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« Reply #2450 on: June 27, 2024, 10:07:54 AM »
I know most places have high school kids working
I remember from over 20 years ago many times orders weren't accurate.
Food wasn't fresh or warm.
Wait times were long.
part of the reason I quit going to those places

the real reason was the quality and healthiness of the food compared to price.
mostly the food sucked

one large factor for me would be wait time to place an order

CFA seems to usually have the longest line at the drive thru, I'd expect the same inside at the counter
I'm not standing in line very long for a chicken sammich
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« Reply #2451 on: June 27, 2024, 10:09:34 AM »
There is a Culver's next to the motel we stay at in North Port.  We've had lunch there twice.  I hadn't thought of it as a fast food place, but I can see that it is.  It was OK with me.  The choices for a quick lunch in North Port are .... limited.

If there was a CFA there, we'd probably have lunch there. 


did you have poor service at Culver's?
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« Reply #2452 on: June 27, 2024, 10:13:26 AM »
Culver's is always good service, and mostly older people work at the one I go to occasionally.

Everything is made to order so it's not as fast as some. They give you a number and bring the food to your table when it's done.
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« Reply #2453 on: June 27, 2024, 10:13:37 AM »
did you have poor service at Culver's?
No.  It was fine.

Service usually is "fine" or "OK" at fast food places, but it is far short of what I experience and witness at a CFA.  That's my sole point.

I'm OK with the waffle fries and the chicken.  

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« Reply #2454 on: June 27, 2024, 10:17:23 AM »
To me, there is a difference between good service and superb service.  I generally encounter the latter only when spending too many dollars, and that isn't a guarantee.  Some expensive places feature "intrusive service", there has to be a balance, and it's not something easily achieved.

That 3 star place where we had lunch in Marseille had excellent service, I usually look around and note how they are doing, old habit.  I suspect any 3 star place would have it.  I just didn't like the food. 

The one star place we've been to has excellent service, not intrusive, there when you need it, gone when you don't.

The bar next to us has pretty good service, usually, for a bar.  It's not exceptional, but I don't expect it at that price.

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« Reply #2455 on: June 27, 2024, 10:36:46 AM »
CFA seems to usually have the longest line at the drive thru, I'd expect the same inside at the counter
I'm not standing in line very long for a chicken sammich
I can tell you don't frequent CFA.  They are extremely efficient.  You can get through a drive-thru line 4x as long at CFA, compared to say McDonald's, in the same amount of time. 

If you don't like the food or don't value the food, that's fine.  The lines at CFA are not a problem.

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« Reply #2456 on: June 27, 2024, 11:34:44 AM »
I don't value the food, it's OK.
I'm just guessing it's more expensive than the fast food place next door.
In my case, it's A&W on one side and Hardee's on the other.

I've heard CFA's line moves quickly, but if there's NO line at Hardees or 2 cars instead of 20.....

really doesn't matter to me, cause there's little chance that I give any of the 3 a chance.
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« Reply #2457 on: June 27, 2024, 11:58:20 AM »
The service quality at CFA is about more than wait time.  Wait time isn't particularly amazing.  Someone still has to prepare your order.

If I'm on the road, I'll stop at a CFA before any other major chain if I'm in a hurry.  

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« Reply #2458 on: June 27, 2024, 01:17:59 PM »
I don't value the food, it's OK.
I'm just guessing it's more expensive than the fast food place next door.
In my case, it's A&W on one side and Hardee's on the other.

I've heard CFA's line moves quickly, but if there's NO line at Hardees or 2 cars instead of 20.....

really doesn't matter to me, cause there's little chance that I give any of the 3 a chance.
I mean, you admittedly don't like and don't eat fast food.  So I'm not sure why you're bothering to involve yourself in a discussion about the relative merits of various fast food restaurants.  You shouldn't have any opinion at all, since you don't have any experience at all.  

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« Reply #2459 on: June 27, 2024, 01:21:40 PM »
I think he values speed, and no lines, over other things, which is fine.

I was careful to note "in my experience", and that I also rarely eat "fast food" in chains.

We went to the Korean fried chicken place Monday, which is kind of "fast food", it's still excellent.

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« Reply #2460 on: June 27, 2024, 01:21:52 PM »
my only question was about service quality

my few occasions in the past 20 years, my service quality was fine.

just wondered what would make it so much better as to be a difference maker

I mean, maybe they have someone in the men's room handing out warm towels or something
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« Reply #2461 on: June 27, 2024, 01:27:37 PM »
One thing at CFA I like is they are friendly, and go out of their way to meet any requests.  Then you often have a lady going around to each table asking if you need a refill, of anything else.  You don't see workers standing around gabbing, they are all getting after it.  The place is clean, and you see someone emptying garbage bins often, and sweeping the floor, restocking condiments, picking up trash, the exterior is well maintained also.  For me, it's a marvel to watch the operation.

The last time we were in a McDs, there was no one at the ordering counter for a minute, then a person came up and it seemed as if we were bothering her, really.  She took our order, and it came out as ordered, OK fine, a smile would be nice.  The bathroom needed work, and the garbage bins were over flowing, nobody seemed to care, they were standing in the back gabbing.

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« Reply #2462 on: June 27, 2024, 02:26:35 PM »
Yup.  CFA really is a step above.  A couple of my daughter's friends work there, and they're the "good" ones-- excellent grades, lots of extracurriculars, strong work ethic.

My daughter's lazier friends all work at Old Navy or the movie theater.

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« Reply #2463 on: June 27, 2024, 03:01:33 PM »
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