DOWNTOWN—Three partiers were stunned to find an employee of Panchero’s Mexican Grill who actually spoke English late Wednesday night.
According to a Facebook status update posted at 11:39PM Wednesday night, UI student Paul Lawrence and two friends ordered a burrito at Panchero’s Mexican Grill and were astounded when the employee taking the order allegedly began speaking English.
“He was all asking us what we wanted on our burritos and stuff,” Lawrence said in an interview with The Iowa Iowan. “I’ve never had that kind of service [at Panchero's].”
When prompted for the employee’s name, though, none of the three students had any recollection, leading some to remain skeptical of his existence.
“I’ve gone to Panchero’s for years, and I’ve never heard of something like this,” lifelong Iowa City resident Bill Dyers said.
Panchero’s, a restaurant generally known for selling Mexican food for more than it’s worth, relies essentially on its employees’ competence in understanding drunken pointing during the ordering process, a company representative told The Iowa Iowan in an email Tuesday.
“The general sobriety of anyone passing through our restaurants is usually next to nothing, so we usually skip the whole ‘customer service’ part of training,” Panchero’s Director of Marketing Jeoffrey Fasters wrote.
“Claiming one of our employees was coherently speaking English? Those kids must have been pretty messed up.”
