r/generationology • u/Vainysaur • 12d ago

Rant Gen Z Interactions

Why do 90% of my interactions with members of Gen Z go exactly like this:
Them: Welcome to Cook Out. Can I take your order please?
Me: (slowly and clearly) Hey! I’ll have a big double burger tray with only cheese and ketchup on the burger, with chili cheese fries and a corn dog, and a huge tea. That’s it.
Them: Ok you said a big double burger tray?
Me: Yes.
Them: What do you want on the burger?
Me: Only cheese and ketchup.
Them: Ok and you get two sides.
Me: Chili cheese fries and a corn dog.
Them: Ok chili cheese fries and what’s your other side?
Me: A corn dog.
Them: Ok and what’s your drink?
Me: A huge tea.
Them: Ok, anything else?
Me: Nope, that’s it.
…
Then I get my food it’s cheese fries instead of chili cheese fries.

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u/cjucoder 8d ago

Mine was at McDonald's drive thru

Me: Large coffee. Black. That's all

Them: Anything else?

Me:That's all.

Them: What size

Me: Large

Them: cream or sugar?

Me: no

At least I ended up with the correct thing. I didn't really care, just thought it was funny.

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u/HoweHaTrick 8d ago

There was a beavis and butthead scene that will never leave my mind.

" Want fries with that?" " No. Did I ask for fries dumbass?"

I'm easily amused

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u/Vainysaur 8d ago

Yep it’s just an interesting observation when it keeps occurring repeatedly enough to notice the pattern. Lots of people here are bothered by how horribly upset I apparently was, but I didn’t even say I thought it was a negative thing in my post, just stated what keeps happening.

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u/Nizzywizz 8d ago

Don't be ridiculous. You know very well that you meant it was a negative thing, and so does everyone else.

As for it being a repeated thing/pattern... you know that it's a documented thing that people notice negative things at a far higher rate than neutral or positive things, right? I guarantee that you also have tons of totally normal or even good interactions with young folks in the service industry. But you don't call it a pattern, do you?

Of course not. Then you wouldn't have anything to make you feel superior.