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

Comments

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

[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.

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

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

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

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

[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."

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

[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.