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[-] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago

I prefer just saying “can I get a medium #2 combo, please.” And being done with it.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago

That may be fine for regular customers, but what about the rest of us who don't have the menu memorized?

[-] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The menu is 6 foot across, above the counter where you order, glowing, with pictures of each item and number next to it. Even someone who couldn’t read could order food using the normal system.

I’ve literally ordered by signing a number with my fingers to indicate the item I wanted in a country where I don’t speak the language at a fast food franchise I’d never been to before.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

The menu is 6 foot across, above the counter where you order, glowing, with pictures of each item and number next to it

And changing pages while you're trying to parse the cacophony of choices and options.

[-] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Most menus are fixed paper with back lighting not changing displays, most of the places that have the new displays added them at the same time as the touch screen stations.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Then there's more 'uhm' and 'aah' involved.

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