In light of the very stressful day I had, I was looking forward to some chicken nachos grande with extra cheese and no beans from Taco Time.
They are the only fast food place in Bend, Oregon that sells decent chicken nachos–by decent I mean they are made with real cheese not that horrible orange glop that’s supposedly cheese sauce.
So I run off at 9:10 pm to buy my dinner.
There’s at least one car in the Taco Time parking lot, the lights are on in the restaurant itself, and the neon “Drive Thru Open” sign is all lit up. However, I sat in the drive thru lane for a good 3-5 minutes with nobody even acknowledging my existence much less taking my order.
So I back out of the drive thru lane and go check out their hours posted on the door.
Winter hours, close at 8:00 pm; summer hours, close at 9:30 pm; regular hours, close at closing. Nowhere on the door does it specify what months are considered winter or summer, and ‘close at closing’ is about as non-specific as you can get.
When you are closed, no matter if it’s summer hours, winter hours, or Martian hours, turn off the “drive thru open” neon sign if its not actually OPEN.
That’s not really a difficult concept if you ask me, but then again this is Taco Time, where their motto is “screw the customer as much as you possibly can” so expecting any sign of intelligent life is probably expecting way way too much.
BTW, I went to Del Taco and bought 2 tacos, deluxe chili cheddar fries with extra cheese, and a large coke.
I spent less than I would have at Taco Time (they gouge their customers on the chicken) and Del Taco employees have the brains to shut off ALL their lights if they aren’t open.