A Texas tragedy. Whataburger has been sold to a Chicago company (Page 2): I love their food, and my only complaint about them is the speed of their service. They aren't fast food even...

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Fit2BTied wrote:

Sigh. Did some looking. The Dobson family (Daddy f... (show quote)

I love their food, and my only complaint about them is the speed of their service. They aren't fast food even though they're called that.
I had a deal with the manager when I worked nights so I could call in my order, and come pick it up.
That gave them time to raise the calf to butcher size, process it, and make my burger.

And they didn't look at me like I was high when I went in at 3:00 am for a double green chili cheeseburger anymore!

Let's just hope the investors don't jack it up!

bahmer

archie bunker wrote:

I love their food, and my only complaint about the... (show quote)

Gee maybe we can get a whataburger in Illinois.

debeda

bahmer wrote:

Gee maybe we can get a whataburger in Illinois.

bahmer

debeda wrote:

It might keep some Illinoisans from moving out of Illinois if the whataburger is good enough.

debeda

bahmer wrote:

It might keep some Illinoisans from moving out of Illinois if the whataburger is good enough.

I dunno about that...A goodly portion of the middle class has had it

archie bunker Loc: Texas

bahmer wrote:

Gee maybe we can get a whataburger in Illinois.

See, that's the thing that bothers me. They'll try to expand to make money for the investors, and quality will deteriorate.
If that happens, Texas will reject them. They'll lose the market that built them.

bahmer

archie bunker wrote:

See, that's the thing that bothers me. They'll try to expand to make money for the investors, and quality will deteriorate.
If that happens, Texas will reject them. They'll lose the market that built them.

If that happens the Chicago firm will sell whatacurger for a fraction of what it spent so that they could get back some of it investment back and whoever buys that franchise from the Chicago firm will then have to invest in getting the franchise back to where it was originally. How they go about that will be up in the air and anybodies guess.

Fit2BTied Loc: Texas

archie bunker wrote:

I love their food, and my only complaint about the... (show quote)

Can't disagree (about the "fast" part). But even as an older fellow, I never understand why everyone is in such a gol-darned hurry all the time. Not to change the subject, but is anyone as excited as I am to watch the Prez throw his hat back into the ring in Orlando tonight? I'll probably be watching on Right Side Broadcasting. (I had a link there, but if error'd out. Just go to https://rsbnetwork.com/ and you can find the link. They're actually on the air now, but there's about 2 hours until things get going. Hmmm...2 hours...time enough to get an order at Whataburger without calling ahead.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Fit2BTied wrote:

Can't disagree (about the "fast" part). ... (show quote)

Thanks for the link. I love my ringside seat in my living room.

Fit2BTied Loc: Texas

Peewee wrote:

Thanks for the link. I love my ringside seat in my living room.

I know. Gettin the popcorn ready to go with my Whataburger. Keep the volume down so the cheering doesn't deafen you.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Fit2BTied wrote:

I know. Gettin the popcorn ready to go with my Whataburger. Keep the volume down so the cheering doesn't deafen you.

You sound all set, enjoy the show!

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Fit2BTied wrote:

Can't disagree (about the "fast" part). ... (show quote)

The only reason their speed irritated me was because I had a little time between trucks to grab a bite, and get some computer work done before the needy people showed up. If I didn't get it all done in time, I would be hit from 10 different directions with impatient needy people, and I didn't like that. And, I handled the needies much better with a full belly.

Fit2BTied Loc: Texas

archie bunker wrote:

The only reason their speed irritated me was because I had a little time between trucks to grab a bite, and get some computer work done before the needy people showed up. If I didn't get it all done in time, I would be hit from 10 different directions with impatient needy people, and I didn't like that. And, I handled the needies much better with a full belly.

Haha...the "needy people". I understand. Well, at least they could accommodate you. I've found that the folks who work at most Whataburgers are actually pretty nice, and they care about their customers. Not on a level with Chik-Filet maybe, but still better than most burger-flippin' joints. And the food is pretty darn good.

Just finished watching the Orlando Trump Rally. How can you watch something like that and not feel uplifted. Apologies to af1, moldy, kevyn, woody, perma, rumi, and the rest - that wasn't directed at you folks. After all, you've got over 20 rally's going at a time all over the place, and I'll bet if you add them all together, you could...uh...oh never mind. I don't know where I was going with that.

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Fit2BTied wrote:

Haha...the "needy people". I understand.... (show quote)

Have the crowd that Trump had. You're welcome!