The Burger King in Westgate Mall gave me a drink cup full of pickle juice

I went through the drive-thru last Friday and ordered a large Coke. When I took a sip, it was straight up PICKLE JUICE, like they filled the cup from the pickle bucket. I drove back around and the manager said 'oh, the soda line must be hooked up wrong' like it was no big deal. They gave me a new drink but no apology or anything. Who even checks that stuff before opening? Has anyone else gotten a mystery fluid instead of their soda?

4 comments

4 Comments

miller.diana1mo ago

Yikes, that's a whole new level of soda fail! My friend once got a cup of what tasted like dishwater instead of Sprite, which kinda lines up with what @wade_kelly77 said about lines getting crossed. It makes you wonder what's really in those machines sometimes.

wader719h ago

Hold on, the manager actually said that line could hook up to pickle brine and just brushed it off? That's a new one on me. Most fast food places keep pickles in little tubs, not big barrels with hoses running to the soda machine. Something smells fishy about that whole explanation.

wade_kelly771mo ago

That's pretty wild, but honestly, it sounds like a simple mistake. Those soda machines have a lot of lines for different syrups. A new employee might have hooked the pickle brine container to the wrong spot during a changeover. It's gross, but not some big conspiracy. The manager probably should have apologized more, but fixing the line is the main thing. At least they gave you a new drink right away.

fiona_carr261mo ago

Pickle brine in the soda line is a "simple mistake"? That's one way to put it. Guess I'll be sticking to water for a while.