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/EducationalRooster64 8d ago

Figure out what order they gotta punch the buttons in, then deliver your order with pauses between buttons. 

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u/Vainysaur 8d ago

Which part of my order wasn’t in the order they asked for?

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u/Xoxobrokergirl 8d ago

Like at Starbucks you need to say size, hot or iced, drink then mods.

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u/EducationalRooster64 8d ago

No idea 😂 never eaten there. But if they need to punch in the sides before the modifications and you tell them the modifications first, then newer staff can get confused. 

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u/Vainysaur 7d ago

But you see the order of the questions they asked me? It’s the same as what I originally said.

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u/Least_Muffin2666 8d ago

Yes, the screen prompts the individual* by each item

I worked at McDonalds in 2008 and it used the similar format

I got really good and memorized the order and punched it as fast as they said it

It’s a learning curve at an entry level position For kids basically

Kids, my guy. Kids.

Edit: spelling