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On 1 Jul 2018 04:10:03 GMT, t...@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
wrote:

>In article <tdlfjddriuu54g3v7...@4ax.com>,
>JimP  <solo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 11:44:31 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>
>>>An ad from 1966:
>>>https://books.google.com/books?id=WFYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA81&dq=life%20bell%20telephone%20reliable&pg=PA18-IA3#v=onepage&q&f=false
>>>
>>>Note the architecture of the era and emphasis on fast service and
>>>no tipping.
>>>
>>>Personally, while I think the food at BK is decent, for some
>>>reason service quality at the chain is poor (seen at many 
>>>different outlets).  The counter help often seems frozen
>>>or confused.  One time a customer had a coupon and the cashier
>>>spent five minutes trying to enter it, meanwhile a long line
>>>built up.
>>
>>They are fine, as long as you don't try to order food outside the meal
>>rushes. More than once, at different Burger Kings, I got a new bun on
>>old food.
>>
>>Wendys where I used to live, I arrived about 5 minutes before the
>>lunch rush. The burger and the fries were cold. The fry guy actually
>>told me to be careful the fries were hot. I guess he thought room
>>temperature fries are hot. I've worked in fast food places, everyone
>>in that Wendys acted like they were clueless. I thought they got
>>training. If my boss had caught me serving cold fries, I would have
>>been fired. Only the soda was the correct temperature, and I served
>>myself on that one.
>
>Wendy's is an interesting case.  When they first came to town, they were
>great.  You could get a good, fresh burger practically as quick as you
>could walk through.  Then something happened (and this was before Dave
>Thomas died) and they went to pot.  Then after Thomas, they got worse
>and the last time I went, it seemed that the concept of providing food
>to customers for cash was a novel concept to the staff..

I think it depends on the location.  On the way home from work I drive
past a Wendys and an empty lot.  The empty lot used to be a McDonalds.
When I was in the mood for a burrger I would go to the McDonalds, wait
5 minutes at the speaker and if no voice came out of it go on to
Wendys, which couldn't be counted on to get the order right but at
least they responded.

One day I noticed that the entrance to the McDonalds was blocked, and
a few days later they started tearing it down.