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McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (20 children)

Still order like grandpa. I go in and want to talk to a human and order. I hate those gross ass touchscreens. I am probably a minority especially in my age group and working in tech

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Always wondered why anyone would rather talk to a person than take their time, have a nice overview of the menu, and pay in advance. I guess they are gross though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The only time I would rather not talk to a person is if the accent causes a language barrier. Otherwise 9 times out of 10 a person is going to understand what you want better especially if it's a customization issue

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

At least in my experience I have more customization issues when taking to people rather than using an app or going through a kiosk. The only time it's the other way around is when they don't include an option I want on the digital version but that's becoming less and less common for me at least. The number of times I've had orders just missing customization things I asked for but they didn't hear or forgot to enter is much higher when I go through the drive through or go in person then when I do it through something digital.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Where I live there's loads of heavily accented people so language is a massive barrier. Some of the employees don't even speak English.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago

The only time I would rather not talk to a person is if the accent causes a language barrier.

"Gobble gobble goo?"

"Uhhhh.....I'm sorry?"

"Gobble....gobble......goo?"

"......what?"

"GOBBLE GOBBLE GOO!!!"

"I have no idea what you mean by that....."

Guy behind you in line: "c'mon man!!! Pay attention! He's saying CAN I HELP YOU?"

"Really? Those phonetic sounds were supposed to be in any way similar to the thing you said? It's not even close...."

"English is probably his second language. How well do you speak THEIR language?"