Milk in burger king

Sunnyisland

In burger king today on the belgard rd tallaght,Elderly man in front ordered a burger,fries and a tea he then proceeded to pay for items,Before he left the counter he noticed he was not giving any milk for his tea and asked for some,The staff member gave it to him and asked for an extra 25c a small tub,The man refused to pay saying the tea should come with milk at no extra cost,Manager was called for and said you have to pay extra for the milk the man refused and after demanding a total refund(and getting it) he handed back his food and stormed out,


Should you have to pay extra for milk in tea in burger king or should it be like sugar & inclusive.

Donkey Oaty

realies wrote: »

In burger king today on the belgard rd tallaght,Elderly man in front ordered a burger,fries and a tea he then proceeded to pay for items,Before he left the counter he noticed he was not giving any milk for his tea and asked for some,The staff member gave it to him and asked for an extra 25c a small tub,The man refused to pay saying the tea should come with milk at no extra cost,Manager was called for and said you have to pay extra for the milk the man refused and after demanding a total refund(and getting it) he handed back his food and stormed out,


Should you have to pay extra for milk in tea in burger king or should it be like sugar & inclusive.

Buy that man a pint.

Or a milk.

theteal

Thats a new one!

Is it cheaper if you supply your own tea-bag?

demanufactured

Tea in burger king????
WTF
Go to a cafe if you want tea

slavetothegrind

the man was quite right.

take note all ye prepared to take that kind of ****e from retailers.

like saying a sandwich is x but x+2 if you want butter!

My name is URL

Your man was spot on to ask for a full refund.

cosanostra

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Buy that man a pint.

Or a milk.

Are you sure he wasn't asking for extra milk? Maybe the old man likes baby tea!

Sunnyisland

demanufactured wrote: »

Tea in burger king????
WTF
Go to a cafe if you want tea

:rolleyes: Tea & coffee are sold in most establishments where food is being served :rolleyes: in Dublin anyway.

Donkey Oaty

cosanostra wrote: »

Are you sure he wasn't asking for extra milk? Maybe the old man likes baby tea!

Good point.

There's only one solution: Talk To Joe!

Burger King 0
Mil-King 1

Sunnyisland

cosanostra wrote: »

Are you sure he wasn't asking for extra milk? Maybe the old man likes baby tea!

Nope he was being charged extra for the milk,

Oranage2

# the guy in charge obviously thought this was a genius idea and the staff were just doing their job - Shocking stuff in my opinion - 25cent for like 10 mils of UHT milk too proably puts in on par with gold prices.

Sunnyisland

This thread is going a bit sour .

mikemac

1850 715 815

A perfect topic for liveline

Kat1170

He should have drank tea, scalded himself and sued for millions :D:D:D:D

theteal

Oranage2 wrote: »

25cent for like 10 mils of UHT milk

but nobody buys it. . .coz it's sh!te

Sunnyisland

feelingstressed wrote: »

1850 715 815

A perfect topic for liveline

Who will make the call ? the milkman.:D

slavetothegrind

feelingstressed wrote: »

1850 715 815

A perfect topic for liveline

encouraging the propagation of joe duffy on the radio?

BANNED

Did he put his big tool in your box?

theteal

rarnes1 wrote: »

Did he put his big tool in your box?

That was A1, Sharon

Sunnyisland

rarnes1 wrote: »

Did he put his big tool in your box?

You explain that

ladypip

Thats madness 25 cent for uht milk that should have be free in the first place! He was right to storm out. All hail the Mil king!!!

anplaya

^^^^
reference to a mr pat mustard ,the milkman in father ted

sunflower27

Fair play to him, no way would I have paid for milk either. Never heard the likes of it.

Next they will be charging for ketchup sachets and salt:rolleyes:

anplaya

^^
they charge for ketchup in some mcdonalds ,burger kings if ya ask for more

KH25

I've never seen anybody charged for milk when they order tea in a fast food place before. 25c for that crap (that barely tastes like milk) is ridiculous.

admiralofthefleet

when i was a manager in bewleys i didnt discriminate against peoples choice in how they drank their tea. milk was free but some people (usually the snobs) would order tea with 3 tea bags and an extra pot of hot water
it was obvious they were pulling a fast one of getting free tea by getting a very strong pot and watering it down

i hated them for it but i couldnt charge them for the extra tea bags because they could easily state that they preferred their tea strong

when i moved into the managers role in roches stores i started charging 10c for hot water in the canteen because a few women (again, usually the snobs) brought their own tea bags into the canteen. they were seething at me doing it but i was within my rights to do it


the man in burger king was right to refuse to pay for milk because it should be provided with the tea whether they like it or not
its only UHT milk so if the customer doesnt use it can be thrown back into the fridge

ive noticed that burger king try to get you to pay more by offering extras. yesterday i got a triple whopper meal and was asked all the questions in the world about upgrading the meal.

KH25

anplaya wrote: »

^^
they charge for ketchup in some mcdonalds ,burger kings if ya ask for more

Thats happened to me before but I thought they stopped doing it. Hasnt happened to me in a while.

kingtut

Blast him with milk piss.

ISDW

anplaya wrote: »

^^
they charge for ketchup in some mcdonalds ,burger kings if ya ask for more

Yeah, if you ask for more, but you do get the first sachet free, if its relevant to the meal.:)

The Radiator

happened to me in kfc

sunflower27

I must look really menacing because I always ask for extra salt and ketchup and have never been asked to pay more... fair enough if you want 10 sachets to take home, but c'mon....

m@cc@

realies wrote: »

In burger king today on the belgard rd tallaght,Elderly man in front ordered a burger,fries and a tea he then proceeded to pay for items,Before he left the counter he noticed he was not giving any milk for his tea and asked for some,The staff member gave it to him and asked for an extra 25c a small tub,The man refused to pay saying the tea should come with milk at no extra cost,Manager was called for and said you have to pay extra for the milk the man refused and after demanding a total refund(and getting it) he handed back his food and stormed out,


Should you have to pay extra for milk in tea in burger king or should it be like sugar & inclusive.

AH - breaking down the big issues of the day.

anplaya

nah say if yer with yer missus and kids, they always just give 2 ,3 at most,when they can obviously see youre ordering for your family not just yourself.when ya ask for more they say ya have to pay,tis not in all of those places just a few ive been in.

snubbleste

Well done that man.
Most people would just insist on not paying for the milk to the manager and leave it at that, but he demanded a full refund for his meal.

Obviously people must be willing to pay for milk with their tea if BK have decided to bring in this charge.

Speculator

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Speculator

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

when i moved into the managers role in roches stores i started charging 10c for hot water in the canteen because a few women (again, usually the snobs) brought their own tea bags into the canteen. they were seething at me doing it but i was within my rights to do it

Charging for hot water ? Thats pathetic, give this type of person any kind of authority and it goes straight to their head!

admiralofthefleet

Speculator wrote: »

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

when i moved into the managers role in roches stores i started charging 10c for hot water in the canteen because a few women (again, usually the snobs) brought their own tea bags into the canteen. they were seething at me doing it but i was within my rights to do it

Charging for hot water ? Thats pathetic, give this type of person any kind of authority and it goes straight to their head!

i did it beacuse they were arent making any contribution towards the cost of heating the water.
it was standard practice in many canteens and had the full backing of the unions

Turpentine

Speculator wrote: »

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

when i moved into the managers role in roches stores i started charging 10c for hot water in the canteen because a few women (again, usually the snobs) brought their own tea bags into the canteen. they were seething at me doing it but i was within my rights to do it

Charging for hot water ? Thats pathetic, give this type of person any kind of authority and it goes straight to their head!

It didn't boil by itself did it? Nor does it stay warm of its own accord. It's not ideal, but well within his rights to charge a nominal amount to catch out the scabs

jive

Does anyone else think tea and coffee prices are ridiculous anyway? Usually you get charged anywhere between €1-2 euro for tea. It's hot water and a tea bag worth half nothing anyway!! Going to open up my own tea & coffee establishment. If I make it sound fancy I can charge €4 per cup of anything, the snobs will think it's better quality and I'll be laughing all the way to the bank

the perfect plan

admiralofthefleet

jive wrote: »

Does anyone else think tea and coffee prices are ridiculous anyway? Usually you get charged anywhere between €1-2 euro for tea. It's hot water and a tea bag worth half nothing anyway!! Going to open up my own tea & coffee establishment. If I make it sound fancy I can charge €4 per cup of anything, the snobs will think it's better quality and I'll be laughing all the way to the bank

the perfect plan

its a great way of paying wages and covering overheads:)

WindSock

He was being milked!

Been done? Haven't read the thread.

Speculator

Turpentine wrote: »

Speculator wrote: »

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

when i moved into the managers role in roches stores i started charging 10c for hot water in the canteen because a few women (again, usually the snobs) brought their own tea bags into the canteen. they were seething at me doing it but i was within my rights to do it


It didn't boil by itself did it? Nor does it stay warm of its own accord. It's not ideal, but well within his rights to charge a nominal amount to catch out the scabs

Sounds more like the Canteen/cafe was a scab in this case.

admiralofthefleet

WindSock wrote: »

He was being milked!

Been done? Haven't read the thread.

yeah he should have milked it for all it was worth

free burgers for life ftw!

admiralofthefleet

Speculator wrote: »

Turpentine wrote: »

Speculator wrote: »

Sounds more like the Canteen/cafe was a scab in this case.

so me then since i called the shots?

Turpentine

Speculator wrote: »

Turpentine wrote: »

Speculator wrote: »

Sounds more like the Canteen/cafe was a scab in this case.

How so? Because they don't want freeloaders taking the seats of paying customers? I don't think the good Admiral was running a charity.

Kiera

Aurgh! Fix your quotes, people!

garv123

sugarman wrote: »

Gas, to think the manager would'nt have just thrown him a few for his Tea instead of having to give him a refund & probably about €8 of food fecked into the bin.

more like food put back and kept until someone else ordered sometime that week

Turpentine

Kiera wrote: »

Aurgh! Fix your quotes, people!

Nope

Kiera

Turpentine wrote: »

Nope

Ya messer!!

Rasmus

Charging the man for milk is OUT OF ORDER! Especially in Ireland, where 90% of the folks have milk in their tea. This branch should be held accountable for such a ridiculous misjudgment of both staff and manager. I wouldn't mind linking this thread in an email to Burger King customer service, even though it didn't happen to me!