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Article #624702Re: OFF TOPIC: old Burger King ad
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 10:47
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 10:47
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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. > Three or four times I ate at BK and got sick, now I stick to McD's for cheap burgers. -- Pete
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