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Some stories from The Way of the Sub.
It's only my second day there. >_< Most people have noticed this, and been pretty nice about it. The hardest part has been learning the difference between all the meat. There's chicken patty, chicken strips (sliced), teriaki, steak, and one more that I've forgotten the name of.
A little kid came up and got a cookie. It came to $0.30. He put 33 cents on the counter. I don't want a kid of my own, but they usually make me smile when I see them in retail. Kids under 8 that try to order (successfully) are really cute to me.
Me: (laughs) Wanna trade places?
Him: No. I just finished working fast food. I worked at [golden arches] for 6 years. You're doing fine, by the way. You'll get it.
Our window only opens a few inches every time you gesture towards it. So when I was giving a woman her chips, I had to gesture to it three times before it would open. She was quite amused with the situation.
Her: It isn't working very well, is it?
Me: No, not really. Have a nice day!
This guy had a little boy with him. He was a little over-friendly at first, exuberant, but not all that bad. I heard him exclaim:
Wow, you cut that perfectly.
Wow! You did that perfectly.
Wow! That looks exactly like the sandwich in the commercials. That's amazing.
GHS rang him up. He leaned over the counter a bit.
GHS: Do you want anything else?
Guy: Your phone number.
After he left, I went up to GHS.
Me
id that guy really just ask for your phone number?
GHS: No, he wanted me to come home with him.
That's even worse. GHS insisted the guy was gay, because he had the stereotypically gay voice, but the boy with him was most likely his son, so...
These guys started off pretty fun at first. We were joking around. I found there was no cheat sheet for the pizza sub, so I started the other sub they had first.
I had to ask them to repeat themselves a few times, and joked that: "This headset renders me partially deaf."
Even though it was our large sub, they wanted to do a half-and-half. People do it all the time to save money. They wanted the same meat. They were going to have separate cheeses, but the second guy changed his mind. Throughout the vegetables, one guy would order a veggie, and I'd look at the second guy to see if it was all across the sandwich, or just one half.
The guy started to wink every time I made eye contact with him for that. He would lean in and whisper to the guy next to him, then wink again.
It made me glad I didn't know how to work the register yet. I could disappear to the back when I was done making the sandwich.
A woman sat and waited for the manager. GHS went to see what she wanted, then went to BTM, and said: "This woman still wants to talk to you." BTM told her to get the woman a drink.
The woman yelled at her, saying that wasn't what she wanted. GHS started to cry. The woman relented then, saying it wasn't GHS's fault. BTM finally got a chance to talk to the woman. What was the woman upset about?
We were too busy to feed her and her children promptly. Our dinner rush lasted four freaking hours lady. We ran out of two kinds of bread. If you had a headset on, all you heard was:
"Can I have napkins? Can I have cucumbers? Can I have lettuce?" (Lettuce was refilled four times, still empty by the end of the rush) in between beeps alerting us someone was at the drive-thru.
We spent the entire period trying to organize people to deal with the rush, meaning I was constantly moving from front counter to back counter.
A woman orders two sandwiches over the drive-thru.
Woman: And he wants something healthy. What's a healthy bread?
BTM: [suggests a bread made of wheat with oats in it]
Woman: And what's a healthy drink?
BTM: ...milk?
Woman: Do you have energy drinks?
BTM: We have power-aid.
Woman: What's that like?
BTM: It's just like gator-aid.
Woman: We'll take that.
I just wanted to point out, don't have a marital argument in the drive-thru while waiting for us to take your order. We can hear you.
It's only my second day there. >_< Most people have noticed this, and been pretty nice about it. The hardest part has been learning the difference between all the meat. There's chicken patty, chicken strips (sliced), teriaki, steak, and one more that I've forgotten the name of.
The Smiles
Kids
A little kid came up and got a cookie. It came to $0.30. He put 33 cents on the counter. I don't want a kid of my own, but they usually make me smile when I see them in retail. Kids under 8 that try to order (successfully) are really cute to me.
On The Same Side
I glanced up at my cheat-sheet for a guy's sandwich, and he told me the amount and meat he was going to need, basically walking me through the whole sandwich.Me: (laughs) Wanna trade places?
Him: No. I just finished working fast food. I worked at [golden arches] for 6 years. You're doing fine, by the way. You'll get it.
Technical Difficulties
Our window only opens a few inches every time you gesture towards it. So when I was giving a woman her chips, I had to gesture to it three times before it would open. She was quite amused with the situation.
Her: It isn't working very well, is it?
Me: No, not really. Have a nice day!
The Shudders
Come Away With Me
Two of us dealt with creepers yesterday. One was GHS. I was mopping, so I didn't catch the whole conversation.Come Away With Me
This guy had a little boy with him. He was a little over-friendly at first, exuberant, but not all that bad. I heard him exclaim:
Wow, you cut that perfectly.
Wow! You did that perfectly.
Wow! That looks exactly like the sandwich in the commercials. That's amazing.
GHS rang him up. He leaned over the counter a bit.
GHS: Do you want anything else?
Guy: Your phone number.
After he left, I went up to GHS.
Me
id that guy really just ask for your phone number?GHS: No, he wanted me to come home with him.
That's even worse. GHS insisted the guy was gay, because he had the stereotypically gay voice, but the boy with him was most likely his son, so...
Please Tell Me That's Just an Uncontrollable Twitch
These guys started off pretty fun at first. We were joking around. I found there was no cheat sheet for the pizza sub, so I started the other sub they had first.
I had to ask them to repeat themselves a few times, and joked that: "This headset renders me partially deaf."
Even though it was our large sub, they wanted to do a half-and-half. People do it all the time to save money. They wanted the same meat. They were going to have separate cheeses, but the second guy changed his mind. Throughout the vegetables, one guy would order a veggie, and I'd look at the second guy to see if it was all across the sandwich, or just one half.
The guy started to wink every time I made eye contact with him for that. He would lean in and whisper to the guy next to him, then wink again.
It made me glad I didn't know how to work the register yet. I could disappear to the back when I was done making the sandwich.
The Stupid
Too Busy
A woman sat and waited for the manager. GHS went to see what she wanted, then went to BTM, and said: "This woman still wants to talk to you." BTM told her to get the woman a drink.
The woman yelled at her, saying that wasn't what she wanted. GHS started to cry. The woman relented then, saying it wasn't GHS's fault. BTM finally got a chance to talk to the woman. What was the woman upset about?
We were too busy to feed her and her children promptly. Our dinner rush lasted four freaking hours lady. We ran out of two kinds of bread. If you had a headset on, all you heard was:
"Can I have napkins? Can I have cucumbers? Can I have lettuce?" (Lettuce was refilled four times, still empty by the end of the rush) in between beeps alerting us someone was at the drive-thru.
We spent the entire period trying to organize people to deal with the rush, meaning I was constantly moving from front counter to back counter.
Healthy
A woman orders two sandwiches over the drive-thru.
Woman: And he wants something healthy. What's a healthy bread?
BTM: [suggests a bread made of wheat with oats in it]
Woman: And what's a healthy drink?
BTM: ...milk?
Woman: Do you have energy drinks?
BTM: We have power-aid.
Woman: What's that like?
BTM: It's just like gator-aid.
Woman: We'll take that.
We Can All Hear You
I just wanted to point out, don't have a marital argument in the drive-thru while waiting for us to take your order. We can hear you.
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