I put in my order and was given my receipt. And I waited. After ten minutes, all of the customers in the restaurant were still waiting for their food. One of the employees came over to all of us and asked for our receipts. For whatever reason, another employee seemed to put a rush on my particular order, and I received my bag of goodies first. I was in a rush at this point since my daughter was getting out of school at any minute. I did a quick inventory and saw that one of the most important items was missing: the dozen chocolate chip cookies! I really get frustrated when this happens, and it seems to happen a lot, at many different places. I rushed back into the restaurant and after getting an employee's attention (thank goodness she recognized me as a customer who had just left), explained that I hadn't received my cookies. I'm glad I still had my receipt. The employee said, very matter-of-factly, that they didn't have enough cookies made. It was going to take 15 minutes to make another batch. It was clear that they intentionally left my cookies out of my order hoping I wouldn't catch it until later and wouldn't want to come back. This really bothered me. They tried to get me to accept another dessert instead, but a big part of my desire to stop at KFC was for those hot-baked chocolate chip cookies. I said no thanks, I really just want the cookies. She looked at me as if this was all my fault. I was getting angry.
I finally said, if they would get the cookies made, I'd come back in 15 minutes after picking up my daughter, who I was already late picking up because they had taken too long. They were relieved, and said that would be fine. So I rushed out, drove home, picked up my girl, and came right back to the KFC. As promised, the cookies were ready, but a new shift had begun and there were a bunch of new employees working in the restaurant. I still had my receipt, and one woman, who remembered us, said she would get the cookies for us. I think having my daughter with me kept everyone's mood light. We were given our cookies and sent on our way. My daughter wanted to try a cookie right away, so I let her have one. She opened the box and there were significantly more than a dozen cookies in the box. They were nice enough to throw some extras in for us for our inconvenience. I was pleased, and happy that they made things right.
Dinner was really good. We got the "boneless" recipe, which is all white meat. It was great! The mashed potatoes were just as I remembered them, and the gravy made a delicious "dipping sauce" for the chicken and biscuits. I also got my girl some mac and cheese. We really enjoyed it. I'm glad I stopped, though it's not going to be a regular meal for us. It's just a little too rich. But it was good.
Have a great evening, everyone.
Every now and again food like KFC can be oddly delicious. :)
ReplyDeleteYou handled the whole cookie thing far better than I would have. It's one thing when someone just gets the order wrong. Happens far too frequently and is annoying, but it happens. But to CHOOSE to send someone with the wrong order, knowingly, is something altogether different. That makes me really angry because it is dishonest. You should have been told, given the option of paying less or waiting, FIRST.
I'm glad it all worked out. I'm glad you resolved it, got extra cookies, and handled it with far more grace than I think I would have.
Well.... I'm not going to say I wasn't angry. I was. But I wanted the best outcome, and I feel like I got it, given the circumstances. Bottom line is I won't go back to that store. They won't get my business. The cookies were good, though, and were worth the hassle. :-)
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