Sometimes it is just easier to do without. I stopped by the local Sonic the other day to get some breakfast. Here is how the conversation went:
Speaker: Hello, this is x, thanks for making my Sonic, your Sonic. Can I take your order?
TS: Yes, I would like a sausage, egg, & cheese burrito combo with tots and a diet Coke. I would also like a strawberry/banana smoothie, and that will be all.
Speaker: Would you like to make the smoothie your combo drink?
TS: No, I want a diet coke with my combo. The smoothie is extra.
Speaker: Would you like tots, fries, or onion rings with that combo?
TS: Tots.
Speaker: Would you like some mozzarella sticks with that?
TS: No.
Speaker: Would you like to make that a large?
TS: No.
Speaker: Ok, I have a number #14 combo with tots, diet coke, and a strawberry/banana smoothie. Correct?
TS: #14 combo on your board is a sausage, egg and cheese toaster combo, not a burrito.
Speaker: Oh, ok. Got it.
Believe it or not, the order was right, but by then I was ready for lunch. Before those of you who know me raise the question - yes, the F-250 Super Duty Diesel was turned off.
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Zach, A Tennessee Squire
Billy Joe Shaver at Nashville's Exit-In
3 years ago
That chain and a couple of others drive me crazy with the up-selling. I'm like you. I'll get right to it - especially if I'm by myself and know there's not going to be any changes to the order. I tell 'em what I want and always follow clearly with "and that's all". Inevitably, I get the "would you like...?" One of these days, ONE OF THESE DAYS ALICE, I wish I'd have the presence of mind to reply "well since its free, sure I'll take it."
ReplyDeleteMy pet peeve is Dollar General when they ask if I would like to give my change to literacy. I always want to say, "no, would you like to round down my bill?"
ReplyDeleteI once heard a comedian say: "three words you never need to hear together, McDonalds...breakfast...burrito. Different chain but the sentiment remains.
BC