Your Name Addressed At Fast Food

[IAmCrystalHeights]

restaurants... has this been happening to you recently?

I personally like it. I don't recall being in a fast food restaurant and them asking your name, but now they're going by your name. At Wingstop the other day, which was my first time ever eating at Wingstop, the lady behind the counter asked me my name. I said Tim (my name's Tim), and she was all like "What else would you like, Tim?" and "Thank you for your order, Tim." I thought it was cool they called me by my name because that's never happened before.

Today I took the rare trip to Burger King, and I ordered a sandwich and a cherry Icee, and they asked me my name. And the cashier who just learned my name, almost bumped into me when I was getting a straw, and she said "sorry, Tim."

I like how they know my name. Do you like this system?

[Mumbo]

I tell them my last name.
Also, I stopped reading at cherry icee, and went to go get some cherry icee.

[Zippy-MyMusic]

No because I don't want to be friends with anyone that works at a fast food restaurant.

[Squidbit]

At 12/28/11 05:59 PM, SolidToad wrote: I tell them my last name.
Also, I stopped reading at cherry icee, and went to go get some cherry icee.

Dirty liar, you typed that post after you stopped reading

[Freaki-boy92]

I give them false names like
"Asskick Koalaman"

[MoonCraft]

At 12/28/11 05:59 PM, SolidToad wrote: I tell them my last name.

Same here. Apparently "Mendonca" is a hard name to remember. lol

[IAmCrystalHeights]

At 12/28/11 06:06 PM, MoonCraft wrote:

At 12/28/11 05:59 PM, SolidToad wrote: I tell them my last name.

Same here. Apparently "Mendonca" is a hard name to remember. lol

Sounds Spanish. Spanish origin last names are kinda hard for some people.

[Gagsy]

It's all a marketing scheme to make you feel that you're special to them so that in the future when hungry you will return to their establishments first and foremost because you feel that there is a personally connection between you and the fast food joint. Just because they told their staff to start asking for customers names and then repeating their names back to them.

[MoonCraft]

At 12/28/11 06:06 PM, EddyFromEEnE wrote:
Sounds Spanish. Spanish origin last names are kinda hard for some people.

Close, it's Portuguese. :) My family anglicized it so there isn't a soft "c" anymore.

You say it Men-don-kuh instead of the traditional Men-doan-suh

[IAmCrystalHeights]

At 12/28/11 06:14 PM, ScaryPicnic wrote: Heck, once in London the girl taking the audiences didn't seem to know any English apart from
'Big Mac'.

Same here, except Spanish speaking employees. They do tend to know some English, though, at least.

I guess fast food restaurants are a bigger thing in America and are trying to be like proper eating establishments.

Sorta.

[reverend]

Some places around here do and I don't mind. Certainly better that just given a number and waiting it for it to be called. Of course having an ultra common name some times leads to mistakes but whatever.

[IAmCrystalHeights]

At 12/28/11 06:16 PM, Natick wrote: This is the dumbest subject I've ever heard to generate a discussion out of.

Then why did you reply? If you don't like my threads so much, then don't come in them!

[ToddM]

At 12/28/11 06:18 PM, EddyFromEEnE wrote:

At 12/28/11 06:16 PM, Natick wrote: This is the dumbest subject I've ever heard to generate a discussion out of.

Then why did you reply? If you don't like my threads so much, then don't come in them!

Then why make the thread? It's not that intresting to discuss about.

[CyanSandwich]

Never heard of names being addressed at fast food restaurants. I would prefer not to have to tell them my name anyway. I just want food as efficiently as possible.

[Lintire]

I would absolutely fucking hate that. I'm sick of my name. Fuck that motherfuck thing.

You know that phrase "That's my name, don't wear it out"? Mine is officially worn out. I once threatened to punch a guy in the throat if he said my name again.

[AlphaCentauri]

This has nothing to do with fastfood or marketing. The government is tracking you.

[MaartenC]

That's... strange marketing. Never had that here in the Netherlands. If they'd ask me, I'd say 'And why should I tell you that?' and place my order.

[Ryanson]

At 12/28/11 05:58 PM, EddyFromEEnE wrote: I said Tim (my name's Tim)

I would never have guessed within the context of the topic.

It's happened a few times, but usually I have my name tag on, so they don't ask.

[Xgsniper]

At 12/28/11 06:32 PM, Lintire wrote: I would absolutely fucking hate that. I'm sick of my name. Fuck that motherfuck thing.

You know that phrase "That's my name, don't wear it out"? Mine is officially worn out. I once threatened to punch a guy in the throat if he said my name again.

Is it easy to make fun of or something?

[Gagsy]

At 12/28/11 06:34 PM, MaartenC wrote: That's... strange marketing. Never had that here in the Netherlands. If they'd ask me, I'd say 'And why should I tell you that?' and place my order.

That's the US for you. In England fast food places only ever ask for a name if you're placing an order by phone and you're going to collect it yourself - so that your order doesn't get mistaken for someone elses. And if you're eating out and you get a waiter or waitress who thinks they can boost up their tip by asking your name and calling you by it every single time they come to your table with a cheesy grom, then you, the English consumer generally thinks "What's a twat", not "Wow, what good service".

[MoonCraft]

At 12/28/11 06:40 PM, Gagsy wrote: the English consumer generally thinks "What a twat", not "Wow, what good service".

I generally think that everyone is a twat so it's no seed out of my sac if they want to know my name.

[Lintire]

At 12/28/11 06:38 PM, Xgsniper wrote:

At 12/28/11 06:32 PM, Lintire wrote: I would absolutely fucking hate that. I'm sick of my name. Fuck that motherfuck thing.

You know that phrase "That's my name, don't wear it out"? Mine is officially worn out. I once threatened to punch a guy in the throat if he said my name again.

Is it easy to make fun of or something?

No-one has ever made fun of my name ever. I'm just completing fucking sick of hearing it. I am in need all the fucking time and everyone just says my name, like all the time. Pisses me off.

[JadeTheAssassin]

the only names i care to know at my job are my regulars.

don't care for no one else's.

[Xgsniper]

At 12/28/11 06:42 PM, MoonCraft wrote:

At 12/28/11 06:40 PM, Gagsy wrote: the English consumer generally thinks "What a twat", not "Wow, what good service".

I generally think that everyone is a twat so it's no seed out of my sac if they want to know my name.

I'm not sure what to think of that phrase just now.

[Gagsy]

At 12/28/11 06:46 PM, Xgsniper wrote:

I'm not sure what to think of that phrase just now.

What, the word 'twat'? I don't know anyone who uses it in the original meaning - you know, for the vulva. Just means a fool, and a bloody annoying one at that.

[MoonCraft]

At 12/28/11 06:56 PM, Gagsy wrote:

What, the word 'twat'?

It may have been the use of twat that was followed up by "it's no seed out of my sac"

[WildWes]

This scheme will stop as soon as a pretty girl addresses a basement dweller by his name and then he tries to rape her believing he has made a friend

[Gagsy]

At 12/28/11 07:16 PM, MoonCraft wrote:

It may have been the use of twat that was followed up by "it's no seed out of my sac"

Lmao, that's quite good.

[MadCow]

At 12/28/11 06:08 PM, Gagsy wrote: It's all a marketing scheme to make you feel that you're special to them so that in the future when hungry you will return to their establishments first and foremost because you feel that there is a personally connection between you and the fast food joint. Just because they told their staff to start asking for customers names and then repeating their names back to them.

lmfao@fact that there are people that don't realize this. Wow, they wanna know my naaame, they must be DTF i love this place~

[Gagsy]

At 12/28/11 07:30 PM, MadCow wrote:

lmfao@fact that there are people that don't realize this. Wow, they wanna know my naaame, they must be DTF i love this place~

Hence this topic :(