Extra Credit (pickle) Assignment
I haven't been in McDonald since this summer and if there wasn't for this assignment it would probably be a while before I would walk in to get some food there. But extra 7 points is more important than my taste buds and since I didn't study hard enough for 2nd test I felt this was a fair price to pay.
So after Monday's class on my way back home I made a stop at my neighborhood Mcdonald's. It was around 9pm and there was only one person ahead of me in the line. When I was asked what can they get for me I said that as strange as it may seem I need one small fries without any salt and the person taking my order immediately responded that isn't a problem because he personally cleaned the heater where fries were sitting and that the ones he fried had no salt in them. I wasn't sure if I could believe him but I knew I can only test what he was saying when I taste the fries. I made sure he understands that I need the receipt that will say NO SALT and he said that is not a problem. I went ahead and told him that I would also like a hamburger with exactly 4 pickles on it and that i need the receipt as proof of it. His initial response is that he cannot modify ticket to have 4 pickles and that he adjusted it to say extra pickles. Knowing that this won't be enough I asked him if he can modify it so it shows pickles 4 times and he had no problems with doing that. From the moment I placed my order it took around 2 minutes for me to get my food due to the fact that there were some orders coming from drive-through. Counter person was the one that filled the bag with small fries and another coworker prepared the burger with 4 pickles on, before that was done he asked the counter person something in spanish and the response was QUATRO which my limited knowledge of spanish tells me means four so I would assume that the question was regarding my special and unusual order and number of pickles on the burger.
As far as the way I was being treated I can say that the best description of the response of the counter person is that he was trying to help and he wanted to get it done quick without any fake smiles and cursing in foreign language which was a pleasant surprise for me since I expected more questions and rolling of the eyes or comments between coworkers about this weird order. Besides from the counter person there was one more worker taking other for the drive through and 2 more people that were preparing the food and they all seamed focused on their own jobs and responsibilities.
Also what I need to say is that besides efficiency my order was correct and fries didn't have a grain of salt on them and I even went that far to examine a few of them and couldn't find it but just by eating them it was obvious that they were salt free, unfortunately not fat free. Hamburger had 4 pickles and all that that required was one sentence from counter person to the food prep guy. The only thing that I noticed was that in this specific situation is what could improve efficiency would be a button on the computer that would allow the ticket to be modified with the number since that would mean that no communication would be needed between counter and food prep person since the ticket itself would be clear enough.
In conclusion 7 extra point=no salt+4 pickles+2 dollars, not a bad deal.
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