I think I have another kidney stone.
I think I have another kidney stone.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
There used to be a Subway with a drive-thru. Went there once. We ordered two footlong veggie subs. (Cue Jules' Pulp Fiction quote here) We got no questions of what we wanted on them. When we got home we found that we got subs with everything on them, and mayo and mustard. On a veggie sub. Berking gross. We weren't asked what we wanted and weren't told what we were going to get.
As the other half of "we" in this story, I feel obligated to point out that this happened in 1998, over 25 years ago, and Pete is still crabby about it.
When Pete opines, he opines HARD.
--the vegetarian girlfriend who pretty much made Pete a vegetarian
RBCA said:Pete. (l33t FS) said:There used to be a Subway with a drive-thru. Went there once. We ordered two footlong veggie subs. (Cue Jules' Pulp Fiction quote here) We got no questions of what we wanted on them. When we got home we found that we got subs with everything on them, and mayo and mustard. On a veggie sub. Berking gross. We weren't asked what we wanted and weren't told what we were going to get.As the other half of "we" in this story, I feel obligated to point out that this happened in 1998, over 25 years ago, and Pete is still crabby about it.
When Pete opines, he opines HARD.
--the vegetarian girlfriend who pretty much made Pete a vegetarian
They put MUSTARD. and MAYO. on a VEGGIE SUB. COMPLETELY UNPROMPTED.
That was almost as bad as that time we went to My Friends and the waitress completely ignored you when she took our order.
(sees the date that was written)
...okay, maybe I do tend to hold on to things a bit.
I have known that I needed to start this cosplay project for about three months. It needs to be packed up for transit to Dragoncon by Thursday.
I started it Friday.
I hope I can pull this out of my ass.
Who in their right mind would ask their [adult, married, mother of 2] daughter why her clothes are "so tight"? Never mind the fact that the clothes are relatively loose fitting and your daughter is in good shape, what the hell were you thinking? Who asks that?
I legitimately think the answer to that question is that you're not in your right mind, but I did not need to deal with this today.
berkeleyity berkeley. (As an aside, should we have a filter word for "bitch"?)
I woke up in the middle of the night on Friday with nagging ankle pain. It's been hurting all weekend and I can't really walk without a ridiculous limp. I had to cancel all my weekend plans.
I don't recall doing anything to "hurt" it. What is even happening to me?
prodarwin said:stuart in mn said:Fast food joints are pushing customers to use the self service screens to place their orders. In my experience, if the screen works (which isn't always the case) it takes a lot longer than simply walking up to the counter and saying "give me the #7 meal to go." I don't see any advantage for the consumer.
Similar to grocery self checkouts, the kiosks allow many customers to order simultaneously with minimal employee oversight. It's easier for franchises to use those and apps to take orders than to pay multiple employees to cover the cash registers. The advantage to the consumer is it can keep costs down.
It's just capitalism.
Actually, I don't have any issues with the grocery self serve checkout (at least at my local grocery store) It works well with minimal problems, and doesn't have built in delays like the kiosk at McDonalds.
1) It asks if I want to use their 'app'. No, I don't, and stop asking me.
2) It doesn't have one touch buttons for combo meals. If I want a #4 which is a plain chicken sandwich, fries and a drink I first have to push the sandwich button, scroll down to find the chicken sandwich, click on that, then it says "Add to your order?" Yes, that's why I pushed the button. I then have to go through the same procedure for the fries and drink, and then it finally asks, "Oh, so you want the #4?"
3) Step #2 is dependent on whether the touch screen even recognizes my finger when I try to push on the buttons. My limited experience shows I have to press each button five to ten times before it clicks (if it clicks at all.)
4) It asks me what kind of drink I want. What does it matter, I'm going to walk over to the drink machine and fill up my cup myself.
5) It asks if I want to round my payment up to the next dollar. No, I don't.
6) No, I never use credit or debit for buying fast food, so stop asking me that too.
In reply to stuart in mn :
Yep, I used a McDonald's kiosk in Portland, OR a few weeks ago and it was so stupid that it was actually amusing.
In addition to the points you referenced above, there were no condiments at the beverage station so after all of the kiosk time suck B.S. I still had to walk to the counter and wait for someone to give me stuff; durp!
Can we just call it...can we just make all of the beverage selections Brawndo, The Thirst Mutilator and be done?
I think the self checkout at Walmart is, after you've scanned everything, still six steps till you pay.
It's ridiculous, and infuriates me every time.
RBCA said:Pete. (l33t FS) said:As the other half of "we" in this story, I feel obligated to point out that this happened in 1998, over 25 years ago, and Pete is still crabby about it.
Hey, I still have one particular pizza that I complain about, 38 years later and 900 miles away.
stuart in mn said:1) It asks if I want to use their 'app'. No, I don't, and stop asking me.
2) It doesn't have one touch buttons for combo meals. If I want a #4 which is a plain chicken sandwich, fries and a drink I first have to push the sandwich button, scroll down to find the chicken sandwich, click on that, then it says "Add to your order?" Yes, that's why I pushed the button. I then have to go through the same procedure for the fries and drink, and then it finally asks, "Oh, so you want the #4?"
3) Step #2 is dependent on whether the touch screen even recognizes my finger when I try to push on the buttons. My limited experience shows I have to press each button five to ten times before it clicks (if it clicks at all.)
4) It asks me what kind of drink I want. What does it matter, I'm going to walk over to the drink machine and fill up my cup myself.
5) It asks if I want to round my payment up to the next dollar. No, I don't.
6) No, I never use credit or debit for buying fast food, so stop asking me that too.
1) Agreed, that's annoying. We sometimes hit the DQ drive-through and the first thing the nice young lady asks is "Will you be using our app today?" Well, no, if I was, why would I be talking to you?
2) I don't really go to McD's, but are you sure they are not just on a separate screen?
3) I haven't noticed a real issue with that, but I assume it's a maintenance item, and the touch screen needs replacement or calibration.
4) I assume that's for inventory management, but my cynical side tells me it's to just there to stop morons complaining that the kiosk didn't ask them what kind of drink they want.
5) Lots of places have that "round up for charity" thing, even with live cashiers. That's completely independent of the fact that you're ordering on a kiosk.
6) 90% of customers probably do use a credit card. Do you expect it to remember that you personally don't? If so, how? If you want to bring facial recognition or fingerprint scanning into this, that adds a whole new level of nope.
The only kiosk style ordering system we use regularly is at Panera or occasionally Wawa. Both of those systems seem to work pretty well, with minimum inconvenience. And with half a dozen kiosks available at any given time, it's nice not to have to wait to order and then wait again for your food.
In reply to Recon1342 :
I am now in the ER, waiting to see if I do in point of fact have another kidney stone. Miserable Monday, indeed.
Construction next door has been running a giant earth packer for the past week. So about every 30 seconds, there is a low rumble that makes half the building vibrate. It's maddening.
Duke said:6) 90% of customers probably do use a credit card. Do you expect it to remember that you personally don't? If so, how? If you want to bring facial recognition or fingerprint scanning into this, that adds a whole new level of nope.
That's the advantage of ordering at the counter from a human being. I tell them what I want, they tell me how much it costs, I hand them money. When they force me to use a kiosk it's just one more step I have to take in an unwanted experience.
Recon1342 said:In reply to Recon1342 :
I am now in the ER, waiting to see if I do in point of fact have another kidney stone. Miserable Monday, indeed.
Damn, sorry to hear that brother. At least they have good drugs!
Left one item off my curbside pickup grocery order. Realized almost immediately.
Less than a minute after placing the order, it is already too late to cancel or edit. So I will have to go into the store just to get cereal for my wife.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
If I were having a veggie sub, I would definitely want mayo, mustard, oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. If they're not going to ask for all details at the drive-through, I think it probably makes more sense to default to "everything" than "nothing" (where "everything" is all the "normal" condiments). IMHO, YMMV, SNAFU, BBQ, IANAL and didn't stay at a chain hotel last night. "Everything" does not include BBQ sauce.
I'm more bothered by places where the default for the veggie burger is to also have vegan "cheese," "mayo," etc... I don't always want meat, but I am not a vegan, and I do not consider any of the substitutes to be reasonable substitutes (not to say there isn't some vegan food that isn't fine on its own merits).
Anyhow, on an unrelated footnote that's not worth its own post since it's just a follow-up, our stolen/abused/recovered truck just left on a rollback. It's weird not having a truck.
Once our church was doing a Saturday workday and they took Subway orders. I just blurted out to get me a turkey sub.
I got 5 pieces of turkey put inside a 12" long piece of dry sub sandwich bread. Nothing else.
I'm an idiot!
'Subway' is to sandwiches as 'MRE' is to meals.... and that might be throwing a little shade on MREs.
Recon1342 said:In reply to Recon1342 :
I am now in the ER, waiting to see if I do in point of fact have another kidney stone. Miserable Monday, indeed.
Hope all is well and you get all the good drugs
Recon1342 said:In reply to Recon1342 :
I am now in the ER, waiting to see if I do in point of fact have another kidney stone. Miserable Monday, indeed.
How's it going, man?
Dealer transposed a number on value I paid for my car so taxes were about 1000$ less then I expected. I knew it was way to cheap when I walked out but could not figure out why.
Goodbye 1100$, fee's, that I was not expecting to spend but also saved over a year ago. Between this and the AAA increases I swear I am out at least 5k this month in unexpected expenses.
Kinda self checkout-Flying J. I refuse to buy gas there, because I don't want your points, I don't want a car wash, I don't want a coupon for a free banana. I just want to put my credit card in the pump and get some berkeleying gasoline.
It can be a 90 second ordeal. I suppose it might be better now, but I'm with Pete. You wrecked my life 15 years ago, I'm not giving you a second chance.
My wife agreed to coach my younger daughters fall softball team. Last year, she made some comments about not enough moms stepping up to coach and this year she was asked to so she did. I was really happy she's going to coach. We joined a new league this year and the schedule has taken some work. No big deal, we have two weeks until the games start. My wife has been a fire ball of anxiety for two days now over the schedule for no reason at all. And when my wife is anxious, she's sure to take me along for the ride and raise my blood pressure. It's honestly nothing to stress over. There is plenty of time to sort this out. But no, now I'm talking her off the ledge on the phone and being held hostage at home while she agonizes over this.
Duke said:Recon1342 said:In reply to Recon1342 :
I am now in the ER, waiting to see if I do in point of fact have another kidney stone. Miserable Monday, indeed.
How's it going, man?
Two 4mm stones on my right side.
If I don't move too fast, it's OK.
I feel like I got kidney punched by the Hulk...
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