I went into one of our fast food joints for lunch yesterday rather than ordering through the drive thru and boy was I glad I did. While waiting at the register I noticed the Alabama health rating on the wall and it was an 82. Several things were visible as written down for achieving that low score but food being stored at wrong temperatures was one of them. That score alone would be reason for me to leave, which I did, but before leaving it was also noticeable that in the kitchen area and behind the serving counter the floor was noticeably dirty and unkept from all appearances. One can only image what back in the kitchen looked like.
I know, unfortunately, there are several restaurants that aren't kept up and that employ people at minimum or less than minimum wages and you can't expect too much but there are reasons to chose not to eat somewhere and today I quickly left without ordering and don't know that I'll be back anytime soon. I did also take the opportunity and make the time to go on the internet and write the company's headquarters and voice my health concerns so hopefully something will come from it. I also know or feel some people may wonder where this was and maybe I should name them but it's not a place I eat often in fact haven't even eaten there in about six months or more but even though it's not one of the more popular burger joints every place that serves food needs to take more care to take care of their premises and in this case I believe it all goes back to management.
So if you usually order though the drive through maybe you might want to take a moment to wander inside from time to time and see what the interior looks like because many of us don't get to see that when ordering through a speaker and then visiting only at the window.