Damn, I love the greasy, unhealthy spicy chicken at Popeyes. Once or twice a month I treat myself to a nastyass greaseball meal after a tough workout. And more than half the time they screw up the order. And it's a really basic order.
I'm pissed at myself for not checking. But I like it hot and when I open the box at the window, it lets a lot of the heat out. They usually screw up the all-dark-meat, even when I check with them twice. Tonight she assured me it was all dark, and gave me all sorts of wishes of a "great, great night."
I got home, dug in like a rabid dog, wolfed down three legs and then went for the dee-licious mashed potatoes with cajun gravy. Not in there. God dammit!
If I'm going to pump sludge through my arteries once this week, I at least want to enjoy it. I was so looking forward to that tiny little treat.
No other fastfood drive-thru I go through screws up the order. These guys do it constantly. But it's the only Popeyes for miles around.
Whew, I feel better venting that one.
(BTW, I am not in the mood for lectures on junk food. I'll choose my diet cheat meals, you choose yours. I'll delete any comments along that vein.)
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one time i opened the box, and it was half white meat. i told the guy and handed it back. he "fixed" it and handed me a new box. now all white meat. i handed it back. he fixed it again. now all dark, but the side of potatoes was gone. seriously. i could not fucking believe it.
i go through burger king and wendy's occasionally and actually ask for a few changes: no onions, and salad instead of the fries. (they'll do that, btw, free of charge.) in 30 years, i cannot remember them ever putting the onions on there. always they salad. they never, ever screw it up.
i appreciate that more after i've driven through popeyes.
what i got is not what i ordered. I feel pathetic.
I used to hit Kentucky Fried Chicken (before it was KFC) on the occasional Wednesday night in college. GOT....to have the dark meat and potatoes.
Now....it's a Big Mac, fries and a coke (same combo, always) on the rare long drive without the wife and kids.
Please don't threaten to delete comments. It kind of goes against the spirit. What do you care if people complain? Let the market of ideas take care of them.
That said, to achieve your stated goal, you kind of have to open the box. One, it will never be as hot as it is at that moment. Take a bite. Blow off some literal steam. Otherwise, it may be hot when you get home, but woefully soggy. While you're in there, check for accuracy. It's kind of a win win. And nothing's classier then driving down the road, drumstick in hand. And since you can't text on it, it's still legal.
I HATE HATE HATE their service.. and the 10-15 minute waits as they catch up cooking....
But those Red Beans and Rice....they have me hooked!!!
Darn it!
"I was actually concerned, momentarily, that the lack of chips elicited such a deeply disappointing emotional response, but that is a critical part of the meal!"
haha. me too. i actually sat there wondering "WHY am i throwing such a hissy fit?" but damn, when i'm ready to indulge, i am so ready to indulge. i was literally salivating over that cajun gravy.
and i checked the box and the bag over and over. haha. as if it were somehow mysteriously hiding in there. not a lot of places it could be. i kept picking up pieces of chicken, as if a styrofoam container could fit under there.
i believe that was the denial stage. haha.
then STRAIGHT to anger.
the spirit of what? whose? it sure didn't go against the spirit of this post, dude.
you run your blog, i'll run mine.
(anyway, i'll secretly confess that this group is much better than facebook that way. people there love telling me what to do. there's really no need for that.)
I liked your post. Didn't mean to ruffle your feathers. I said "please" - indicating a friendly suggestion.
The "spirit" to which I refer is that which I perceive existing here in this forum....where a lot of import seems to be placed on the give-and-take within the comments. People who delete are kind of called out.
And, of course, you can do whatever you want.....dude.
For me, part of the pleasure of the entire fast food thing is similar to a quickie. Once I break down and decide to do it -- I don't wanna wait or dwell on it. I just wanna stuff my face.
I can do the whole foodie deal. With the endless foreplay. And it certainly has its own satisfactions.
But when I want a quickie, I want it.... quick.
And, if you wanna have it all -- another approach is BBQ. You can be a food fascist and snobby and all and still get your fast, spicy immediate satisfaction.
Dave
denial is right. Truly funny shit man. But who among us hasn't checked and checked? As if it would materialize or that somehow in the vast reaches of the take out bag, we'd overlooked it. It's textbook denial as you say. We think,"This, this is impossible. It can't NOT be in here. I ORDERED it so it MUST be here somewhere." it's so sad and pathetic but also universal. And yup. Straight to anger afterward. Yup.
Dumb assed kids.
Same with any fast greasy food, it is about 20 to 30 minutes north or south of me. I guess I can consider myself lucky that it does take so much effort to get fast food, that I don't eat it often..
Thank you for the late night laugh..
I made braised short ribs. Which are incredible, just as they are.
But I couldn't let all the excess liquids simply go to waste. The use of real cream is the final touch.
Traditionally, the word 'gravy' was indicative of luxury. Gravy train. The rest is gravy. Somehow the term has lost that sense of luxury -- but the real thing -- god. Fuck that nouvelle shit.
a few of my friends give me a hard time about popeyes. their waist sizes are all much larger than mine. i don't get the urge to micromanage.
some people also assume popeyes is yucky. damn. have they ever had it? sooooo good.
for proximity to popeyes, it helps to live near a sketchy neighborhood. ours is on Colfax Avenue, right among the winos and porn shops. my hood. haha.
I can only get Popeyes at the airport here - don't know how they managed to sneak that one in - but I was highly disappointed in the cajun rice. Bojangles definitely has that beat - and don't even get me started on Bojangles fries. Nothing better than fries turned completely orange with spicy seasoning. Did you know that they sell bulk containers of the cajun fry seasoning for Christmas gifts?
Try the red beans and rice next time. Seriously, the best I've ever had.
If you want good chicken in New Orleans, though, you skip Popeyes and you go to this place on Broad Street called McHardy's Chicken and Fixins. I don't know why the Fixins is in the name because they don't actually sell anything but fried chicken. You can get a whole fried chicken there for like six bucks, and it's the best you've ever had.
Thumbified for chicken.
i used to get the slimy green beans because the slime was good, green beans are good and there was a vegetable in there. they discontinued them though, at least at my place.
potatoes are just more bad carbs, but they are whipped smooth and that gravy lights me up.
Because, you placed an order for a meal, in simple English with people who supposedly understand simple English and have been trained to ...uh... actually GIVE THE CUSTOMER WHAT THEY ORDERED?
I won't use drive-thru's for this reason. I once went into KFC to pick up a large order for a party. I had to wait because they had started running out of prepared stuff and had to make more. They gave me a free soda while I waited, and then they gave me a senior's discount for my trouble.
Well, I TELL people that's why they gave me the discount. They did throw in an extra order of potato wedges, though.