This is a continuation of a previous blog that I posted called Fine! Have it your way! Why can't I just have a burger or a fast food meal the way I want it? I'm sure you all remember Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina Hit in late August 2005. So during the end of 2005 and most of 2006 there was a tomato shortage. At first it wasn't that bad. But it steadily got worse. Wendy's was the first fast food restaurant to stop putting tomatoes on their sandwiches. They required you to ask for a tomato if you wanted it on your sandwich. Then they would only grant your request if they actually had tomatoes that day. Even when there isn't a tomato famine on, if the sandwich doesn't come with tomatoes you have to pay extra. So wouldn't it make sense that if you pay extra if it doesn't come with it, you should pay less if it is supposed to come with it and they aren't giving it to you? One would think so. Also when I go to JCW's I like to get the gyro. Well I don't like the cucumber sauce that comes on the gyro. So one time I asked for them to leave the cucumber sauce off and add ranch. They were more then willing to grant my request but little did I know they charged me for it. When I asked them about it they said that they have to charge for extra ranch. I said it's not extra it was in exchange for the other sauce. The price of the gyro includes the cucumber sauce if you don't give me that sauce you should give me the ranch for free. They said nope that isn't how it works. We have to charge for ranch. Well annoying as that is, it wasn't the thing that annoyed me the most that day. After I got my food, and went to sit at my table, I saw my brother in law had two cups of ranch on the side of his fries. I asked him how much they charged him for them. He said nothing. WHAT?? I was pissed. And apparently this wasn't a one time thing. He said yeah, if you ask for ranch when you order they will make you pay. Then he said if you wait till after you have already paid and then ask when you are picking up your food they will give them to you for free. They do it every time. I was Irate. I mean if they are going to be assholes and charge me for sauce that I have already paid for, the least they could do is be consistent. Why do they give in when my brother in law asks for extra sauce after the fact but not when I say please give me one sauce in exchange for another. I am so sick of having to pay for things that I don't use. Every fast food restaurant should operate like the following. Every item that is available on the menu or that comes on a burger should have an assigned value. So if I want a cheeseburger that comes with ketchup and mustard it would be $2.00. If I don't want cheese subtract 20 cents. Boom! $1.80. No Ketchup. Subtract 10 cents. No Mustard, Subtract 10 cents. Now we are sitting at $1.60. But wait! I want Mayonnaise on my burger. And anyone who has gone grocery shopping knows mayonnaise is more expensive then ketchup or mustard. So If I want mayonnaise add 20 cents. Back to $1.80. But I want pickle. Add 10 Cents. Onion. Add 10 Cents. Now we are back to $2.00 but it is a burger I want. But wait! I'm extremely fickle! I can't make up my mind. I want Bacon. Add 60 cents. Now I have a Delicious burger I want to eat and the grand total is $2.60. It's pretty simple. Compromise is a 2 way street. Add the tomatoes. Don't add the tomatoes. Either way no one gets screwed because you either pay for it or you don't. I get the sauce I want with out paying for 2 sauces. My brother in law would have to pay for his ranch but at least he wouldn't be screwing anyone. Then he could go right on ranch dipping with some peace of mind.
