Use the 'secret menu' for better fast food

if the majority of the populace have a problem "making ends meet" how can a company like starbucks acquire so many customers to buy an outrageous priced cup of coffee. mc donalds according to recent polls, have the best coffee available at much less a price,are the yanks that stupid.stir it up,dbyted

When I worked for Churchs Chicken back in the 70's & 80's they, for some stupid reason, did not have catsup for the french fries, so we took money out of petty cash & bought it ourselves to provide to our customers who ate inside, they loved us for it. Also, back then we got our chickens in 25 count cases from Cagle & SOMETIMES we got them with the giblet packs in them. I would take the livers & hearts out & process them with the chickens before they were cut up & MAN were those things GOOD! It did not happen very often though, so this was a special treat for those of us who liked chicken livers. I would even let some of my good customers know this & they kept the secret, too. They got them for free & did NOT want THAT to end. No skin off of anyones nose, what the hay!

Oh yeah, before I forget, I used to manage a Hungry Howies Pizza Restaurant outside of Atlanta & took a few liberties with the food to improve it from the norm, it was GREAT food, but I made it better! We had the flavored pizza crusts before it came into vouge, so to speak, and what I would do was put a boarder of garlic butter around the inside edge of the crust BEFORE sending it through the oven so that it ran down over the edge while it rose as it cooked. It tasted better than the way I was told to do it (officially), it was not greasy & messy like it would have been if I had done it the company way, & the smell that drifted through the neighborhoods around my store was to DIE for. I swear it would increase my sales afterwards. But THAT STUFF WAS GOOD ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I did one more thing that they did not know I did. We had what you would call bread sticks, but it was called Howie Bread. It was a medium pizza dough that was rolled out into a football shape, cut down the middle, sliced into 1" sticks, & you could get it plain, with butter, garlic butter, parm-cheese, sesame seed, & poppy seed. I went one BETTER !
I would make it, cut it, & add the garlic butter, sprinkle extra garlic over that, sprinkle parm-cheese, mozzerella cheese, & crumbled bacon on top. When it came out of the oven I would watch that thing get devoured like an antalope on the African plains by a hungry mother lion. My crew loved me, they thought I was SO COOL ! I was.

Shane Sprinkle and Christine. I've never understood staying at a job that makes you so unhappy. Not every food service worker feels the way you do. There are some who actually enjoy making their customers happy. If you two hate your jobs so much that its made you so bitter towards fullfilling a special request by your paying customers, then, find another one. Life's too short. Then again, don't quit. It's food service slobs like yourselves that keeps me and my friends in free comped meals. Careful how you treat customers, some refuse to tolarate and PAY for crappy service from miserable lowlifes who picked the wrong career. Keep up the good work there skippy!

I have to agree with Jeff above. Christine and Shane, you two need to find a new line of work. I work in a real restaurant, ya know, the kind that doesn't have peanut shells on the floor, scattered and smothered hashbrowns or grand slam breakfasts on the menu. I would never dream of treating my customers the way you two most likely treat yours. I'll bet you wonder why you aren't making squat in tips either. Just by simply treating my customers right, I make more than enough to support myself and 3 children all by myself. Now, either get a new line of work or shut up and keep my drink glass full!

Here's an off menu tip: I really hate how much premium burgers can cost. McDonalds has a dollar menu to help save money. However, the only burger they have on it is the Double Cheeseburger. To give it the flavor of what I really want, I take the sauce from its more expensive cousin, the Big Mac. I tell them to put Big Mac sauce on my Double Cheese Burger. It's no extra charge, so the burger still cost a dollar, plus tax$$$

BTW. Mc Donalds will give you fresh fries regardless of whether you want salt or not. Like everyone says, just ask!

Jamba Juice has a secret menu. You can order the pink star that taste amazingly like a pink starburst and the white gummie bear that taste kinda like a pina colada with some mango, I order this one all the time. Your local Jamba Juice most likely has its own off menu items as well. The staff like to invent there own drinks but the two I mentioned are universal.

most of it is your attitude towards employees. be polite and dont ask for anything outlandous and they will work with you. servers work hard for the money so be nice and tip apporpriately. i cant chew breads with a crusty outside so will askfor a substitute. always get what i request. and i know how to show my appreciation. they remember the person who appreciates their efforts and those who dont. hey, they are people like me who work hard for their money too.

thanks MISFIT for the great idea about a $1.00 big mac from McDougles--love big macs-but expensive w/o ur idea. Also MIKE M and HARPER for additional comments which spur me on. noted all comms were from about Oct 22--just now seeing them in november rt after thanksgiving--going to have to try at local Macs tommorrow THANKS again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!P.S. know my wife'll think I'm cheapskate-but i think its great!! ideas like this provide much needed lil xtra $$$, plus its fun & legal..LOL--HaHa k-Boom!!Yeah