A Never-Ending Love and other stories from Taco Hell

[42_42_42]

Then there are the people who dont know where they are. In what state does kfc or taco bell serve burgers or pepperoni pizzas?

Well, to be fair, there are Pizza Hut/KFC and Pizza Hut/Taco Bell combo stores, although the are not as common as the KFC/Taco Bell combo stores, so that would explain the pizzas.

[BrassCowboy]

Cigarette nickname:

Marlboro Greens (WTF?) for Menthols.

Seriously, Just because Reds are named after the color of the box, doesn't mean that all brands are named after the color of the box.

[powerboy]

And of course, my personal favorites, the ones who come thru and feel the need to ask if we have milkshakes or some other ridiculous thing. No we dont sell milkshakes. Maybe thats why on the menu that you keep neglecting to read it doesnt say milkshake anywhere.

Not everything is on the menu. Sometimes you just have to ask to make sure.

Well, to be fair, there are Pizza Hut/KFC and Pizza Hut/Taco Bell combo stores, although the are not as common as the KFC/Taco Bell combo stores, so that would explain the pizzas.

The one by my house is an A & W/KFC And yeah, I do get a burger there

[draftermatt]

The one by my house is an A & W/KFC And yeah, I do get a burger there

Oh God, now I feel sorry for the new KFC/Taco Bell being built where I live.

The closest KFC is a A & W mix, so I can picture all these people coming to the brand new KFC/Taco Bell closer to their homes and proceeding to get extremely pissed that they can't get a hot dog/hamburger/cheese curds.

It was bad enough when that KFC/A&W became that (it had been a plain KFC) and lost the potato wedges.

[Samaliel]

In what state does kfc or taco bell serve burgers or pepperoni pizzas? Seriously now, is it that hard to read the sign that says kfc and think "ok i want a burger so maybe i should go to BK or hardee's instead?"

*Raises hand* Around here, KFC serve chicken burgers.

[tollbaby]

You know, I do understand the humor in the situation. I do think that it is a little much (and rather rude) to call a customer stupid simply because they attemped to pronounce a foreign word and failed. I'm sure that you would rather they tried, rather than just poke blindly at the menu. Remind me not to ever eat at THAT place.

Totall agree! I mean, not everybody's perfect (and your pronunciation description for Pinot Noir was way off.... there's no "Nuh" anywhere in that word - francophone hat off).

I think we've gotten into the habit lately of being overly critical of the pettiest things. Yes, the point of this site is to bitch about sucky customers, but there's a limit - sometimes these people aren't sucky at all. I think some members may have simply developped an attitude that if there's a customer, there's a story for the site, no matter how the customer behaves. At least, that's how it seems from the sidelines....

[Becks]

Nah...Orange Roughy

I should've seen that one coming.

Marlboro Greens (WTF?) for Menthols.

Interesting. I should try that next time I have to buy smokey treats for a random coworker.

[Peppergirl]

Interesting. I should try that next time I have to buy smokey treats for a random coworker.

That's my brand. I'm headed out to buy some now. I'll let you know if I get a look from the cashier.

[Peppergirl]

Totall agree! I mean, not everybody's perfect (and your pronunciation description for Pinot Noir was way off.... there's no "Nuh" anywhere in that word - francophone hat off).

I think we've gotten into the habit lately of being overly critical of the pettiest things. Yes, the point of this site is to bitch about sucky customers, but there's a limit - sometimes these people aren't sucky at all. I think some members may have simply developped an attitude that if there's a customer, there's a story for the site, no matter how the customer behaves. At least, that's how it seems from the sidelines....

But see, here's the thing. The person that was poking fun at the prononciations didn't call anyone stupid and wasn't ranting about it. She was actually pretty light hearted about it.

Can't we concede that if you are in a job where you hear customers consistently butcher prononciations of various things that it would begin to grate a bit? I'd agree if the poster was calling the customers stupid, but she wasn't.

I thought that's what we were here for, to vent about customers who annoy us.

Just my

[Becks]

I'll let you know if I get a look from the cashier.

Oooooooooooh, I can't wait to find out.

[Peppergirl]

Becky..

It must speak volumes that the cashier didn't bat an eye when I said:

"Can I please get a pack of Marlboro Greens, Ultra light, 100s?"

I guess there's lots of idjits out there who order them that way, although I had never heard of it

[CaroPhoenix]

Archamedes - The Taco Bell closest to my house is actually a Taco Bell/Pizza Hut combo. They have pepperoni personal pizzas in combos.

I normally ask for a Number 6 with a root beer. (2 Chalupas, both chicken supremes with a soft taco). Yummy!! I normally only crave Taco Bell during "that time of month" though. Have no clue why.

When I worked at Roy Rogers (years and years ago), I had the $6.66 number come up quite a few times. Every. single. time. the person would completely freak out and add something to their order.

[Becks]

Peppergirl, we've been missing out.

Or something.

Oooooooooooh, I should ask for Marlboro Silvers. Totally blow people's minds.

Haven't done that for a while...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

But see, here's the thing. The person that was poking fun at the prononciations didn't call anyone stupid and wasn't ranting about it. She was actually pretty light hearted about it.

Can't we concede that if you are in a job where you hear customers consistently butcher prononciations of various things that it would begin to grate a bit? I'd agree if the poster was calling the customers stupid, but she wasn't.

I thought that's what we were here for, to vent about customers who annoy us.

Just my

Well, she did call it stupid:

Pinot Noir (correct: Pee-no Nuh-war) S(for stupid)C: Peenut Nore

I do agree with your general point though--it shouldn't be considered sucky to mention these kinds of mispronunciations which I suppose can get annoying after a while. At least she didn't call the customers stupid to their faces or break out in laughter in front of them.

It doesn't make one an SC to mispronounce items like that. But it also doesn't make one a sucky employee to post about them in a light-hearted manner like that poster did.

[Kaylyn]

Apparently this guy and his girl liked to take a Fire sauce with them every time they left a Taco Bell. So he had a special one made up with the help of the corporate offices or something.

Hmm...does this explain why some of the random messages on the TB sauce packets read "Will you marry me?" I've seen several of those, on all the different intensities of sauce...