by Erin Riedel » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:47 am
I don't eat much fast food, especially since I stopped eating most meat; the very occasional 7-layer burrito from Taco Bell is usually about the extent of it. So it's hard for me to pick a least favorite when on the whole I don't really like any of them, but I'll share stories of two places I particularly dislike:
In high school I worked (very briefly) at the Shelbyville Hardees. It was dirty, had roaches, and the walk-in stank of rotten food. The worst thing though was that for the first few months of employment, they paid a "training wage" of $4.75 an hour (this was when minimum wage was $5.15). I know it's legal but I think it's an incredibly crappy thing to do. (Of course, I think this law is BS to begin with; there's no appreciable difference between a 19 and a 20 year old, but the 19 year old can be legally paid the training wage. And even at the age of 17, I was just as quick and responsible as some of my 20-something coworkers.) A while after I quit the place burned down in a most spectacular fashion. I greatly enjoyed watching it. They rebuilt it but I will still never eat there again.
My other story has to do with Sonic. I once sat in the drive-thru for nearly half an hour waiting for an order of cheddar peppers and two drinks. And we were the only car there! Of course nowadays I wouldn't wait nearly that long, but I was a teen and with my boyfriend and I guess we didn't have anywhere better to be. (I think we also really, really wanted some cheddar peppers.) But I never returned.