Geek Yelp badge earned! And Wendy's drive thru experience
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As most of my friends and acquaintances know, I go antiquing, garage sale hoping thrift store and Goodwill shopping looking for vintage items and I also blog about it on
blog.iHaveTo$ellEVERYTHING.com. In one of my ventures to a garage sale I bought some Pokemon cards. Now I am not really a fan of the card games but I figured they may be worth something to someone since they are collectible. So I visited a
Play N Trade shop but the person advised me to come back later when someone with more expertise in that area could assist. He did mention that the Magic Gathering cards are most collectible items so I will start looking for those too. I left there without checking into Yelp! Arrrgh! Oh well. So I headed over to
Davinci's Dreamworks shop to see if they could advise me on these Pokemon cards. Along the way, of course, I am getting hungry. Passed a Wendy's and figured I would come back around and get the Cod fillet meal. I talked with the clerk and he was able to look at the cards and basically said that there were not any rare cards in the bunch and too many commons. After leaving out the door I pulled up Yelp on my phone and checked-in and *ding* I earned the Geek Yelp badge. Wohooo. Apparently, checking into
Radio Shack twice and then
Davinci's earned this prestigious metal.
So now I am headed to Wendy's to get that
Premium North Pacific Cod Fillet meal that I was craving. To be honest I thought it had been discontinued since it usually runs in a limited time. A couple weeks earlier I went to another Wendy's and they did not have it. But as I pulled up to the the drive-thru I saw the little sign sticking up out of the ground advertising it. "Shweet!", so I thought. It's funny I notice Wendy's will advertise a combo for a certain price and when you order it they ask you which size? I just figured if a business shows you a price for a combo then they should sell that when the customer places the order. Anyway, so I said a medium please. There were 2 card in front of me but I did not have to wait very long surprisingly. Pulled up to the window and got my meal and the clerk closed the window immediately. Does anybody else hate this maneuver? It's the "
don't ask for anything else we got your money now go move". This must be industry standard for Quick Service Restaurants. Because I know I asked her while I was receiving the meal "may I please have some ketchup?" I mean it's a given that there is not going to be any condiments in the bag. So the window closed and I sat in my car staring in the drive-thru window mouthing "may I have some ketchup please?". So about 1 minute later the same manager opens the window with no smile, no "how can I help you sir?". Just looking back at me and waiting for me to initiate the conversation. So, I say "may have some ketchup please?" with a smile of course. Then as if on cue I get one of those fancy ketchup packages. You know the one where you can open it for dipping or use it as a squeezer? Did I mention just one? Normally, I receive 2 from these quick service places. After kindly taking my solo ketchup package the drive-thru window closed rather quickly not even enough time to ask for another. For that I give this Wendy's a 2 stars out of 5 for drive-thru customer service.
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| Picture of Premium North Pacific Cod Fillet meal |
Now about this meal *sigh*. Not the best I have had from a Wendy's. The fish seemed to be overcooked and the breading was a little off. The fries however, were actually not bad at all. For the drink I chose to get sweet ice tea which was good since I did not ask for lite ice like I have to with McDonald's.
Overall the main part of the meal was below average but the sides were on point. The customer service in my opinion could have been better with even for a drive-thru experience. For instance, Chic-fil-a's clerks always smile and ask do you need any condiments. Sometimes it's just the little things that make you come back for a second and third trip.
