Oh...and speaking of the 20 something generation (mostly below... but 17-20ish)...

I so rarely ever want fried anything. But I had a hankering for fried chicken one evening a few years back (so few fast food joints around our place unless we drive miles) and I hate to fry myself (curtains stink for days and then there's the spatter...yuck!) and so I sent Mr. Lixy out for KFC. I had a coupon...so that might have been my first mistake.

Well...he got to the KFC and 7-8 "kids" were hovering around the counter. It was about 7:30pm and other than the hoverers no one else was in the place...seated or waiting to order. He stood in line, as best as he could figure the line, and waited to be waited on. The "kids" never moved aside and the clerk never made them move. He has more patience than I and was gonna prove a point (when he got home to bitch to me), so he stood there and waited. I asked him if he was seen coming in and he said yes. And he waited...till finally the "teen" behind the counter said to let him up. The crowd parted...he walked up and ordered and gave over the coupon, to which the "teen" snickered and went to get his order.

She came back with three bags...all of which looked like the fried chix hadn't been drained...and told hubby his coupon wasn't necessary because it called for an everyday deal at that time of day. He ended up paying full "daytime"price (which he couldn't have known in tally) and brought home "meal deals" which had nothing to do with the coupon I sent him with.

I called that KFC as soon as he got home and asked for the shift manager. A young girl got on the phone and I proceeded to relate hubby's experience...when she suddenly stopped me and said she had been the person to wait on him and she remembers him implicitly. She said SHE was the manager. I asked her age and she said 19. She said hubby was rude and she didn't have to take "this shit" from irrate customers.

If you knew Mr. Lixy...you'd call her a liar and ask for corporate headquarter's number. I got her name and did just that!

All boiled down? I got friggin coupons for free KFC of my choice. $50.00 worth! Um...WHAT?????????????????

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