Want to hear a story about stupidity of business owners?
So there are two Dunkin' Donuts within a five minute drive of my house. One is by the interstate and we stop there most of the time since it's eseir to get in and out. The other is down near the outlet mall, and sometimes when we're shopping we swing by.
When my oldest was in for Christmas, we went shopping and stopped at about 2 pm on a Wednesday afternoon at the one by the outlet. Ordered drinks then asked my usual, "do you have any blueberry donuts?" because I freakin' love a good blueberry cake one and they don't always have it.
"We're out," the guy said through the speaker.
"Oh, do you have a Pittsburgh creme?" my daughter asked (her favorite).
"No, we're out. Of donuts. We don't have any at all."
A second of stunned silence in the car.
"None at all?" I ask
"Nope. Would you still like your drinks?"
Pretty much in shock, we drive around, get our drinks, go home and tell the story to the fam who all agree that was some weird shit.
Couple weeks later, my youngest and I were out and about and decided to go through the same Dunkin'. Ordered drinks and asked "Blueberry?"
"We don't have any donuts" was the answer again.
Now I have to confess we were flummoxed. A Dunkin' Donuts (it's in the name of the freakin' store) that, twice, had no donuts.
Meanwhile, the other Dunkin' is running just as expected with donuts and munchkins and muffins along with tasty sips.
Just last week, youngest and I decide to try the outlet Dunkin' again. Mind you, it's a full-sized, stand alone Dunkin, not one in the mall. And, yes, it is a different franchise owner than the other one so there's that.
"No donuts," the guy says.
This time when I got to the window, I said, "I have to ask. This is the third time you've had no donuts. What's going on?"
"Oh, corporate said we had too many donuts at the end of the day and our waste levels were too high. So they limited how many they sent to us per day; we're usually out by 10 am."
Folks, this is the kind of bullshit we're living with. To save money (and make higher profit), they've shot themselves in the foot by NOT HAVING PRODUCT for a large part of the day.
A Dunkin' Donuts without donuts. For God's sake.
