One of the worst customer service experiences I've had in a long time. In the midst of moving house my partner and I decided to try Carl's Jr for something easy but new. When we walked in there was no one waiting at the counter so we were able to order quickly. Being $14.95 for my meal it was slightly higher for a burger place. Must be good right?
No.
When I walked over to fill my coke. The first one was flat, no bubbles at all. Assuming it was that tap I tipped it out and tried another to test. Still flat, I then tried the no sugar coke thinking that may be on a different airation system. Still flat. I gave up at this point knowing I was going to have a flat drink.
After 10 minutes we were still waiting, a seemingly long time when you walked in to no line and maybe 2 drive thru cars.
We watched as the chute was filling with burgers and the fries where lining up. The line began to build up and after about 15 minutes the girl at the counter grabbed one of the burgers that had been sitting in the chute a number of minutes and my partner got her food. She noticed immediately the "large" chips she had was about half filled (a pet peeve of ours, considering I've worked in fast food, the rule always was that you fill the container to give the customer what they paid for, as advertised). She said something to the girl at the counter, as we have done at McDonald's a number of times and been politely offered a full replacement. This time was different. From my distant view I could see the staff member was annoyed at a customer asking this and I watched as she rolled her eyes and begrudgingly grabbed another properly filled large fries. Her argument for the half filled fries was "that's how they fill them"...
Meanwhile I was still waiting. Burgers are in the chute, fries sitting waiting and another staff member is wiping down the non-fizzy drink machines that weren't that dirty. Except for the sea of flat drink people had tipped out... something she didn't clean.
The line had grown and gone down a number of times during my wait so when I hit 20 minutes I walked to the other side of the counter that was more clear and was going to ask what was going on. As soon as I moved, eye-roll girl saw me and turned around and grabbed a burger and fries that had probably been sitting at least 5-10 minutes of my wait time from the chute and came out and called my number.
I was just happy to leave and walked straight out. The food wasn't even worth it and literally tasted exactly like Hungry Jacks, only I had to wait 20 minutes, pay more, and get flat coke.
I won't ever be returning or suggesting anyone go here. read more