How Long Do You Take To Order At Fast Food Places?

[cbrunny]

You missed the ranch taco pretzel bun!

Ranch taco pretzel bun.

Four words that should never be in sequence for any reason. I don't even understand what that means!

 

[cronos]

I don't go often, but when I do I pretty much always know what I want before I get there. If not, I stay out of line until I have reviewed the menu and figured it out.

KT

See this is what I always do, I separate myself and stand back as far as I could, while studying the menu up top to decide what I'm going to order, clearly giving space to people coming after me to go straight to an open counter whenever they're ready. However, a lot of times the line is empty and the people behind the counter just can't seem to grasp the idea that I'm still thinking about it, so they kept asking me 'What would you like to order, sir', etc. which messed up my thinking! If I'm ready to order obviously I would come forward and wouldn't just stand in the back looking up at the menu! I don't like being rushed! I want to take my sweet time to decide what to order, and I'm not holding off anyone, stop talking to me and just wait until I'm ready!

Ordering fast food is srs bsnss!

Edit: so yeah, I chose #1 at the poll, don't you dare rushing me, but I'm not holding off anyone either, so back off.

 

[DrPizza]

Because quite often the line inside is much much much much much much much shorter than the drive-thru because American's are too fat and lazy to go inside. It's like a secret club that few people know about: Go inside... and you might just get treated like a king and get to pass everyone.

I tried Taco Bell a couple of times - the local place is a KFC/Taco Bell combined place. The management or employees or store - one of these - is rated for service speed. They get in trouble if service is too slow; they get rewarded for very fast service. BUT, it's based on drive-thru ONLY, not inside orders. So, at least at the local place (that I've only been to 3 times, and have no plans of returning, yuck), it's very possible to be the 3rd person inside waiting for food, while 10 people make it through the drive-thru. Drive-thru orders take precedence.

 

[rh71]

The problem is there are too many menu items nowadays and of course there need to be pictures of it for the avg person. I go to Taco Bell drive-thru and the menu is a disaster. To a noob, it takes a good minute to even decipher how everything is organized. I take pictures of it once in a while to keep up to date.

 

[rh71]

Because quite often the line inside is much much much much much much much shorter than the drive-thru because American's are too fat and lazy to go inside.

I don't like stopping my engine when given the option as frequent short trips are bad for the battery and wear on the starter. Obviously you've never gotten a "high battery drain" message from your expensive-to-fix car or you'd watch it too. It also takes longer to go inside and come back out. I weigh 150lbs at 37.

 

[Squeetard]

This thread is full of TRIGGERS.
It takes me 5 seconds to order. Why would you even go to a fast food place not knowing what you wanted? It's all shit food that you happen to be craving.

 

[cronos]

The problem is there are too many menu items nowadays and of course there need to be pictures of it for the avg person. I go to Taco Bell drive-thru and the menu is a disaster. To a noob, it takes a good minute to even decipher how everything is organized. I take pictures of it once in a while to keep up to date.

This is a fantastic idea, I should do this. I avoid the drive-thru exactly because it feels too much work trying to make sense of what's presented, and I only have like 5 seconds to do it. Too much pressure for me. I'd rather just park and walk inside :biggrin:

 

[KeithTalent]

However, a lot of times the line is empty and the people behind the counter just can't seem to grasp the idea that I'm still thinking about it, so they kept asking me 'What would you like to order, sir', etc. which messed up my thinking! If I'm ready to order obviously I would come forward and wouldn't just stand in the back looking up at the menu! I don't like being rushed! I want to take my sweet time to decide what to order, and I'm not holding off anyone, stop talking to me and just wait until I'm ready!

Yeah, this drives me nuts. I am very obviously standing way back from the counter and I will walk forward when I am ready. Not sure what they are thinking.

KT

 

[xSauronx]

less than a minute. i typically only go to a drive through if i know what i want already. i dont really have fast food often enough to feel a need to try the variety anywhere.

 

[IGBT]

industrial fast food joints deliver fast food chum at lighting speeds..why is that a surprise??

 

[Ichinisan]

Totally not processed and made from easily identifiable whole parts of chicken.

Food ignorance.

You can't mash-up chicken for consistency and form it into the ideal size pieces?

Yes, practically anything you do to food is technically "processing" (even chewing it). Automatically assuming "OMG BAD!!!!" is the hysterical response.

"I had no idea they shape it into nuggets! That's horrible!"

 

[Ichinisan]

Did you gloss right over the parts where they showed and identified exactly what easily identifiable whole parts of chicken were used or is your complaint really that they ground it up right after? Granted, grinding up the best white meat parts of the chicken seems like a total waste to me, but it sounds like you were expecting chicken strips or something.

They showed the grinder and the grinding plate and talked about how course the grind was. They showed the parts of the chicken that go into it. WTF else do you want? Unground nuggets?!

Your objection seems to be based purely on grinding. I don't see anyone demanding cuts of steak on burgers because they couldn't determine/identify the parts of the cow in their ground beef.

To complain that the chicken in nuggets is ground is like complaining that oranges and apples are juiced. Where are the easily identifiable whole parts of the apple in your apple juice?!

If it's not ground, you grind it anyway before you swallow.

 

[waggy]

When I worked there, we pumped the deep fryer oil through a filter and topped it off as needed. I don't recall being there for a complete oil change.

we had that filter system. but we only did it like a week or two then did a full change.

The funniest thing about this phenomenon is that the menu hasn't changed. Ever.

actually it changed a lot. when i worked at Mcdonalds we had pizza and super size fries.

also had a few other hamburgers and they have added some.

the basic burger/cheeseburger though hasn't changed.

 

[theknight571]

Personally, I typically know what I'm going to order before I pull into line. The only delays I will run into occasionally when they are out of something... I don't always have a backup plan.

What about people that have large orders at the drive through?

I waited behind an order for 15 at McDonalds. The person had taken a long time to order, but I couldn't hear them. Then I watched and counted as 15 drinks and several large bags were passed through the window. I think it took longer for them to place the order than it did for them to make it.

The worst was at White Castle. The order was placed in 30 seconds. It was 20 minutes or more before I watched 2 Crave Cases and several bags be passed though the window... no drinks though.

In both of the incidents I mentioned, the drive through lane is "enclosed", so once you're in, you're stuck unless there's no one behind you.

 

[IronWing]

we had that filter system. but we only did it like a week or two then did a full change.

I worked mostly closing shift so I probably wasn't around for the full change outs. I was disgusted by grease so the managers liked that I would actually get the dishes/equipment clean when I washed them. I hated working the window so dishwashing suited me just fine.

 

[WelshBloke]

Did you gloss right over the parts where they showed and identified exactly what easily identifiable whole parts of chicken were used or is your complaint really that they ground it up right after? Granted, grinding up the best white meat parts of the chicken seems like a total waste to me, but it sounds like you were expecting chicken strips or something.

They showed the grinder and the grinding plate and talked about how course the grind was. They showed the parts of the chicken that go into it. WTF else do you want? Unground nuggets?!

Your objection seems to be based purely on grinding. I don't see anyone demanding cuts of steak on burgers because they couldn't determine/identify the parts of the cow in their ground beef.

To complain that the chicken in nuggets is ground is like complaining that oranges and apples are juiced. Where are the easily identifiable whole parts of the apple in your apple juice?!

You said it wasn't processed.

If the gloop coming out of that pipe isn't processed I'm quite curious about what you think constitutes processed.

But carry on building strawman, they are probably tastier than the mcnuggets.

 

[Ichinisan]

You said it wasn't processed.

If the gloop coming out of that pipe isn't processed I'm quite curious about what you think constitutes processed.

But carry on building strawman, they are probably tastier than the mcnuggets.

"I didn't know they made them into shapes!"

 

[WelshBloke]

"I didn't know they made them into shapes!"

You know it might be easier if you and your brother asked the mods to just merge your accounts.

 

[Ichinisan]

You know it might be easier if you and your brother asked the mods to just merge your accounts.

:hmm:

Easier for who?

 

[CZroe]

You said it wasn't processed.

If the gloop coming out of that pipe isn't processed I'm quite curious about what you think constitutes processed.

But carry on building strawman, they are probably tastier than the mcnuggets.

Are you serious? Easy.

All packaged foods are "processed," even fruit that was simply picked and bagged, but here is where the average person who isn't an idiot starts to call a food "processed:"
When the level of processing exceeds what would be expected as the base (near-minimum) processing normally required to make such a product, especially when it begins to distinguish the product from less-processed versions.

If I squeeze my own orange juice, then the juiced, filtered, pasteurized, concentrated, reconstituted, enriched, and homogenized, stuff in the store is "processed," but when regulations require it to be pasteurized to be sold in stores, then only the ones that go beyond that are distinguishably "processed." It's about expectations. Your expectations for shaped chicken nuggets are what are off-base.

You have to grind beef to make hamburger because it is an expected part of the BASE process, so you can't justifiably label it as "processed hamburger" unless it went BEYOND the base level of processing required for it to BE "hamburger" (adding ammonia-drenched Pink Slime made from otherwise unrecoverable parts, for example).

To call their shaped nuggets "processed" implies that they were significantly more processed than the minimum amount expected in order to consider them prepared "chicken nuggets." It's pretty hard to find nuggets that weren't ground up first. Those are usually called something else, like "chicken strips" or "tenderloins."

I hope this has been a learning experience for you.

 

[WelshBloke]

...

Overly defensive poster is overly defensive.

Really, in no way are chicken mcnuggets not processed food.

 

[waggy]

"I didn't know they made them into shapes!"

they get made into dinosaurs! fuck ya!

 

[Nebor]

I don't like stopping my engine when given the option as frequent short trips are bad for the battery and wear on the starter. Obviously you've never gotten a "high battery drain" message from your expensive-to-fix car or you'd watch it too. It also takes longer to go inside and come back out. I weigh 150lbs at 37.

You need to get this news to car manufacturers, who are manufacturing many cars now with "auto start\stop" functions. My car turns off at every stop light.

I think you're overestimating the wear on the battery & starter. I've had my car since November and only replaced the battery once and starter twice.

 

[lxskllr]

I think you're overestimating the wear on the battery & starter. I've had my car since November and only replaced the battery once and starter twice.

I keep spares in my trunk. After the first time to learn, it's a 15 minute swap.

 

[TheGardener]

The only fast food place I frequent is Starbucks. The only time I didn't know what to immediately order was when I wanted hot tea. There are no signs that list the flavors. And I didn't have my glasses on, so I couldn't read the small font on the tea bag covers which were 8 feet away. So I had to ask the "barista" what they offered. That whole process might have taken 2 minutes.