Quick one!

[TattooedMommie]

Ten minutes til closing. Woman runs up to the deli
"Do you have any more rotisierre chickens left?"

Now when I got ther at 3, there were 9 or 10. I noticed around 8 that they were all gone. They take 2 1/2 hours to cook. We close at 9. Do the math.
Even if we hadnt sold out, at ten minutes to closing, they would've probably already been put in the cooler so we could wash out the case (and in this case, I probably would've offered her a cold one that she could reheat, at a discounted price But we were sold out!
"I'm sorry, they sold out early tonight."

"How can they be sold out? That was going to be my dinner tonight! What am I
supposed to do now??" Her hubby and kids catch up to her and she rants and raves about how we are out of chicken, whatever will they do now. woe and sorrow.

If I've learned nothing else from lurking on this site; "Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." LOL!
(THANK YOU!!)

[infinitemonkies]

Alas, if only it were possible for humans to consume something other than already-prepared rotisserie chicken. Of course, if that were the case, then someone would have to establish some sort of business where these mythical other edible products could be obtained.

I know, I know, like many of my crackpot theories, it's just too farfetched for real life.

[EricKei]

*gasp* Could you enlighten me as to where such a place might be found...? o_O ...Please?

I've had nothing but rotisserie chicken, day and night, for thirty years now....Pure hell, I tells ya...

[tollbaby]

Okay, I'm sometimes disappointed to find a lack of chicken-y goodness at the hot foods counter, but I do realize that's my problem and not theirs. I once got into an altercation with this one woman who was haranguing the poor guy behind the counter because ZOMG it's dinnertime and the chickens aren't ready yet (seriously, there was like 5 minutes left on their cook time). She totally went off on me when I told her she was complaining to the wrong person, as he had just come on shift and it wasn't his fault the previous person had put them in later than usual.

I rolled my eyes and walked away from her... she followed me through my ENTIRE grocery trip, and then came up to me at the cash registers once I was done paying to tell me she felt sorry for me, since obviously a person as fat as me couldn't possibly have any friends. I just laughed and said, "gee lady, passive aggressive much?" and walked away LOL

[ralerin]

@Tollbaby: See, if she followed you around the entire store, that's when I would whip out my cell phone and call the cops for harassment.

Also: God, being all upset about rotissirie chicken not being done? What prevents her from buying pre marinaded chicken and grilling it herself?

[Sheldonrs]

The last thing her family needs is another chicken with it's head cut off.

[tollbaby]

@Tollbaby: See, if she followed you around the entire store, that's when I would whip out my cell phone and call the cops for harassment.

Also: God, being all upset about rotissirie chicken not being done? What prevents her from buying pre marinaded chicken and grilling it herself?

Ah, but see, then I'd be lowering myself to her level of melodrama, and I just don't need it when I've got my kids with me

as to your question, probably laziness.

[EvilEmpryss]

OMG... I don't know what state/country you work in, TM, but I can count at least a dozen stores within a 10 min drive of my home that sell rotisserie chickens. When one store is out I just pop on in at the next one. Maybe it's annoying to make the extra stop, but it's not the store's fault I came in late.

[draftermatt]

she followed me through my ENTIRE grocery trip, and then came up to me at the cash registers once I was done paying to tell me she felt sorry for me...

"Sorry for me, lady you just were bitching about having to wait 5 minutes for chicken but had time to follow me around the store yelling and then tell me I'm fat? You need to look in the mirror"

[AyreBiskits]

Tollbaby

although i don't think i could have handled myself as well as you did. i wouldn't have been that nice but that would be stooping to her level. i would probably have just stood there thinking there's a special level of hell reserved for her.

[plan9au]

What America needs obviously is the good ol'fashioned Aussie Chicken shop....they sell nothing but Rotissrre chicken (along with hot chips and other deep fryed goodies) right til close....

[DemoDiva]

We ALWAYS wait 'til the last second to get a chook. They are always half price right before shuttin' time. Of course, if they happen to be sold out, we have to make do with not-a-chook, but most of the time we win.

Maybe this was her thought process?

[Kristev]

Have these people never heard of restaurants, or have they all been tricked into thinking "Fast food is icky/unhealthy, and the best subsitute for it is . . . chicken!"