Another Chipotle Thread
 

So my standard Chipotle order is a steak burrito with pinto beans. I've noticed that about 9 times out of 10 the server either almost gives me black beans instead of pinto beans or has to ask me twice what kind of beans I want. I'd say about a third of the time it goes down like this:
- I'll have a steak burrito please
Then they put the rice on and say
- Black bean? (never in the plural of course)
while starting to put black beans on the burrito before even waiting for my response.
Then I have to interject really quickly and tell them I want pinto beans.

Another third of the time it goes down like this:
- I'll have a steak burrito please
- (As they are heating up the tortilla) Black or pinto bean?
- Pinto beans please
Then they put the rice on and either start to put black beans on or ask me again what kind of beans I want.

The other third of the time I try to be proactive and say "Steak burrito with pinto beans" from the beginning. Invariably they either have to ask me again what kind if beans I want or they reach for the black beans.


Is ordering pinto beans considered weird or something? Has anyone else ever had this problem?

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It's obvious that "black beans" is the correct answer here. Don't blame the people who never say bean in the plural form for your mistake.

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You know, at some point you would recognize the pattern and say "Pinto beans" before they get a chance to put black bean on your burrito.

They ask again, you smash their jaw. It's only fair.

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Is ordering pinto beans considered weird or something?

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Nope, you're correct, pinto beans FTW

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this happens to me every single time I go

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Just order a fajita burrito and avoid eating those disgusting little fetuses altogether.

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I consider myself somewhat of a Chipotle connoisseur. I would estimate I have eaten there about 70 times in the last 8 month. I am currently on a 3 day streak. Here is my standard order.

Chicken (in the last week I have been going steak, considering making it my new standard. I have tried barbocoa, liked it but it doesn't mesh with the other ingredients as well IMO. Carnitas I have never had, I suppose I should try everything though if I am calling myself a connoisseur. Ok so anyways:

chicken/steak
pinto beans
rice
all 4 salsas (some hate this, I have converted one friend to it, and he is probably the biggest chipotle fan I know aside from myself. I suggest everyone try it once)
lettuce
cheese


I have not once had this sort of trouble with the beans. My problem I have is with them often giving me sour cream when I never ask for it. This occurs most often when there is a big crowd, so when my burrito is at the salsa station, I am about 3 to 4 feet back. So when they ask me, I say "can i get all 4 salsas please". I also hold up 4 fingers in case they can't hear me, I often don't enunciate well and the place can be loud. Anyways, I'd say about 40% of the time in this situation I get sour cream. It really pisses me off. Also you'd think at some point they'd start to recognize me since I have to be their most common customer by far.

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Easy solution:

Don't eat any of those beans. Don't eat beans in general. Problem solved.

Chicken bowl
Extra rice
Double chicken
Hot salsa
lettuce
little bit of cheese (not the 6 lb. mound of cheese typically on there)

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ask for 1/2 chicken, 1/2 steak and thank me later- you'll get a lot more meat because they are dumb and can't to halves well.

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ask for 1/2 chicken, 1/2 steak and thank me later- you'll get a lot more meat because they are dumb and can't to halves well.

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This is genius, actually.