You're such an ASSHOLE.

A little more than a week ago I made a trip across town to get some Taco Bell to bring home for my dad and I. The guys only put what I had ordered in the bag, not what my dad had ordered, even though everything showed on the receipt. What made it rather annoying was the fact that I didn't discover this until I had got home with it. I suppose I was being a little naive, but there was enough in the bag that I trusted everything was there without having to look. So I made a second trip to get the order fixed.

I suppose why it irritated me as much as it did, however, was that some days before that I had a similar incident that involved a bit more travel. I had to drive up to a community college to take a test, but they closed early due to the wintry weather passing through, sometime after I had called to make sure they were still testing despite the weather and they said yes. So what was normally a half-hour drive to get there or back ended up an hour-long drive there and almost two hours back all for nothing, only to have to drive up there and back the next day to take the test.

So, this fast-food incident only reminded me more of that ordeal, but my rantings were largely kept to myself and the Taco Bell people didn't make a big deal out of it either. I think I only might have blown up if they did first.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Actually, I did have this happen to me in a Burger King a month or so ago, and though it had nothing to do with my order, I figure it's still sort of along the topic.

After finishing eating (I ordered to eat in) I decided to head to the restroom before leaving. I come in, and there's a little tray-like thing on the floor holding cleaning-type stuff in it, and...the water's running in the sink by itself. The stall door's closed, so I figure someone's in there, but I couldn't tell from my view that maybe it was one of the employees doing some cleaning. Now, I'm no EPA fanatic or anything, but I figure it's a common courtesy to at least make SOME effort to not waste water. In this case, I turned off the faucet before I went to do my business.

When I came back, it's running again with nobody standing there in front of it, again. So I wash my hands, wondering why somebody would do that, and turn it off again. I don't even get to the door before I hear "Excuse me!!!" as an employee storms out of the stall and starts ranting to me about how he needs that running for cleaning what was in this case the stall on the opposite side of the bathroom. Granted, it wasn't a large bathroom by any means, but surely a bucket of water would've been a better idea than just leaving the faucet running nonstop for an extended period of time. And if that wasn't enough, a manager-looking guy happened to walk in and the employee continued to rant about it to him. Right in front of me. I was flabbergasted. And pissed.

In retrospect I probably should've at least explained why I did what I did, but instead I ignored them and walked out in a particularly foul mood. (I'm not one for confrontation.)

Now, this would have been totally different if the guy said "Excuse me" softly and coolly explained why he needed the faucet left running. Maybe then I would've at least said sorry. I still eat at BK, but it's still probably going to be a long time before I forget that negative experience, as I have yet to have any fast-food restaurant employee get all pissy over something not order-related.

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