Salad on burgers at takeaways - why? Problem/solution inside.

The Puzzler · 26-09-2011, 18:45

Seems that at least a few times a month when I go for a takeaway, I make sure to say "no salad or mayo/relish/whatever please" as I prefer a cheese slice and I like to put my own sauce on, usually BBQ - yet there's always one braindead person who works in these places who WITHOUT fail puts a load of soggy lettuce and what seems like a whole bottle of mayo on my burger! What I wanna know is, why they do this, why automatically put salad on even when the customer specifically requests NOT to have it?! It just doesn't make sense to me. Surely if someone wants salad and/or mayo then all they have to do is ask? It costs the company money too, as I always make sure I get the burger replaced. Can't imagine their boss being too happy about that! Anyone else had a similar experience?

BirthdayGirl · 26-09-2011, 18:46

Nope

mildredhubble · 26-09-2011, 18:46

There are more important things in life to be upset over surely?

If you ask for it, they put it on, it's their error. Either remove it yourself or complain.

crazychris12 · 26-09-2011, 18:48

If you say no lettuce or mayo or whatever then no they shoudn't put it on. Unless they're a bit thick - or deaf!

The Puzzler · 26-09-2011, 18:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by mildredhubble

There are more important things in life to be upset over surely?

If you ask for it, they put it on, it's their error. Either remove it yourself or complain.

I wouldn't say it upsets me, it's just annoying really and seems to indicate a lack of common sense among some fast food workers. On the contrary, it's the company who are losing out as I always ask for a replacement, I just wondered why they do it?

Baboo Yagu · 26-09-2011, 18:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Puzzler

Seems that at least a few times a month when I go for a takeaway, I make sure to say "no salad or mayo/relish/whatever please" as I prefer a cheese slice and I like to put my own sauce on, usually BBQ -

You carry BBQ sauce around with you? What a strange chap you are.

goonst · 26-09-2011, 18:49

This happens to my granddad all the time. If he asks for no relish, he gets no garnish and has a furious argument with some spotty kid over the very important difference between relish and garnish. Sometimes, to mix it up a bit, he asks for no garnish and ends up with no relish, and...yeah, same again really. Sometimes I think he is deliberately mumbly and vague just to spice things up with a good-going rant when things go wrong.

The Puzzler · 26-09-2011, 18:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baboo Yagu

You carry BBQ sauce around with you? What a strange chap you are.

No lol

I mean I either use the sachets of sauce if I'm at KFC, or put my own sauce on at home if I'm getting dinner from the local independent takeaway.

The Puzzler · 26-09-2011, 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazychris12

If you say no lettuce or mayo or whatever then no they shoudn't put it on. Unless they're a bit thick - or deaf!

Exactly! I wouldn't like to be in their shoes when the boss finds out they've been wasting company food cos they can't follow simple customer requests!

EastEnders-1105 · 26-09-2011, 18:51

Yes,
i have a Plain burger when i go to mcdonalds.
but once my Mum said in the drive through thing a plain burger and it registered on screen as plain.
when i got home it had sauce and gerkins in it so my mum rang up and she spoke to the manager who said they would mkae sure it dosnt happen agaian and so far it hasnt

epicurian · 26-09-2011, 18:53

Maybe next time try telling them to "hold the salad". Lettuce know what happens.

missy83 · 26-09-2011, 18:53

The trick is use the phrase ''hold the mayo''. Never fails to work.

DaleRDS · 26-09-2011, 18:55

Agree with OP. This is far too commonplace.

It's like at Subway when they ask if you want any sauce, and you say "BBQ please", and then they UNLOAD half a bottle of the stuff on to your sub. Your sub ends up tasting entirely of BBQ sauce plus you end up wearing half of it and then your hands stink.

Less is more when it comes to condiments.

crazychris12 · 26-09-2011, 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Puzzler

Exactly! I wouldn't like to be in their shoes when the boss finds out they've been wasting company food cos they can't follow simple customer requests!

What really throws them in our Chicken Hut is if I ask for two chicken fillet burgers and chips, one burger with the standard lettuce and mayo and one without those two. One's for my daughter but I put ketchup on mine. Either I still get it in both or on neither.

It's not hard to understand, surely!!!

mildredhubble · 26-09-2011, 18:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Puzzler

I wouldn't say it upsets me, it's just annoying really and seems to indicate a lack of common sense among some fast food workers. On the contrary, it's the company who are losing out as I always ask for a replacement, I just wondered why they do it?

Try the food forum.

Baboo Yagu · 26-09-2011, 18:57

To be honest it doesn't bother me. If I'm having a burger from my local Kebab Emporium then it's a ½lb Garlic Burger with all the trimmings. Goes down a bloody treat.

chattamanuk · 26-09-2011, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by mildredhubble

Try the food forum.

They did.... an identical thread was posted over there 2 mins before deciding to duplicate it on GD.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1541695

Nobody Knows · 26-09-2011, 19:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by missy83

The trick is use the phrase ''hold the mayo''. Never fails to work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by epicurian

Maybe next time try telling them to "hold the salad". Lettuce know what happens.

God damn it! I wanted to do that!

Special K_ · 26-09-2011, 19:03

^Ha ha.

I like it, not a problem for me.

Hobbit Feet · 26-09-2011, 19:09

Perhaps the OP could get a job at said fast food outlet and show them how it should be done.

Credit for the workers for getting up every day to do a poorly paid, thankless job.

Justabloke · 26-09-2011, 19:10

The actual solution is simplicity itself...

Don't buy burgers from vans / cafes / kebab shops.

See how easy that was? and all that stress saved.

The Puzzler · 26-09-2011, 19:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hobbit Feet

Perhaps the OP could get a job at said fast food outlet and show them how it should be done.

Credit for the workers for getting up every day to do a poorly paid, thankless job.

Well of course, credit must go to most of them! However, they're paid to do a service and surely if the customer makes a simple request for a plain burger/kebab then it isn't too hard to get it right?

bbclassics · 26-09-2011, 19:15

OP I have the same problem! I like to eat plain food so I always ask for my burger plain. I don't understand why McDonald's put relish on by default, surely that's more effort fussing about putting extra stuff on the burger. They should start off having the burgers plain and then that way the customers can specify what the want on their burger i.e. gerkins, lettuce.

The Puzzler · 26-09-2011, 19:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbclassics

OP I have the same problem! I like to eat plain food so I always ask for my burger plain. I don't understand why McDonald's put relish on by default, surely that's more effort fussing about putting extra stuff on the burger. They should start off having the burgers plain and then that way the customers can specify what the want on their burger i.e. gerkins, lettuce.

Well, that would be the common sense solution, unfortunately common sense seems to have all but disappeared in Britain these days!

Baboo Yagu · 26-09-2011, 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbclassics

I don't understand why McDonald's put relish on by default, surely that's more effort fussing about putting extra stuff on the burger. They should start off having the burgers plain and then that way the customers can specify what the want on their burger i.e. gerkins, lettuce.

Probably because the majority of their customers aren't fussy buggers and like the burger as it comes.

26-09-2011, 18:45	#1
The Puzzler Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,223	Salad on burgers at takeaways - why? Problem/solution inside. Seems that at least a few times a month when I go for a takeaway, I make sure to say "no salad or mayo/relish/whatever please" as I prefer a cheese slice and I like to put my own sauce on, usually BBQ - yet there's always one braindead person who works in these places who WITHOUT fail puts a load of soggy lettuce and what seems like a whole bottle of mayo on my burger! What I wanna know is, why they do this, why automatically put salad on even when the customer specifically requests NOT to have it?! It just doesn't make sense to me. Surely if someone wants salad and/or mayo then all they have to do is ask? It costs the company money too, as I always make sure I get the burger replaced. Can't imagine their boss being too happy about that! Anyone else had a similar experience?

26-09-2011, 18:46	#2
BirthdayGirl Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 32,024	Nope

26-09-2011, 18:46	#3
mildredhubble Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6,086	There are more important things in life to be upset over surely? If you ask for it, they put it on, it's their error. Either remove it yourself or complain.

26-09-2011, 18:48	#4
crazychris12 Guest Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 23,649	If you say no lettuce or mayo or whatever then no they shoudn't put it on. Unless they're a bit thick - or deaf!

26-09-2011, 18:48	#5
The Puzzler Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,223	Quote: Originally Posted by mildredhubble There are more important things in life to be upset over surely? If you ask for it, they put it on, it's their error. Either remove it yourself or complain. I wouldn't say it upsets me, it's just annoying really and seems to indicate a lack of common sense among some fast food workers. On the contrary, it's the company who are losing out as I always ask for a replacement, I just wondered why they do it?

26-09-2011, 18:48	#6
Baboo Yagu Inactive Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: PB3865 Posts: 5,313	Quote: Originally Posted by The Puzzler Seems that at least a few times a month when I go for a takeaway, I make sure to say "no salad or mayo/relish/whatever please" as I prefer a cheese slice and I like to put my own sauce on, usually BBQ - You carry BBQ sauce around with you? What a strange chap you are.

26-09-2011, 18:49	#7
goonst Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow Posts: 9,752	This happens to my granddad all the time. If he asks for no relish, he gets no garnish and has a furious argument with some spotty kid over the very important difference between relish and garnish. Sometimes, to mix it up a bit, he asks for no garnish and ends up with no relish, and...yeah, same again really. Sometimes I think he is deliberately mumbly and vague just to spice things up with a good-going rant when things go wrong.

26-09-2011, 18:49	#8
The Puzzler Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,223	Quote: Originally Posted by Baboo Yagu You carry BBQ sauce around with you? What a strange chap you are. No lol I mean I either use the sachets of sauce if I'm at KFC, or put my own sauce on at home if I'm getting dinner from the local independent takeaway.

26-09-2011, 18:50	#9
The Puzzler Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,223	Quote: Originally Posted by crazychris12 If you say no lettuce or mayo or whatever then no they shoudn't put it on. Unless they're a bit thick - or deaf! Exactly! I wouldn't like to be in their shoes when the boss finds out they've been wasting company food cos they can't follow simple customer requests!

26-09-2011, 18:51	#10
EastEnders-1105 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10,632	Yes, i have a Plain burger when i go to mcdonalds. but once my Mum said in the drive through thing a plain burger and it registered on screen as plain. when i got home it had sauce and gerkins in it so my mum rang up and she spoke to the manager who said they would mkae sure it dosnt happen agaian and so far it hasnt

26-09-2011, 18:53	#11
epicurian Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 15,890	Maybe next time try telling them to "hold the salad". Lettuce know what happens.

26-09-2011, 18:53	#12
missy83 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,232	The trick is use the phrase ''hold the mayo''. Never fails to work.

26-09-2011, 18:55	#13
DaleRDS Forum Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 330	Agree with OP. This is far too commonplace. It's like at Subway when they ask if you want any sauce, and you say "BBQ please", and then they UNLOAD half a bottle of the stuff on to your sub. Your sub ends up tasting entirely of BBQ sauce plus you end up wearing half of it and then your hands stink. Less is more when it comes to condiments.

26-09-2011, 18:56	#15
mildredhubble Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6,086	Quote: Originally Posted by The Puzzler I wouldn't say it upsets me, it's just annoying really and seems to indicate a lack of common sense among some fast food workers. On the contrary, it's the company who are losing out as I always ask for a replacement, I just wondered why they do it? Try the food forum.

26-09-2011, 18:57	#16
Baboo Yagu Inactive Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: PB3865 Posts: 5,313	To be honest it doesn't bother me. If I'm having a burger from my local Kebab Emporium then it's a ½lb Garlic Burger with all the trimmings. Goes down a bloody treat.

26-09-2011, 19:01	#17
chattamanuk Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Posts: 3,160	Quote: Originally Posted by mildredhubble Try the food forum. They did.... an identical thread was posted over there 2 mins before deciding to duplicate it on GD. http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1541695

26-09-2011, 19:01	#18
Nobody Knows Inactive Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Britney's hair salon Posts: 1,855	Quote: Originally Posted by missy83 The trick is use the phrase ''hold the mayo''. Never fails to work. Quote: Originally Posted by epicurian Maybe next time try telling them to "hold the salad". Lettuce know what happens. God damn it! I wanted to do that!

26-09-2011, 19:03	#19
Special K_ Guest Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,728	^Ha ha. I like it, not a problem for me.

26-09-2011, 19:09	#20
Hobbit Feet Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mole Bothering Posts: 13,960	Perhaps the OP could get a job at said fast food outlet and show them how it should be done. Credit for the workers for getting up every day to do a poorly paid, thankless job.

26-09-2011, 19:10	#21
Justabloke Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: up the stairs! Posts: 11,649	The actual solution is simplicity itself... Don't buy burgers from vans / cafes / kebab shops. See how easy that was? and all that stress saved.

26-09-2011, 19:14	#22
The Puzzler Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,223	Quote: Originally Posted by Hobbit Feet Perhaps the OP could get a job at said fast food outlet and show them how it should be done. Credit for the workers for getting up every day to do a poorly paid, thankless job. Well of course, credit must go to most of them! However, they're paid to do a service and surely if the customer makes a simple request for a plain burger/kebab then it isn't too hard to get it right?

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26-09-2011, 19:15	#23
bbclassics Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931	OP I have the same problem! I like to eat plain food so I always ask for my burger plain. I don't understand why McDonald's put relish on by default, surely that's more effort fussing about putting extra stuff on the burger. They should start off having the burgers plain and then that way the customers can specify what the want on their burger i.e. gerkins, lettuce.

26-09-2011, 19:16	#24
The Puzzler Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7,223	Quote: Originally Posted by bbclassics OP I have the same problem! I like to eat plain food so I always ask for my burger plain. I don't understand why McDonald's put relish on by default, surely that's more effort fussing about putting extra stuff on the burger. They should start off having the burgers plain and then that way the customers can specify what the want on their burger i.e. gerkins, lettuce. Well, that would be the common sense solution, unfortunately common sense seems to have all but disappeared in Britain these days!

26-09-2011, 19:17	#25
Baboo Yagu Inactive Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: PB3865 Posts: 5,313	Quote: Originally Posted by bbclassics I don't understand why McDonald's put relish on by default, surely that's more effort fussing about putting extra stuff on the burger. They should start off having the burgers plain and then that way the customers can specify what the want on their burger i.e. gerkins, lettuce. Probably because the majority of their customers aren't fussy buggers and like the burger as it comes.