Taco Bell

Always loved Taco Bell. They're quick, friendly and my food has always been hot. The steak quesadillas are great.

This is a typical Taco Bell. It isn't particularly well run, there is usually some minor problem at hand when I visit, which happens perhaps a couple times a month. The most recent time was the inoperative soap dispenser in the men's room, other times it's a store that hasn't been cleaned properly, workers bickering with each other, workers ignoring the customers at the counter because apparently they're measured more on the delivery times at the drive through, incorrect orders, condiment containers that haven't been refilled, etc. It's never quite bad enough that I won't go back; most Taco Bell stores I have been to are very similar. But it's not a place to go if my sense of humor isn't intact on that particular day. The employees rotate very frequently, and my sense is they are people living at or below the poverty level, just scraping by. I have witnessed employees having screaming arguments with the manager and walking out, once in awhile you'll get the overworked and stressed out manager who is trying to do all of the jobs herself because nobody showed up, and then sometimes the experience is nearly perfect: fast service, pleasant employees, a clean store. That doesn't happen much, unfortunately.