Millennial-'Boomer' here. Back in the day this place was all the rage, especially in a small suburban town where you and your friends would drop by on the weekend for some grub. Then go back home and after a few rounds of Texas hold'em, maybe play Guitar Hero on the X360 meanwhile checking your LG chocolate phone to pretend you have a side life to look cool in front of your d-bag friends.

A century later, I drag my wrinkly old butt into a near by Chipolte (a name I haven't heard of since the clone wars... literally) only to find myself standing in line waiting for my turn, (the lady in front of me was very hungry) only to end up in an argument with the server because I couldn't hear what she was saying. The background environment was full of activity with fans and commotion. When asking me what 'protein'I wanted on my burrito, I chortled a bit and and asked "Do you mean meat, like chicken or beef?" (meanwhile the guy behind her is banging the pots and pans so loud almost as if he's trying to summon ancient gods). I told her that I couldn't hear her becasue of the pan banging and she said that "It's his job to do that". (Trying hard not to laugh) I said ma'am, my niece and nephew could do that a lot quieter. I then asked her at least twice to please speak up, thus she got very salty with me, to the point she said I have an attitude . I almost started laughing because I could tell she was projecting onto me (she clearly hates her job). I never raised my voice, I never used profanity, I did not come off as aggressive. I just simply asked her to please speak up and she acted like I was the problem. (The other people behind me even rolled their eyes over the situation). She was not very tall, blond hair, blue eyes, probably less than 5ft, possible mid late twenties or so. She did not have a loud dominating voice like a male would, but a more softer reserved voice so maybe I slightly triggered her when I pointed out I couldn't hear her well. And I don't even have bad hearing, I can still hear the mosquito chirp clearly. If I was in her position I would have grabbed a pen and paper and just wrote out what I was trying to say instead of making the customer look like a villian. Looking back I should have just walked out and left a bad review online like everybody else. I've been to so many restaurants in my life and even worked many years in retail, and not once have I ever encountered this kind of behavior.

What I've experienced is nothing like I did back then. In those day's the lines were shorter, prices were balanced, the employee didn't want to throw food at you, and there wasn't some e-coli scare every couple of months on the news.

Is this the new normal? Is Chipolte becoming the new subway? Don't get me started about the prices, it's well over $10 for just 1 burrito, I'm not going back simply because of that. Did I just happen to go to a bad location that needs better employees? Or am I just a fat old fart that needs to turn up my hearing aid and to stop thinking EMO is coming back?