Wanted to do something nice for my wife and pick up an Orange Julius on my way to see her at the hospital (our daughter is in NICU). I had never been but had heard that there was an Orange Julius in a Dairy queen fairly nearby. I pulled up and sure enough there was a large, installed (permanent) 'Orange Julius' sign on the building. I left with no Julius', though.
Upon asking for an orange julius the very kind young man behind the counter recited a well-rehearsed (apparently often-repeated) speech about how "The slush machine is down right now and that is the main ingredient in an Orange Julius, but we do have....." so I texted my wife to see if that sounded good. Not 30 seconds after saying it to me, the young man said the same thing about the frappe to the next customer - it is important to note that one of the big poster/advertisements in the window is for the frappe, which you cannot actually get.
Not Julius for me, no frappe for the next guy. These guys need to either fix/replace the slush machine (it makes SLUSH for crying out loud, how hi-tech can it be?) or remove the signs that lead you to believe you can get any of the great things that rely on slush.
My hopes of being a hero to my wife were the only thing that got slushed today. Thanks, DQ.