Another social casualty

I love In-N-Out, I admit it. Last Friday, I came into work all excited because I was flying to LA. In my food obsessed world, this means I get to have In-N-Out for dinner. I also checked their hours since I wouldn’t be getting in until 10pm. They would be open until 1:30am. I told my co-workers about the cheeseburger waiting for me in LA. Then one of my co-worker decided to spread a lie. He told me that he heard that In-N-Out was opening in Long Island. I’m like are you sure? I then proceeded to check their website to see if they had any new locations. Of course there was nothing about opening their first restaurant in the East Coast. I then decided I send another e-mail to In-N-Out to find out the truth. By the time I landed in LA and was in my hotel in Pasadena (no I didn’t get my cheeseburger due to how late my flight came in), there was a reply waiting in my inbox. Here it is:

Dear Ms. Teresa XXXX:

Thank you for your e-mail. It’s always nice to hear from our customers, and we appreciate your interest.

Although we are unable to confirm plans for a site in New York at this time, we plan on expanding as far as we can, and particularly into areas in which our customers have expressed interest. As such, we are happy to let our Real Estate Department know that you are anxious to have an In-N-Out Burger® location in your area!

Thank you again for contacting us.

Sincerely,

Lisa Baggett
Customer Service Representative

So the “unable to confirm” could be a good sign. If you refer to my old entry about my first e-mail to In-N-Out, this could be promising. I am so excited!

In other good news, I’ll be in hot and sticky Tampa for July 4th weekend. I am so excited. I hope we get to go to the beach. I think I need some color. I can’t wait to see my baby!

[EDIT]: I just googled In-N-Out and Long Island and I found this sad blog. Apparently the one in Long Island is a fake. In-N-Out is suing them now for trademark and trade dress infringement. Here is the actual complaint. I read the complaint and it says that In-N-Out received e-mail from customers asking when the Long Island branch would be opening. I guess I wasn’t the only person who was excited about In-N-Out’s east coast debut.