My husband and I have been saying for the longest that we were going to boycott all of the fast food restaurants on Liberty Road, but we never actually did… until today! Today was the last straw!

I had to work at my part-time job this weekend. At this job, there’s only one person there on the shift, so we must bring our lunches with us. Today I had to work the 4PM-12AM, so I needed to stop and get something for me to eat because I can’t leave since I’m the only person there. Yesterday, I got a salad from McDonalds (that experience is a story in its own, so I won’t get into that.) I didn’t want a salad again, so I decided to go to Popeyes. Why?? I knew that they are usually slow. I knew that their customer service isn’t the best, yet I still went. The drive-thru line was long, so since it looked like there was only one other person inside, I went in against my better judgment. I ordered a 3-piece WHITE meal and James got a 99 cents chicken sandwich to hold him over until he cooked dinner later. We waited for about 25 minutes for them to make a sandwich that consisted of (1) a chicken tender (2) on a bun (3) with lettuce (4) and hot sauce. Twenty minutes for that?!?!?!? I was so glad that I didn’t plan on eating my food right away because it would’ve been cold! They gave us a small order of fries to go along with the sandwich in order to try and compensate for the wait… but I was already late for work. I got in the car, planning to tear up a wing before I went to work, and instead of 2 wings, I have a breast, a wing, and a leg. Heated is not the word! I waited over 20 min in that store for them to fuck my order up?!? So I went back in there (not even 2 min after I left) and told them that they messed up my order. I told them that I asked for white meat, which meant that I should not have a leg, but 2 wings along with my breast. They wanted to see a receipt. WTF?!?! Do you not remember seeing my face for the last 20 min?? The one guy was like, you probably didn’t get charged for the white meat, so that’s why you don’t have it. The “manager” (and I use that term loosely) in the back was like, “no she didn’t get charged for it.” I rudely said, “Yes I did! And it doesn’t matter if I did or didn’t, if I asked for it, and wait 20 min for it, I should get what I asked for! I got the breast, that’s not the problem… I don’t want this leg!” So they gave me a breast. That’s still not what I asked for, but I was already late for work, so I was like fuck it and took it.

Both McDonalds that are close to my house have shitty service. No matter what I order, something off the $1 menu, a value meal, a salad, I have to wait a ridiculous amount of time! Same thing with the Wendy’s. And in ALL of these restaurants, the customer service is the worse. It’s not MY fault you chose to work in a fast-food restaurant. If you don’t like your job, find a new one! Most of these places are run by teenagers. I don’t know if kids think that they can’t get a job outside of fast-food or what, but sweethearts, you can! I used to work in telemarketing, I worked at a dollar store, I worked at Pizza Hut (that’s NOT fast food.) I’ve NEVER worked in a fast food establishment… and these kids don’t have to either!

I swear! If I were to ever own a franchise in fast food, never would I hire (1) teenagers (2) young black adults (under the age of 35.) That may sound mean/prejudice as shit, but never have I been to a fast food place where kids ran it or young black adults ran it and the service was superb… NEVER! I used to be a shift manager at Pizza Hut. I didn’t play that shit. If you worked on my shift, you were going to work! You were going to follow the rules and if you dealt with the public, you would be nice and act like you like your damn job! Kids nowadays just don’t care about shit. And young black adults feel as though they deserve better than that job, therefore they give no effort and their customer service is shitty. No smiles. No hello, welcome to… No thank you, have a nice day. None of that shit! I’m not saying that I expect to be treated as royalty when I go to a fast food place, but shit! Act as if you want my business! Don’t act like I’m bothering you by coming in there. I know the mentality of these people, they’re like, “I don’t care if you come back or not, I’m still getting paid.” But let me make this clear, if enough people get fed up with the shitty ass service that they give, and no one comes to their store, they will shut down and then they will no longer get a check! I truly am done with the fast food restaurants on Liberty Road. I’d rather take that extra 15 min or so to drive to Reisterstown Rd where I know (1) my order will be correct (2) my food will be hot (3) the customer service will be decent!