I discovered Lenny’s when I moved here a few years ago. Over the past few months, I was surprised with the overall lack of cleanliness and disarray of the store, but was blown away today when there was only one disheveled server in the store and the cook had to come out from the back room to ring us up.

He apologized and said they were short-handed. Then, a woman (who was apparently the manager) came out from a back room, reprimanded the cook for smelling of cigarettes (Seriously? He was the only one working, and I certainly didn’t notice), then took him to the back room and fired him in the midst of a busy lunch rush. She then proceeded to stand behind the counter, text on her cell phone and discuss the situation with a non-uniformed, unshaven young man.

To top it off, another man came from the back room waltzed through talking about the situation, picked up six cookies off the rack and waltzed out. The unshaven man behind the counter gave him a gang sign as he left the building. Finally, the manager walked through the dining area, picked up a basket off one of the many dirty tables, and proceeded to wipe off the table with a napkin from the napkin tray.

I was so blown away by the drama that I took a picture.

See my tweet to @lennyssubs here.