Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Jack in the Box

I'm pretty sure the last time I went to Jack in the Box I said I would never go again. Well, I forgot. I picked my son up at the Y and we headed home. He said he was really hungry and realizing it would be a while before supper was ready I offered to buy him something. We were coming up on a Jack in the Box. Okay that's fine. He looked at the menu for a minute and said 'the three mini sirloin burgers'. Nothing to drink - he already had some water. Here is what was on the menu
Mini Sirloin Burgers (3) .........3.99

Jack : Welcujacnduhbox c'ni tage yuroder
Me : Yes. I would like the three mini sirloin burgers.
pause while she assists customer at the window
Jack: Whadwudyou lite tudink
Me : Uh, no drink. We don't want the combo - just the burgers.
pause - reason unknown
Jack : d' you win a nimbu fife?
Me : Uh - not sure what you said. I don't want a combo. On the menu, down close to the bottom
it reads 'Mini Sirloin Burgers'. It's an order of three. For three ninety-nine.
Jack : ukay thas thu thee mee seelon biggers
Me : Yes - the three mini sirloin biggers - uh, burgers.
Jack: ukay. thallbee twayniteysik
Me : kay

We pull up behind the car that was currently at the window. We watched as a bag was passed out and then back then back out again. There was evidently some confusion. Finally we were able to pull forward to the window.

Jack: Holo Thee mee seelon biggers?
Me : Uh, yes?
Jack : ukay thallbee twayniteysik?
Me : kay - ( I handed her my card - then hesitated) How much did you say?
Jack : twayniteysik
Me : Did you say 'twelve ninety-six?'
Jack : yis
Me : For three mini ....oh, I see. I just wanted three mini sirloin burgers. Not three orders of
mini sirloin burgers. That would be nine. I just wanted three. One order.
So it came to four something with the tax. We got a dirty look - like we didn't know what we were doing. We were asked to pull out front - they would bring them out to us. I guess they had to cook them.






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