Blogging, Food, Ramblings
- May 16, 2010 - No Comments
Soft Drink
Cola soft drink
I went out early to buy materials for a home project. Under the hot sun and with too many people trying to go past each other, I got tired walking and asking for prices. I decided to rest for awhile inside a very popular fast food chain and ordered a value meal.
Based on the menu, the value meal has a soft drink included. The person who had taken my order asked, “Maam, may kasama po bang soft drinks?”.
So I answered, “Wala bang kasamang soft drinks ang value meal na iyan?”
She answered.”Meron po.”
I smiled.
Then, her next question was, “Maam, ano pong drinks ang gusto niyo?”
I checked for what is available and since I don’t usually want ice on my drinks, I answered, “Coke. Regular. Pwede iyong walang ice?”
She replied, “Coke regular. Walang ice po maam.”
Then, she processed my order.
Oops, she punched an additional order, the soft drink. “Ay, mali”, she muttered. The supervisor was called to void the transaction.
She processed it again.
When she filled up my cup of soft drink, she transferred the content of a previously half-filled, uncovered cup into the cup she served for me. Since my cup was not yet full, she filled it up from the dispenser. So, I asked her, “Miss, saan galing iyang softdrink?”
She replied, “Maam, sa kabilang baso po.”
So I asked her again, “Dapat bang doon manggaling ang iserve mo para sa akin?”
She replied back, “Kasi po maam, wala pong ice ang order niyo.”
So I asked her again, “Anong connection ng pagkuha mo sa kabilang baso so walang ice?”
She answered, “Kasi po maam, may ice na po iyong mga nasa baba.”
Though I did not understand the phrase “mga nasa baba” I told her, “Miss, pakipalitan na lang iyan.”
She answered again, “Maam, may ice na po kasi iyong ibang mga baso.”
Already irritated. I checked the dispenser. “Miss, wala na bang ibang cup na walang ice? Hindi ba pwedeng tanggalin iyong ice bago mo lagyan?”
She answered again, “Maam, papalitan ko po ba?”
With finality, I told her, “Pakipalitan miss, ayaw ko nyan.”
That was the only time she replaced the contents of the cup.
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I am not choosy with food. In fact, I do eat in carinderias and on the sidewalks. But since I decided to eat in that very popular fast food chain, I just want to be served right.
Half-filled and uncovered for indefinite period of time with the ice already melted, given other options, who wants that soft drink?
