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McDonalds Drive Thru in Tralee

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  • 29-09-2009 1:38pm
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    chilli_pepper
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    I was passing by the McDonalds in Tralee the other day and I noticed
    that the drive thru was slightly different to any other one I have
    seen. This one has a member of staff sitting in a little chair where the
    cars drive thru and he writes down the orders as they come in.

    It looked like he then runs into the restaurant and gives the order to
    the staff at the till then runs back to the so called "drive Thru" and
    takes more orders again...

    Only in Kerry


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    kingtut
    Registered Users Posts: 6,487 ✭✭✭kingtut


    Ok


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    chilli_pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭chilli_pepper


    kingtut wrote: »
    Ok

    is it not a bit backward ? ,
    sorry just noticed your from Cork ,that explains it


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    chopperbyrne
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    Maybe their comms system was broken and instead of just closing the drive thru, they were improvising.


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    Gone Drinking
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    chilli_pepper wrote: »
    It looked like he then runs into the restaurant and gives the order to
    the staff at the till then runs back to the so called "drive Thru" and
    takes more orders again...

    Only in Kerry

    So thats how they keep their players so fit in the off season!


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    chilli_pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭chilli_pepper


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Maybe their comms system was broken and instead of just closing the drive thru, they were improvising.
    There is no Comms system


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    Moved from After Hours.


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    VinnyTGM
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    As above the comms system was probably down. Every Mc Donalds outlet has the same setup (even in Kerry!).


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    ejmaztec
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    He probably has to translate the Kerry lingo into English, so's the natives get what they ask for.


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    kingtut
    Registered Users Posts: 6,487 ✭✭✭kingtut


    chilli_pepper wrote: »
    is it not a bit backward ? ,
    sorry just noticed your from Cork ,that explains it

    Yes it is backwards, just didn't think it needed anymore of a response.

    I am not from Cork by the way not that I have any problem with it unlike yourself. My current location and where I am from do not have to be the same thing. I doubt very much you are from inside a vindaloo but I could be mistaken...might explain why you are full of hot air :pac:;)


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    chilli_pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭chilli_pepper


    kingtut wrote: »
    Yes it is backwards, just didn't think it needed anymore of a response.

    I am not from Cork by the way not that I have any problem with it unlike yourself. My current location and where I am from do not have to be the same thing. I doubt very much you are from inside a vindaloo but I could be mistaken...might explain why you are full of hot air :pac:;)

    Hot Air eh,,,very witty - Well done Sir - keep up the good work


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    MadPatrick
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    keep going


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    IrishKev
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    He doesn't run into the restaurant and give the order, the PDA hes using is connected to their system through Bluetooth or something and it wirelessly sends the order inside. Duh!! :D


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    440Hz
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    So how it works is that you give your order to the boy in the little booth, who keys it in to his little McPalm thing. Then you pay at the next window, and window 2 pick up your food. They had a comms system there for years, but it seems noone used it. Having the three steps definitely speeds things up at peak times. So when noone was using the comms system things were slow. So I'm presuming that they decided to put a human there so that people would not ignore the 'ordering step'.

    Oh and it's not just Tralee. This happens in lots of drive-thru's.


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