A Flood of Fish Sandwiches: Day 4 – You Don’t Know Jack

The woman behind the counter at Jack in the Box pissed me off. I placed my order and handed her a coupon for free sweet potato fries. I was looking forward to those sweet potato fries even more than the Fish Filet. She rang up the order, took my money, closed the register and THEN told me “we’re out of sweet potato fries.” I responded that the coupon expires tomorrow, but rather than offering something as a substitute so I could have some sort of side item. She didn’t say a word and I’m pretty sure she gave me an apathetic eye roll. So, I jumped over the counter and beat her ass….in my imagination. I know that’s not a very healthy or mature thought and even thinking about it is an extreme overreaction, but it gave me closure. I also thought about telling her that I was writing a review of their Fish Filet and that she was getting things started on a bad note but she was working at a fast food restaurant on a busy Saturday night. So, her level of employee engagement was already as low as it could get without her lying down on the floor and taking a nap. The negative experience in placing my order must have tainted my perception of the meal because it seems like the Jack in the Box Fish Filet used to be much bigger and tastier. At two for $4.00, it used to be the best deal in town, but check out the photo of the sandwich in the feature image above compared to the photo of my actual sandwich and tell me what you think. The Fish Filet on the sign sure looks a lot thicker and tastier than the one I got. Sure, it’s bigger than the McDonald’s Filet O’Fish but it’s as thin as a piece of paper. If it were an iPad they’d be winning awards for making it so thin but that’s not so great when it’s my dinner.

Think you know Jack? How about these cheeseless wonders?

In years past, I remembered the Jack in the Box Fish Filet as being one of the tastier fish sandwiches on the market. Well, lock me up in a nursing home and give me around-the-clock care because my memory is apparently failing. This sandwich was as flavorless as any I’ve had. I couldn’t taste anything other than a plain white bread bun. Suddenly, it hit me why it was so tasteless. There was no cheese on my Jack in the Box Fish Filet! How could I have been so blind! Those other fast food restaurants must put cheese on theirs to hide the fact that their fish is tasteless! On the other hand, Jack in the Box just threw their hands up and said, “Screw it. We can charge less by leaving the cheese off and customers will naturally buy ours because it’s the cheapest. By the time they realize they’ve bought a piece of cardboard we’ll have their money. Oh, and that coupon for free sweet potato fries? We’ll use those to lure customers in and tell them we’re out of sweet potato fries after they’ve already paid for their order. Suckers.”

Yeah, well bite me, Jack in the Box.

Final ratings:

Value for the money: 2 out of 5 cannisters of Batman’s Bat Shark Repellent Appearance: 2 out of 5 water-skiing Fonzies Taste: 2 out of 5 Gilligans