Nobody is going to read a long review about KFC... unless of course, you don't want to end up like me.
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I don't usually bother with writing fast food reviews unless it was unusually good or unusually bad. Today was not good, but to be honest, it never is at this location.
I believe in supporting my community, and for a very long time I have been overlooking the fiasco that occurs EVERY FRIGGIN' TIME I step foot in this KFC. Something has to change. Here is how today's visit went:
Date: 8/25/2012 (Saturday) - Time: 1:15pm
Originally I was in the drive thru line, but after several minutes with no cars moving, I glanced inside and noticed it was practically empty. So, I park my car, but had to wait about 5 minutes for THREE employees to handle ONE customers order. They were huddled up about 4 feet away from the customer, but for some reason, the manager on duty would only address the employee who in turn addressed the customer. This relay of information went on long enough for a line to build behind me similar to the line in the drive thru. After the huddle was over...
"May I take your order"
me - Yes, I'd like a two piece original. Breast and wing.
"ok, white meat or dark?"
me - Ummm, a breast and a wing... white meat
"ok what side"
me -mashed potatoes please
"Original or crispy"
me - Original
*PAUSE*
"Oh, we don't have any original chicken"
me - By don't have, do you mean you're completely out for the day or out for the moment?
"Oh, they just dropped it"
me - How long is the wait?
"Let me check. You wanted white meat or dark meat?"
me - White
*a minute or so passes and when she returns*
"We have one breast , but no wings"
me - Ok... but you said you were going to check to see how long before the original that's cooking is ready.
"Oh, one moment. White meat right?"
O_o *blank stare**Nodding my head yes*
walks away and soon comes back...
"It's going to be about 13 minutes"
me - I'll wait
"you're going to wait?"
me - Yes (my patience is beginning to run thin)
In the mean time, one customer discovers several of the fountain drinks are out. Another customer is convinced by the manager to take a mixture of original and crispy to achieve her order and yet another customer is complaining about her Taco Bell order being wrong. She rejected the offer for free food and respectfully asked the manager to "get her orders right INSTEAD of always substituting food as compensation for bad service." She's been here before too!
So, I post a tip while waiting: "This is the worst KFC on the planet! NOTHING is EVER right here! EVER!" --- That's an excellent tip by the way!
Meantime I'm offered a complimentary drink while I wait. Several times during my wait I was offered someone else's order because they can't seem to remember who placed what order here. They even asked a lady and her children (who'd just finished their meal and were leaving) if they'd ordered the food currently in their hand. Sad. Just sad!
After about 10 minutes I started getting "almost ready" updates from other employees, which totaled about 9 from what I counted. Once the original was ready to be pulled out of the frier, the cashier called me over and said "I can ring you up now."
I stepped into her line with my wallet out waiting to give her the money for my total that I assumed she was about to ring up. She gave me a blank stare, so I asked, how much is it?
"What did you want to order?" she responded.
After my less than flattering death stare, she miraculously figured it out and my nightmare was almost over, except for when she tried to charge me for the drink she offered while I was waiting.
Kitchen guy brought out my order and told me it was hot so don't burn my fingers. He also mentioned he'd thrown in an apple pie (which I wasn't aware they sold). Minutes later I was home, food still piping hot and the one good note to it all was EVERYTHING was hot, not just the chicken. Thankfully they didn't give me hot chicken with an old biscuit and potatoes. It ended well, but that's the kind of stories you can regularly expect here. I've got about 9 more just like it!
SIDE NOTE: This is a reflection on the owners, not the employees. It's managements responsibility to TRAIN and set expectations employees can follow. read more