Boston Tea Party
Tonight I was hoping to enjoy fresh baked atlantic cod from Boston Market. I sampled the delicious fish last Friday and felt that today would be another perfect dinner. Unfortunately, the manager had other plans.
Apparently, the Atlantic Cod is a "special" and absolutely must come served with New potatoes and String beans. I instead wanted macaroni with cheese and creamed spinach. The reasons are obvious; boston market macaroni with cheese is amazingly cheesy and creamed spinach is a pretend healthy alternative to mashed potatoes. On the other hand, boston market new potatoes are slimey, dripping in nasty oil. The string beans are not fresh, and often hard or soggy, but never crisp. (And this evening, the green beans were cold; another patron asked the manager to reheat her green beans since they had already gone cold).
So in either case, I order the Atlantic Cod with Macaronia and Spinach. The manager says I can't have that since the speacial comes with new potatoes and green beans. I ask if I can get the fish without any sides and order my two small indivual sides-- this is apparently an impossibilty. When I ask to substitute the macaroni and spinach for the new patotoes and green beans, this too seems equally impossible. I leave and eat at McDonalds.
I'm not sure what offends me more: I am a reguarly customer who spends 15 - 30 dollars a week at this particular boston market or the fact that McDonalds seems more willing to compromise about the food selection than the pricier alternative (ask for no pickles, thats what you get. Don't want fries with that? No problem!)
Anyway, I am presently so incensed that I've decided to write a letter to Boston Market Corporate.
Apparently, the Atlantic Cod is a "special" and absolutely must come served with New potatoes and String beans. I instead wanted macaroni with cheese and creamed spinach. The reasons are obvious; boston market macaroni with cheese is amazingly cheesy and creamed spinach is a pretend healthy alternative to mashed potatoes. On the other hand, boston market new potatoes are slimey, dripping in nasty oil. The string beans are not fresh, and often hard or soggy, but never crisp. (And this evening, the green beans were cold; another patron asked the manager to reheat her green beans since they had already gone cold).
So in either case, I order the Atlantic Cod with Macaronia and Spinach. The manager says I can't have that since the speacial comes with new potatoes and green beans. I ask if I can get the fish without any sides and order my two small indivual sides-- this is apparently an impossibilty. When I ask to substitute the macaroni and spinach for the new patotoes and green beans, this too seems equally impossible. I leave and eat at McDonalds.
I'm not sure what offends me more: I am a reguarly customer who spends 15 - 30 dollars a week at this particular boston market or the fact that McDonalds seems more willing to compromise about the food selection than the pricier alternative (ask for no pickles, thats what you get. Don't want fries with that? No problem!)
Anyway, I am presently so incensed that I've decided to write a letter to Boston Market Corporate.
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