Starting at 10:30, customers began to arrive at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant one after another to dine.
Many customers spotted the large, red, and eye-catching poster that Xu An had put up outside the store that morning from afar. The words "Member Recharge Discount" on the poster were particularly striking, and they would stop in front of the store to carefully examine the information on the poster.
Many people watched, and many were tempted, but everyone's faces showed varying degrees of hesitation.
As usual, Qiao Guoxing went straight to Xu's Fast Food Restaurant after finishing work at 10:30, hoping to snatch a table before the other customers.
But as September goes by day by day, the weather is getting cooler and cooler. At the current rate, it is estimated that next week, or at the latest by the end of the month, they will resume working at noon.
Although I was filled with emotion, I didn't slow down and soon arrived at the gate of the construction site.
After the three cars drove past, Qiao Guoxing's view was completely unobstructed, and he could clearly see Xu's Fast Food Restaurant across the street, as well as the large crowd gathered at the entrance.
Seriously?! Less than two minutes before I'm supposed to finish work, and there's already a line at Xu's Fast Food! That can't be right!
Qiao Guoxing quickened his pace again, but when he reached the store entrance, he found that there were still many empty seats on the first floor, and it wasn't as full as he had thought.
"Hey buddy, what are you all doing?" Qiao Guoxing was standing at the very edge of the crowd, with several burly men blocking his view, so he had no idea what everyone was looking at. He could only grab a guy who was about to leave and ask him.
"The store is having a promotion, they're offering some kind of membership card. Top up 100 and get 20 free, which is like a 20% discount. The more you top up, the bigger the discount!"
After saying that, the man shook off Qiao Guoxing's hand, strode into the store, glanced at Grandma Xu and Liang Dani sitting behind the cashier, and finally chose to speak to Grandma Xu, asking, "Do you charge for that membership card?"
"A membership card will be given free for recharges over 100 yuan; for recharges under 100 yuan, an 8 yuan card fee will be charged."
Liang Dani glanced at Grandma Xu, and only after receiving Grandma Xu's permission did she quickly say the line that she had recited many times in her heart.
"Give me a... or two hundred!" Upon hearing this, the man unhesitatingly took out two hundred-yuan bills from his wallet and handed them to Liang Dani, then asked, "Can I use the money right away?"
"Yes! You can use your membership card to pay directly after you place your order!" Liang Dani took two large bills and handed them to Grandma Xu. She then pulled open a small gap in the cash register drawer, took out a dark red card, and placed it on the card reader: "Sir, what is your name?"
"Wan Xiangdong."
Liang Dani first typed Wan Xiangdong's name with one finger, and then awkwardly operated the mouse to recharge. It took her ten seconds to complete the first time in her life that she had recharged a membership card.
"Sir, are you having lunch at the restaurant?"
"Yeah, a fast food meal... and a Coke, the three-yuan kind."
"Okay, sir, that's eleven yuan in total. You have 239 yuan left on your membership card. Welcome to visit us again." Liang Dani respectfully handed the membership card and receipt to Wan Xiangdong.
After Wan Xiangdong took the receipt, he was about to throw it away when he caught a glimpse of an extra line of text on it.
Membership card balance: 239 yuan
Wow, I can even see the balance on the receipt, that's great! My hand, which was originally going to throw the receipt away, slowly reached into my pocket and put the receipt inside.
After Wan Xiangdong left, Qiao Guoxing couldn't wait any longer and leaned against the cashier, slapping two banknotes he had prepared on the counter: "Top up my account with two hundred! And give me a fast food meal and a can of Coke, I want the canned kind!"
"good!"
Liang Dani took out another membership card and quickly started using it.
With Wan Xiangdong and Qiao Guoxing's attempts, the other onlookers went from being interested to taking action, and suddenly more than ten people appeared behind Qiao Guoxing.
When he left with his membership card and receipt, the number of people behind him had increased from more than ten to more than twenty.
"I'll top up 100 yuan! I want a fast food meal and a bottle of coconut juice!"
"I'll top up 200 yuan! I want a fast food meal!"
"I......"
As more and more people topped up their accounts, Liang Dani's hands became increasingly skilled, and her speed gradually increased. However, the gradually increasing speed couldn't keep up with the rapidly growing number of customers, and soon the queue stretched outside the store, even winding around a bend...
Unlike the booming offline scene, online membership cards have been met with a lukewarm reception.
The new feature was supposed to be available at 10:00 AM, but it wasn't until 10:30 AM, a full half hour later, that five membership cards appeared in the backend: three for 100 yuan, two for 200 yuan, and the 500 yuan and 1000 yuan cards remained unclaimed, with the quantity displayed as zero.
While many people do top up their accounts at physical stores, it's important to understand that Xu's Fast Food mainly operates on the takeout business! Online orders make up the majority of customers!
Currently, online food ordering has almost come to a standstill...
What exactly went wrong?
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