This is right around the corner from my store so I go here often to get the guys something to eat. Lately the drive thru has been running slow. This morning was the end! Pulled in and ordered, sometimes their screen isn't working and there isn't a display; this was one of those times but the girl repeated my order back correctly. Pulled forward to wait......and wait.....and wait. 22 minutes later the car at the window pulled away. When I got to the girl held out her had for money; no apology, no explanation or anything.
I work in a service industry too but I would never NOT acknowledge that the people in line had been waiting an excessively long time. I asked what had been wrong as I paid and was told the car at the window had changed their order. So why weren't they parked while it was prepared and then brought out to them so the rest of us could get going?
To add insult to the whole thing I was then handed the wrong order. And told it would be a couple minutes to get what I had ordered together. I asked for the manager, told her I wanted a refund. She gave me the pat lame answers that tell me she really isn't management material. "There was nothing she could do about the wait." Got news for you sweetheart, as management it is your job to solve problems, stave off disasters and think outside the box. I know, I started in a fast food place and now I own my own business (different industry but still its service oriented).
I am truly disappointed in how this was handled. There are a thousand fast food places, now I wont mind driving around the corner because I wont be going back to Carls JR.