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I’ve been to 3rd Street Stuff on several occasions in the past - exclusively for lunch.  So today, when I needed to grab lunch in a hurry, I walked over and ordered my usual – the Curry Chicken Salad sandwich.

The main difference between today’s visit and all the visits in the past, was I ordered my lunch to go.  I had two vendors in the office working on various things and I needed to get back to supervise them.

So I grabbed my drink and chips, ordered the sandwich and said I needed it to go.  I paid for the meal and the lady who had waited on me went off to prepare my sandwich.

I waited next to the counter, because I wasn’t told otherwise.  A few minutes later a different lady came to oversee the cash register and noticed my items sitting on the counter.  She asked me if they were mine and I said, “Yes, and I’m waiting on a sandwich.”

I was then told, that I should take my items and move them to a table while I waited.  So I did that.  When my sandwich was ready, the original lady placed it on the counter and yelled “Curry Chicken.”, turning back to either clean up after herself or work on another order.

I grabbed my items and walked over to the counter and set them down next to the sandwich.  No one noticed me or acknowledged that I was even there.  After a moment or two I asked the original lady “May I have a bag, please?” and she said, “Sure.”

She walked over and grabbed a paper bag and then handed it to me – and went back to whatever she was doing.

Now, I’m not really the kind of guy to complain about little things, but I really think it’s sad when you go into a restaurant and pay $10 for a chicken salad sandwich, a soda and bag of chips and not get the items placed in the to go bag for you.  For that price I would have really appreciated a little service - AT LEAST!

I’m done, I’m off my soapbax for now.  But it’ll be a LONG time before I go back to 3rd Street Stuff.

(BTW, this post has nothing to do with the quality of their food – the sandwich was awesome!  I just wish they would have taken to the time to wait on me.)