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McDonald's Tests Mobile App Ordering That Uses Geo-Fencing to Optimize Food Prep Time
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Anyway, I'll ad that McDees here in Switzerland is actually not bad - especially the "local" sandwiches (ie. Gruyere burgers with rosti). They do the same in other countries - still not as good as Holy Cow (Swiss In and Out or Five Guys) but not bad once a month or two.
Yes. It replaces an overpaid (yes, I said it), undereducated employee (who generally couldn’t give less of a **** about you or your order) with the equivilent of a self-service kiosk. Brilliant idea, really.
Domino's Pizza has been using beacons and tracking to have orders ready just as you arrive in store for about six months. Seems to work well.
Pretty sure they grab your money upfront though. Dumb not to.
Pretty sure they grab your money upfront though. Dumb not to.
I don't know about McDonalds but most food places have a "take out" service that receive orders by phone.
So much McBashing going on here. I love me a nice Big Mac and a large fries which I dip into the extra big mac sauce I ask for on the side. Ok now I'm hungry but all I have near me is Carl's Jr. and Jack in a Box.
Some of us are way too into nutrition I guess.
And you let everyone know every chance you get...
Egg mcmuffin and hashbrowns at lunch are good. App should make it easier.
"Can I get a #4 with a Coke?"
Get Home, open the bag, and it's a #5 with a Coke.
That's what the world has come to. Miniaturization of electronics, wi-fi all over the place, hand-held devices, and it's still no match against a complete moron.
Get Home, open the bag, and it's a #5 with a Coke.
That's what the world has come to. Miniaturization of electronics, wi-fi all over the place, hand-held devices, and it's still no match against a complete moron.
Yes, only a complete moron, and occasionally my wife, doesn't check the bag before they get home.
Ideal world, yes. real world Its the backend where you also gets mistakes. You order the number 5, order before or after you gets the number 4. food preppers put number 4 for you pickup on accident, you may get the number 4.
Goes back to what some said....check your order.
Also surprised no one picked up on this, my tin foil hat did. they will know where you are in radius, date time stamped even. details about data handling...would be nice here. Some good data mining potential there, for good or not so good depending on intent and whose doing it becomes the question.
I couldn't help but laugh when I read "table dining" in an article about Mickey D's. If I'm going to go somewhere to sit down and dine at a table it won't be at a fast food restaurant unless I'm on the road and want a break from driving or in an airport.
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I'm fine with pausing for a few seconds to quickly check your order but if we're talking about one of those DB's who go through the drive through, proceed to order the entire menu with everything customized and then on top of that pauses for several minutes at the window to check their order instead of continuing through the line and pulling over in a parking place to check the order so others can continue to make progress through the line then that DB is more of an idiot than somebody who doesn't check their order and it's not even close.
Be considerate of others who just might be choosing fast food because it's supposed to be fast and who don't have a lot of time on their hands to engage in the douchebaggery of placing a large highly customized order then further holding up the people behind them to check it because if one item is wrong it's the end of the world and they can't possibly be bothered to get out of the way so others can continue on with their day.
"No, you don't understand, I asked for no pickles and now I must .... gasp ... pick them off myself". Oh the horror. I'd much rather pick something off myself or add something when I get home myself than deal with the spit burger that's going to come back if you're that much of a DB and hand the food back just to have them do something to it that you could completely and totally do yourself plus spit in it because you're being that much of an ******.
Oh and when they do spit in the food of DB's who do that, and trust me they do (I never worked at a fast food joint but I had friends who did when I was a teenager), I'm all for it because anybody who goes through the drive through to place a large, highly customized order is a DB to begin with. Be considerate and go inside. Yeah that might mean a longer wait and might entail a couple of trips outside but that's the price one should pay when they place that kind of order to begin with at a fast food restaurant whose underlying goal is fast. Don't screw others just trying to get through life because you think the world starts and stops with you. It's inconsiderate ******s like that who are personally responsible for so much of the unnecessary BS we go through in life and every time a DB like that eats a spit burger I can't help but smile. Karma is a bitch!
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I'm fine with pausing for a few seconds to quickly check your order but if we're talking about one of those DB's who go through the drive through, proceed to order the entire menu with everything customized and then on top of that pauses for several minutes at the window to check their order instead of continuing through the line and pulling over in a parking place to check the order so others can continue to make progress through the line then that DB is more of an idiot than somebody who doesn't check their order and it's not even close.
Be considerate of others who just might be choosing fast food because it's supposed to be fast and who don't have a lot of time on their hands to engage in the douchebaggery of placing a large highly customized order then further holding up the people behind them to check it because if one item is wrong it's the end of the world and they can't possibly be bothered to get out of the way so others can continue on with their day.
"No, you don't understand, I asked for no pickles and now I must .... gasp ... pick them off myself". Oh the horror. I'd much rather pick something off myself or add something when I get home myself than deal with the spit burger that's going to come back if you're that much of a DB and hand the food back just to have them do something to it that you could completely and totally do yourself plus spit in it because you're being that much of an ******.
Oh and when they do spit in the food of DB's who do that, and trust me they do (I never worked at a fast food joint but I had friends who did when I was a teenager), I'm all for it because anybody who goes through the drive through to place a large, highly customized order is a DB to begin with. Be considerate and go inside. Yeah that might mean a longer wait and might entail a couple of trips outside but that's the price one should pay when they place that kind of order to begin with at a fast food restaurant whose underlying goal is fast. Don't screw others just trying to get through life because you think the world starts and stops with you. It's inconsiderate ******s like that who are personally responsible for so much of the unnecessary BS we go through in life and every time a DB like that eats a spit burger I can't help but smile. Karma is a bitch!
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Alternatively when you arrive at an Apple Store you can have a, erm, freshly prepared 'Big Mac' waiting for you to pick up that was made over 3 years ago. Tasty!
This sounds a little over-engineered right now, but I guess over time there will be more and more things like this happening. I'm not sure I like it really, it all feels like the slippery slope towards Minority Report-land, just as all the currently quite poor AI and suggestions in various situations do, but it's relatively early days and that stuff is just going to get better, in both good and bad ways.
This sounds a little over-engineered right now, but I guess over time there will be more and more things like this happening. I'm not sure I like it really, it all feels like the slippery slope towards Minority Report-land, just as all the currently quite poor AI and suggestions in various situations do, but it's relatively early days and that stuff is just going to get better, in both good and bad ways.
No, just this once (for someone who didn't seem to think McD's deserved any unkind words).
You'll see the push toward increasing automation with the hike in the minimum wage really explode now. You'll need to work for Cyberdyne in 20 years.
Wake me up when they release ChickieNobs.
Our McDonald's in Scotland aren't that bad, ours are very clean and kept up to a high standard, food is also pretty dam good. Just don't think when you go through the driverthu that everything is in the bag though, 8/10 times we have always been short and had to go back in for the missing food!
KFC on the other hand is a different kettle of fish, yes their stores have all now been upgraded and look really good but EVERY store I've been in has had sticky/greasy floors, especially in the toilet. I have found that when standing at he urinal taking a whizz, my feet start slipping away as I'm standing in an A shape!
Faddy unnecessary rubbish full of potential flaws causing waste, complaints and over reliance on tech.
Maybe your wife should stay home and cook for you instead of buying you a Happy Meal.