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Taco Bell Launches Mobile Ordering App for iPhone
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Only one KFC around here, and it's impossible to go back. The staff moves slower than the fried chicken. I think the chicken has better manners and is more likely to make eye contact.
The Taco Bells and Pizza Huts have mostly shut down.
I had forgotten that they all belong to the same parent company. Maybe it explains why they all went downhill in unison.
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Eventually they'll eliminate the staff and it will just be a big, walk-in vending machine. A truck will come every morning to top off the raw materials tanks. Another truck will come at night to haul away the garbage. They'll have a crew come in every day or two to hose down the furniture and the floors. Demolish and rebuild on a two-year rotation -- cheaper than cleaning out the stubborn grease in the nooks and crannies.
Some customers will love the convenience, but I don't think it will be for me.
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The app has an option you can check to reserve the bathroom 10, 15, or 20 minutes after your arrival.
How easy would it be for a prankster to abuse these apps?
Back in the old days, kids would make call up pizza parlors and place bogus orders. Caller ID pretty much put those pranks to an end.
But what's to stop somebody from using these food-ordering apps the same way? Is payment required at the time the order is placed?
Back in the old days, kids would make call up pizza parlors and place bogus orders. Caller ID pretty much put those pranks to an end.
But what's to stop somebody from using these food-ordering apps the same way? Is payment required at the time the order is placed?
I make my own tacos cause im not a poor WT ****er.
Taco bells quality is really bad and I hope no one gets fod from there via this app.
Taco bells quality is really bad and I hope no one gets fod from there via this app.
Jimmy Johns app is cool, you can build your sandwich, give it a name and it will save it, for the next time you order. 2 clicks, and your sandwich is on its way!
The employees are no worse than those of any other fast food chain, in my experience. They're pretty nice where I currently live, but I've lived all over the US and I've noticed that some areas have vastly nicer people than other areas. Currently living in New Hampshire, most people are pretty pleasant. In Virginia, many people were jerks. Regardless, the food is the exact same at the large chains no matter how nice the person who took your order is.
Sounds inefficient. Just have one truck handle both every morning. Alternatively, just convert the garbage into new materials.
Again, inefficient. We've had static automated cleaning systems for decades now (dishwashers, car washes) - should work just fine in the restaurant of the future. If we really need it, we have flexible automated cleaning systems too (Roomba, Scooba). As long as the systems actually work, there shouldn't be such a thing as stubborn grease in nooks and crannies, so there's no need to demolish and rebuild.
The only downside I see is the mass unemployment.
Anyways, this future isn't far away. Did I mention that truck that comes daily is automated? We already have autonomous vehicles that handle warehouses. Teslas can already handle driving with minimal user input - Musk says they'll hit 90% automation within a year and full automation within 2. We can already place orders without interacting with employees via this app. We can pay without them. We just need a machine which automatically cooks the food and spits it out... I know such machines are in development but I don't know when they're planned for mass deployment.
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I'm all for recycling and efficiency, but I gotta draw the line at reconstituted protein slurry.
It's fast food - who will know the difference? (I was kidding from when I first made my suggestion, of course. But every joke has a kernel of truth - why wouldn't it be possible to turn garbage into food?)