Picky about Diction

November 07, 2011

DON'T BE AN IDIOT: FAST FOOD EDITION

Hello RHU! Arch Guy here with a list of ways to not be an idiot when at the Golden Arches.Back when Myspace was the norm and Facebook didn't matter, I made blog posts titled "Don't be an Idiot: Fast Food Edition". I got the idea to write this when one of my brothers created his own blog "Don't Be an Idiot". Here are the first 10 in my list. If there is enough positive feedback, I'll try and post some more of them.

Don’t Be an Idiot: Fast Food Edition

1. When ordering, make sure you know what you want to drink. Otherwise you'll get coke and like it. 

2. Continuing with drinks, if you want a sweet tea, TELL ME you want a sweet tea instead of just tea. If you're not specific, you'll get unsweet, and only have yourself to blame.

3. Be specific on what size drink you want. If you're not, you'll get a small, and deal with it.

4. In general, be specific when ordering. If you just say bacon, egg, and cheese or sausage, egg, and cheese, WE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU WANT! We still won't know if you add the word sandwich at the end. We have 4 different types of bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches, and 4 sausage, egg, and cheese sandwiches.

5. ANNUNCIATE YOUR WORDS! I have a hard enough time hearing things in general, but if you slur your words together, it's even harder for me to understand you. Prime example, the words "steak" and "bacon" sound alike in the drive-thru headsets. If I put your order in wrong, don't get mad at me for you not speaking correctly.

6. Don't play the "The customer is always right" card. No you're not, now shut up.

7. Don't come into the drive-thru drunk. If you want to know about this, just ask.

8. Don't complain when we charge you for extra nugget sauces or salad dressings you want. If you want it, you're paying for it. We need to make money too.

9. Don't play the "Well Creepy Ruler/East Coast Star/West Coast Star depending on where you're at/Red Hair's don’t make me pay for extra condiments" card. We're not any of them. Deal with it.

10. Stop blasting your radio in drive-thru. With the new system we have set up, EVERYONE in the store can hear your radio. So if you don't want anyone to know what you listen to, turn it down.

--Arch Guy

 

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'Enunciate' is the word you are looking for for point 5.

Posted by: Friendly | November 07, 2011 at 07:07 AM

Ah thank you. I always thought it was the other way. My Microsoft Office 2010 version of Word didn't say it was wrong when I typed it, but my email did. Should have listened to my email.

Posted by: Arch Guy | November 07, 2011 at 07:13 AM

A+ post.

As for number ten--The things I've heard in the drive-thru make me cringe. My old manager and I once overheard a lady go into very vivid detail about her gynecological visit. We were both horrified for her and she had absolutely no idea that we heard.

Posted by: Laughing Barista | November 07, 2011 at 07:21 AM

That's just gross. Just the other night my drive-thru person asked a customer to hold on for a moment. The passenger in the car said "No I won't hold on. Get me my fucking mcchicken." I then got on the headset and told him I'd appreciate it if you didn't cuss at my crew people. This had the driver dying of laughter.

Posted by: Arch Guy | November 07, 2011 at 08:59 AM

#5 bothers me a little... I have trouble hearing too so I don't always know how loud or quiet I am speaking, let alone how well I am enunciating to be understood through those damned drive-thru headphones.

Though I know plenty of people whomashalltheirwordstogether and expect people to understand them. It's a catch 22- I don't think it's always one person's fault... Of course, reading the order back to them will help avoid these sorts of issues, but I digress.

Posted by: Chicken Flinger | November 07, 2011 at 10:30 AM

I agree, but I did find it funny that you used the wrong word (annunciate instead of enunciate) and are granted automatic forgiveness, but someone comes through the drive through and speaks too quietly? Unforgivable.

Posted by: ahh | November 07, 2011 at 11:23 AM

The Burger King near where I live actually plays music in their drive-thru so you have to turn your music at least way down if not off.

Posted by: trekkiebabe31 | November 07, 2011 at 11:26 AM

Hah. You think them saying "bacon, egg, and cheese" isn't specific? Dear lord, feel lucky. XD Not only do we at Banera have literally a bunch of breads (...duh >.> At /least/ ten) they can come on, along with thirteen types of bagels, but even then I've gotten people who drive up literally just telling me they want a breakfast sandwich. And then they sit there. And I sit there. Waiting. And then realize that they think they've ordered correctly. I also have people do that with "Yeeeahh...I want a salad." Or "Yes, could I have a bowl of soup?" Yup. We have over ten salads and a bunch of rotating soup types. Which in God's name would you like? xD I also just loath when people ask us what types of bread we have, like for sandwiches. Well. Let's see. Country, french, french baguette, whole grain, whole grain baguette, tomato basil, sesame, three cheese, asiago foccacio, sea salt foccacia, asiago demi, rye, sourdough, white whole grain... >.> We're a bakery, people. /rant

I must say though, we have a steak and egg sandwich ourselves...not very popular, but someone saying "bacon egg and cheese" really DOES sound a lot like "steak and egg" through those headsets.

Posted by: Drive-Thru Guru | November 07, 2011 at 12:57 PM

What Friendly said.
The word you chose means
"an·nun·ci·ate Verb /əˈnənsēˌāt/
Synonyms:
verb: announce, notify, declare, proclaim, advertise, herald, give out, pronounce"
I'm not conscious at 7:07 a.m.
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'Enunciate' is the word you are looking for for point 5."
Friendly | November 07, 2011 at 07:07 AM
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Google Chrome has a tiny dictionary app that sits next to the address bar. Merriam-Webster has a good online dictionary and thesaurus.