Make up your blasted mind!

[Sapphire Silk]

Ugh. This was so flipping frustrating.

I've had a very long and bad week (a lot of personal stuff going on, not on topic). Last night I stopped by a Walmart to pick up a few things for my mother's house. I hadn't meant it to be a long trip, but had not had dinner, so I stopped by the McDonalds intending to get something to go. I knew what I wanted (I always make up my mind quickly).

In line in front of me are two kids, about 13 or 14 ish. The cashier is maybe a little older than the kids, and clearly went to school with them.

C: teenaged cashier
SG1: Sucky teenaged girl
SG2: mildly sucky teen girl
SB1: Sucky Teen boy
SB2: Sucky younger teen boy
Me:

As I get in line, SG1 and SB1 are chatting with C about a test they'd taken in school that week.

C: Blah, blah, blah yeah, I know I flunked that test
SG1: Yeah, me too.

Me: *sighs wondering when the fuck these dips are going to order*
SB2: *comes to the counter and gets a wad of cash from SB1*
SG1: Yeah, I want 2 four peices and, hey, what do you guys want? *she turns to get an order from the kids behind me, who don't answer* HEY! WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Me: Oh, my God. *I glare at SG1*

SG1 finishes her order and pays. SB1 is up. He hems and haws a bit.

Me: *losing patience* Oh, good Lord. Come on.

SB1 finishes his order, and calls back to SG2: What do you want?
SG2 comes to counter: Oh, I don't know. Uhmm . . . .

Me: *literally. I did the Homer Simpson hand smack to the forehead* Oh, come on people.

SB1: *perhaps seeing that I am getting increasingly pissed at their foot dragging, hastily orders and pays*

What was C doing during all this? Carrying on with SB2 and SG1. He stops and is all business when the manager finally comes onto the floor. Finally I can order.

Me: A number 10 with a Coke to go, please.

Nuggets were fresh, but over cooked. I suppose I should have gone back and complained, but I just didn't have the energy for it last night.

When I got home, I said to my brother, "Now I remember all the reasons I hate shopping at Walmart!"

He laughed at me, of course. SOB.

[notlovinit]

Ugh, I hate getting the teenagers that can't decide what to order.. or the big families that can't ask their kids what they want BEFORE getting in line. Especially when there is a line behind them I can feel the people in line getting more and more mad before they approach me to order. It's like doom approaching, but it's not my fault.

Also, I don't get how other McDonalds overcook their food. We get so excited that food is ready that we don't let it sit in the vat any longer. Also, the beeping of the timer is so beyond annoying. I just don't understand how people can tolerate listening to it long enough to let the food overcook.

[Kristev]

Forgive me, Panacea, but I'm quite sure it is unfair to expect someone to make up a mind they never had in the first place.

[dalesys]

...make up a mind they never had in the first place.

And when they do, they look like Tammy Faye Bakker. (makeup weighs more than head)

[rageaholic]

I experienced something similar at Tim Horton's this week. All I wanted were 2 donuts to go, but the family in front of me was taking forever with their order. In between taking individual orders, they would chat with the cashier which I don't have a problem with on it's own, but it made the whole ordeal take twice as long as it should have.

[Moosenogger]

I feel your pain and frustration. I lost my temper with a couple preteens while waiting in a McDonald's line. I was on my 30 minute break, so I was in a hurry. I also hadn't eaten in several hours, so I was starving. The preteens are in front of me and it's their turn to order, but they're too busy talking and giggling to notice. I wait a few moments, glaring at them, and finally just step in front of them and start to order. FINALLY they notice that it's their turn, and act all affronted that I cut in front of them. Literally yelling, I got in the oldest boy's face and said, "PAY ATTENTION!", then stomped back to my original place in line.

At least the little bastards ordered quickly after that.

[PepperElf]

ugh.


I mean sure I can understand not knowing what you want to order. I mean ... that's me. It *always* takes me forever.

But ... I also make a point of standing back, letting other people go ahead until I figure out what I want.


sounds like these shits are in their own self-centered little world

[Canarr]

Ah, yeah... people in the fast food line who don't know what they want.

Bonus points if you've already been waiting 10 minutes.
Extra bonus points if the guy in front of me has been complaining that whole time how it's ridiculous, why is this taking so long, etc... then, when it's his turn, FINALLY starts thinking about what they want to order...

[greek_jester]

One of our local McD's has the worst-placed menu ever - on the wall right by the tills, but on the side that you have to shoulder by everyone queuing to get to it. It's also in ridiculously tiny print, so you have to get within 3 feet of it to be able to read it.

On the odd occasion when I go in (I don't go there more than 3 times a year) I have a budget, so if I get to the head of the line & still haven't made up my mind I wave the person behind me ahead of me while I keep reading & pricing up combos, & I keep doing that until I've made up my mind. At that point I order when it's my turn.