Normally when I stop by here everything is fine. However, this time was a bad experience.
I noticed that the parking lot was empty and that there were no customers inside. That should have been my first red flag.
I was greeted with a smile by a sweet girl the moment I walked in and I asked her for a chocolate shake.
Then, however, an old lady who seemed to be in a very bad mood shoved her out of the way and asked me in a very loud voice and a thick foreign accent to repeat my order. I thought that was rude of her and I didn't appreciate having to repeat myself but I was in a hurry to get back to the office so I repeated that I wanted a chocolate shake.
I thought that was pretty easy to understand but then she acted confused. With what seemed to be a permanent scowl on her face, she asked me to clarify.
"Do want a chocolate shake or chocolate ice cream?" she asked, as if I didn't really know what I wanted. So, for the third time, I had to say that I wanted a chocolate shake.
Then, instead of scooping chocolate ice cream out of the bin, she turned around and began pouring an incredibly large amount of milk into a cup. I was a bit confused since I had never seen it done like that. I made the mistake of walking over to the cash register to pay and didn't pay much attention to what else she was doing.
After looking at some of the cookies on display and checking some text messages, I noticed that she was pouring chocolate syrup into the cup that she had filled with milk. I wondered if she got mixed up and was making me the world's most expensive glass of chocolate milk. When she was done with the concoction, I noticed that the color was off but it pretty much looked like a shake. It was basically white with just the slightest hint of chocolate. I also noticed that the cup was barely more than half full. As I was in a hurry, I just decided to let all of that slide. When I got back to the office and unwrapped the straw to take a sip, all I tasted was bland milk with a slightly chunky texture.
Next time I'll insist that somebody else make the chocolate shake for me with actual chocolate ice cream. read more