Denny's of Cullman

On the way back from a business trip to Huntsville, I got stuck in a snowstorm - really! A transfer truck had jack-knifed across the interstate and both sides of the highway were blocked solid. After 3 hours, the roads finally starting moving and I opted to get off and grab gas and dinner. I wish I had just gotten a bag of chips at the gas station.
The place seemed OK. It was relatively clean and well lit. Hunger usually makes everything taste better, and my options in Cullman were kind of limited. After looking over their menu - they had just gotten rid of their Hobbit menu, which made me sad, as I was looking forward to trying some fried Hobbit - I opted for the Fish and Chips.
I guess I should have known better when I asked my waitress if they have Malt Vinegar and she responded with "Say What?" My colleague's food arrived quickly - mine took much longer. When it finally arrived, it looked like they had forgotten to take any of it out of the fryer, as it was all a dark dark brown. But the part that made it so special was the long black hair sticking out of the middle of my fish!
I am fairly sure that cod do not have long black hairs, but checked with my waitress anyway. She was properly apologetic and took it back. 15 minutes later, they handed me another plate - equally well done, but with no hair.
While accidents do happen, there are some protocols that are standard. No manager came over. No meal was comped, etc.
I doubt I will ever be back in Cullman, but if I am, I will definitely not be eating at Denny's.

I have to drop my rating as the past two times I have been have been less pleasing as the first time.So 2 out of 3 times in a month's time has been just ok or less. Those 2 times were both for lunch and the one great time was for dinner.  I'm not sure if that's due to a difference in cooks between night shift and day shift. I've been a little disappointed.

Also, for a place that is known for breakfast...they sure don't know how to cook eggs. Both times I've gotten eggs they were scorched. Both times I've asked for scrambled, once I got a scorched omelet and the second time I got a scorched cut up omelet.

Sigh.

Nice people and service unless you go after 9pm. Then cleanliness seems to go out the window, along with the polite waitress's.