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re: What story do you have about a restaurant being ridiculously out of something?
Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:35 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:35 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
For the record, every supplier has shortages right now and brands can't just "go across the street" bc of brand standards that don't allow you (by contract)to get it from another place. Legally speaking.
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Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:37 pm to 6R12
Ok Karen.
Many examples listed are from long ago, and include ketchup, napkins and ice.
But sorry Sysco was late with your Cajun fries.
Many examples listed are from long ago, and include ketchup, napkins and ice.
But sorry Sysco was late with your Cajun fries.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:53 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Years ago, went thru KFC drive thru on a Saturday evening when I was informed that they were out of chicken.
This was before they had tenders, bowls, sandwiches, etc. on the menu. It was just chicken and sides...and they were out of chicken.
Why were they still open? No one wants just their sides.
The next time I went thru their drive thru, I ordered a hamburger. "Sir, we don't have hamburgers here". "Well, last time I was here, you didn't have chicken either"
This was before they had tenders, bowls, sandwiches, etc. on the menu. It was just chicken and sides...and they were out of chicken.
Why were they still open? No one wants just their sides.
The next time I went thru their drive thru, I ordered a hamburger. "Sir, we don't have hamburgers here". "Well, last time I was here, you didn't have chicken either"
Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:59 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Employees. Went to Taco Bell on Airline and McDonalds on Clearview a few years ago and they didn't have the staff to run the place. This was obviously before Covid.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:00 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
I stopped in my local Dunkin Donuts yesterday, and they had about 8 empty racks, and a handful of donuts I don't like. How the hell can Dunkin Donuts be out of old-fashioned donuts?
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:06 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
All the fatties and Karens in here asking why XYZ chain restaurant can’t go next door to the grocery store don’t realize how much shite comes pre-packaged and premade. The workers literally nuke most of what you’d eat at a Chili’s or Wendy’s or whatever.
Even if the workers did know how to make the food from scratch, i guarantee the head office’s legal and HR department would flip out if one of their employees went rogue and started cooking whatever. “Who cares if the customers were happy? We have policies and mandates and rules and procedures!”
Even if the workers did know how to make the food from scratch, i guarantee the head office’s legal and HR department would flip out if one of their employees went rogue and started cooking whatever. “Who cares if the customers were happy? We have policies and mandates and rules and procedures!”
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:09 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Earlier this year in Destin I went to an "Oyster House" that was out of oysters.
'Oh, everybody's out, there's no oysters in Destin, supply issue blah blah"
Next night at another restaurant, they had oysters.
'Oh, everybody's out, there's no oysters in Destin, supply issue blah blah"
Next night at another restaurant, they had oysters.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:12 pm to Boring
quote:
All the fatties and Karens in here asking why XYZ chain restaurant can’t go next door to the grocery store don’t realize how much shite comes pre-packaged and premade. The workers literally nuke most of what you’d eat at a Chili’s or Wendy’s or whatever.
Even if the workers did know how to make the food from scratch, i guarantee the head office’s legal and HR department would flip out if one of their employees went rogue and started cooking whatever. “Who cares if the customers were happy? We have policies and mandates and rules and procedures!”
yeah for entree ingredients, but when we're talking about Ketchup and little shite, I have personally worked at restaurants, plural, where we ran out of something like that due to ice machine broke, or supplier fricked up, and ran across the street to a grocery store for little stuff, often. There's no excuse to be out of sugar, out of ketchup, out of napkins, out of ice.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:33 pm to deeprig9
Jersey Mikes in Destin was out of bread the day I tried to get a sandwich there in August.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:36 pm to MorbidTheClown
Hooters out of wings. 
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:39 pm to Wermanium
that dark/white chocolate mousse cake that Schwans/Sisco sells
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:40 pm to Wermanium
Seafood restaurants having raw oysters, but not baked ones.
Only guess there is that they were short staffed on cooks.
Only guess there is that they were short staffed on cooks.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:46 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Cowboy Chicken was out of chicken...during lunch time.
The manager was all out of fricks to give. And certainly not a chicken frick.
The manager was all out of fricks to give. And certainly not a chicken frick.
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 12/23/21 at 3:47 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Never had the Milky Way pie at Sammy’s in BR bc the several times I went, they were out
Also, one time I went to the Serrano’s by lsu (when it was there) and they were out of the cilantro rice, grilled chicken, and the brownie I had wanted for dessert
Also, one time I went to the Serrano’s by lsu (when it was there) and they were out of the cilantro rice, grilled chicken, and the brownie I had wanted for dessert
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:15 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
My wife went to Popeyes and after standing in line and placing her order she found out they were out of chicken...
BTW this was way before covid...
BTW this was way before covid...
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:23 pm to slacker130
quote:Must have had quite an impact on you to remember the month two decades ago.
A Burger King had zero burgers, October 1998.
Same thing happened to me, Burger King had no whoppers. I got a chicken sandwich.
Different BK years later, I ordered a whopper and the girl told me they were out. I was like "damn, you serious?" She said "No! This is the home of the whopper! How could we be out of whoppers?!" Good question.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:26 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:
We aren't talking about extravagant, special order type items. Most of the examples are simple items that any local grocery store would carry: Ketchup, buns, pasta, even hamburger patties. If you are so shitty of a manager that you won't even walk next door to buy ketchup or buns, rather than wait on the Sysco truck next week then you suck.
That’s fine for small scale operations and locally owned, but it becomes a problem with licensing deals, corporate owned, and franchised locations. There are legitimate penalties involved. It’s dumb, but that is the world we live in.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:32 pm to beerandt
Can verify. I saw that Cafe du Monde back around 99-2000 on the way home from Okinawa. Was excited for a cafe Au lait and beignets but not a one to be found.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 4:33 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
When i worked in the restaurant, we would send a bus boy across the street to home depot because we were out of felopian tubes.
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