A drive thru pet peeve of mine...

[Morningchaser]

Oh Gods...yeah, at least once a day at my place as well. It's been my experience that, especially in the morning, people don't listen to a SINGLE word you say. My favorite game is making up names for myself. I've used anime characters, characters from mythologies around the world, historical figures, and characters from World of Warcraft. I've gotten away with calling myself "Mary, Queen of Scots" once....

[XCashier]

They can drink the white liquid...

And it ain't half and half!

[Food Lady]

I've gotten away with calling myself "Mary, Queen of Scots" once

I KNEW there was a reason I liked you!

In a similar vein, I have a story. I used to work with this guy T at a BK. He asked this SC what to drink with his Whopper meal. The guy simply wouldn't tell T. I mean, he asked several times until the SC said, "Just surprise me." T was so ticked because it was busy and this guy was wasting time. T said, and I quote, " 'Surprise me'?? I'll surprise him! He's gettin' a hot tea!" LOL have tea with your giant burger. Yeah, the SC was none too happy.

[RealUnimportant]

I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people. I hate people............................................ ....etc.

Surprisingly, this is why I do this job; if I liked people, I'd be so disappointed to find out what idiots they all are, but 'cause I hate 'em I find joy in every one that doesn't suck.

[smileyeagle1021]

Oh Gods...yeah, at least once a day at my place as well. It's been my experience that, especially in the morning, people don't listen to a SINGLE word you say. My favorite game is making up names for myself. I've used anime characters, characters from mythologies around the world, historical figures, and characters from World of Warcraft. I've gotten away with calling myself "Mary, Queen of Scots" once....

Hey, I did that with name tags... I once went two months with "smiley" on my nametag without anyone noticing.
I've before answered the phone at work "This is not Kevin speaking, how may I help you?"... they didn't notice (and hey, it's true, I am not Kevin ).

I also like to at the call center do my greeting "this is relay assisting someone who is dead or hard of hearing placing a phone call" just to see if they catch it

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

people in drive-thrus dont listen.

Fixed that for you. No charge.

[Fire_on_High]

I've used anime characters, characters from mythologies around the world, historical figures, and characters from World of Warcraft. I've gotten away with calling myself "Mary, Queen of Scots" once....

Why can I just see myself starting a transaction "Lok'tar ogar, friend!"...?

[EricKei]

Hey, I did that with name tags... I once went two months with "smiley" on my nametag without anyone noticing.

My brother's at "BoutiqueGrocery" back in the 90's used to read "Dancing Bear"

[Pojodan]

Oy.

I worked at a coffee shop for a few months for holiday cash a few years ago.

My process:
Grab proper cup size
Mark drink type
Mark coffee type
Mark milk type
Mark flavor
Mark extras

This is due to the design of the cups.

Without fail, most people would order like this:
"I'd like a no whip, half decaf, 2 shot, vanilla latte.... medium"

So, I'd have to try to remember everything while my hand hovered over the cups, waiting for the size, so I could grab the right cup and start deciphering the order.


Another annoyance: What size? "Regular"

So, I'd give them the medium size and half the time they'd gripe as they actually meant the large size, or the small size, or a size we don't even carry.

Grrr.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Another annoyance: What size? "Regular"

So, I'd give them the medium size and half the time they'd gripe as they actually meant the large size, or the small size, or a size we don't even carry.

Grrr.

It would be fun to post a chart that gave size conversions. It could read "regular = medium" and equivalents for all the other sizes customers come up with. Not that any of the customers would actually read it, but it would be something to point to when they ask for the non-standard sizes.

[EmilyRose1982]

My coffee shop uses the sizes Small, Medium and Large.

The following happens to me at least once a month:

SC: Can I get a Tall White Mocha?
Me: Ok, so a small white mocha?
SC: No, a large.
Me:

They REALLY don't know what size they want, because the last time I visited a Starbucks, Tall = SMALL!!!!!

[Seshat]

I also like to at the call center do my greeting "this is relay assisting someone who is dead or hard of hearing placing a phone call" just to see if they catch it

I probably wouldn't.

I've lost the part of my hearing that covers the 'plosive' sounds like 'd' and 't'. So I mostly distinguish words that include those sounds by context - thus, I'd interpret that sentence as 'deaf or hard of hearing'.

Now, if I were lip reading you at the time, I might catch it.....