management issues
I was at sonic in stanton, tx today and witnessed a manager on duty (black shirt?) quit and walk out. This is my favorite sonic (local) and i've recently noticed alot of problems at your restaurant. The wait time has increased, the quality of the food is poor and i've noticed that alot of my friendly faced employees are disappearing. I think this store is requiring immediate attention! I want to come back again but where is your general manager?!?! Shouldn't there be a stand-in available? Where are your other managers?!
management of stratford okla sonic
The employees there at the stratford sonic having to work sometimes 10 hours. Sometimes without breaks. If an employee calls in sick or dont show other employees that have all ready worked thier shift are forced to stay not asked to stay but told they have to stay and cover that shift.Is that not managements position is to cover till they can get shift covered by calling others that hasnt all ready worked a 8 / 9 hr shift? Also most of stratford sonics employees are managements immediate family/ son, wife, sister, daughter in law etc. Theres alot of favortism which makes it a uncomfortable place to work. Amongest so much more that goes on in that store.unbelievable! That sonic is ran that way.plz look into that mess of a sonic .theres alot of wool beingnpulled over higher ups eyes
time it took to get food and condition of food when received
We ordered our food at 10:50pm, took server 5 mins to respond to button being pushed. After we ordered lights were turned off. We sat for over a half hour watching cars through the drive through and people on the patio getting served. We eventually hit the button and got the we are now closed message. We waited 5 more mins and went up to the drive through to ask where our order was, the girl opened the window and said fairly annoyed (not aggressive) "Can I help you " we said we have been waiting and she asked what stall and we said 13 and she said "yea it's on it's way out" and as we asked if we should head back over she shut the window mid sentence. The young lady who finally brought us our food was nice and apologized for the wait. Once we received our shakes they were very melted. And I did not get my cheese with my pretzel but the girl left so quick I couldn't ask for it and the stall was shut at that point and I was already so frustrated I didn't want to wait anymore so we left.
customer service and product quality
My husband and I are in our 60's we have been going to Sonic for some time now. We enjoy the after 8 shakes. But tonight when we went we got there about 5 minutes early and asked if we were to early the girls said yes, and said we had to wait, but they were serving the can next to us shakes at half price. My husband pushed the button at 8 and the girl said he had 26 seconds lelfed. Then she comes on and takes our order. We order large shakes 1 LG vanilla, 1 LG chocolate. But when we got the shakes they had a dot of whipped cream. I have a picture of it as well. Customer service was not good as they made us wait for our shakes as they were serving other.
customer service and food taste/temperature
Hi I visited sonic today first it took me a another cousterm 20min to get service awe were the only 2 there then when I get my food its cold cheese on burgers wasn't melted and burger was 2 cold chicken breading was hard like it was sitting 4 awhile when got u 2 ask 4 sauce had 2 wait another 5min that's when I decided 2 leave and trashed my food was very upset
cross contamination
On Sunday May 27th. 2018 I ordered through the drive in at "stall #9" in Killeen Texas on Rancier Ave. and order a Jr.Deluxe Cheeseburger with no lettuce, no mayo but add mustard and bacon. Driving home I started to eat the burger and after one bite I knew there was no bacon. NOW any other fast food place would make you a fresh sandwich, it is WRONG to take someones' food that they were eating back inside the restaurant, open it up and slap a piece of bacon on it and send it back out to me after I had eaten some of it ! That is cross contamination for one thing and since they made the mistake a fresh sandwich should've been made. Even though the sandwich was made there the thought of someone else opening up something you were eating and giving it back to you just turned my stomach so I couldn't even eat it..I threw it away! This is wrong!
service
May 27th about 4:30pm. Me and my grandson pulled into stall 7. Girl on intercom came on very rude, sarcastic. Would not even answer any questions about optional/available food/drinks. She was very hateful/hurtful. I love sonic but will not be back until ms. Macie is reprimanded for her sorry customer service. You don't talk to people like that. Just wrong.
food service
My food was cold they messed up my drink and they gave me the wrong food to and they mess up my friend order to and the food was cold they had rude customer service the girl that took our orders was rude she had a attitude and they took almost a hour to bring us out our food and then the food was cold and nasty and they was short handed to with the workers
drive through service
I drove up to the speaker and had to wait around 5 minutes and I had to say "hello? Hello? Hello?" multiple times before I had anyone speak and help me. Then once I ordered, she didn't say anything and I had to ask if she got my order. Then she didn't tell me my order was complete or to drive up or anything. Once I got to the window, I wasn't acknowledged for another few minutes.
cannot deliver order as requested
A recent problem I have had with the restaurant Sonic located in Atoka, TN, has apparently reared its ugly head once again, so perhaps I need to go to Social Media in order to stop this behavior or get this problem resolved. I have already resolved this problem at my end by simply refusing to do business with any Sonic restaurants or their affiliates but they will not or cannot let this go. Below is the emails I have sent and their results:
05-22-2018. Approx. 9 PM. Store #13. Located in Atoka, TN. Sorry, I have no receipt. I didn't realize you even had receipts. I have never gotten or have been offered a receipt from Sonic. I parked in stall #4, pushed the red ordering button, then sat there for 10 minutes. Never got waited on. I then moved to another stall (#19), pushed the red button again, and waited another 10 minutes. I was about to move to yet another stall when a customer next to me asked what was wrong. That customer, when he received his order, asked the carhop why I had not been waited on. When I finally got to place my order, I requested 2 ice cream slushes, one watermelon and one blackberry. Blackberry was denied because it was not a flavor available for ice cream slushes. The night before, we ordered a mango ice cream slush, and, although it's not officially on the menu, we got one. Quite good, too. We were told that a blackberry slush could not be made because the syrup used was sugar free. The only flavor we noticed that was diet was diet cherry and it's clearly marked on the menu as a diet item. We did not notice any other flavors that were noted as diet or sugar free. We don't mind if our ice cream slush is made with a sugar free flavor.
Their response:
Please accept our sincere apologies for the less than desirable experience you received at Sonic Drive-In. We strive to provide exceptional service and take your feedback very seriously. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have submitted your concern to Management and someone will be in touch with you shortly.
Sincerely,
Sonic, America's Drive-In
Customer Care Team
My response:
Subject: Re: Sonic Totline Feedback
Sidestepping the issue that brought us to this point is not going to be corrected by a survey. The issue is inconsistent service which could be corrected by proper/continued training of your employees. Either restrict your flavors of ice cream slushes to the nine on your menu and let your clients know that substitutions are not allowed, or offer all the flavors available at your restaurant so that we can enjoy the various flavors that you offer with all of your products. I'm assuming the additional flavors can be added to any drink so I thought requesting a flavor to be added by itself would be OK. We have already had all the flavors offered this year. Just wanting something different. I don't know how to respond to our order not being taken in a reasonable amount of time. This may have been an oversight by one of your employees. It was not a busy night.
Sent to the following email address: sonic.[protected]@rnmk.com
The above email address was not marked as No Reply. The email came back as undelivered with the following error: Your message wasn't delivered to sonic.[protected]@rnmk.com because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail.
I sent all the emails to the following address: [protected]@sonicdrivein.com with the same results. Again the email box had no indication that it was No Reply.
Using the only portal available: https://www.sonicdrivein.com/contact, I instructed them to NOT contact me again about this issue because apparently it could not be resolved. Once again, I have received an email via [protected]@sonicdrivein.com (not a valid email address far as I'm concerned) to fill out another survey. Really? Is this the level of customer service I can expect from this business?
wrong order twice.
May 27th I went to the Sonic located in Saginaw, TX. I ordered a Super Sonic Cheese Burger with mayo, cut the tomatoes and lettuce and add extra onions and jalapeños and a large order of onion rings with cheese. I had to correct her several times during the order process as she kept getting it wrong, finally she repeated my order correctly. I told the girl that took my order I didn't want a drink and she said I had to get a drink. I found that odd because Sonic offers the option for a combo or just a burger. Okay well when my order came out it was wrong! The car hop read my order to me and it was wrong. I got mustard and ketchup, tomatoes and lettuce. It didn't have the extra onions or jalapeños and mayo that I did order. The car hop said he would take care of it. When he brought my order back I should have checked it but he read it back correctly, so I thought it would be right. Guess what it had mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise along with more tomatoes than meat, no onions or jalapeños. It may have been a nice gesture for him to give me both burgers, if either one was eatable. I can not eat mustard as I break out in a rash. My dogs enjoyed the meat and I went elsewhere and will do so in the future as well. It's to bad because Sonic has always been my favorite burger, but lately I have not been to a Sonic that gets everything right.
unethical behavior
on 5/26/18 at Sonic on Broadway in Wichita, Kansas 67202
Hi :) The compliant I am referencing to on the above date, I was on my way to my security job and decided to stop at Sonic for a meal. I ordered 2 cheese burger, one med. tot and a large peach sweet tea. I had 15 minutes to get to work so ordering wasn't a problem and arriving on time at work five blocks away on time was a piece of cake. Well I ordered, swiped my credit card, knowing ok, now I have 10 minutes to get to work... great! But when my order came and it was told to me what I owed, I asked I used my card. Well, I was told at that time that the card swipe was working. Well, I handed her my card to do the transaction inside. Now getting to work on time wasn't going to happen.. :( Once I got to work I opened up my food and started to eat. I was only 2 minutes away from sonic so thinking a hot burger. No, both burgers were cold, and the med. tots as well. In the past after stopping at Sonic and arriving to work my burgers and tots ordered and or any other hot meals remind hot. I guess this was a big disappointment to me...It will not stop my journey and visit to Sonic, but made it a sad occasion when I had my mind set for a hot Sonic meal. Yes I was four minutes late and ate a cold burgers and tot...
“24 hour” sonic was closed at 4:08 am
I went to the sonic on Westport road at 4 am, google maps said it was open 24 hours, and I doubled checked on the Sonic website to confirm that I wasn't driving half an hour for nothing. When I arrived at the sonic, the lights were on but nobody answered at the drive thru, and didn't answer the phone when I called. Thank god the food truck on the street next to sonic was open or I would've starved.
food
Paid a lot of money for cold food that tasted like it was cooked days ago! Had all kinds of different things mixed together that we didn't order. It has always been a chance when going there but tonight topped it all. They need to be retrained and taught that nobody likes to pay high dollar for cold old food. It's a good way to lose a lot of business.
drive thru service/rudeness
Today 5/24 we pulled up to the drive thru, set there for 8 to 10 minutes. Finally drove up to the window and waited again for someone to open the window. When they did we explained that we would like to order as we were never acknowledged at the drive thru. Instead of apologizing to us for our wait, she turned and made a comment to another employee about us. When asked did she not see us, she said she had alot to do and could not keep track of the camera outside. She took our order and told us our total. When she handed back our change she never even thanked us for our patience in waiting or our purchase. She came back with our food, handed it to us and slammed the window closed. Again, no thank you for your purchase. We go to the Sonic for their soft drinks but due to their rudeness we will not be going back. We live in a very small town and are willing to pay their high prices, but with that should come some appreciation for the fact that we go there. If there was ever an instance where employee training was needed it is the Sonic drive thru employees.
service has gone down tremendously at the lamarque, tx sonic
I live 2 minutes away from the Sonic Drive In @4100 Texas Ave, La Marque, TX 77568. I often leave work and order a # 6 Chili Cheese Coney Combo with Sweet Tea. It usually will cost $5.45.
Yesterday, I ordered the same thing and when I arrived home, I noticed my tater tots were covered with chili and cheese as well as my coney. I just threw them away and went back today because the corn dogs were on sale for $0.50. I ordered at the sign and when I reached the window, she didn't have my order.
That was strange because the order was there. I had to ask for my receipt this time and in previous years it has automatically been given to me. I used to fill them out to get the free Route 44 drink. Today I wanted to complain about the service. The workers were arguing back and forth and the window was EXTREMELY slow.
food not like adversited
I really think that someone from corporate office should come down and monitor this Sonic and maybe train workers. If you order a hamburger it is cold and taste like it has been cooked for hours or days ago. I would bet they cook meat in advance and just put burgers together as needed they are awful and Sunday's never have whip topping or cherry and hot fudge is cold and lumpy. Awful and if you say something they say well we are out of cheeries and whip topping Really? everytime for the last 6 months? I rate this Sonic a zero Crossett Ar 71635
cherry limeaid
The wife wanted something cold to drink with ice. Her favorite is the cherry lime aid from Sonic! I ordered a med. & a small. Asked (And paid for) extra cherries! After waiting 15 mins and being the only auto pulled into this place. We got 2 class's of ice, hardly no liquid and not the 1st. cherry! It wasn't a big meal order, but $5.37 for 2 cups of ice!
food purchased
My wife and I ordered two carhop specials, the worst I have every had. I believe they had been made for hours, they where cold and didn't even taste good, it seems it is hard too get any good service at the Seiling Gore Sonic. Until this situation is addressed and fixed I have spend my last dollar at the Seiling Gore Sonic in Seiling Oklahoma. I know it isn't Sonics food I have eaten in most Sonics in western Oklahoma and they always have good food and service.
Thanks,
Scotty
rude employee who yelled at me.
I went to sonic for the first time and the drive thru employee was yelling at me and usin. Awful words while I was trying to order my food. When I pulled up to the window she wouldn't accept my money because it was a split payment( which I understand).. but she then threw the money at me and slammed the window which I found very rude and humiliating. I have never been this disrespected by any fast food employee and for my first time going there I have a very bad impression and will probably not go back because of how they mistreat their customers. That woman should not work around people if she is going to yell and be disrespectful to them.
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