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Posted: 06.22.2003 Welcome to Der Weinerschnitzel, may I take your order please?
Drive-in Speaker: Hello and welcome to KFC! Today we're featuring blah blah blah. Please proceed with your order when you're ready.
The Mister: Hi. I'd like a number three combo with mashed potatoes and gravy and a Pepsi, and a large macaroni and cheese as well. <insert dramatic pause> The Mister: Hello? <even more dramatic pause> Drive-in Speaker (now with a different voice): Hello. Sorry about that. Please order when you're ready... Whatever genius thought up those stupid Taco Bell / Pizza Hut / KFC speaker recordings with an order-taker that really isn't should be shot. You never know when you have a real person on the other end anymore. And 'please proceed with your order' only means when you can get their attention and they put down that issue of Maxim they have stashed in the back.  I picked up some dinner from there tonight and thought the same thing. ¤ ¤ credit: Kymberlie R. McGuire | 06.22.03 at 09:48 PM | link- -this ¤ ¤ Wouldn't it be cool if they just had touch pad menus at the drive up with a place to swipe your money card? Then you wouldn't have to deal with those people, the crummy intercom, and trying not to drop your money passing it across the windows. Of course, it'll intimidate the low tech people away but frankly, for clean air's sake, I've never liked the sight of a long line of idling cars anyway. ¤ ¤ credit: Lauri | 06.22.03 at 09:54 PM | link--this ¤ ¤I still like the "human touch" and avoid fast food restaurants like the plague. We have a variety of restaurants here where I live that don't have a drive through that are nearly as fast as the chains. When I can go in, get a nice plate of food along with a beverage (soda for work days, beer for weekends/evenings) and get out of the place in 30-35 minutes while spending $5-$6 for my meal then the chains will NOT get my business. On the weekends I go to a local bar and get a brat basket and 20 ounce draw of Killians for $4.50. What could be better? ¤ ¤ credit: BillH | 06.22.03 at 10:03 PM | link--this ¤ ¤Robyn you are so right! I hate those damn things. Sometimes you just don't know if its real or a recording, such a pain in the ass!! ¤ ¤ credit: Douglas | 06.22.03 at 10:18 PM | link--this ¤ ¤How annoying!!!! grrr! ¤ ¤ credit: Angel | 06.22.03 at 10:25 PM | link--this ¤ ¤I have not encountered a pre-recording, yet. However, I'm trying to figure out the point of my near-by Wendy's menu board. It has a screen to ensure accuracy when you order. Well, it would be nice they actually used it. ¤ ¤ credit: Shawn | 06.22.03 at 10:28 PM | link--this ¤ ¤Preach on sister! The prerecorded happy voice is closely followed on the annoying scale by people cutting me off: would you like to biggie size that? Sandwich only or the combo? Anything else? *steam coming from ears* ¤ ¤ credit: Crankydragon | 06.22.03 at 10:52 PM | link--this ¤ ¤those things are almost as annoying as those telemarketing computers... "please hold for an important message from blah blah blah". like, sheeahhhh right! ¤ ¤ credit: mikey | 06.22.03 at 11:40 PM | link--this ¤ ¤Well, it's better than asking for "extra biscuits" at KFC and receiving your chicken with um, special herbs... ¤ ¤ credit: courtney | 06.23.03 at 12:16 AM | link--this ¤ ¤Every time I hear "Der Weinerschnitzel" all I can think of is that obnoxious hot dog in their annoying TV ads: "Buuaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!" Die hotdog, die. Die a flaming, torturous, grisly death. ¤ ¤ credit: sean | 06.23.03 at 12:22 AM | link--this ¤ ¤No pre-recording here. We do however have a Fazoli's where the answer the intercom thingy "Hello, my name is _______ and I'll be serving you today, please proceed when you're ready." Like I care what their name is? I just want them to get the order right! ¤ ¤ credit: Sunidesus | 06.23.03 at 01:00 AM | link--this ¤ ¤I like muzzling my voice or throwing in gibberish at the drive-thrus... why not screw with 'em back? Try ordering your food *inside* the place in the Poconos. Can they be any SLOWER??? What part of "fast food" did I not understand when I walked into the damn place??? ¤ ¤ credit: -=e=- the merciless™ | 06.23.03 at 02:25 AM | link--this ¤ ¤ok i couldn'tread your post i'm to dunrk, but girrrrrrrl jay mohr lvoed my tits, like loooooooooved them and omg.... ok i got picutes iwth him. omg i'll emial you to moorow ok? hahahahha omg. hahahhaha ¤ ¤ credit: yvonne | 06.23.03 at 02:47 AM | link--this ¤ ¤I'm beginning to like Yvonne's comments, more and more each day.... ¤ ¤ credit: Chris B | 06.23.03 at 08:24 AM | link--this ¤ ¤reminds me of a little saying....they fuck you in the drivethru :) ¤ ¤ credit: jewdez | 06.23.03 at 08:53 AM | link--this ¤ ¤Drive throughs drive me crazy! I was impressed when they all got the little order verifier screens. But after maybe a month of using them, they don't seem to work anymore, so I still can't tell if they understood my order correctly until they give me the wrong food at the window! The only place they do it right is In-N-Out... aaaah, the best burgers anywhere. ¤ ¤ credit: Nicole | 06.23.03 at 12:11 PM | link--this ¤ ¤well, if you ever come to Vienna you should visit -this ¤ ¤Wait... I wanna hear more from Yvonne here. ¤ ¤ credit: -e- | 06.23.03 at 02:07 PM | link--this ¤ ¤You are the mashed potato eating-est girl in the world. :) ¤ ¤ credit: Kevin | 06.23.03 at 02:24 PM | link--this ¤ ¤I hate those things - usually (9 times out of 10) I just sit there and wait for them to say "Go ahead with your order" (the real person voice) so I don't look like a fool... Just some corporate big-wig thinking it'll save a minimum-wage person at the drive thru time/money by having it recorded... ¤ ¤ credit: Zaldor | 06.23.03 at 03:32 PM | link--this ¤ ¤Here's my funny way of dealing with those things. When the person with a "different voice" comes on, I tell them that I want the person that first greeted me. I make quite a fuss about it, too. :-) Okay, not really. But you can have a lot of fun with drive-thru windows, I have found. On one occasion, I have tried the old "staticky order" trick. :-) Lots of fun. ¤ ¤ credit: Rachel May | 06.23.03 at 09:50 PM | link--this ¤ ¤I try not to hit the drive-through if at all possible. Even though a lot of them have that screen that shows you what the person inside punched in for your order, they always somehow screw it up. Unfortunately, if I'm in a hurry, I end up hitting the drive-through. And yeah, I have to agree with -e- about them being so slow when you go inside. It's like fast food is trying to be more like sit down by making your order when you order it, but sheesh, if I had all day to wait, I would have gone to the sit down restaurant in the first place. ¤ ¤ credit: Kathy | 06.24.03 at 01:29 AM | link--this ¤ ¤
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