It's Always The Damned Chili

[Aldous]

The Tyranical Meat Market sells chili, in those little red cups. Only one size, little red cup. That's it. I get asked "do you have large?" No, little red cup. It's a dollar, and it's not half bad, tell me where you're gonna get chili for a buck, besides here? This isn't my problem though, my problem comes with the fact that we don't fill the chili to the top, because there are sue-happy idiots who would spill it on themselves and bitch at us. What's worse than that? The people who bitch that we don't even fill it. It's about 3/4 filled, and we can't fill it up because who's to say that if/when you spill it on yourself you're not gonna sue us for some bullshit. There's a line in the cup, that tells us how high to fill it. We are not allowed to go higher. So, you're gonna bitch at me that it's not high enough, and then have the audacity to throw boiling fucking chili at me? (It missed, thank Cthulhu) We try to protect your genitals, because let's face it, when the hot liquid spills, it's always on the crotch. I say, fill it to the top, so when these assholes get the chili spilt on them, they can deal with it. Last time I try to talk to anyone that's carrying a grenade of steaming chili without the correct protection.

[Sofar]

That's another thing, customers don't know what they're paying for. We do the same thing. When you buy chili from us, you are not paying for a full cup of chili. You are paying for sixteen ounces of chili, which doesn't quite fill up the cup. If we used smaller cups y'all wouldn't notice the difference. I get a similar complaint regarding our milkshakes, when you buy a milkshake from us you are paying for twenty-one ounces of milkshake. And yet, people always ask us, "Just put any extra in another cup." No. You don't get more just because I made to much. You get twenty-one ounces. That's what three dollars pays for. And what if there isn't anymore? What if I made exactly twenty-one ounces of milkshake? I won't be able to convince you of that, no.

[chainedbarista]

yes, they ignore the actual amount vs. cup/container size; read, people, you're taught basic reading skills, use them for a change-it won't hurt, much.

i'm wondering why people like to put collapsable containers between their legs? one of the worst (dumbest??) places, and that's always the first choice...

[MinimaMagistra]

I'm sorry, this seems to have been lost in the grumbling shuffle: They threw chili at you? What was the aftermath of this? What was its spawning? Who cleaned it up, and were there the appropriate sea of shocked faces, surrounding this little battle?

[Aldous]

I'm sorry, this seems to have been lost in the grumbling shuffle: They threw chili at you? What was the aftermath of this? What was its spawning? Who cleaned it up, and were there the appropriate sea of shocked faces, surrounding this little battle?

I seriously thought that no one would even mention this, like it's now expected of my customers. They sped off, we had no license plate nothing, I was a little shocked, couldn't even tell you the color of the car. Not gonna call the cops, not worth it in the end to put up with that, since we've no idea. One of our janatorial guys cleaned it up. There was a sea of shock spanning the entire ocean. I'm just glad that I was always singled out in dodgeball. I've finally learned something from gym class!

[Becks]

It's a dollar, and it's not half bad, tell me where you're gonna get chili for a buck, besides here?

Unless you work at a Wendy's...

[BookstoreEscapee]

And what if there isn't anymore? What if I made exactly twenty-one ounces of milkshake? I won't be able to convince you of that, no.

Once you make a few milkshakes, you get pretty good at making just the right amount. When I worked at school we had the metal cups with a line inside to fill to with milk, then you put in however many scoops of ice cream (I think it was 2 but it was 10 years ago now). You don't wind up with extra that way.

**and if there was extra, I did it on purpose cuz I wanted some!

[MMATM]

**and if there was extra, I did it on purpose cuz I wanted some!

Every time I make a frozen drink for someone I make a few ounces extra (A) in case they don't want whipped cream and (B) so I can taste the extra to make sure it blended right. Working with a ten-year-old much-abused blender has taught me the value of this.

Oh, and (C) since I like frozen drinks.

[ColonelInTheKitchen]

I always fill up our pint cups of cole slaw even when they look full, because cole slaw seems to settle. IMO, I don't pay for the cabbage and carrots and whatnot, so if the customer sees a mostly-full cup of cole slaw and doesn't complain, another war less fought for us. I wonder about the cost of that though... It's silly when people don't realize what they pay for. I near complain when something isn't all the way full. I don't know the rules, so why would I?

[Nakajo]

We have a soda fountain in our food court. The cups are $.58. One size, free refills. We have a HUGE sign stating all this information. These are the gems I hear from the food court workers.

"I paid for a large soda! Give me a large cup!" "Sir, it's all one size" "Give me 2 cups then!" "No."

"I want a Coke please" "Here you go" "Where's my drink? You only gave me a cup!"

"Where do I get the ice?"

"There's only Coke in the machine, can I have Pepsi?" "No, we don't serve Pepsi." "Why not?" "Because we don't have a contract with them to serve it in the fountain." "Well, I want Pepsi!" "Then go somewhere that sells it."

We also sell churros, pizza, hot dogs, etc. We used to serve hot pretzels, and they get at least 3 people a day asking for one. We stopped selling them 2 YEARS ago, and they still claim we "had them 2 days ago".

[Becks]

"I want a Coke please" "Here you go" "Where's my drink? You only gave me a cup!"

Darn technicalities. They're on to you. RUN!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nakajo]

Tell me, when's the last time you haven't seen a self-serve soda fountain in these places?

[rerant]

That's another thing, customers don't know what they're paying for. We do the same thing. When you buy chili from us, you are not paying for a full cup of chili. You are paying for sixteen ounces of chili, which doesn't quite fill up the cup. If we used smaller cups y'all wouldn't notice the difference. I get a similar complaint regarding our milkshakes, when you buy a milkshake from us you are paying for twenty-one ounces of milkshake. And yet, people always ask us, "Just put any extra in another cup." No. You don't get more just because I made to much. You get twenty-one ounces. That's what three dollars pays for. And what if there isn't anymore? What if I made exactly twenty-one ounces of milkshake? I won't be able to convince you of that, no.

There's a 50's inspired diner near me that, when you order a milkshake, will give you a tall glass full AND bring you the metal cup they made it in with whatever is left.

[XCashier]

I seriously thought that no one would even mention this, like it's now expected of my customers. They sped off, we had no license plate nothing, I was a little shocked, couldn't even tell you the color of the car.

That really sucks, that someone thought it was quite acceptable to throw boiling hot chili at another person. I'm glad you weren't hurt. And this jerk's evil will catch up to him, sooner or later.

[Aldous]

I just wish that it were 20 minutes later. See at a certain time, we get the cops in the store, on their break. Then they hang out right by the exit to the Drive-thru, since there are so many speeding/not reading signs violations for them to pick up. We're right on a highway, and exiting the DT, it's one way only, so they get alot of tickets. They've joked with us saying that if they stayed there the whole day, they'd fill their quota on tickets for the month.