Nolte
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Genius or Stupid?now when i am in a bar or nightclub where there is loud music playing which would need a person to shout at the top of their voice for barstaff to hear the order, i just type out the order on my mobile phone instead of shouting and show this to the bar staff. the idea also allows for common courtesy as my text message would read "an orange juice, please and thank you. cheers"
i ha ve been doing this for 2 years.
do you think it's genius or the worse idea ever?
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Drongo
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Aww... Now you're just going to get some people whingeing that you shouldn't go to places like that in the first place...
I can see merit, but I abstain from voting. I think you should try to talk first, and if it isn't working, feel free to whip out the phone with your order ready. Then at least you've tried.
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Nolte
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| Drongo wrote: | Aww... Now you're just going to get some people whingeing that you shouldn't go to places like that in the first place...
I can see merit, but I abstain from voting. I think you should try to talk first, and if it isn't working, feel free to whip out the phone with your order ready. Then at least you've tried. |
but why strain my voice box for a drink?
and then when i get the phone out, i'd still need to type out the message if i didn't have it saved which would waste valuable time for the bar staff person who had the unfortunate pleasure of having me try to roar into his or her ear drum
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jdog
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I commend you on your manual dexterity since I am usually limited to pointing and nodding to make my order clear, at least after the first few drinks.
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Bartali
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Well maybe not genius but certainly smart! I gave you a 'genius' Nolte.
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Sam-I-Am
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not a bad idea but not genius but nice stab at it bloke your genius will manifest in some other way no doubt since youre after it
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igmeister
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Nolte, that is genius in its simplicity. Can't believe I've not thought of that before. I tend to use the point and show number of fingers method.
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last km
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Bartenders seem to understand my drunken mutterings, maybe they have elocution lessons in "pissed speak"........ 
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Spoo
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Its a pretty good solution if you are continually ordering orange juices all night, however the flaw in your genius may develop if you're on the beers and your later messages resemble 'd bfds rlebtf shankt bhfdrs' 
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cardinal guzman
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Another nail in the coffin for human beings.
If the latest iphone advert is anything to go by; Your mobile phone finds where the nearest pub is, how good it is and who is there. On leaving the pub, it finds the best takeaway and the best way there, giving you the option to phone ahead with your order or select a meal from a drop-down list of pictures. After the takeaway, your phone can tell you when the next/last bus home is together with the nearest stop or it can phone you a taxi. Now you propose that your phone should order your drinks?
The day your phone (tired of you holding it back) leaves home without you and never returns, you won't know what to do next - you'll be sat there like a human cursor awaiting input, blinking in the armchair.
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ventoux
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| cardinal guzman wrote: | The day your phone (tired of you holding it back) leaves home without you and never returns, you won't know what to do next - you'll be sat there like a human cursor awaiting input, blinking in the armchair.
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thunderthighs
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thats a great idea..ciao
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Nolte
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on this note, yesterday i was in dublin and in a fish & chip place making my order at the counter
"chips and plaice" i know i know unhealthy.
when quoted a price by the cashier, i thought it was low and pointed this out to her. I did wonder if she had including the juice i also was ordering. after about 2 minutes of arguing that i was being charged too little, i quit and she goes to put peas on a plate
At this point, i need to shout that "No, No, not peas, Plaice" and proceed to spell out P-L-A-I-C-E
really, that'[s bad. there was no noise in the place and it shouldn't happen.
very frustrating
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mr shifter
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| Nolte wrote: | on this note, yesterday i was in dublin and in a fish & chip place making my order at the counter
"chips and plaice" i know i know unhealthy.
when quoted a price by the cashier, i thought it was low and pointed this out to her. I did wonder if she had including the juice i also was ordering. after about 2 minutes of arguing that i was being charged too little, i quit and she goes to put peas on a plate
At this point, i need to shout that "No, No, not peas, Plaice" and proceed to spell out P-L-A-I-C-E
really, that'[s bad. there was no noise in the place and it shouldn't happen.
very frustrating |
I think you win the jackpot with that last post.
Now your almost there Genius 
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Nolte
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oh i spelt it out in letters with my voice
"Plaice, P-L-A-I-C-E"
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mazda
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Why didn't you order "plaice and chips" ?
No wonder she got confused.
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grrr
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| mazda wrote: | Why didn't you order "plaice and chips" ?
No wonder she got confused. |
+1
Phone idea may be genius but the correct grammar for a chip shop order is
[species of fish] chips [condiments].
If you can't master that, then just take your peas and learn your lesson.
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Nolte
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| grrr wrote: | | mazda wrote: | Why didn't you order "plaice and chips" ?
No wonder she got confused. |
+1
Phone idea may be genius but the correct grammar for a chip shop order is
[species of fish] chips [condiments].
If you can't master that, then just take your peas and learn your lesson. |
i'm sorry, chip shop ettiquette has never came up in the south american novels i read
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