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William Rosenthal April 6, 2012 Store Visit #3 I arrived at the start of the business day at this location. The outdoor window has a “Now catering” advertisement in the window along with various sandwiches, though it also has some other signs simply printed on paper that advertise discounts to various professions. The hours are clearly posted and the patio area is clear of debris and ready to seat customers, though the tables were not wiped down. The location did not open until approximately 10 minutes after its advertised hours of operation. The cashier greeted me with hello, but did not engage me in regards to the menu despite my efforts to be labored in making a decision. She asked me if I wanted “anything else”, but did not do an adequate job of up selling me to any other items specifically, though she did offer me a water glass. She did don gloves to prepare my food, but was not wearing a hat, though her hair was up, albeit rather lengthy. She was not wearing Spicy Pickle attire and was the supervisor/manager of the location. I was able to use my gift card and was not asked for my name when I was done placing my order. The time of the receipt also does not match the actual time as my receipt reflects 1033 and it was not until approximately 1040 that I placed my order. Another female employee, who is taller and heavier set, was wearing proper attire to include a hat, but she also operated from the same cash drawer that the manager used to ring me up when another customer walled in. The restaurant itself looked clean as I found my seat and the tables were also clean. The drink station was not wiped down and did not have a clean appearance. I received my order approximately ten minutes after ordering it. The same person who prepared it brought it to me. She did not repeat the order to me, but she just brought it to me and placed it on my table in front of me. I ordered the Bandido sandwich. The presentation on the plate was not consistent with plate presentation I have had at other locations. My sandwich was stacked partially on the other half of my sandwich. The pickle was not squarely on the plate and did not look fresh, as it had splotches of dark green on the sides and appeared to be old, thus I chose not to eat it. The pasta salad was placed in the corner of the plate and was on the side of the plate, not within the plate. While seated, other customers came in and ordered, but the manager/cashier did not ask for their names nor did she do an adequate job of outlining items to up sell specifically. While seated, there was no attempt to prebus nor engage the customer(s) asking how their meal was. The lights worked properly in the male bathroom, but the toilet in the men’s room was not clean, as paper towels and toilet paper were in the toilet, yet there were no male staff members on the shift and the trash bin had trash in it, thus it appears that the trash was not taken out the previous day, nor was the bathroom cleaned. A third female employee arrived to work wearing a Spicy Pickle visor, but she had on a plaid shirt, not a proper shirt for her shift and did not change shirts

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William  Rosenthal  April  6,  2012               Store  Visit  #3       I  arrived  at  the  start  of  the  business  day  at  this  location.    The  outdoor  window  has  a  “Now  catering”  advertisement  in  the  window  along  with  various  sandwiches,  though  it  also  has  some  other  signs  simply  printed  on  paper  that  advertise  discounts  to  various  professions.  The  hours  are  clearly  posted  and  the  patio  area  is  clear  of  debris  and  ready  to  seat  customers,  though  the  tables  were  not  wiped  down.     The  location  did  not  open  until  approximately  10  minutes  after  its  advertised  hours  of  operation.  The  cashier  greeted  me  with  hello,  but  did  not  engage  me  in  regards  to  the  menu  despite  my  efforts  to  be  labored  in  making  a  decision.    She  asked  me  if  I  wanted  “anything  else”,  but  did  not  do  an  adequate  job  of  up  selling  me  to  any  other  items  specifically,  though  she  did  offer  me  a  water  glass.    She  did  don  gloves  to  prepare  my  food,  but  was  not  wearing  a  hat,  though  her  hair  was  up,  albeit  rather  lengthy.    She  was  not  wearing  Spicy  Pickle  attire  and  was  the  supervisor/manager  of  the  location.    I  was  able  to  use  my  gift  card  and  was  not  asked  for  my  name  when  I  was  done  placing  my  order.  The  time  of  the  receipt  also  does  not  match  the  actual  time  as  my  receipt  reflects  1033  and  it  was  not  until  approximately  1040  that  I  placed  my  order.  Another  female  employee,  who  is  taller  and  heavier  set,  was  wearing  proper  attire  to  include  a  hat,  but  she  also  operated  from  the  same  cash  drawer  that  the  manager  used  to  ring  me  up  when  another  customer  walled  in.         The  restaurant  itself  looked  clean  as  I  found  my  seat  and  the  tables  were  also  clean.    The  drink  station  was  not  wiped  down  and  did  not  have  a  clean  appearance.    I  received  my  order  approximately  ten  minutes  after  ordering  it.    The  same  person  who  prepared  it  brought  it  to  me.    She  did  not  repeat  the  order  to  me,  but  she  just  brought  it  to  me  and  placed  it  on  my  table  in  front  of  me.      

I  ordered  the  Bandido  sandwich.    The  presentation  on  the  plate  was  not  consistent  with  plate  presentation  I  have  had  at  other  locations.      My  sandwich  was  stacked  partially  on  the  other  half  of  my  sandwich.    The  pickle  was  not  squarely  on  the  plate  and  did  not  look  fresh,  as  it  had  splotches  of  dark  green  on  the  sides  and  appeared  to  be  old,  thus  I  chose  not  to  eat  it.    The  pasta  salad  was  placed  in  the  corner  of  the  plate  and  was  on  the  side  of  the  plate,  not  within  the  plate.    

While  seated,  other  customers  came  in  and  ordered,  but  the  manager/cashier  did  not  ask  for  their  names  nor  did  she  do  an  adequate  job  of  outlining  items  to  up  sell  specifically.    While  seated,  there  was  no  attempt  to  pre-­‐bus  nor  engage  the  customer(s)  asking  how  their  meal  was.  

The  lights  worked  properly  in  the  male  bathroom,  but  the  toilet  in  the  men’s  room  was  not  clean,  as  paper  towels  and  toilet  paper  were  in  the  toilet,  yet  there  were  no  male  staff  members  on  the  shift  and  the  trash  bin  had  trash  in  it,  thus  it  appears  that  the  trash  was  not  taken  out  the  previous  day,  nor  was  the  bathroom  cleaned.    A  third  female  employee  arrived  to  work  wearing  a  Spicy  Pickle  visor,  but  she  had  on  a  plaid  shirt,  not  a  proper  shirt  for  her  shift  and  did  not  change  shirts  

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while  I  was  there.    She  also  was  checking  on  food  without  wearing  any  gloves.    A  fourth  female  employee,  clocked  in,  and  immediately  grabbed  a  drink  cup.    She  was  also  not  wearing  the  proper  uniform  or  a  hat  despite  handling  food.    She  put  on  a  pair  of  gloves  only  after  handling  the  first  order  without  having  them  on  initially.  All  four  of  the  employees  congregated  in  the  food  area  gossiping  and  conversing.  

The  fourth  female  employee,  who  was  African  American,  greeted  a  customer  who  walked  in,  but  the  other  three  carried  on  with  their  conversation,  which  was  quite  audible  and  not  appropriate  for  the  workplace.    The  customer  stayed  at  the  menu  trying  to  decide  what  to  order  and  the  fourth  employee  chose  not  to  engage  the  customer  in  assisting  her  with  an  order.    She  also  rang  her  order  up  on  the  same  drawer  that  the  other  three  employees  had  used  prior  to  her  arrival.    She  did  ask  for  the  customers  name  on  the  to-­‐go  order,  but  she  also  did  not  do  an  adequate  job  in  up  selling  nor  did  she  repeat  their  name  when  giving  both  customers  their  orders  that  they  had  placed.    The  third  female  employee,  who  had  red  hair,  was  handling  food  without  wearing  gloves,  though  she  did  don  a  pair  of  gloves  after  grabbing  a  sandwich  from  the  microwave.    The  female  employee  with  red  hair  also  rang  up  an  order  on  the  same  drawer  that  all  other  employees  had  been  using.    She  did  up  sell  a  drink  and  made  food  recommendations  when  questioned,  but  did  not  do  this  on  her  own.  

At  no  point  did  any  of  the  employees  engage  me  while  I  observed  them,  as  they  were  more  focused  on  their  conversation  and  preparing  orders.  If  I  had  to  make  a  recommendation  for  this  restaurant,  I  would  not  recommend  this  restaurant,  as  this  environment  was  straight  out  of  high  school  and  unprofessional.    There  was  also  no  departure  greeting,  as  I  exited  the  building  at  1115am.