There's only 25 calories in a 1/4 cup of gravy made with most mixes.

In that case, it may have to do with charging sales tax. In some states, there is sales tax if you eat on site, and none if you take it to go.

I used to work in a drugstore next to a small sandwich shop where I got my dinner. I always got the grilled cheese sandwich, cheapest thing on the menu (college days, lol)
The owner, who was an immigrant from Greece, would always ask "Lettuce, tomato?" which I thought was odd but that he probably asked on all sandwiches. After a few times I said OK to the tomato and discovered how much I like a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich!!

I think now fast food places train the empoyee to respond to customers in such a way that it become automatic after awhile, so the employee isn't actually listening to the customer. Some are just to dence to understand that a bacon cheese burger should come with bacon and if it didn't it isn't a bcb. Having worked fast food many, many, many years ago I remember how mind numbing it can be. Heck most fast food employees don't have a clue about how to count change. They count out the amount the registers says and shove it at you, I always count. I don't think i've actually had someone count back change in years at a fast food place. I had a boss who wouldn't let us use the register to give change, if you couldn't do off top of your head you didn't work for him.

One other thing, our local McD's put a sign up a couple months ago to please know your selections when you approach the speaker at the drive up, they were having an issue with traffic back up. That works nicely if in fact you 1: know what you want, 2: know the menu, and 3: if someone is with you know what they want. I noticed about two weeks ago they put up another sign that shows what is actually on the menu.

I am from the upper Midwest where we had chicken gravy, turkey gravy, beef gravy, pork gravy etc. and never had milk gravy til I was in college in the South. I like them all!

We must have had the same boss. We couldn't be on the register at T G & Y if we couldn't count back change. No we would be hard pressed to find someone who could count it back to us.

The other day, a clerk rang up something for me on the register which should have been 40% off. It did not ring up right, so I said, "With 40% off, it should be ..." She said, "How would you know? Do you have a calculator?" She was shocked that I could figure 40% off of $16.00 without a calculator. How sad.

Hub is diabetic so I have to order both of us coffee with just cream and ask for my sugar at the window or they might put sugar in both coffees. Since it is difficult for him to put cream in due to health problem I ask if they will but often they say they are not allowed to do it and we have to pull over and I help add the cream. Fast food is never fast. I like frozen cokes at Burger King but they say the machine is broken tried 4 Burger kings and they all said the same??? But I wonder if I worked there would my brain get so reprogramed that I would do the same. Walk a mile in my moccasins etc.

This has nothing to do with food but is about listening: employer asked interviewed person what kind of suspervision he liked best and he responded he always thought superman's X-ray vision would be nice. Not sure if it was a joke or really said. Cute tho.

Having worked with the public for years, the public can be as dumb as you think the workers are. There are rules you have to follow and sometimes people do not understand. Please be patient and give them a smile and make both of your day easier.

The only places around here that serve chicken gravy is chicken places (KFC). Otherwise it's brown or white. And, my hubby eats his BLT with olives, jalepeno, and no tomato.
I've waited tables, and caught myself asking my share of stupid questions - not because I wasn't listening, but because you get in a routine of questions to ask. Some one orders eggs - you ask how they want them cooked - and sometimes the questions slips out even if they've already given the answer. And background noise is killer when the person talking to you is looking down at the menu.

Did you want fries with that?

My daughter use to work for McDonald's when she was in high school. I can still remember her telling me about the people that came in and ordered a hamburger/cheeseburger. LOL She would explain it was just written like that...you had to make a decision. I've noticed in the last year or more when I order a hamburger I will be asked if I want cheese on it..DUH...am I missing something here? Wouldn't that make it a cheeseburger????

This happens to me so many times at McDonalds, I won't leave the drive through window unless I check my order.
I like just pickles on my hamburger and guess what I usually get, everything but pickles. Saturday my husband took my hamburger back to the manager and he said "So what did you get?" Sounds like anything is possible.

You know this is kinda right, sometimes the public is to blame. Sometimes we think they should get it right everytime without having to say it more than once. Let's face it sometimes we don't even notice who it is we are handing our money to or getting our food from, we rarely acknowledge the person serving us. I know I have been guilty of this. There are rules that the employee is required to follow, but still at minimum wage exactly what caliber of work do we expect from some of these employees.
I have personally have made an effort of late to look the person in the drive through window in the eye as I hand them my money or accept my food. I also say thank you and try to remember to offer a smile because it might be the only one they get that day.

You are so right! We need to say thanks more often. We are often the person to blame. Thanks for reminding us.

Still another story about confusion is when my son was working at a hardware store and a woman came in looking for an "electric hand saw". He showed her chain saws, circular saws, reciprocating saws and many more, all of which are electric and hand held saws. None was what she wanted. After some discussion she was very happy when he found her item................in the kitchenware section.................an electric knife! And yes, she said thanks. :)

We have been going thru the Drive thru and even the lobby at Burger King in our small town for years. Everytime, no matter how much we complain we are always getting the wrong items on our orders. NO PICKLES!! EXTRA ONIONS!! What do we get, 3 or 4 pickles (hate pickles!)...regular onions (love the O's!!), and little to no mayo! SO aggravating!! The only place we can go for a normal order is down the road 3 miles to Wendys...love those fries!! Free senior drink, love the chili!

As DH and I are aging, our hearing is getting poorer. If the employees are having the same issues with hearing that we are, it's amazing that things are done correctly as often as they are!

They also do not know how to count you change back to you either.
If the cash registers did not tell them how much I do not think some
of them could even subtract bill from your money offering for the the change.

This is what is happening because the kids are allowed to use calculators as
early as the 2nd grade.
They do not know how to add & subtract.

J J