when online ordering first went big, ordering by phone consisted of
>hello? hang on...
>*loud background noise for 10 minutes*
>ok hello?? hELLO!?!??!
>Hi I'd like
>SPEAK LOUDER
>I SAID I'D LIKE ITEM1; ITEM2; ITEM3
>OK ITEM3 AND ITEM9 YOU SAID???
>NO ITEM1; ITEM2; ITEM3
>YES I GOT YOU THE FIRST TIME BOSS OK ITEM9 COMING RIGHT UP
>*hangs up without asking for address*
>*calls them back*
>*rings 30 times*
>wait 10 minutes, try again
>hello? hang on...
>*loud background noise for 10 minutes*
>rinse and repeat
If you never lived through that era it's hard to understand why doing it through your phone felt like such a massive upgrade even if it cost more
The apps stealing most of the profits from these restaurants really slapped some sense into them and you can actually call and they're nice, but it was really shitty before that. Same thing with taxis vs uber, taxis fucking SUCKED before uber, now they're super nice
t. old