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Lettuce, Tomato and Onion THAT EXPENSIVE?
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MickeyPeace
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Perhaps we could return to complaining about the lack of hamburger/hot dog toppings available?
LOL sure Mom!
Personally I only don't go for toppings that are left out sitting. Cosmic Rays toppings (or burger) once gave me quite an upset stomach.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
What's worse, complaining or whining about complaining?
Emileesmommy
New Member
Our taco bell does that too! HATE IT!
Sorta off topic but still related.
I was at a Taco Bell last Monday for lunch. One of my favorite things about TB is the hot sauce selection to choose from: Mild, Hot, Fire, the new Green stuff...etc. I love TB sauce...LOTS of it.
Well, this particular TB had no sauce area to pick & choose what you wanted. You know, those giant metal bins full of sauces for the taking? I had already purchased my meal, and went to the counter asking where the sauce was. The girl behind the counter asked me which type I wanted. I told her I wanted some of the Fire sauce. She proceeds to reach under the counter and hand me 3 (three) packets of Fire sauce. Yes...3. :shrug:
Mind you, I had a combo #4 which comes with 2 taco supremes, and a Mexican pizza. 3 sauce packets.
I went back several times asking for more, and was handed 2-3 at the most each time.
As I was leaving, I asked her what happened to the famous "sauce bar" (as I call it) where customers can pick & choose however many, whatever many sauces they wanted.
Her response? TB upper mgmt is juggling the idea of removing those for cost-cutting measures, but guests will still be able to ask front counter for sauce if they want any. WHAT???? She told me that only a few TB's are doing this as an experiment, but eventually ALL TB's will remove tubs and hand out...okay, ending this rant.
But if this comes true for all locations...all that is good in the world will seem lost.
Okay, back to Disney.
I think you hit the nail on the head. You are definitely right about food sitting out and germs. They can hold hold the food for so long before it has to be disposed of. And they have to keep a certain amount out in anticipation of a certain number of guests. That adds up to a lot of waste. Then they have to factor in the people who are making "salads" and trying to scam the system. How much money is actually walking out the door vs. how much is coming in. There is a method to their madness, even if it doesn't please the customer.
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
There was also a post on here a while back where a WDWMagic member slipped on a tomato slice and busted up her knee. It soon degenerated into a "you should sue" vs. "it was not WDW's fault" debate.
With the following factors:
1) Possible unsanitary conditions.
2) Waste of product by people who take it just because they can.
3) Overuse of product because people make their own free salads.
4) Possiblity of lawsuits because of slips, trips, and falls because people are dropping product on the ground.
I can see why WDW (and many other places) are moving condiments to the kitchen where a food service worker will give you them if you ask.
It's sad, and I hate to see them go, but I can understand it.
-dave
dreamfinder
Well-Known Member
Sorta off topic but still related.
I was at a Taco Bell last Monday for lunch. One of my favorite things about TB is the hot sauce selection to choose from: Mild, Hot, Fire, the new Green stuff...etc. I love TB sauce...LOTS of it.
Well, this particular TB had no sauce area to pick & choose what you wanted. You know, those giant metal bins full of sauces for the taking? I had already purchased my meal, and went to the counter asking where the sauce was. The girl behind the counter asked me which type I wanted. I told her I wanted some of the Fire sauce. She proceeds to reach under the counter and hand me 3 (three) packets of Fire sauce. Yes...3. :shrug:
Mind you, I had a combo #4 which comes with 2 taco supremes, and a Mexican pizza. 3 sauce packets.
I went back several times asking for more, and was handed 2-3 at the most each time.
As I was leaving, I asked her what happened to the famous "sauce bar" (as I call it) where customers can pick & choose however many, whatever many sauces they wanted.
Her response? TB upper mgmt is juggling the idea of removing those for cost-cutting measures, but guests will still be able to ask front counter for sauce if they want any. WHAT???? She told me that only a few TB's are doing this as an experiment, but eventually ALL TB's will remove tubs and hand out...okay, ending this rant.
But if this comes true for all locations...all that is good in the world will seem lost.
Okay, back to Disney.
McDonalds did this ages ago. Every location I have been at for a while now has signs up, a 6 piece McNugget gets you 1 sauce, 12 piece 2, sauces, etc. Additional sauces cost 25-50 cents depending on location. It's cost cutting across the board.
And to the OP, cost cutting measures are often about the little things adding up. So those toppings may have only cost 5 cents (serious underestimation) but a few thousand people a day, adds up really fast. It's all part of the drive by most companies to be profitable in every single unit of every department. It used to be that overall profit was fine, but not each and every department now typically needs to show profit. One of the reasons why lots of the little things have been disappearing. Customer satisfaction doesn't show a direct correlation to profit. So often it is very easy for upper management to cut things that show no growth in profit, in a search for their bonuses, not caring about the long term growth of the business and satisfaction of the customer.
yankspy
Well-Known Member
They are hard to maintain. I have walked a salad/toppings bars with health inspectors and they temp everything to make sure all is well. It very difficult to maintain proper temperatures with these type of setups.
Thorpyness
Member
I'm one patron that votes with my feet. Only places with toppings bars get visited.
Silver Figment
Active Member
Yeah, and Pecos Bill still had a good one. I didn't even pay attention for a topping bar at AA even though we did eat there in May.
Phonedave
Well-Known Member
The do that with their coffee too - but they make it sound like a perk -
"Let us make your coffee for you the way you like it"
which is a nicer way of saying.
"We can't trust you people with packets of sugar and a container of milk. You walk off with your pockets full of sugar packs and spill the milk everywhere, so now it's behind the counter where you can't screw with it"
-dave
patricia27
Member
At Burger King and McDonalds in the UK, they keep the sachets of ketchup behind the till, so you have to ask for them--I think they are free at the moment!!
patricia27
Member
People grab a handfull of paper napkins and never use them all. Then they are thrown away and wasted--so another tree goes in the bin!!!
real mad hatter
Well-Known Member
Ugh!
Yep,Patricia 27 your quite correct.Burger King and McDonalds still have ketchup sachels that are still free.Thats to take away the awful taste of these so called burgers.They never look like the ones in the poster that your supposed to get (oops,me thinking Michael Douglas in Falling Down):hurl:
Yep,Patricia 27 your quite correct.Burger King and McDonalds still have ketchup sachels that are still free.Thats to take away the awful taste of these so called burgers.They never look like the ones in the poster that your supposed to get (oops,me thinking Michael Douglas in Falling Down):hurl: