A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING AT BURGER KING

With the usual misgivings, I pulled into the Drive-Thru at the nearest Burger King for a Junior Whopper, extra tomato, light mayo.

For me, I got #5 on the menu.

From Google AI:

 

Expect to pay roughly $12-$13 for a standard Two Cheeseburger Meal (two burgers, fries, drink)

 

I paid whatever was posted. That was my first mistake.

I was there on a request run.

Someone wasn’t feeling well and wanted comfort food, which is a Jr. Whopper and nothing else, unless there was nothing else, then a McDonald burger would do.

Plain, nothing special, except extra tomato.

The lady asked me what I wanted and I said, “well I don’t want anything, but as long as I’m here, how about a Jr. Whopper and a number five.”

 

That Was My Second Mistake

No one likes the funny guy on the speaker. I sounded funny to me.

Number five was two cheeseburgers, a drink, and fries, what used to be called ‘a basket.’

She asked me a question.

The question surprised me.

I spoke clearly and was finished. Besides, I didn’t understand the question.

So I said, “could you repeat that please,” and she did.

 

 

I still didn’t understand the question and said, “could you say that one more time,” and she did.

I could tell she was getting frustrated and I was wondering ‘What’s with the question?’

Like a good communicator, I said yes to the next thing she said.

I just said yes and got what I ordered, Jr. Whopper, two cheeseburgers a drink and fries.

 

My Third Mistake

I came home and turned on the TV and saw an advertisement from Burger King.

It said, ‘Special: drink, fries, and double cheeseburger.’

And that’s when I realized the question she was asking. Would I like the special double cheeseburger deal?

 

 

I was hearing two cheeseburgers, drink and fries, she was saying would you like the double cheeseburger drink and fries for half the price.

But she didn’t say half the price.

In fact, I’m not sure what she was saying, but she was nice and I got two cheeseburgers.

 

 

I put them together and got the same thing but twice the cost of what I would’ve paid if I’d heard her right.

Did I want one double cheeseburger at half the price of a single?

Give me two, the double double cheeseburger.

 

 

Live and learn, right?

To make it all work out better, so I didn’t feel like a hoser, I dressed things up.

Not just another gut-bomb, but a delicacy.

 

If I went to Burger King more often I’d be a sharper customer.

If I didn’t know how to make a silk purse out of a cow’s rear and eat it, I’d be a disgruntled customer.

As it turns out, I’m planning my next chance to get it my way.

 

PS: When you know what you want, then you’ve probably had some experience getting it.

 

PSS: If you know what you want, then get offered something better at a lower cost? No wonder I was confused.

Who does that?

 

Most of the time you get low-balled, then discover the cost of getting what you think you signed up for.

Looking at you, streaming service.

Intuit was out of it when they held my money for six months.

They were blog-worthy.

My Toyota Highlander, the safest car ever, had a problem.

Most of the time we get a little sideways, try not to over-steer, and get back on the road.

The problems start with bad drivers going off-road on uncharted land.

But that’s not us, is it?