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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,11:25 |
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We ate at one of their places in Sandusky, OH, after a day at Cedar Point. The place was trashed.... trashed to the extent where I felt compelled to write a letter to Chipotle corporate. We got there at 5:15pm before the dinner rush started, and the place was already dirty. 75% of the tables had trash on them, the beverage dispenser area was covered with spills and dirty napkins, the little container of lemon slices was full of straw wrappers and other trash, the floor was sticky. We sat there for about 30 minutes eating, and no employee ever walked the floor to straighten things up. The people behind the counter, buncha damned millennials, were all surly and seemed incapable of not mumbling when they spoke.
So I fired off a letter on their corporate website last night at about 9:30, and literally within 5 minutes I had a response, and they said that shit was wack, and that they forwarded my email to the Sandusky store for action.
I've never written any complaint letters before last night.... a sign of getting old, I guess.... but I was impressed by the 5-minute-response thing.
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Alhazad
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,11:30 |
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On the one hand, a dirty eating place is dubious as all fuck and their franchise owner should have been riding their asses.
On the other hand, you have failed to damn the man.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,11:53 |
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QUOTE So I fired off a letter on their corporate website last night at about 9:30, and literally within 5 minutes I had a response
Places like that have legions of slaves to monitor e-mail, facebook, twitter, instagram, ad nauseum. It ain't like it was 20 years ago.
QUOTE On the one hand, a dirty eating place is dubious as all fuck and their franchise owner should have been riding their asses.
I've known a lot of dudes that have worked in restaurants, clubs, and bars in the Twin Cities. I presume we're not special up here and much of what I say applies in general. I have heard and seen some fucking jaw-dropping tales of health code violations for improper food storage, cleanliness, and the lot. Yet, I still eat out occasionally. I wonder what the industry numbers would look like if more people had to bus tables for six months in their life. You start seeing all the things that go on behind the scenes and get swept under the rug, you might start getting cautious.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,12:37 |
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I really like the steak burrito.
I wonder if there is a way to get double steak and less rice.
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,12:41 |
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I've been to three Chipotles and they were all horrendous. I really don't understand the appeal of this place. The choices are limited and the food is just plain bad.
I have no idea how they can stay in business when Freebirds exists.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,14:35 |
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Is upscale fast food a thing or even possible? It all seems quite toxic to me.
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"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,18:52 |
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Just because it looks clean doesn't mean the food is up to any kind of standard. If McDs sweeps up, it doesn't make their foulness more palatable.
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"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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GORDON
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,19:12 |
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All I am saying is that some places project "nice place" better than others. The one Chipolte I'd ever gone to is in a rich neighborhood, and it shows. Without giving it much thought, my impression was that maybe all Chipoltes were like that.... ala Chick-fil-a.
CFA don't play.
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TPRJones
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It's been my experience that Chick-Fil-A are always the cleanest and best run fast food around. The place by where I work gets huge business int he morning and at lunch but they pump the orders out of the drive-through at the rate of five or six a minute even at peak times. So fast and efficient. Some days it feels like you barely even have to come to a complete stop on the way through.
I highly appreciate that.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,19:27 |
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And I have never encountered a CFA worker who wasn't super.... upbeat? Cheery? Whatever.
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2015,20:45 |
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http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0723/080.html
QUOTE Chick-fil-A is run by Cathy and his sons Dan T., chief operating officer, and Donald (a.k.a. Bubba), a senior vice president. They screen prospective operators for their loyalty, wholesome values and willingness to buy into Chick-fil-A’s in-your-face Christian credo, espoused often by Cathy, an evangelical Southern Baptist who says “the Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.â€
QUOTE Aziz Latif, a former Chick-fil-A restaurant manager in Houston, sued the company in 2002 after Latif, a Muslim, says he was fired a day after he didn’t participate in a group prayer to Jesus Christ at a company training program in 2000.
Their cult shit creeps me out too much to ever eat there, no matter the tastiness, speed, or cleanliness.
But I'm sure they're not missing my dollar.
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GORDON
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Back in that "I don't discriminate in my restaurants but I don't approve of gay marriage" kerfuffel, I saw some random angry Facebook commenter refer to the restaurant as, "I will never eat at Bigotry Chicken ever again."
So now that's what we call that place. Bigotry Chicken. As in, "I had some Bigotry Chicken for lunch.... it was so damned good."
So not only is the food good, and the service friendly, and everything really sanitary, it also makes the correct people livid when you eat it. It's almost the perfect food.
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Malcolm
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Connecting Christianity to homophobic junglefowl is a huge stretch. Almost as much as embracing the mascot brand of a giant bunny that lays eggs one day per year to commemorate your messiah rising from the dead.
Edited by Malcolm on Nov. 05 2015,07:08
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Posted on: Nov. 05 2015,07:54 |
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QUOTE to the extent where I felt compelled to write a letter to Chipotle corporate.
I've been writing places more often too. We must be getting old.
QUOTE I've known a lot of dudes that have worked in restaurants, clubs, and bars in the Twin Cities. I presume we're not special up here and much of what I say applies in general. I have heard and seen some fucking jaw-dropping tales of health code violations for improper food storage, cleanliness, and the lot. Yet, I still eat out occasionally. I wonder what the industry numbers would look like if more people had to bus tables for six months in their life. You start seeing all the things that go on behind the scenes and get swept under the rug, you might start getting cautious.
I worked as a cook/dishwasher/busboy at Friendly's for about a year when I was in high school, and while I saw some gross things nothing turned me off from eating at restaurants. The kitchen was kept pretty clean and we were safe with all the food.
The two worst things we ever did:
1. Someone had a lettuce worm on their sandwich. It happens. Instead of making a new one we swapped out the lettuce and sent them back the same sandwich.
2. A guy sent his well done burger back twice. At the time, I was really good at burger temps. It's why I'm a stickler for them even today. His burger was fucking well done the first time I sent it out. Sending it back a second time pissed me off. So it went into the microwave (the ONLY time I ever used it while I was there) and then was flash fried in the fryer before hitting the grill where I pressed the shit out of it. Dude fucking complimented it. Ha!
I was also a barback/bartender for 3 1/2 years and I have good friend that owns a bar. My bar and his were cleaned nightly and nobody fucks with drinks or anything.
I like to believe generally that people take a little bit of pride in their jobs and treat people's food with respect. However, I know those rules get broken and it's typically kids at fast food joints (and kids will be kids), foreigners (because in their home country it's ok to leave uncooked chicken out all day and mix it with the cooked chicken, and cheap owners (and fuck them).
QUOTE It's been my experience that Chick-Fil-A are always the cleanest and best run fast food around.
Ditto. Super nice people. I like to take my dog for food runs and he gets treats there. It's the little details...
QUOTE “the Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.â€
Is it weird that I'm ok with that statement? I translate it as "Listen, I don't talk to God, but I believe in Him, and I think He helped me with my success."
I'd be more concerned if she had said "God told me to open a chicken restaurant".
QUOTE White.
I think that's the word you're looking for.
I laughed.
QUOTE Almost as much as embracing the mascot brand of a giant bunny that lays eggs one day per year to commemorate your messiah rising from the dead.
Are you talking shit about my Cadbury Creme Eggs? I will drive up to Minnesota and bitch slap you.
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Malcolm
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(Leisher @ Nov. 05 2015,09:54)
QUOTE QUOTE Almost as much as embracing the mascot brand of a giant bunny that lays eggs one day per year to commemorate your messiah rising from the dead. Are you talking shit about my Cadbury Creme Eggs? I will drive up to Minnesota and bitch slap you.
QUOTE I was over in Australia during Easter, which was really interesting. You know, they celebrate Easter the exact same way we do, commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children that a giant bunny rabbit … left chocolate eggs in the night. Now … I wonder why we're fucked up as a race. I've read the Bible. I can't find the word "bunny" or "chocolate" anywhere in the fucking book.
Then there's the classic:
QUOTE I don't know what you all believe, and I don't really care … but you have to admit that beliefs are odd. Lots of Christians wear crosses around their necks … you really think when Jesus comes back, he ever wants to see a fucking cross?
Edited by Malcolm on Nov. 05 2015,08:26
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
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"Better dead than smeg."
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