Why can't I get a turkey club sandwich?

[MichaelWright]

I eat at the same truckstop 5 nights a week. I sit at the same counter with the other guys, usually all drivers.



I go in tonite, order a pepsi and ask for a menu. Guy comes in, sits next to me, orders his dinner. Waitress finally comes back after putting me on ignore, with his dinner. I'm very polite, try to get her attention. Have to get up, and give her my order at the waitress station. On a schedule, can't hang out all night. I order a Club sandwich, substitute ham for turkey, a Turkey Club with fries on wheat. That is my whole order.



Waitress comes back with a salad, not mine. Another waitress puts a pork chop dinner in front of me, not mine. I tell the other waitress "I ordered a Turkey Club w/fries. She comes back with a turkey on toast w/fries. Not what I ordered. The other 2 drivers have ate and are ready to leave.



I place the order again, finally get a club sandwich w/HAM! I hate sliced HAM! The waitress tells me the kitchen can't make a turkey club because it is not on the menu! She tells me I should have taken the turkey on toast!



I have heard it all! I leave hungry and in disgust! I head for Indiana, call another truck stop and order the dammn sandwich for a carry out. They got it right. Call the screwed up truck stop and tell them my ordeal in trying to get a Turkey Club Sandwich, free dinner tonite.



What planet do I live on? I get service like this in most places in Michigan, I don't go out much anymore. Must be all of the fluoride in the water, they all have brain damage.



Had to vent. :{



Mike

 

[michigandon]

Hey Mike, this wouldn't happen to be the T/A at Baker road and I-94 in Dexter, would it? Seems as though the quality of service in there is often ATROCIOUS, to say the least.

 

[klenger]

1, 2, 3, ... 10. OK, I'm feeling much better now.



You can vent on us any time you want to. Hope the rest of your day was OK.

 

[JPope]

Sounds like what what happened in the old movie 5 Easy Pieces with Jack Nicholson and Karen Black!! Jack could not get what he ordered cause it was not on the menu, lots of sarcam and arguing :-{} , so he told the waitress to bring what was on the menu w/o the various things he did not want (wish I could remember the details ) but the scene lasted for quite a while and in typical Jack Nicholson fashion :-laf , the waitress and restaurant were not happy!

 

[MichaelWright]

No, not Baker Rd. I was at the truck stop at the M-60/I-69 intersect in Tekonsha MI. But that TA is also on my list of places to avoid if at all possible. Some of the worst food in the neighborhood, and the service is questionable at best. TA spent a chunk of change renovating the fixtures in there, but missed the rest.



The Jack Nicholson movie, I need to see that. Maybe I can pick up a one liner or two. I was joking with the other 2 guys at the counter at what would happen next, I hit it right on the head, they couldn't believe it. I called the play by play before it happened. Like I said, I am in there every nite. And I tip! The 2 good waitresses had the nite off. This has happened there before, but I am a hungry captive audience with that darn truck and 53" trailer. And people say that truck stop food is good, because that is where all of the truckers go. It's the only place we can park!



Mike

 

[WaynesWorld]

turkey club

Hey Mike,

Thats why I take my 53' into Mcdonalds. They get you out quicker due to the lack of space available while your there.

Seriously its the carma of being in a hurry. Every time you are, they find a way to slow you down. Next time, act like you aren't in a hurry. They will get it right. The other thing I do is make them write it down correctly before they leave. Then you have a better chance of getting the right food.

Keep the shinny side up.

WAYNES WORLD

 

[MichaelWright]

Wayne,



This happened last winter:



There is a McDonalds right across the street from the truck stop. I had the lousy waitress, same one that couldn't figure out my sandwich last night. I went across the street to McD's, using your logic, the place was not very busy. It took them over a 1/2 an hour to "try" to get me a chicken sandwich combo + 1 extra chicken sandwich. They gave me 3 lg cokes, 2 lg orders of fries, a cheesburger, 2 apple pies, a 1/4 w/cheese. I am standing there wondering what planet do I live on! I speak fluent, clear english without any impediments, I'm a white guy that wandered into another Venutian establishment! I ordered a #whatever, Lg size on the coke and fries + one chicken sandwich. Just like that!



I and one other couple were the only ones in there! They couldn't believe how stupid the McD employees were. Heck, the drive thru was spotty at best. The place was DEAD! I think they had a crack party at the Tekonsha McD's before I got there.



I don't go in there anymore either. And they have truck parking.



Mike

 

[ramtifosi]

A couple of years ago, I went into a pizza joint in downtown LA,CA (Olympic and Broadway), I ordered a coke and two slices, the guy behind the counter(hispanic) came out after a while with three cups of soda, no pizza. I said whats this? He said a coke and two slices(lemon-lime), I said no two slices of pizza and a coke. This was a PIZZA shop! Go figger.

 

[Mike Ellis]

Back in January I was driving through Virginia on my way up to New Hampshire, it was snowing hard so I stopped off to get a burger at a Wendy's (think it was Harrisonburg or Staunton area). I am the only guy in the place, and as I order my burger my heart sinks - No habla Ingles!



It was like being in that old John Belushi sketch from Saturday Night Live -

Mike: "I'd like a chicken sandwich please. "



Wendy's Guy: "Cheebugga! Cheebugga!"



Mike: "No, no - a chicken sandwich. CHICKEN! And a Coke. "



WG: "Cheebugga! Pepsi! Cheebugga! Cheebugga!"



Gotta love it.

 

[klenger]

I moved from Denver to Tucson a litte over two years ago, and one of the differences I have found between the two cities is that in Tucson, the "ethnics" that work in the fast food joints can speak English. I assume that's because they have been here a lot longer.