Sunday, October 2, 2011

Fine Dinning


On my way home I stopped by the Costco in Hawaii Kai, and there wasn't too much of a line at the Costco food booth much to my delight. The food booth at the Honolulu Costco always has a long line any time of the day and that's even with 4 or 5 counters open. What a break. Moreso since I usually just buy the $1.50 Polish hot dog with sauerkraut and won't spend a nickel more. Well, tax is 6¢ but that don't count. This lady carrying her two-year-old at the next counter had place her food order and the counter had closed. Her's would be the final order and they'll call her when things were ready. While she's stepped to the side, the cashier at our counter went, "Can I help you?" The lady explains that they're preparing her order. But the cashier, who I think was overzealous, almost demands that the customer divulge what was ordered so she can check on the order for the customer's sake whom doesn't even mind waiting without the undue badgering puleeze, or what, peril waterboarding.

If you're wondering, I wasn't eavesdropping in on their conversation. It's just that I'm standing right behind them in earshot range. So the customer politely tells Mrs. Over Zealous Cashier what she had ordered, and the cashier goes and checks to see if the order is ready. Sure enough, the order isn't ready just yet, just like the customer said from the get go. And like I was saying, it ain't like there were 500 million people standing in line that service needs to be streamlined to speed things up unless there's a craving for an artificial rush in a bozo cashier's mind who couldn't do a decent rendition of a Jerry Seinfeld food nazi to save her okole on a good day. When everybody else is in a Sunday frame of mind, on a Sunday, no less, it makes you wonder what's going on up there.

8 comments:

OkiHwn said...

That Polish dog meal is the best deal in town! Love it the same way - with sauerkraut but with some onions too.

RONW said...

Nate- yea, gotta put the onions on top from the machine dispenser. And at other places they charge extra for the sauerkraut.

Kay said...

How funny! You go to the same fine dining place that we go to every Thursday. The lovely servers at the Waipahu Costco aren't quite so over zealous as the townies. They're really quick though. Maybe we should give them a tip...

RONW said...

Kay- despite only five people standing in line, the server I guess couldn't or wouldn't take herself out of rush kind mode or the control tower, bless her palpating heart. Tips might be an idea but that might lead to something that happened at Starbucks where the managers scooped most of the tip which where meant for the barista servers.

Ann da Sista said...

I love that the food prices at the Hawaii Costco are the same as at the Connecticut Costco. We've started getting our pizzas from there. They are so ono and cheap - $10 for a large. You call the order in when you start shopping (the # is posted at the entrance of our store) and pick it up when you leave. Awesome.

RONW said...

Ann- the thing I like about Costco is that they limit their menu instead of getting all that carried away with thousands of dishes. Their pizza is a deal and even the individual pizza slices are huge.

Cloudia said...

Love those Costco dogs!


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RONW said...

Cloudia- take some home and eat them on your lanai. I use to take the route below your house at the end of Ala Wai Blvd, but with all those metal plates on Ala Moana Blvd I ride around and then spin back to Ala Moana Blvd.