders what streaker training involves: a strategically-held whopper burger to avoid frightening the old ladies?]

We should have gone to a Newport Big M on the off-chance. ;-)

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I've never actually seen the designated streaker, but I'm sure we have one.%) We certainly have the surly unhelpful staff who seem to have mastered only one part of their training.

'Have a nice day' drives me demented.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if they say that here. I can't remember the last time I went to one. You could always say:
"No thanks, I've already got one."
"No. I like wallowing in misery, hence my choice of eating establishment."
"Does it come with chips?"

I don't mind it that much. What I really rally hate is being called "ma'am". It was imported by American places like McDonald's but now everyone seems to say it. [stabby stab stab] I want to snap at them, "Don't call me that! I don't run a brothel!"

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Now I would likely to have said I'm not the queen call me miss. Luckily here we still use the old form of address Love or My lovely more often than any other. Those I don't mind, they are traditional.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I've had that from people at work, and it's rather nice. :-)

I was a bit disconcerted at first when I got called "lover" in Devon and Cornwall though.