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dolph
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dolph
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Our Burger King order accuracy is 0%. They don't say, "May I take your Or

They don't say, "May I take your Order?" They say, "Take a wild guess what I am going to put in the bag." Then it is still slow, even though they can throw anything that is ready in the bag. And my wife still goes.
Posted: 11/12/2024 at 08:47 AM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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Fast food: who's the fastest?**
EDGEMAN • 11/12/24 07:01 AM ET
Idea for app that gives local fast food wait times. What do you think?**
soldcokesatLane • 11/12/24 05:55 PM ET
Make it like Waze where customers input the data.**
EDGEMAN • 11/12/24 05:58 PM ET
You can have it quick or you can have it accurate. Seems to be a
UTPr0sim • 11/12/24 01:34 PM ET
Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick one.
Tafkam Hokie • 11/12/24 01:54 PM ET
I prefer my long time mantra, for almost all businesses
RTFC • 11/12/24 02:06 PM ET
I had a supplier once who liked to say...
MAHokie69 • 11/12/24 03:02 PM ET
Yeah, but you get some of all three anyway - this makes you realize it**
RTFC • 11/12/24 04:55 PM ET
The point of my original post was meant to be in line with this
Tafkam Hokie • 11/12/24 04:16 PM ET
Can you have three different size pie slices?
EDGEMAN • 11/12/24 02:41 PM ET
Of course, that is the whole point
RTFC • 11/12/24 04:24 PM ET
Crappy food delivered quickly - 'Murica**
UEMcGill • 11/12/24 12:49 PM ET
What about service time going to the counter
statmanfromHCyrs • 11/12/24 12:42 PM ET
Pal’s Sudden Service**
GCHokieof91 • 11/12/24 11:59 AM ET
"Never take the drive thru! They (bleep) you at the drive thru!" - Leo Getz
Spud • 11/12/24 10:53 AM ET
I VERY rarely go to a drive thru, and then only if the order is super
Tafkam Hokie • 11/12/24 02:00 PM ET
Like my late Dad I don't leave the windows.
TomTurkey • 11/12/24 12:03 PM ET
Not the KFC near me, there is always a 15 to 20 minute wait for chicken.**
vthhhi • 11/12/24 10:31 AM ET
I can wait for the chicken if it is directly out of the frier. Time is the
IB4TECH • 11/12/24 04:53 PM ET
From my personal experience, that's pretty standard for KFC. **
EDGEMAN • 11/12/24 11:34 AM ET
I like Hardee's/Carl's Jr, but it's always been slow.
EDGEMAN • 11/12/24 09:33 AM ET
Give Wendy's breakfasts a try
Nova Hokie 95 • 11/12/24 12:25 PM ET
never understood why the same chain has 2 different names**
HokieMacDaddy • 11/12/24 10:21 AM ET
Hardee's was on the East Coast, and C Jr was on the west coast
EDGEMAN • 11/12/24 11:33 AM ET
I wonder if they ship the biscuits to the West frozen or make them fresh
HokieMacDaddy • 11/12/24 11:38 AM ET
No idea. I moved back to the east coast years before the merger, so...
EDGEMAN • 11/12/24 11:53 AM ET
Strength of brands prior to merger**
MAHokie69 • 11/12/24 10:25 AM ET
Yup...they were separate entities altogether...
vthokieq • 11/12/24 10:42 AM ET
KFC cheats because they ask you to pull over every time **
bigbadbird • 11/12/24 09:17 AM ET
The Food Lion Chicken Wing Bar but that probably doesn't count.**
jdkhokie • 11/12/24 08:53 AM ET
it counts **
bigbadbird • 11/12/24 09:15 AM ET
Our Burger King order accuracy is 0%. They don't say, "May I take your Or ◄
dolph • 11/12/24 08:47 AM ET
And then you ask them for condiments...
HokieNoVA • 11/12/24 09:44 AM ET
Chick-Fil-A time does not match what I experience. Usually faster with 4 or
coshokie • 11/12/24 08:33 AM ET
Using the app they are lightning fast**
Happy Dog • 11/12/24 11:59 AM ET
I'm wondering how the "time in drive through" was measured.
MP4VT2004 • 11/12/24 09:53 AM ET
yeah, not even close IMO.**
reestuart • 11/12/24 09:47 AM ET
Usually ten cars for me, but they are pretty efficient**
`lag • 11/12/24 09:00 AM ET
Yeah, 10 at CFA is like 4-5 at other places**
coshokie • 11/12/24 09:24 AM ET
yeah....that's outta whack.**
JoesterVT • 11/12/24 08:36 AM ET
IT sure isn't McDonalds. They've been excruciatingly slow the last several
Tafkam Hokie • 11/12/24 08:19 AM ET
The complacency of the "legacy" fast food places is impressive
HokieNoVA • 11/12/24 09:08 AM ET
I was shocked the Micky Dees a short walk up the road closed...
`lag • 11/12/24 01:23 PM ET
Mcdonalds won the location game. They picked the prime real estate and have
BG Hokie • 11/12/24 03:16 PM ET
Exactly, they won that generations game...
`lag • 11/12/24 03:20 PM ET
Baja Fresh has gone through multiple ownership groups
Beerman • 11/12/24 02:15 PM ET
Oh yeah, it's been a pretty long while now...
`lag • 11/12/24 02:51 PM ET