Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts

Sunday, June 27, 2010

The magic behind the drive-thru

I am convinced that whoever invented the drive-thru was Japanese. For those of you who have never worked in the fast food industry, let me explain. When you type in the order it pops up in the right panel. This would be fine if when the next order came in the first order would move one panel closer to the left. However, since Japanese read from right to left, and a Japanese invented the drive-thru the most logical conclusion that can be drawn dear readers, is that what one thinks is not true. Instead, the first order stays in the rightmost panel, the second in the 3rd panel from the left, the third in the second panel from the left, etc. In essance, one reads the orders from right to left. Very confusing, especially for someone who was almost literally thrown into the drive-thru position. (That's what she said.) While Henry Ford invented the assembly line, the Japanese perfected it. (Nevermind the Toyota debocle.) Next you have to press a whole bunch of buttons that you eventually memorize and it's transmitted to a screen where hopefully someone is around to help you prepare the food. By the time the person hasa driven up to your window of enchantment the food has magically appeared behind you. You make change, hand them their food, wish them a good day and the car, faulty brakes and all, I mean the customer gets their food.