I was sitting at the drive-thru window at Burger King yesterday, waiting for my Whopper Jr. (with cheese, no onions) and I noticed that I could see a sign on the wall which was clearly intended only to be viewed by employees. In angry, bold letters it proclaimed:
"EXCESSIVE USE OR WASTE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL COST YOU YOUR RAISE!"
Underneath the message there were pictures of supplies and condiments which would normally be given to the customer with a drive-thru order.
Ketchup packet = 5 cents
Napkins = 5 cents
Salt = 5 cents
Straws = 5 cents
Sporks = 5 cents
Dipping sauce = 10 cents
Salad dressing = 10 cents
Clearly, this particular Burger King is trying to cut out some unnecessary expenses. I mentally applauded their efforts, especially since time and time again I have been given enough napkins to wipe the faces of a family of ten or 27 ketchup packets after telling them I did not need ketchup for my fries. (Is it so unthinkable that someone might want ZERO ketchup for their jumbo-size order of fries?)
Threatening employee raises seemed a little extreme to me, but desperate times and all that, so whatever works, I guess.
I had to laugh, though, at what I found in the bottom of my bag when I got back to the office...
Two straws.
1 comment:
When I worked at Taco Bell, they had pretty stringent rules about how much hot or mild sauce should be given out per item ordered. One time, someone came through the Drive Thru and when I asked them if they wanted hot or mild sauce, they asked me to give them as much hot sauce as I could give them without losing my job.
I filled an entire bag with hot sauce and gave it to him. :)
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