Frustrated Part II

So Saturday in the morning I had decided what I was going to have for lunch at around 10:30 AM.   It was going to be a certain burger from a restaurant that is very close to our dock.  I have had a couple of meals at this particular place before and had good experiences with the food.  The service was hit or miss but due to the convenience factor of being so close to our dock and it being so busy down here at lunch time I wanted to try to put this joint into my regular lunch rotation.

I looked down the harbor and the coast was clear at 11:45AM so I called the telephone number which had apparently been recently changed because the one it lists in the yellow pages does not connect to this certain business.  The phone rang and rang and rang and finally someone answered.  I told them the certain burger I would like and the guy on the phone tells me that the kitchen wouldn’t be open for 10 minutes.  There was no offer to take the order and come pick it up in twenty minutes, just that I couldn’t place the order.  So I call back in ten minutes…..no answer.  Call back the same number again, same result- no answer.  Out of frustration and stubbornness because I had this certain burger stuck in my mind that I wanted for lunch I continued to call about 10 more times and they didn’t pick up the phone once.

Skip forward to Sunday, the very next day.  Determined to give this place another shot I call at 12:05PM figuring they will be serving lunch on a weekend in Gloucester after 12:00PM.  No boats were coming down the harbor so I figured I’d have that ten minute window to order, have the burger prepared and get right back to the dock.

I get someone on the phone-success!

So the person takes my order and I ask how long it will take and he says 40 minutes.  40 MINUTES???  For a burger?  At noon?  In 40 minutes I was going to be up to my ass in lobsters and I wouldn’t be able to enjoy the burger let alone get away to pick it up.  So I had to decline after I explained my dilemma to the order taker and they offered no other choice.

So even though I’m trying my hardest to give this business my money, it just doesn’t seem like they want it.

Ughhhhh!!!!!.  It’s too bad because the food is pretty good and it would be super convenient for a daily lunch trip for take out, but how many times can you give a place a shot without feeling foolish yourself for wasting your time trying?