How far would Surly take this?

[Mach 1 1676]

16 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Here is my serious advice. Try to have grace for the person involved. I don't blame you for getting upset. You don't need that $5, but it's fucking irritating. Compounded enough in your life, where you pay $5 more than everyone else around you for every good and service you ever purchase for the rest of your life, and it would make a sizable impact on the quality of your life. Luckily, that's not what is happening. But it doesn't help to think of her as pocketing that money. I don't blame you for going there. I go there nearly every single time something bad happens to me. Something isn't where I left it, I immediately conjure scenarios where someone else moved it from where I left it and either took it for themselves or didn't put it back where it belongs. Turns out I didn't actually leave it there. Someone is late for an important appointment? They're assholes who I should never associate with ever again. Then it turns out something truly important came up and they weren't able to communicate with me in a timely manner.

I'm not saying Burger Kings shouldn't be burned to the ground. If there were never any consequences for our actions we'd never alter our behavior in important ways. But we both know you're not going to do anything about it. Get mad. I don't blame you. Then accept you were playing the roulette wheel of human incompetence, and somehow your number came up. Weeeee! You win! And there are going to be times you do it to someone else in some way. 

That woman is working a shitty job at a shitty Burger King with an underpaid shitty manager and assistant managers with unhealthy power trips in charge of her life in ways no one would wish on another person. She deals with anonymous asshole after anonymous asshole on an assembly line conveyer belt of mediocrity. There's no real human connection. Nothing to be proud of regarding what she accomplished that day. And she fucked up your order in a long line of orders and you're never getting that $5 back, nor the time and energy you've invested in it since then. 

But maybe all of us are doing the best we can to manage our lives in whatever inadequate way we can muster. If we could just manage to give more people even a smidgen of a benefit of the doubt, I think it would be helpful. I'm not saying every fuckery should be about turning the other cheek. But some fuckery should. Maybe this is one of them. 

[nineliveslost 2700]

5 minutes ago, Mach 1 said:

Literally laughing out loud 

[Deej 76396]

I've posted before that a friend once told me that every person you see at a Burger King looks like they are having the worst day of their life.

I cant unsee it on the rare occasions I stop at a Burger King, as I realize I probably look the same. 

[Blotto 23366]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

I've posted before that a friend once told me that every person you see at a Burger King looks like they are having the worst day of their life.

I cant unsee it on the rare occasions I stop at a Burger King, as I realize I probably look the same. 

[Beau Vine 53845]

43 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

Here is my serious advice. Try to have grace for the person involved. I don't blame you for getting upset. You don't need that $5, but it's fucking irritating. Compounded enough in your life, where you pay $5 more than everyone else around you for every good and service you ever purchase for the rest of your life, and it would make a sizable impact on the quality of your life. Luckily, that's not what is happening. But it doesn't help to think of her as pocketing that money. I don't blame you for going there. I go there nearly every single time something bad happens to me. Something isn't where I left it, I immediately conjure scenarios where someone else moved it from where I left it and either took it for themselves or didn't put it back where it belongs. Turns out I didn't actually leave it there. Someone is late for an important appointment? They're assholes who I should never associate with ever again. Then it turns out something truly important came up and they weren't able to communicate with me in a timely manner.

I'm not saying Burger Kings shouldn't be burned to the ground. If there were never any consequences for our actions we'd never alter our behavior in important ways. But we both know you're not going to do anything about it. Get mad. I don't blame you. Then accept you were playing the roulette wheel of human incompetence, and somehow your number came up. Weeeee! You win! And there are going to be times you do it to someone else in some way. 

That woman is working a shitty job at a shitty Burger King with an underpaid shitty manager and assistant managers with unhealthy power trips in charge of her life in ways no one would wish on another person. She deals with anonymous asshole after anonymous asshole on an assembly line conveyer belt of mediocrity. There's no real human connection. Nothing to be proud of regarding what she accomplished that day. And she fucked up your order in a long line of orders and you're never getting that $5 back, nor the time and energy you've invested in it since then. 

But maybe all of us are doing the best we can to manage our lives in whatever inadequate way we can muster. If we could just manage to give more people even a smidgen of a benefit of the doubt, I think it would be helpful. I'm not saying every fuckery should be about turning the other cheek. But some fuckery should. Maybe this is one of them. 

And maybe the real refund is the friends you made along the way.

[MissingInAction 24746]

There was a time in the late 90s when every restaurant where I received bad service mysteriously burned to the ground a week later.

One of my friends is still convinced it was me.

[Beau Vine 53845]

Well, was it?

[Deej 76396]

It was.

[Superhero 8699]

4 hours ago, Js1 said:

Gotta stick to easy orders, preferably combos, with none or 1 modification for drive thru. Or you’re asking for trouble. It’s going to get rung up wrong or just fucked up in general. 

Clearly you have not met my wife.

 

In our 17 years, there has not been an order where she doesn't ask a million questions; and then ask for substitutions or things on the side.

[Willfully Horn 7911]

There doesn’t seem to be any end to the lengths my brother would go to be made whole in this situation. I get my burgers from Dan’s, or a taqueria.

Edited June 10, 2023 by Willfully Horn

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

5 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Clearly you have not met my wife.

 

In our 17 years, there has not been an order where she doesn't ask a million questions; and then ask for substitutions or things on the side.

Are you married to my wife?

I want to die every time she orders. 

[po elvis 2070]

Not that this is what happened in your case, but Burger King started the whole posting the price for the small combo on the menu board but asking you “would you like a medium or large?” as if those were your only choices. Other places usually ask if you want to upsize. BK tries to trick you into it.

[Deej 76396]

1 minute ago, po elvis said:

BK tries to trick you into it.

 

[Genco 3037]

5 hours ago, nineliveslost said:

Curious how far would Surly (not 1 percenters) take getting ripped off $5ish from shitty fast food?

[Superhero 8699]

4 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

I would stake out the drive thru window for about 3 weeks, carefully documenting the employee’s schedule and her work habits, cross reference against my notes on the other employees to find discrepancies in how she operates vs. the more ethical employees on the other shifts, compile all the evidence to be presented first to the store manager and then up the corporate chain as necessary.

And then assuming she is fired, next I would sprinkle some crack in her apartment and call the cops with an anonymous tip.  I’d have spent the last few weeks breaking into her apartment and using her phone to make calls to known drug dealers.  I would have emptied my savings and left the cash in a bag that I hid in her closet before calling the cops.  I’d place scales and pistols with the serial number filed off in her kitchen.  

I would also clog her toilet with Thai food shits, because (a) fuck her, and (b) I want the investigating cops to find that, put it in the police report and the indictment so she’s forever branded in public record as a nasty ditch pig who takes man size shits and doesn’t clean up. 

And then, when she’s sentenced to 30 years, I’d send a package to her in prison with a Burger King receipt enclosed and “+ an extra $5 for me” handwritten as an additional line item.  Fuck around and find out, bitch! 

You missed the last part where you pay Brittany, the ex-hairdresser, to shiv BK lady with a broken toothbrush, while whispering in her ear "niveliveslost says hello".

 

3 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

Another option would be to lay some pipe. Take your mind off getting fucked by BK and on to you doing the fucking.

Heed Steel Shank's wisdom. He is succinct compared to the likes of Confucius, Socrates, Mencius or Descartes, but when you consider how to resolve all of life's worries, it can be distilled into 1) eating a meal high in cholesterol and fat, 2) drinking cheap beer and 3) laying pipe.

 

1 hour ago, SL Xpress said:

Here is my serious advice. Try to have grace for the person involved. I don't blame you for getting upset. You don't need that $5, but it's fucking irritating. Compounded enough in your life, where you pay $5 more than everyone else around you for every good and service you ever purchase for the rest of your life, and it would make a sizable impact on the quality of your life. Luckily, that's not what is happening. But it doesn't help to think of her as pocketing that money. I don't blame you for going there. I go there nearly every single time something bad happens to me. Something isn't where I left it, I immediately conjure scenarios where someone else moved it from where I left it and either took it for themselves or didn't put it back where it belongs. Turns out I didn't actually leave it there. Someone is late for an important appointment? They're assholes who I should never associate with ever again. Then it turns out something truly important came up and they weren't able to communicate with me in a timely manner.

I'm not saying Burger Kings shouldn't be burned to the ground. If there were never any consequences for our actions we'd never alter our behavior in important ways. But we both know you're not going to do anything about it. Get mad. I don't blame you. Then accept you were playing the roulette wheel of human incompetence, and somehow your number came up. Weeeee! You win! And there are going to be times you do it to someone else in some way. 

That woman is working a shitty job at a shitty Burger King with an underpaid shitty manager and assistant managers with unhealthy power trips in charge of her life in ways no one would wish on another person. She deals with anonymous asshole after anonymous asshole on an assembly line conveyer belt of mediocrity. There's no real human connection. Nothing to be proud of regarding what she accomplished that day. And she fucked up your order in a long line of orders and you're never getting that $5 back, nor the time and energy you've invested in it since then. 

But maybe all of us are doing the best we can to manage our lives in whatever inadequate way we can muster. If we could just manage to give more people even a smidgen of a benefit of the doubt, I think it would be helpful. I'm not saying every fuckery should be about turning the other cheek. But some fuckery should. Maybe this is one of them. 

 

31 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

And maybe the real refund is the friends you made along the way.

Okay, this made me laugh.

[BamaATL 16592]

You guys think too much in small scale, this is an article 5 type of violation and demands reciprocity.  

I give you the board of directors for Restaurants Brands International:  https://www.rbi.com/English/about-us/board-of-directors/default.aspx

With a bit of online sleuthing, I'm betting you can determine what neighborhoods these folks live in.  From there, you can establish which home owners association management company oversees each.  Additionally, you can pose as a neighbor and start filling complaints and requesting that fines be issued for non compliance.  (Google street view is your friend in this endeavor).  

Sounds like a lot to go thru, right?  Well its five dollars, and damn it it's the principle of the matter!

 

Side note - don't be a lunatic, just eat the five bucks.  

 

[Deej 76396]

[nineliveslost 2700]

12 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

You guys think too much in small scale, this is an article 5 type of violation and demands reciprocity.  

I give you the board of directors for Restaurants Brands International:  https://www.rbi.com/English/about-us/board-of-directors/default.aspx

With a bit of online sleuthing, I'm betting you can determine what neighborhoods these folks live in.  From there, you can establish which home owners association management company oversees each.  Additionally, you can pose as a neighbor and start filling complaints and requesting that fines be issued for non compliance.  (Google street view is your friend in this endeavor).  

Sounds like a lot to go thru, right?  Well its five dollars, and damn it it's the principle of the matter!

 

Side note - don't be a lunatic, just eat the five bucks.  

 

[ClubWhatever 12082]

I'm having difficulty with the math in the OP.  I should perhaps work at Burger King too.  The drive through specifically. 

Edited June 10, 2023 by ClubWhatever

[Steel Shank 9383]

39 minutes ago, Superhero said:

1) eating a meal high in cholesterol and fat, 2) drinking cheap beer and 3) laying pipe.

bingo

[nineliveslost 2700]

6 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

I'm having difficulty with the math in the OP.  I should perhaps work at Burger King too.  The drive through specifically. 

easy.

1 double whopper with cheese plus bacon and a small fry.

chick said $13.81

got my shit and went home

checked cc online and she charged $15.81

Checked price online for that store and it was less than $10

Nineliveslost got fucked out of $5 

Burn that place down = profit?

 

 

 

[immamac 42388]

don't ever use anything but apps to order your fast food - problem solved.

[atomheartbevo 89304]

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

There was a time in the late 90s when every restaurant where I received bad service mysteriously burned to the ground a week later.

One of my friends is still convinced it was me.

If you eat at a restaurant that gives you bad service and then mysteriously burns down the following week, congratulations, you've eaten at a restaurant that gave you bad service and mysteriously burned down a week later.

If every restaurant that gives you bad service mysteriously burns down a week later, congratulations, you're a restaurant that provides bad service.

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

You should file suit in small claims court for the $5.  If they fail to respond to the suit, you get a default judgment and can then have the sheriff auction off the franchise

[nineliveslost 2700]

I have received $5 worth of entertainment from this thread. 

[Deej 76396]

17 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

easy.

1 double whopper with cheese plus bacon and a small fry.

chick said $13.81

got my shit and went home

checked cc online and she charged $15.81

Checked price online for that store and it was less than $10

Nineliveslost got fucked out of $5 

Burn that place down = profit?

 

 

 

Sounds like you drove off before the $2 hand job through the drive thru window. 

 

Edited June 10, 2023 by Deej

[nineliveslost 2700]

4 minutes ago, Deej said:

Sounds like you drove off before the $2 hand job through the drive thru window. 

 

[Steel Shank 9383]

I wonder if they do this, call the extra a "tip" then pocket the cash from the drawer.

[nineliveslost 2700]

5 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

I wonder if they do this, call the extra a "tip" then pocket the cash from the drawer.

[Brisketexan 104226]

You know, this reminds me. I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom. 

TIL that Pescado Rojo calls jerking off in the stall after shitting out 2 rodeo cheeseburgers “getting busy.”

[Steel Shank 9383]

8 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

Lot of dumb motherfuckers working in the fast food industry. I'm careful not to give them too much credit, but every now and then a smarter than average individual arises from the herd.

[nineliveslost 2700]

Just now, Steel Shank said:

Lot of dumb motherfuckers working in the fast food industry. I'm careful not to give them too much credit, but every now and then a smarter than average individual arises from the herd.

It was the first thing I thought. the chick verbally tells you an inflated price, punches in the normal price and delta as a tip.  

which brings me back to these thoughts

[tx 3 putt 75959]

Burger King is still open ?

[Incredulity 11440]

First thing you need to do is beat the shit out of someone in the yard…

[Gatorubet 30023]

7 hours ago, nineliveslost said:

Driving home, hungry and the first thing that came up. Not a frequent customer 

Switch the “ninelives” to “fivedollars” in your user name?

[txhorns 2405]

You need to throw a couple of Molotov cocktails through the drive thru window of the Burger King.  Then go home and commit seppuku for having eaten at Burger King voluntarily.

[MissingInAction 24746]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

If you eat at a restaurant that gives you bad service and then mysteriously burns down the following week, congratulations, you've eaten at a restaurant that gave you bad service and mysteriously burned down a week later.

If every restaurant that gives you bad service mysteriously burns down a week later, congratulations, you're a restaurant that provides bad service.

 

Speaking of shit service I bought a used game at gamestop because I get bored working from home and look for any reason to get out.

The choad sales guy added the 1.99 disc coverage without telling me.

I said, the fuck is this shit? I'll play this thing once and bring it back in 5 days. He goes on some diatribe which was not worth 1.99 of my time. So I walked out muttering like Milton.

Btw Deathloop blows. Don't waste your time.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

6 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Who uses a credit card to buy a hamburger?

Did you miss the part where he added bacon? 

 

[DalTxHornFan 3074]

25 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

Did you miss the part where he added bacon? 

 

Gotcha.  Good point!

[Blotto 23366]

35 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

Did you miss the part where he added bacon? 

 

two, three payments tops

[ChickenSandwich 9795]

Find out when she works again. Before her shift tape a sign to the drive through menu that says 

“Under repair, please yell into the speaker”

[SHOOTER12 8782]

18 hours ago, nineliveslost said:

So, I went to the drive-through for a double whopper with cheese add bacon and a small fry. Lady said $13.81. I was thinking, fuck me inflation. I drive around, hand lady my card and said, "that's high for a double and small fry." She replied with some "life's expensive these days." Get my food and drive home. Eat my shitty burger and meh fries, then decide to check credit card online and it shows $15.81. Look online prices for BK and it should have cost like $10. Lady did not include receipt in bag. 

Called the BK support # and it sends you to an online autochat that doesn't help. Went to BK online and they send you to same autochat. Tried calling location multiple times with no answer.

Curious how far would Surly (not 1 percenters) take getting ripped off $5ish from shitty fast food?

No, I am not burning the fucking place down over $5. . . but thinking about it.

 

I'd go a long way with it. Inflation is a killer already without gouging sales.

I went to Whataburger 2 weeks ago, dbl wb with cheese and jalapeños  and a DP shake?? Over $19.00. Never again.

[aggie08 21292]

14 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Who uses a credit card to buy a hamburger?

Who still uses cash at a drive thru? So you can add 68 cents to the loose change under your center armrest?

12 hours ago, immamac said:

don't ever use anything but apps to order your fast food - problem solved.

Smart. That way they can only mess up the food, not how much you pay for it. 

[Js1 84994]

13 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Who still uses cash

Yeah

[gofuckyourself 8099]

Write an angry letter to the CEO.

[Wally Fairway 5507]

How far does Surly turn it up???

[Dbeasy 14931]

10 years ago I would go as far as necessary to get my $5 back. But now, I have maturity and wisdom. I will still do whatever is necessary, but I’ll feel a little bad about it. 

[nineliveslost 2700]

Just came back from the grocery store. watched every single scan

[Hermanator 6863]

My initial thought is do you look like a bitch?

People will try to screw you over if they think you're a weak bitch. Go in there looking like a man capable of causing some carnage and they don't even try it. 

Try looking like more of a man. 

[ImissWallyPryor 9044]

I ordered food for 4 adults at the Whataburger in Red Oak, and the total came to ~$45. I thought it was about $10 too much, so I checked the receipt, and there were multiple mistakes. The manager said he canceled that charge and he redid the order (my cc app doesn’t immediately notify me of credits). I checked a couple of days later, and I was charged for both transactions with no refund of the first. I stopped back in a few days later with the receipts which I had actually saved, and the manager said he be sorry, but had no recollection of what he had done only a few days earlier. I should’ve had him make a note on the first receipt and sign it. That was 5 years ago, and I’m still pissed.

Almost makes me wish I lived in Red Oak so I could boycott that Whataburger. 

Edited June 10, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor