I would place another order just to see if it wasn't just a mouthy delivery
guy. :-)

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Cappy Harrison <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> (I also posted this to the LiveJournal West_Philly community, so I'm sorry
> if you see this twice.)
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just experienced an annoying series of events with Allegro's Pizza.  Last
> night we placed a delivery order (which we do about once a week).  One of
> the items we ordered was chicken fingers.  When they arrived, my partner
> opened up the chicken container and recoiled at the smell.  I sniffed them,
> and they smelled rancid, like fish gone bad.  I immediately called them and
> asked to speak with a manager.  I was told that there was no manager on
> site.  I told the person on the phone about the rancid chicken fingers.
>  They offered to bring out another order, but since our concern was that the
> oil they were using had gone rancid, I told them I wasn't OK with that
> choice, and requested a refund.  I was told that since I had paid by credit
> card, the only person who could do the refund was the manager.  Then I was
> told that my other option was that they could put a note on my accounting
> saying we were owed a free order of chicken fingers, but I didn't feel
>  comfortable with that option, so they took my number and said they would
> have the manager call me back.  At that point we put the styrofoam container
> with the chicken fingers in the refrigerator (as "evidence.")
>
> After a couple of hours, no one had called, so I called to find out what
> was going on.  I was told that a manager wouldn't be in until Monday at
> 11:00 a.m.  Around 3:00 p.m. today I called and asked to speak with a
> manager.  I was told that the manager wasn't in until Tuesday.  I explained
> the problem to the person on the phone, and he asked me to hold on.  Then
> the line was disconnected.  I called back and asked if he had just hung up
> on me, and he said "No, I thought you said it was OK."  I said "No, I
> thought you asked me to hold."  He said "OK hold on," then in the background
> I heard him say "Matty, could you take this?" and he put me on hold for 10
> minutes, at which point the line was disconnected again.  I called back, and
> the line was picked up then hung up immediately (they have caller ID).
>
> I then called back on my cell phone and asked to speak with Matty.  This
> was the guy I had spoken to the night before.  I explained the situation,
> and he said "I offered to send someone out with your refund last night but
> you refused."  I told him that that option had not, in fact, been offered to
> me, and that I actually would be happy with that option.  He then said "But
> what about the chicken fingers?"  I told him we had saved them and would be
> happy to give them back.  He looked at my account and said "I see you've
> ordered them in the past and never had a problem."  I said, "Exactly!  If
> you get food that smells like rotten fish, would you eat it?"  He agreed
> that no, he wouldn't.
>
> A few minutes later the delivery guy showed up with my refund in cash, and
> I handed him the chicken fingers.  The delivery guy then said "They said
> they won't take your orders anymore."  I shrugged and said "Fine with me."
>  I mean, we're moving in a month, so who gives a shit, right?
>
> But still... WTF?  We've been regular customers of theirs for YEARS, and
> the one time we have a problem, we're given the runaround and told we aren't
> welcome to order from them anymore?  At no point did I yell or curse at
> them.  While I didn't hide the fact that I was annoyed, I dealt with them in
> a professional manner.  How asinine of them.  I'm disgusted.
>
> --Cappy
>
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