Willie Neslon
Footballguy
(Before I begin the story let me say that Put the Lime in the Coconut was playing over and over while i was waiting. The audio system was broken or skipping or something and it was just that song over and over in the 10-15 minutes I was in line so when i got up to the front I was already going a little nuts. I'm not sure if you've ever heard that song but if you were going to pick a song to listen to over and over and over this song would be at or very near the bottom of the list.)
(Also, before I begin the story i will save some of you the time and you can just copy and paste these if you like:
cool story bro
tl;dr
yeah, nobody cares
should have gone to Chic-fil-a to begin with )
I went to Chipotle right around the lunch rush, I had a craving for a burrito and hadn't been in a while. The place was way understaffed, especially for the size of the line and it looked like they had a big phone order to complete which made it last even longer. It took a good 15 minutes to get to the front. I'm watching this kid who is working in the first position. Probably about 20 or so. He is sweating. He is bossing around the other workers on the line and occasionally switching positions with them when they didn't do something up to his standards. He's working at breakneck speed, way too fast. Dumping the items on the burritos and bowls in milliseconds. No care for centering the items on the tortilla or getting them all into the bowl. It was funny to watch him and he made the time go a little faster. Just the sheer absurdity at the speed he was working. "What kind of rice?" "White." And the white rice would be in the bowl before the customer made the T sound in white.
I finally make it close to the front. The guy ahead of me had a big order (of course) and one of the items is a quesadilla. He wants chicken. So speedy Gonzalez puts a spoonful of the chicken on the bottom half of a tortilla and then proceeds to spread it around using his hands which are covered with latex gloves. He's got chicken juice all over the gloves now. Then he goes over to the cheese and grabs a handful with the chicken juice covered glove. Maybe that wouldn't bother some people but it bothered me. He has contaminated the cheese. I don't get cheese anyway. I let it go.
Finally it is my turn. i want a burrito. He heats the tortilla for maybe a second, whips the tortilla out with his chicken grease gloves and asks what kind of rice and beans. They are on there almost instantly. I ask for steak and it is on there in a flash. Now the female employee at the end of the work line is having trouble rolling one of the burritos. The tortilla has broken due to too much stuff inside. She alerts Speedy Gonzalez who barks at her to switch places and he'll take care of it. He brings with him a second tortilla and double wraps. Problem solved. The quesadilla customer in front of me is now having his order finished up. The quesadilla has been forgotten about, left too long in the tortilla heater and comes out smoking. Speedy doesn't care and just wraps it up and shoves it toward the register. Now Speedy is on to my burrito.
I get my salsa, some guacamole, some lettuce and it's now time for him to wrap it. He folds, flips and begins to roll but there is some debris (beans, rice, lettuce) in the foil, due to Speedy rushing the whole thing. He holds the partially rolled burrito with his left hand, with his right hand he grabs the garbage pail near him and moves it closer. All four of his chicken grease latex fingers are inside the garbage bin, thumb on the outside. After moving the bin he uses the same hand to discard the debris on the foil, puts his hand back on the burrito and finishes rolling. I stop him. "Excuse me, you just grabbed the garbage bin with your right hand and now you have that same hand on my food." He denies it! He tells me he kicked the bin closer. I saw the whole thing and tell him I'm 100% sure i saw his fingers on the inside of the garbage pail. (The garbage was fairly full or discarded food and napkins.) He asks me what i want him to do. I say don't worry about it, tell him I don't want it and just walk out. I ended up grabbing Chic-fil-a for the first time in a while. Didn't want to do that but I was pressed for time and starving.
Well, that's it. Thanks guys. Remember there are some copy and paste-able reply options for you right there at the top if you like.
(Also, before I begin the story i will save some of you the time and you can just copy and paste these if you like:
cool story bro
tl;dr
yeah, nobody cares
should have gone to Chic-fil-a to begin with )
I went to Chipotle right around the lunch rush, I had a craving for a burrito and hadn't been in a while. The place was way understaffed, especially for the size of the line and it looked like they had a big phone order to complete which made it last even longer. It took a good 15 minutes to get to the front. I'm watching this kid who is working in the first position. Probably about 20 or so. He is sweating. He is bossing around the other workers on the line and occasionally switching positions with them when they didn't do something up to his standards. He's working at breakneck speed, way too fast. Dumping the items on the burritos and bowls in milliseconds. No care for centering the items on the tortilla or getting them all into the bowl. It was funny to watch him and he made the time go a little faster. Just the sheer absurdity at the speed he was working. "What kind of rice?" "White." And the white rice would be in the bowl before the customer made the T sound in white.
I finally make it close to the front. The guy ahead of me had a big order (of course) and one of the items is a quesadilla. He wants chicken. So speedy Gonzalez puts a spoonful of the chicken on the bottom half of a tortilla and then proceeds to spread it around using his hands which are covered with latex gloves. He's got chicken juice all over the gloves now. Then he goes over to the cheese and grabs a handful with the chicken juice covered glove. Maybe that wouldn't bother some people but it bothered me. He has contaminated the cheese. I don't get cheese anyway. I let it go.
Finally it is my turn. i want a burrito. He heats the tortilla for maybe a second, whips the tortilla out with his chicken grease gloves and asks what kind of rice and beans. They are on there almost instantly. I ask for steak and it is on there in a flash. Now the female employee at the end of the work line is having trouble rolling one of the burritos. The tortilla has broken due to too much stuff inside. She alerts Speedy Gonzalez who barks at her to switch places and he'll take care of it. He brings with him a second tortilla and double wraps. Problem solved. The quesadilla customer in front of me is now having his order finished up. The quesadilla has been forgotten about, left too long in the tortilla heater and comes out smoking. Speedy doesn't care and just wraps it up and shoves it toward the register. Now Speedy is on to my burrito.
I get my salsa, some guacamole, some lettuce and it's now time for him to wrap it. He folds, flips and begins to roll but there is some debris (beans, rice, lettuce) in the foil, due to Speedy rushing the whole thing. He holds the partially rolled burrito with his left hand, with his right hand he grabs the garbage pail near him and moves it closer. All four of his chicken grease latex fingers are inside the garbage bin, thumb on the outside. After moving the bin he uses the same hand to discard the debris on the foil, puts his hand back on the burrito and finishes rolling. I stop him. "Excuse me, you just grabbed the garbage bin with your right hand and now you have that same hand on my food." He denies it! He tells me he kicked the bin closer. I saw the whole thing and tell him I'm 100% sure i saw his fingers on the inside of the garbage pail. (The garbage was fairly full or discarded food and napkins.) He asks me what i want him to do. I say don't worry about it, tell him I don't want it and just walk out. I ended up grabbing Chic-fil-a for the first time in a while. Didn't want to do that but I was pressed for time and starving.
Well, that's it. Thanks guys. Remember there are some copy and paste-able reply options for you right there at the top if you like.
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