He Asked for a Fresh-Fried Triangle Choco Pie. He Got One.

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Every autumn, McDonald's Japan brings back the Triangle Choco Pie: a deep-fried pastry pocket filled with chocolate sauce. This year the season began on October 7, and the announcement reminded one former part-timer of an old shift at "a certain fast-food restaurant."

A customer had insisted, more than once, on a pie fresh from the fryer. According to the replies, the pies are normally left to rest for a while before serving, because the filling stays molten long after the crust has cooled. The employee decided to give the customer exactly what he had asked for. The sound that followed is rendered in the post as a long, stuttering string of half-width katakana.

The replies split into three camps: people laughing at the scream, people confirming that these pies are dangerous even when they have rested, and a few who pointed out that nobody was fooled by "a certain fast-food restaurant."

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Back when I worked part-time at a certain fast food place, a customer kept insisting on a fresh-fried Triangle Choco Pie, so I served him one the instant it came out of the fryer. The whole store heard: “AAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHH-HOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!” Every time this season rolls around, I think of it.

昔バイトしてた某ファストフード店で、三角チョコパイの揚げたてをしつこく要求してきた客に、揚がった瞬間のやつを出したことがある店内に響き渡る「ｱﾞｧﾞｧﾞｧﾞｧﾞｧﾞｧﾞｧﾞｧﾞｧﾞｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯｯﾂﾞｩｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳｳ!!!!!!!!!!」この季節になるたび思い出す

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Triangle Choco Pie season starts today, 10/7 (Wed)!

三角チョコパイの季節、本日10/7(水)〜です！

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A cry of joy at getting exactly what he wished for?

望みがかなった歓喜の叫び？

Sounds pretty happy, booming through the whole place!

響き渡る声で嬉しそうじゃん！

“Nnnnn, what a voice! What a sound… That scream… is what I wanted to hear!”

「ンンンンいい声だ！実にいい響きだ・・・その絶叫を・・・聞きたかったぞ！」

The guy who asked for fresh-fried took on the first cry of autumn. (In Japanese seasonal writing, the “first cry” of the year’s birds and insects is a poetic moment worth noting.)

揚げたてを求めた人が、秋の初鳴きを担当した。

How elegant.

雅やね

At this point it’s a comedy sketch, or just a gag.

もうこれコントと言うかギャグでしょ

I love that I can’t tell what the point of hiding it as “a certain fast food restaurant” was.

某ファーストフード店って隠した意味あるのかわからなくて好き

The words “Triangle Choco Pie” alone make it obvious which fast food place it is lol

三角チョコパイって単語だけで某も何もない、わかりきってるファーストフード店w

See, this is exactly what I warned about…

ほら、だから言わんこっちゃない…

You’d think anyone could work out that it isn’t edible, if they thought about it for a second.

普通に考えたら食えたもんではない事くらいわかりそうなものだけどな

The moment you bite in, scalding hot chocolate sauce comes out?

齧り付いた途端、中から熱々のチョコレートソースが？

Pies are great piping hot, but the filling is so runny it’s always squirting out……

パイ系、アツアツだと美味いんだけど中身の流動性が高すぎてよく飛び出すのよね……

Molten chocolate oozing out 💛 Even if you take it home and eat it there, it’s seriously hot, right lol

中から熱々のチョコがとろ～り💛 あれテイクアウトにして家持って帰ってきて食べても相当熱いよねｗｗｗ

Pies are dangerous. They’re stupid hot even when they’re not fresh out of the fryer, so eating one straight from the fryer would do you some real damage.

パイ系はやばい、揚げたてじゃなくてもバカ熱いのに揚げたてをすぐ食うなんてしたら本当に大変なダメージを食らうことになる

McDonald’s pies are hot enough to burn you even when they’re not fresh-fried.

マックのパイ揚げたてじゃなくてもヤケドするレベルに熱いだろ

Triangle Choco Pies can be a weapon sometimes, even when they’re not fresh.

三角チョコパイは揚げたてじゃなくてもたまに凶器だよ

There’s a proper reason they can’t serve them right away, you know. The container gets insanely hot and it’s dangerous.

提供できないのには理由がちゃんとあるからね～入れ物が尋常じゃないくらい熱くなるし危ないわ

They need 20 minutes after frying, don’t they.

揚げてから20分必要なんですよね

Sometimes I get a crazy hot one, so that’s what’s going on. Makes sense. So they let them sit a bit before serving. Learned something new today.

たまにめちゃ熱いの引くけどそういう事なのね納得したわあれ少し時間置いて提供されてるのか、またひとつ知識を得た

Seriously, pies taste best when they’ve been left sitting for a little while after coming out.

まじパイ系は上がってちょい放置されたくらいが1番美味しくくえる

I laughed out loud. Well, he did say he wanted it piping hot 😂

声出してわろてしもた熱々欲しいゆーたもんなぁ😂

He asked for it, so it can’t be helped. His own fault lol

要求したんだから仕方ないよね。　そいつが悪いｗ

I think that’s completely right. If you serve exactly what the customer asked for and still get a complaint, I say take it to the authorities if you have to.

全然正しいと思う。客の要望通りの物を提供してクレーム受けたら出るとこ出ていいと思う。

Brilliantly fulfilling the customer’s request. A model of customer service.

お客様の要望に見事に応える接客の鑑

My take

If the customer wishes it, the customer shall have it. What happens afterwards, I couldn't say.

#Funny #Food

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