Well, here I thought I had it all figured out. McDonalds was on the bottom of the list and **Wendy’s** closer to the top. But, I guess it all depends on the specific restaurant.
Let me tell you what happened today.....
3:40 PM. It’s pouring rain and I was just on my way home from grocery shopping. I was craving a burger and fries with a big cold drink. McDonalds on the left, **Wendy’s** on the right. I turned right.
I pulled up to the drive thru speaker and rolled my window about 1/4 of the way down and after getting soaked it took a good 3 minutes before an annoyed voice came through and said, *’’Hold a min willya?’’* Okay, so I left my window down just a bit to be able to hear the voice again when she came back. 2 more minutes, ’’Drive to the window please.’’ Here I am in the rain, getting wet all this time.
I get to the window and see 3 females chatting away and laughing, popping their bubble gum and finally, as if I were a complete surprise to them, one of the girls opens the window and says, *’’What kin I gettcha?’’* I stay calm, ’’A Jr. bacon cheesburger, french fries and a biggie coke, please.’’ I say. She says, *’’Okeedokee, one minute.’’*
Mind you, it’s pouring rain. She comes back to the window and says, *’’That’ll be $3.15.’’* I open my window wider and hand her $3.25..She drops the quarter and says matter of factly, *’’Geez, I didn’t expect change, I thought you were giving me bills. Do ya think you could get the quarter for me?’’* I hand her another quarter, not wanting to get out of the car in the pouring rain.(Although I’m already wet from opening and closing the window.)
Finally, my 10¢ change and my food comes.
Don’t get me wrong, I really do like **Wendy’s, ** a whole bunch better than McDonalds. They have the great Valu menu, all items for 99¢. Jr. bacon cheesburger, baked potato, chili, biggie drinks, biggie fries, etc. Always hot and fresh.
They also make a killer pita and a great fried chicken sandwich. As well as a real good grilled chicken.
I also love to get a big baked potato and top it with their just spicy enough chili.(Add a drink, and you’ve got a $3.00 meal!)
The salads I’ve had at Wendy’s are also always fresh and crisp. They have a garden salad, a chef salad and a really good taco salad.
Any Wendy’s I’ve ever been to has also always been clean and bright, the restrooms are always spotless and the employees smiling and helpful.
I guess today was just a bad day at this particular **Wendy’s.**
You still cant beat having lunch for $3.99 where the food is cooked fresh and doesn’t sit under heat lamps in a holding bin.
So **Wendy’s** actually still sits higher on my list than McDonalds, but one notch lower than Burger King now, instead of even with them. The only fast food, burger restaurant that I can honestly say I like better though, is Checkers or Jack in the Box.
So, I guess I’ll forgive those 3 girls today and keep on enjoying** Wendy’s.**