The computer says....

Had a great weekend. Saturday we went to the pimp house for breakfast. Our beloved waitress, Andrea, has moved on to greener pastures so we are trying to become accustomed to being treated like common customers. Andrea would greet us, about the same moment we sat down, with our drinks as she knew what us creatures of habit drank each time we were there. The replacements not only don't greet us with our regular drink, like we were Norm or Cliff, but also seem to ignore us like we were some outsider invading their space. Seriously, sometimes I feel like the staff there is avoiding our table; "oh those are Andrea's customers we will never match her skill as a waitress so we won't even try...."

Well, anyway we had a nice breakfast and might have found a replacement for Andrea. The gal was efficient, filled the drinks and didn't miss anything. More on that in a few weeks.... Sunday morning we hung at the pad in the AM. Kitty Kat wanted her Diet Coke so I rolled out to Mickey d's to get it. The kids were with me so I decided to get everybody some McGriddles. I have never been a Mickey D's fan but those McGriddles are pretty damn good. Order them plain, without the sausage, because who really knows what is in that sausage!?

I got to the drive-threw line just behind another car. He took the right hand lane behind another car I took the left behind a car. My lane moved first so I was able to get the jump on the guy who took the right. Of course, that is the same scenario, and same Mickey D's, as the time the lady cussed me out in the drive-threw line. CRAZY LADY I order 4 plan orders of McGriddles and 1 large Diet Coke. I know McGriddles are about 1 buck an order and the Diet Coke is about two bucks. However, the drive-threw loudspeaker told me the total was $10.04. This can't be right....

I got up to the window and alerted the young man that $10.04 did not sound right. He was very polite but was not sure because, of course, the computer told him it was $10.04. Dare he do any independent thought on the subject! I put the car in park and we waited. A few minutes later he comes back and tells me the new total is $4.10. I ask him if he is sure he got everything because that doesn't sound like enough. He assures me it's what the computer says. I put the car in drive and drove up to the second window. I figure maybe they are having a special on McGriddles, fifty cents per order, and the Diet Coke was $2.00 which would put the total to four bucks. However, how could they sell McGriddles for 50 cents an order? Seems to cheap to me!?

Well, I get the drink and a small bag from the gal at the second window. As I grabbed that little bag it sure didn't feel like it had four orders of McGriddles in it so I opened it up and guess what? TWO orders of McGriddles. I put the car back in park, motion the gal over, and explain I ordered four orders of McGriddles. As if I just changed my mind on how many I wanted she says something like, "oh you wanted four orders?" I tell her that is correct. She quickly gets them for me, and luckily someone else noticed the situation, had been alerted to my almost getting overcharged a few minutes earlier, and they gave me the second two orders for free. I drove out of the line and headed back to the crib. The guy behind me in line was probably wishing he had chosen the left line and not the right as we were slow!

However, the point of this story is not about McGriddles being a secret gem of a food (they actually inject syrup into the pancake), or how bothersome fast food workers are (because we all worked there at some time in our lives), or really about anything else... this story is about, HOW OFTEN DO WE GET OVERCHARGED ON A DAILY BASIS BECAUSE THE COMPUTER SAYS?

peace out.