I don’t know about all DD franchises but all the ones I’ve been to in MD and PA are all owned and operated by Indians (dot not feather). Not that I have a problem with many Indians - I have a co-worker and a personal friend who are Indian, both great gals and proud American citizens, one is a Christian and very politically conservative, and I once worked with a guy who was born in the US but who’s family, several generations back was originally from India and was a Sikh – really nice fellow.
But then again the one DD I used to frequent in MD to buy DD coffee beans before they started selling them in the grocery store and would occasionally buy donuts or muffins from this DD franchise, but I stopped going after the franchise was bought out by an Indian family.
For one thing, the service went way down hill – it became very slow and really rather rude and they were often out of most of the more popular donuts no matter the time if day and often what they had left looked like it was yesterday’s leftovers. Another reason I stopped going was that the place started smelling of such bad and rank BO that it overpowered the smell of the donuts. And another reason was that none of them working the counter spoke much if any English. When ordering donuts, I’d have to point to the shelf and then after she pointed to one type of donut, I’d slowly say “no – two over and one down from that one” using hand gestures to try to get her to understand.
I was very happy when a Krispy Kreme Donut shop opened nearby.
I don’t know about all DD franchises but all the ones I’ve been to in MD and PA are all owned and operated by Indians (dot not feather). Not that I have a problem with many Indians - I have a co-worker and a personal friend who are Indian, both great gals and proud American citizens, one is a Christian and very politically conservative, and I once worked with a guy who was born in the US but who’s family, several generations back was originally from India and was a Sikh – really nice fellow. But then again the one DD I used to frequent in MD to buy DD coffee beans before they started selling them in the grocery store and would occasionally buy donuts or muffins from this DD franchise, but I stopped going after the franchise was bought out by an Indian family.
For one thing, the service went way down hill – it became very slow and really rather rude and they were often out of most of the more popular donuts no matter the time if day and often what they had left looked like it was yesterday’s leftovers. Another reason I stopped going was that the place started smelling of such bad and rank BO that it overpowered the smell of the donuts. And another reason was that none of them working the counter spoke much if any English. When ordering donuts, I’d have to point to the shelf and then after she pointed to one type of donut, I’d slowly say “no – two over and one down from that one” using hand gestures to try to get her to understand.
Egad! Joe was right!
I have the same experience with Indian owned DD’s in MD. I thought it was just me being racist to notice.
They are all very friendly and quick with the service; in the ones I’ve been in at least.