This was my first time ordering from this KFC location. As you can probably deduce from my 1 Star rating, it wasn't "finger lickin' good".
Background: I placed an order on the KFC mobile app using the "Pick Up" option and the app said my food would be ready at 5:10 PM. Seeing as I live close, I arrived slightly early and parked in the parking lot. Sure enough, at 5:10 PM I received a notification saying my food was ready, and that I needed to go inside the restaurant to claim it.
One problem - the lobby was closed, as we're 16+ months into the Covid-19 pandemic. So I did the only thing I could do, which was get in the drive-thru line. When I got to the ordering speaker, the conversation went something like this:
Me: "Hi, I placed a mobile order and I got a notification saying it was ready"
KFC: "Was it Door Dash?"
Me: "No"
KFC: "Was it Grub Hub?"
Me: *While thinking to myself why he'd be asking someone in the drive-thru if they ordered delivery* "No, I ordered using the KFC app, it told me my order was ready for pick up"
KFC: "Okay park to the side, someone will bring it out to you when it's ready"
I pulled around to the parking area and couldn't believe my eyes: there were 7 vehicles (2 parked employee vehicles and 5 people waiting for food) sandwiched into the tiny area. Considering there were only three parking spaces, this was a huge issue. We all parked bumper to bumper along the edge of the parking lot, but space was so tight that my car was nearly bumped into by a car who was in the actual drive-thru line.
After about 15 minutes of being parked in this mass of humanity, two drivers exited their cars and looked hopelessly towards the restaurant, their faces painted with expressions of confusion and frustration that mirrored my own. By pure coincidence, at that moment an employee FINALLY came out, but he only had one order in hand. He delivered it and disappeared quickly back into the restaurant.
Several more minutes passed and one of the remaining mobile order vehicles - a grey Ford Fiesta - simply drove away. This driver essentially said they'd rather throw their money away (mobile orders are pre-paid) than continue to deal with the awful KFC service.
And then there were three.
Roughly 10 minutes later (I'd guess 35 minutes into this ordeal), the same worker emerged from the restaurant with two bags of food. He successfully delivered one order, and then went to give the second bag to the car parked in front of me.
I kid you not - the driver refused the food, yelled something (I can safely assume a complaint) and sped away. White Ford Fusion, you're my Superman.
At that point I was the last vehicle standing and space had cleared considerably, so I pulled up and parked in one of the vacant spaces. But I still had to wait an additional 10 minutes before I had my order in hand... at 5:55 PM.
As you might recall in Chapter 1, my food was supposedly ready at 5:10. So it will come as little surprise to you that it was cold when I finally sat down to eat it. Based on the poor quality of the service I've described, it will also probably not shock you to learn my order was missing items (RIP, Individual size Mac & Cheese).
It's fast food. I wasn't expecting a gourmet meal. But I also didn't expect that I'd visibly age waiting for my order. read more