IT'S THE EAST ASIA CHALLENGE

[spatch]

I like ordering out from East Asia in Powderhouse Square because A. it's cheap, B. the food is good and 3. the driver guy is FAST. I mean, super fast. Last time I ordered from East Asia, I did so at something like 7:41 pm. By 7:50, the food had arrived. That's like nine minutes from "I'd like to place an order for delivery" to "Hello yes I did order from you guys" and that includes the time it took to spell out my street name over the phone twice and beg for no bean sprouts on the tofu pad thai. I gave a big honkin "Even tho you guys are like a half mile away, you rock" tip.

Tonight I ordered at 8:50. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? OH THE EXCITEMENT IS PALPABLE HERE AT THE HALL OF JUSTICE

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Hi, I'd like to post a comment on the internet.

[mwittier.livejournal.com]

You are the only person (other than me) in my entire lifetime of knowing people, who starts a phone order with, "I'd like to place an order for delivery" (except I start with, "Hi, I'd like to place an order for delivery.")

Everyone I have ever known (okay slept with) has ridiculed me for ordering food this way, forever. I feel retroactively vindicated now. I think it's only sensible and reasonable to start by stating one's purpose, rather than launch into "Yeah, give me some rama thai delight annacoupla them springrolls..." only to be interrupted and have to start all over with address stuff. Not to mention the ESL thing.

You deserve good tofu pad thai. So do I, only I don't like tofu and there's no place near here what delivers. Now though, I'm going to think of this every time I order food for delivery, and be all self-conscious.

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[suzepie.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'd like to place an order for delivery, please ... "

Me three! Me three!

Unless it's a cruel joke.

[mwittier.livejournal.com]

I am with my people and it feels so right.

Re: Unless it's a cruel joke.

[spatch]

Gooble gobble! One of us!

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[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Me four. Verbatim.

Okay, I sometimes leave off "please". But never "hi".

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[heathbar27.livejournal.com]

Yeah, totally... who doesn't do that? Rude bastages! ;)

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[minkrose]

I do it as well!! But this is because I usually order from the local pizza/falafel place (they know me by name & phone number), and sometimes I am "placing an order for pick-up." I like walking over there & saying hi to them. Getting out of the dorm is good for me. If I have company, I'll have them deliver.

It's just polite! I dont think anyone's ever commented on my method, but not that many people hear me order on the phone.

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[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

Heh..that's what I do when I order from Zing Wings Soundbites BBQ. I call up with the "I'd like to place an order for Pickup" in a friendly tone. It's nice and soon enough you're a regular. They know me by my first name now :)

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[clickie]

I do this too; I got it from my husband. I remember thinking that it was odd when I first heard him do it, but now it seems so reasonable. It states right up front what it is that you're calling for. Do you guys also say "I'd like to order for pickup" if that's what you're ordering for? Same logic seems to apply there.

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[morgaine723.livejournal.com]

I always say "Hi, I'd like to place an order for delivery please," except when the person answers the phone by saying "How can I help you tonight?" Then I say "Bring me a pizza please!"

My mamma brought me up right, yessiree.

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[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I do it, too, but I never thought it was strange because what else would you say?

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[mwittier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, gimme some...

Hey, yeah, I wansome...

Okay, I want a coupla pizzas delivered, one pepperoni, one...

Everyone who has mocked me for saying, "Hi, I'd like to place an order for delivery..." has suggested that it's a stilted, excessively formal way to begin the transaction. And occasionally, even the person taking the order has replied, somewhat antagonistically, "Well, okay, go ahead then."

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[heathbar27.livejournal.com]

These people? Suck. Even when I call our local badass so-cheap-because-they're-carryout-only pizza place, I still start with, "I'd like to place an order please." It's just polite to let them know why you're calling before launching into all your toppings. I mean, they probably are already prepared, but still.

And that order taker sounds like he may have been a little disillusioned with his job that day. Jeepers.

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[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Doesn't everyone start a phone order that way? What other way is there of starting a phone order?

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[lno.livejournal.com]

Good lord, you mean some people don't begin phone orders that way? Do they punch in the numbers by smashing the handset with a rock and grunting, too?