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Cantina Chicken Caesar Items - St. Louis - $3.49-$8.99

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The Cantina Chicken Caesar Burrito ($6.49) is a warm flour tortilla filled with double the savory, Slow Roasted Cantina Chicken, a Poblano Caesar Sauce, a craveable Garlic Parmesan Spread and dusted with Caesar Seasoning and crunchy Fiesta Strips wrapped up to go.

The Cantina Chicken Caesar Bowl ($8.99) is a bed of Seasoned Rice topped with double the savory, Slow Roasted Cantina Chicken, slow simmered Black Beans, craveable Garlic Parmesan Spread, Lettuce, Shredded Purple Cabbage, and topped with a Poblano Caesar Sauce, Fiesta Strips, Caesar Seasoning and pillowy Chalupa Chips dusted with Caesar Seasoning

[Not served at all test locations] The Cantina Chicken Caesar Taco ($3.49) is a warm flour tortilla filled with savory, Slow Roasted Cantina Chicken, a Poblano Caesar Sauce, a craveable Garlic Parmesan Spread and dusted with Caesar Seasoning and crunchy Fiesta Strips.

These all include Avocado Verde Salsa Packet on the side. This test will carry over into E7.

Grilled Steak Roll Up - Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) - $3

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The Grilled Steak Roll Up is a warm flour tortilla filled with grilled, marinated steak, a blend of mozzarella, pepperjack, and cheddar cheeses, and Creamy Jalapeño sauce rolled up and grilled to perfection. A spicy version includes jalapeno peppers.

Sweet Chipotle Lime Crispy Chicken - Salt Lake City - $2.99-9

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There are three "cells" of locations, offering slightly different menus. Some locations will offer the Crunchwraps, others will offer the Burritos. Separately, some locations will have all three from the SCL options (Crunchwrap, Burrito, Taco), but won't have the non-SCL options.

4pc Crispy Chicken Strips available ALC w. 2 sides Spicy Ranch ($6.99)

SCL Crispy Chicken Taco ($3.19) - SCL Coated Crispy Chicken Strip, Spicy Ranch Sauce, lettuce, purple cabbage, 3-cheese blend, pico de gallo

SCL Crispy Chicken Crunchwrap ($6.99) - 2 SCL Coated Crispy Chicken Strips, Spicy Ranch Sauce, 3-cheese blend, pico de gallo

SCL Crispy Chicken Burrito ($5.49) - Seasoned Rice, 2 SCL Coated Crispy Chicken Strips, Spicy Ranch Sauce, 3-Cheese Blend, Pico de Gallo, grilled

Crispy Chicken Soft Taco ($2.99) - Crispy Chicken Strip, AvoRanch Sauce, elttuce, purple cabbage, cheddar cheese, pico de gallo

Crispy Chicken Crunchwrap ($6.49) - 2 Crispy Chicken Strips, AvoRanch Sauce, Creamy Chipotle Sauce, 3-cheese blend, pico de gallo

Crispy Chicken Burrito ($5.99) - 2 Crispy Chicken Strips, AvoRanch Sauce, lettuce, purple cabbage, cheddar cheese, pico de gallo, grilled

$9 Discovery Luxe Box includes SCL Crispy Chicken Crunchwrap/Burrito, Crunchy Taco, Chips & Cheese, Medium Drink

This test will carry over into E7 without the $9 Discover Luxe Box. (I assume the E6 Nationwide release will not be available at these locations but the E7 will and these locations will use the nationwide luxe boc for E7)

I’ve never worked at an actual job before so I’m not sure if it’s all just me, but within my first couple weeks working at Taco Bell there have been a couple weird instances from the managers and it’s making me consider quitting.

1. I was not given any on the job training at all and the manager was kinda annoyed whenever I tried to ask questions or show him any of the work the website specifically asked me to show him. After sitting at the computer for six hours, his assistant essentially just chucked me on the line (which went about as well as you can expect). Nobody showed me how to clock in, helped me set up a passcode, or how to operate the kiosk (I was told I didn’t need to know how to use the kiosk, so I don’t know why I’m getting crap for not knowing how to use the goddamn kiosk.)
2. The main manager has straight up pulled out his phone while I’m in the middle of talking to him and opened reels with the volume blasting more than once. I know I’m not as articulate as I’d like to be and that it’s a soul sucking job to be a general manager at a fast food joint, but also what the hell.
3. The schedule is posted about a day before it goes into effect and you have to rely on someone in the group chat to send a picture of it. It’s not even one of the managers, it’s always a random person who happens to be working then. Good luck if you’re scheduled for five am the next day and get a response at midnight!
4. On my third day of working, I was asked to take several training courses for various employees who had no records of taking any of the courses themselves. I was asked to take the ones with a deadline attached to them and the ones it seemed the manager would get in trouble for if they weren’t done. The last names of these ‘employees‘ were all very similar as well (Johnson and Johnston, two people named White) but those are also common last names so IDK man.

Is all of this just me overreacting or is this standard for working at Taco Bell?
I’m sorry for the long post, some of this is just me needing to vent.

UPDATE: Thank ya’ll for all the responses and advice, it was honestly very validating to see this many people pissed off at this, lol. I’m going to send an email to HR and peace out after I get my 300$. Ya boy is getting a bass tuner and then start saving up for an eyebrow piercing ✌️.

This is not a complaint about TB per se, bear with me on the back story.

Back in late 1998, I started working at the TB store closest to my house (all 4 TBs in my town were franchises owned by the same dude). I was about 4 months pregnant as a surrogate, and the general manager (GM) who was a good dude still agreed to hire me, knowing I would need several weeks off right before and after the birth. I worked my tail off, never complaining of my feet and back pain, up until about 2 weeks before I gave birth.

I came back after a total of 6 weeks off, and had to start all over with my training videos and packet because I'd been on pregnancy disability leave. 8 months later, a shift manager (SM) walked off mid-shift one night and after speaking to the GM, I was asked if I could be an interim SM until they could either promote someone or transfer someone from another store. I had begun my training videos and packet to be qualified to be a SM, but was still a few months away from being able to be promoted, but I said yes. I worked for about 6 weeks as an interim SM (with no bump in pay, mind you), before they promoted someone who had completed their training before I could.

Fast forward to 5 months later. I had completed everything and was qualified to be SM. We had gotten a new GM in that time, as the previous GM was sent to the newest store that opened. The new GM had been our Assistant Manager (AM) prior to his promotion, and he was your classic narcissist, but plagued by Napoleon syndrome and small peepee energy. A spot opened up for a new SM since the AM was promoted to GM, and one of the SMs got the AM position. One of my good friends who was hired the same week I was, had already promoted to SM. She had 6 weeks of seniority over me since I had taken leave to give birth. She overheard the GM saying to one of his nepo buddies, another SM who'd worked there far less time than she or I, that as long as HE was the GM, I would NEVER be promoted to SM.

I said fuck all of that. I'm not going to stick around here for minimum wage with no chance of advancement. So I found another job and put in my 2 weeks with TB. I worked both jobs for 2 weeks, and on my last shift at TB, I had already worked 7-3:30 at my new job, and was scheduled 4:30 to close at TB.

This was back in 2000 when the Mucho Grande line came out, and they still had XL soft drinks. I was working drive headset and register, which at that time also included helping expedite as well as getting drinks. A dude who was obviously higher than giraffe pussy came through the drive through around 6, and said, and I quote:

"Hey, I wanna order one of those big ass burritos, and a big ass nachos, and gimme a big ass mountain dew please." Swear to God. I knew what he was asking for, so I keyed in the mucho grande burrito, the mucho grande nachos, and the XL mountain dew. I read it back to him exactly as he ordered it. "Okay sir, so I have a big ass burrito, a big ass nachos, and a big ass mountain dew. Is that correct?" As all the people on the line, with headsets and without, laughed their assess off, what I can only assume was a descendant of the Dude from the Big Lebowski confirmed, and managed to pull up to the window. I took his money, gave him his food, and he drove off.

Cue the tight assed, small dicked, short and pissed off GM coming up to me. "You can't say stuff like that!" I said "like what?" He said "what you just read back to the customer!" I said "I was just repeating what he ordered, aren't we supposed to do that?" Keep in mind, I knew I was being cheeky. But it was my last shift and I didn't care. He screamed at me, "You can't treat customers like that! They might complain!" I told him, "That customer was smiling and laughing and loved that I read his order back to him exactly how he ordered it. Besides, what are you going to do, fire me? I already quit!" This dude had the audacity to say, "You can't quit because I'm firing you. You can leave now."

I looked him dead in the face and said "Dude, you already signed my resignation two weeks ago. Besides, if you fire me, you have to give me my paycheck now. You owe me 2 weeks worth of wages. Pay up, shortie." His face about turned purple, and he said "Fine, you're not fired. But I'm relieving you of duty. You're done." He looked so smug for about 5 seconds while I took off my shirt and hat and apron and threw them at him. About that time, he realized that without me working til close, he now had to finish my shift. Fuck around and find out, my guy.

All that to say, I really miss the option for an XL drink, and those mucho grande nachos were AMAZEBALLS. Back then, Taco Bell still had the enchirito, the chili cheese burrito, the original chicken burrito supreme which was totally different from the beef burrito supreme, the Baja sauce, and they still sold those individually sliced pies, like strawberry cream cheese, oreo, reese's, and they even had the Choco Tacos still.

RIP, 90's/2000's era Taco Bell. You are missed.

I’m not a bigger guy but the Diablo dust is so good. We need them to use it another item.

Friends and I went into a Taco Bell around 11pm. We thought we were good because Google + the sign on the door said they were open til midnight. We started ordering on the kiosk but they told us they were only open for door dash and drive thru and we had to leave. Same thing happened at Denny's. Is there a way to tell if some place is really open for dine-in?

Our 3 year old was spending the night with her grandma so we got Taco Bell for Mothers Day 💜 I usually customize a bit and I try to keep my order around $10 or so, but this time I think I got the most satisfying order I've had in a while! I only wish I had stopped anl) taken a picture 😂

💚 Cantinas chicken taco w/ avocado salsa •Add Pico

❤ Beefy potato griller •Add mexican pizza sauce

💚 Chicken Avocado Stacker •substitute with Steak!

I also had a free tier reward and added fiesta potatoes 🧡 Put some on the Steak Avocado Stacker and it was 🔥🔥