uh....huh?!?

[Spork4pedro]

At my current job (smoothie place) I rarely have customers worthy enough to post on here but this amused me so much I had to share.

The other night I was closing and a woman and her son came up to order. She'd obviously been here before because she knew exactly what she wanted without looking at the menu and modified it very specifically (most new customers don't know they can modify drinks) While I take her order this fun conversation happens:


Son: "Look Mom! If you get a giftcard, you can get a free smoothie!
Mom: WHAT THE HELL IS A SMOOTHIE?!?! (yes..it was screamed)

Me: *thinking* don't say anything sarcastic..don't say anything sarcastic...don't laugh..don't even smirk...*giggle* No! no laughing!

Me: what you ordered** is a smoothie. It's a blended drink made out of fruit and juice.
Son: you order a smoothie everyday? How do you NOT know what it is?
Mom: I DIDN'T ORDER A SMOOTHIE!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! NO WHERE ON THE MENU DOES IT SAY SMOOTHIES! (she got us there...it does not say the word "smoothie" on the menu...just the names of all the SMOOTHIES sold) I WANT THE MANAGER! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE LYING TO ME!! THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING!!

Me: (umm...what? ) ma'am I'm the manager of the store. I'm not sure what the problem is?

Mom: I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE LYING TO ME! I AM NOT BUYING A SMOOTHIE! THIS IS A JUICE!!! DO YOU HEAR ME?!? I'M TRYING TO BE HEALTHY AND LOSE WEIGHT BY ONLY DRINKING JUICE AND LIQUIDS AND YOU'RE MAKING ME FAT!!! I'M NEVER COMING HERE AGAIN!!! AAAAAHHHH!!

She then stomps out of the store, dragging her poor child with her

Me: WHAT THE HELL?! Someone needs to get that woman some midol and chocolate...stat!
CW: No..that's a waste of good chocolate..a good would work better!

Hehe!

***Her order was one of our unhealthiest smoothies..made of just sherbet and juice..no fruit and she took out most of the liquid to add more sherbet*

[fireheart]

What is this smoothie?

And technically, isn't a smoothie a liquid anyway?

As for the lady herself, she is a nutcase. And she'll be ruining her body by doing that..

[jedimaster91]

I can't ever drink a whole smoothie. They give me brain freezes. >.<

[BlaqueKatt]

I can't ever drink a whole smoothie.

I can't drink them at all-allergic to bananas and just "leaving it out" doesn't help, if the blender hasn't been sanitized

[Spork4pedro]

I can't drink them at all-allergic to bananas and just "leaving it out" doesn't help, if the blender hasn't been sanitized

we sanitize every blender between drinks and if someone has an allergy (and they tell us!) we take every precaution to not get any bananas (or whatever the allergy) in it meaning we open a new bucket of fruit and use a new scoop or whatever is needed.

[EvilEmpryss]

***Her order was one of our unhealthiest smoothies..made of just sherbet and juice..no fruit and she took out most of the liquid to add more sherbet*

LOL! There's a shop near my house that sells "health drinks" with protein boosts and calorie-burning supplements added. The ingredient list for these "healthy drinks" reads like a candy wrapper. Sherbet (made w/ whole milk), fruit syrups (made with HFCS), sugar, candy bits, etc.... One would need the calorie-burning supps just to help offset the overload of crap from the other ingredients.

[tropicsgoddess]

Wow......and I thought the customers I had were morons. I have to agree she needs a good and a clue by four...BAD!

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Gosh I think of a smoothie almost as a dessert, not a health food.

[Dave1982]

Of course, there's no reason you can't make a healthy smoothie, using fresh fruit and low-fat yogurt or whatever. Usually, I think of cold, unhealthy drinks as "frappes."

[Krivak]

!

Of course, there's no reason you can't make a healthy smoothie, using fresh fruit and low-fat yogurt or whatever. Usually, I think of cold, unhealthy drinks as "frappes."

But...But...That would defeat the purpose! The customer would HAVE to know the names of the healthy stuff. You know they dont know the names of anything they want... Silly dave... (half the time I dont even know the names of some of the stuff i want >_>)

[Magpie]

I tend to consider smoothies to have some sort of frozen-dessert unhealthiness in them. On the train you can get "smoothies" which are basically just a mix of fruit purees, and they taste like it. Horribly expensive, but we treat ourselves every so often because they're so good.