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Valencia Huckaby
Jan 26, 2026
I visited the Dairy Queen in Atlanta, TX and experienced one of the most frustrating and inconvenient customer service situations I’ve had in a long time.
I placed a fairly large order for my family. When I received the food, the order was incorrect, so we had to circle back to have it fixed. After returning, the order was adjusted, but we later realized the fries were still missing, requiring us to go back yet again — in snow and icy conditions, no less.
When we reached the window, the manager from Texarkana was polite and professional. He reprinted the receipt to confirm the order, which I appreciated. However, that professionalism was immediately undone when an older employee named Tina came to the window and said, “Now what you missing?”
The tone and wording were dismissive, irritated, and accusatory, as if this ongoing issue was somehow our fault — despite the fact that we had already returned multiple times due to mistakes made by the store.
Instead of an apology or ownership of the error, we were met with attitude. After being inconvenienced repeatedly, hauling a family order back and forth in dangerous weather, the lack of courtesy and basic customer respect was unacceptable.
This experience turned what should have been a simple meal into a needlessly stressful ordeal, and it reflects a serious breakdown in order accuracy, communication, and customer service.