Today I stopped at a Wendys to eat lunch. I normally stay away from fast food joints becuase I just don't care for the greasy food, but I was starving and had to have soimething immediately before I passed out from hunger.
I noticed a group of officials of some sort all sitting together at a table looking over papers and making cell phone calls. About halfway through my chicken fingers, I heard one of the officials at the table call the manager over to the table. She said to the manager, "Do not take another order, shut everything down and lock the doors! We're closing your restaurant due to numerous health code violations that we found in our inspection." Man, I spit out the french fry that I was eating and watched as they locked all of the doors and began to turn customers away. I felt like I was going to puke. I threw the rest of my food away and inquired about getting my money back, but they were in too much of a discussion about how to handle everything and I really started to feel quite repulsed at even being in there anymore so I left. It was only like $5 anyway. But I'm wondering if I should call someone at Wendy's and try to get my money back just because.
john [email] said at 8:03 PM 05-12-2006: Seriously, if these health officials knew that they were going to shut the place down prior to my ordering food there then I should be allowed to get my money back. They saw me order, and I'm sure that they knew by then that they were going to shut the place down in the next few minutes.
josh [email] said at 8:05 PM 05-12-2006: i was at a wendy's once and saw a worker go to the frosty machine, turn it on, then recoil in horror as hordes of those small cockroaches swarmed out of it... she just kind of stood there, waving her arms ineffectually.
brandon [email] said at 8:23 PM 05-12-2006: That's really disgusting. I wrote about this the other day, but we were at Taco Bell this weekend and one of the guys had a broken arm that had a lip that extended past his knuckles. I don't know if he thought he was being funny or what, but he was using his cast to scoop meat into the tacos. The less you know about fast food preparation, the better.
brandon [email] said at 11:35 PM 05-15-2006: I'd rather not. I like eating at taco bell. I like the taste, I like the way it makes my ass whisper. What I'd rather not think about is the smell of rotting meat on a filthy cast and the possibility of his little joke turning into a small-scale maggot farm both inside of his cast and by transfering eggs back to the food service bins
Needless to say, I'm not eating at that location for a while. At least until I forget about this incident.
john [email] said at 9:17 PM 05-13-2006: I actually called one of those, "how is my driving" numbers on the back of a van that cut me off the other day. It was full of handicapped people. The guy was speeding and cut off two more people after me so I turned him in. I gotta say, it was satisfying.
josh [email] said at 11:25 AM 05-15-2006: ive done it before but only when the person was driving REALLY dangerously. i saw an 18 wheeler once where the guy was obviously falling asleep... he was all over the road.
john [email] said at 11:30 AM 05-15-2006: Wow. yeah, I don't like the idea of making a driver lose his/her job, but man, some cases are just too extreme and I don't mind turning them in. That's the first time that I've done it though. This dude was carrying a van full of handicapped people and doing at least 70 in a 30 and cut 3 cars off including myself.
myriam [email] said at 11:49 AM 05-15-2006: Totally. A real Navy man would have shoved those chicken strips down the manager's throat and stomped on some health inspector stomach!
john [email] said at 11:54 AM 05-15-2006: I was kind of thinking of breaking into that Wendy's with you next time you're in town and having sex on all of the different surfaces in the kitchen.
john [email] said at 12:20 PM 05-15-2006: I hope this doesn't bother you, but I got her phone number when I returned that video the other day. I just want to be friends with her.
john [email] said at 11:59 AM 05-15-2006: Ha ha ha, no, it was actually four women wearing lab coats and hair nets with flash lights and thermometers, etc. attached to their pockets.
max [email] said at 12:26 PM 05-15-2006: I would definitely try and get your money back. What a travesty! Just think how sorry you will be when you have chickenfingeritis and you don't have that $5 to pay your medical bills.
brandon [email] said at 12:02 AM 05-16-2006: Think of like a gift. It's mean to make people wait for their gifts, teasing them with presents is down-right rude and offputting. He just wanted to give you your gift faster, he liked you so much.
