Wendy’s

My quest for the elusive Grilled Stuft Nacho

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It started with this commercial:

played ad nauseam.  Until finally I noticed and thought, “Hmm, a stuffed nacho?  That sounds kinda good.  I think I want to try it.”

Only $1.29?  I can afford to share the deliciousness.

Attempt number one.  I pulled up to the drive thru window and ordered.

“I’m sorry,” came the reply, “we are all out of our ingredients to make this until tomorrow.”  This occurred about 4:00pm.

Fine.  I backed out.  I really wanted a Stuft Nacho so I’d be back.  And I didn’t want to suffer TBS (Taco Bell Syndrome) twice.  Plus, I’m too smart to fall for the old bait and switch.   I went to Taco Time instead and spent $15 for dinner.

Attempt number two happened two days later at five pm with the same results.  Luckily, I was able to back out again.   I spent another $15 at Wendy’s for dinner.

This quest for the $1.29 nacho was going to bankrupt me.

How does a place that makes tacos run out of ingredients during suppertime?  The nachos are made of meat, cheese, and all the stuff that should be found in a place with the word taco in the title.  How does a place like that run out of ingredients for its main industry?

I went to work lamenting my situation.  A co-worker took pity on me and stopped at Taco Bell while she was at lunch at 11:00am.  And?  And?  Success on attempt number three.

stuft nachoHow was it?  Very good.  Tasty.  I’d order another one but it’s really too much of a hassle. Besides that, I’m broke.

Do I recommend it?  Sure.  If you can get one.

 

How Did I Manage to Get on Dave’s Bad Side?

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Occasionally, I like a good burger. By a good burger I mean some beef (hold the horsemeat please), a nice tomato, some onion, ketchup, and yes, mayonnaise. Please keep the mustard, lettuce (seriously whose idea was it to include green leafy blandness on a slab of meat?) and definitely the cheese away from my burger. When I splurge for a burger I go all the way. French fries with a generous helping of sea salt (that taste remarkably like McD’s fries used to before they got all “healthy.” Big mistake McD’s. Big mistake.) And I wash it all down with a strawberry shake or shake equivalent. What? I told you I’m completely in when I do a burger. Keep in mind I don’t do this every day.

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Wendy’s Friends

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Watch this first or else the rest won’t make any sense.

The group couldn’t all fit into one car, of course.  In the Wendy-less car the following conversation took place:

“All right, who invited Wendy?”

“I don’t think anyone did.  She just popped up out of nowhere as usual.”

“I told you to not let her know we were getting together today.”

“I’m sorry, I know I’m new to the group, but what’s wrong with Wendy?  She seemed nice.”

“She is nice.  She just has a one-track mind.  No matter what we do or plan to do we always end up getting fast food when she’s around.  It started innocently enough.  But then we noticed, she always navigates us to the same place.  It’s as if she has a stake in it or something.”

 “The worst part is we feel like we’re in some sort of commercial whenever she’s around.”

“I vote for an intervention!”

“Seriously.  She needs to get a hobby.  Other than fast food.”

“You gonna tell her that?”

“No, because she’ll make us talk about it over a burger.”