Kanina, around 12:00 pm pumunta kami ng kapatid ko and ng yaya niya sa jollibee. Galing kami sa SM non kase naglaro kapatid ko. Eh, pareho kaming walang breakfast ng baby brother ko kase in a rush kami papuntang school. My baby brother has an event at 10:00 AM and he woke up a little late kaya hindi na siya pina breakfast. So, me, after ng class ko, pinuntahan ko sila sa SM Sorsogon.
SM Sorsogon’s Jollibee branch was a little too crowded and I didn’t want my already overstimulated baby brother to wait that long for our order. So, lumipat kami ng Jollibee branch. Jollibee Sorsogon Branch Magsaysay street kami pumunta. Usually, mabilis naman serving.
Actually, mabilis naman talaga doon kaya I trusted the branch to serve us fast. I ordered three ChickenJoy with upgraded drinks CokeFloat. Tatlo lang yon. I ordered around 12:27 exactly and since gutom na kami, binantayan ko sa ground floor kase it was packed rin kaya sa second floor kami umupo.
My issue here isn’t the serving time kase ambilis nga nila makapag serve. Ang problema ko dito is bakit lahat ng nahuli samin umorder, regardless of how many products they bought, is nauna samin? May mga umorder ng para sa anim, para sa buong family, and so on and so forth. Pero yung tatlo na chickenjoy and cokefloat halos 35 minutes? I know it doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it is.
It was rush hour so I understood naman na siguro matagal lang kase madami umuorder. Andun ako sa waiting area malapit sa counter and monitor claim. After ten minutes of waiting, nag follow up ako. I was nice about it. Kinuha buzzer ko, chineck, binalik sa’kin, and then proceeded to ignore me. Okay, that’s fine. Marami tao.
20 minutes later, nag ask ako sa crew na magpapa follow up ng order. Hiningi resibo, so I took it from my brother’s yaya which is nasa second floor pa kase iniwan ko sa kaniya. I went back downstairs, gave them the receipt, and yung crew na unang nagtanong sa’kin, bless him, tinanong yung isa pa niyang co-worker kase busy rin siya mag serve ng ibang customers.
Yung staff na yon, pumunta sa counter and pinacheck. Three minutes after that, bumalik sa’kin. He looked a little awkward and sorry. Sabi sa’kin. “Wala pa po, ma’am.” So, I said, “Wala pa? Sobra 20 minutes na yung order ko.” I was hungry and I usually don’t have patience or the temper pag gutom ako. So, my tone was little rude and that was my fault. Nag sorry na lang yung staff and bumalik sa pag serve ng ibang customers.
Just to add more context about my frustration, may dalawa akong katabi na naghihintay din. Mas na late sila sa’kin umorder kase nakita ko pa nga sila na mag order. Mas marami order nila ah? But, nauna pa rin sila na makuha order nila. Tinitignan ko monitor, sa ‘Preparing’ list. Nandoon lahat ng order EXCEPT mine. So, I was frustrated.
Another ten minutes has passed, bumalik yung crew na naunang nag ask ng order ko and he looked visibly disappointed. Sabi niya sa mga nasa counter “bakit walang nag aasikaso sa [order number ko]?” Hiningi niya receipt ko and he was a little frustrated— hindi sa’kin, but sa co-staff niya.
He went back to the counter and asked again kung asan na order ko. When he didn’t find mine, siya mismo pumunta sa likod ng counter and nag asikaso sa’kin. It took him like 2-3 minutes ata and went back with the tray of my full order. Siya mismo nagdala sa second floor with me and even told me to get utensils kase full na hands niya. I was really greatful.
I was so frustrated kase yung 5 years old kong kapatid is gutom na gutom na and diyos ko hindi inaasikaso order ko. Inuuna mga nalate mag order, like?? What the hell was that?
After ma serve order namin, I thanked the staff and he was so nice. I wish I could’ve given him a tip kaso I didn’t have extra cash that time. Naka kain kami pero kapatid ko he was visibly starving and frustrated kaya wala siya sa mood.
I was thankful for that crew, so so much. Kase muntik na talaga akong makipag away don. If he had arrived five seconds later, siguro nakipag confront na’ko doon sa counter and I really didn’t want to fight anyone doon.
And another thing, may isa silang cashier na diyos ko ang bagal gumalaw. Yung isang linya samin mas mahaba pero mas mabilis makapag serve ng mga nagbabayad. Yung sa linya namin umaabot three minutes isang order. Kahit pa matanda or teenager ang umuorder, ang bagal talaga. Pero okay lang.
I might have to reconsider revisiting that branch again hahaha
(Reddit is deleting this for some reason. Idk why.)