Trevor
6416 82nd St Lubbock
(6416 82nd St, Lubbock, TX) Unfortunately, this will be my last Chick-fil-a experience. I probably spend $200-300 a year at Chick-fil-a, but I'm done. I pulled in the drive thru at 5:49pm - I had no idea the store was closing early at 6pm (due to cold weather). There were only 5-6 cars ahead of me in my lane The drive thru was going EXTREMELY slow, and by the time I got to the ordering speaker, it was 6:12 (23 minutes) I tried to order and was told I didn’t get in line before 6, so they wouldn’t take my order By the time I got to the window at 6:21 (the line was the only way to exit), I asked the manager if there was any way she could compensate us with a coupon or just by taking our order. But she told me that I didn’t get in line before 6, and that there was nothing she could do. Even though the car - two ahead of me - received food… I explained that I got in line before 6 (not knowing they were closing early), and she didn’t care There were probably 10 or more cars behind me that were still stuck in line, and at least 4 of them arrived before 6 - no cones were placed at the drive thru entry to keep cars from entering - the green lights on the drive thru remained on, signaling that our orders could be placed - no employees were sent out to tell cars that the restaurant was closing early - it’s apparent that the employees were intentionally moving slow to delay cars already in line. I worked at a chick-fil-a years ago, and this is what lazy employees would do to avoid work I really wouldn’t have cared if an employee was sent out to tell cars that they couldn’t order - so we could back out of the line and save time But instead we all sat there for over half an hour with only 5 cars ahead of us in each line The manager didn’t care that we were stuck in line for this long and she lied about the reasoning behind us not being able to order. Instead of taking ownership, at least 5-10 cars wasted over half an hour for no reason This could have been avoided in so many ways. I used to love chick-fil-a, usually the staff is kind and understanding. But this was really lousy. They just lost a $300 a year customer.


