Saturday night. I went in at about 7:45 PM tonight, and there were 2 employees sitting in the back, and no one else in the place. When I walked in they were on their mobile devices, and both shot me a dirty look, like I ruined their whole day by walking in the restaurant. Red flags right away, since they both appeared to be high on some kind of controlled substance. They both appeared to be teenagers. The male slowly started to put on sandwich gloves, and the female named Kayla got up and dragged herself to the register and glared at me. I only know her name, because it is on the receipt, if it is her real name. Neither wore a name tag. They said nothing to me, until I began to speak for my order.
Since I have been a fairly regular customer over the past decade at this location, and having had my lunch delivered to a nearby corporate headquarters, from this location many times; I continued to order anyway. Big mistake.
I ordered an Unwich bootlegger with cheese, and first he started making the sandwich with wheat bread slices. I said if that is my order, an Unwich is with lettuce. Then he goes "oh yeah", barely able to keep his eyes open, and looking super doped-up. Kayla blurted out "you said on wheat", totally slurring her words. I never said anything near that. The male wrapped-up the meat and lettuce really fast like he did not even care what I wanted on the sandwich. She was trying to ring me up before I even finished the order. Interrupting me with the total as I was saying what I wanted on it.
I asked the male if it had peppers, pickles, onions, and spicy mustard on it as he had already wrapped it up. He said "yeah". I had watched him the whole time, and I did not see him go near those ingredients. He then quickly grabbed some onions and slid it in between the lettuce that was already wrapped and put it in the papers. Up to this point, they had been disrespectful, but what happens next is the clincher. Before he handed me the sandwich, he brought his arm up to his face, and blew his nose hard into his sleeve, in the same hand he held my payed-for sandwich.
He then handed it to me, and there was something greasy all over it, and got all over my hands. He assured me he put all of the toppings I had requested on there. I did not question it further.
They gave me no napkins. I sat down in the store to eat it, and the male saw that I was going to unwrap it and eat it in the store, and ran to the bathroom to hide. Kayla just sat back down in the customer seating and fidgeting on her mobile device. As I opened the sandwich papers, they got a greasiness all over my hands.
Kayla then helped one person who came in for a carry-out. I had gone 2 bites into the Unwich, and noticed that he actually did not put on any of the toppings I had asked for. I calmly told Kayla about it, and asked her in a professional tone for the owner/manager's name and phone number. The male was still hiding in a back room. Kayla claimed that this guy was the manager, and I said please give me contact info for anyone else who is an owner or manager then. She ignored me and walked back to get him. She crumpled my receipt and tried to throw it out, but I intended on keeping it anyway. Crumpled up.
The male came back, looking even more out of it than before, clearly struggling to stand on his feet and keep his eyes open. I politely informed him in a normal voice that none of the ingredients were on the sandwich, and I didn't want him to make a new one, but I wanted a manager or owner's phone number. He refused, and said he'd only take my name and number. I said, don't worry, I will call corporate to get the managers name. He said that this chain was one of four owned by the same franchisee. I asked if he was okay, because he looked ready to keel over, and I asked him if he was on something. At that he said "you need to leave the store now or I'm calling the police". He refused to give his name or the managers name. I was completely low-key and professional the whole time, and the clearly impaired employee is going to report me? I left quietly and politely.
I would give a negative five-star rating if you'd ask me. This person got their runny snot all over the wrapper? How could that not have been on purpose? How do I know if they have any communicable infections or not in their runny mucus?
The "Unwich" Lettuce Wrap that the ""anonymous" shift male made was one piece of lettuce thrown into a piece of paper with meat and cheese, and wiped slime all over the wrapper. Disgusting. He said he'd tell his manager, who'd get back to me in a few days, but said he wouldn't reimburse me or give me a voucher. I did not leave my personal info because they weren't professional.
I have never complained online about a restaurant experience in my life until today. I intend to consider mailing a legal letter to the owner. Save the surveillance camera footage to show he blew his nose while handing me the sandwich. Worse than spitting?! read more