It's the first time I've been back to…
It's the first time I've been back to the Hardee's in Pekin, Illinois, for a while, but I had a gift card balance that I wanted to use. I was already aware that the group of gentlemen I used to see in there every single morning was now meeting at McDonald's, but I didn't know why. However, I soon found out. I ordered a chicken filet biscuit and a senior coffee--but changed the drink to water when I found that a senior coffee had gone from something like $1.09 (from what I can remember) to $2.11! How about a Coke? Same price! (And a regular coffee in a smaller cup is now $2.69!) No wonder those gentlemen deserted Hardee's! Anyway, when I opened the chicken biscuit, I was shocked to see that the biscuit was falling apart. Nevermind, I could handle that. But the chicken filet was so salty that I couldn't finish it. No, I didn't take it back up to the counter; I just wrapped it up and set it aside, very disappointed. However, when I left Hardee's, I went to McDonald's and got a senior Coke, to quench my thirst, for 78 cents. I'm thankful that my Hardee's gift card balance is depleted.