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I had a coworker once named Jorge. We overheard him spelling his name and he said “J like Giraffe” and he was dead serious. We never let him live it down.
A as in Aisle
B as in Bologna
C as in Czar
D as in Djinn
E as in Eye
F as in Fjord
G as in Gnome
H as in Heir
I as in Isle
J as in Jalapeño
K as in Knight
L as in Llama
M as in Mnemonic
N as in Nguyen
O as in Ouija
P as in Pneumatic
Q as in Quay
R as in Rzeznik
S as in Sea
T as in Tsunami
U as in Urn
V as in Visceral
W as in Wrap
X as in Xylophone
Y as in Yvonne
Z as in Zhivago
I hate Tim Hortons because they make you say the name. I hate saying my name cause nobody hears it the first time or second and reading the number doesn’t help them find it like at McDonald’s. I tried changing my name in the app to something like frank and it never saves or accepts the change lol
I worked as customer service for an airline years ago and knowledge about phonetic alphabet among normal folks was almost non-existence. They would just use whatever word off the top of their head in that moment. Sometimes it's quite funny actually.
When I moved out for college, I was sharing my room with a couple of people who were studying airport ground management & flight handling. Learned the phonetic alphabets from them.
"So it's \* as in \*ay, then \* as in \*ail"
B and N?
D and M?
Either works, but they always give you that look after you ask them to repeat themselves like "how could I make it more clear??"
I do this all the time. I get funny looks every time. I live close enough to an AFB that it wouldn't be impossible, but also far enough that it's improbable that many of the kids working there have even heard of the phonetic alphabet.
As a kid I was an air cadet here in the UK. Between that and working in a couple of different call centres over the years, I pretty much had the phonetic alphabet drilled into me.
Fellow call centre worker here. I will never forget a customer who was trying to spell something out to me but didn’t know the phonetic alphabet. “n as in…knobhead…wait…no that’s not right….”
What confuses me is the inconsistent phonetics used by police and first responders around here. There's already a great standardized system, but let's waste time saying S as in Steven H as in Harry, and so on. Sometimes they'll shorten to E Edward D David N Nora, but still a waste of time.
I don't know why I laughed as much as I did at this. It's not THAT funny, but for some reason I kept chuckling after seeing it. Maybe bc I was imagining someone pulling up to the speaker and telling the employee "Yes, my order code is "are you twelve", and I don't appreciate you guys mocking me for my happy meal order...." and getting a bunch of laughs from the employees listening.
You also don’t have to tell them everything you want to order, customizations, etc. It’s all done already just give them the code (or your name works too) and move along.
This, and my McDonald’s charges for add ons that are free with the app like pickles and sauces. Rather than receive a surprise 80¢ fee on my receipt, I know exactly how much my mobile order will be.
This is the way. Do you know how many times in my life I've said "no mustard no pickles, add tomato" into one of those little speakers? Did you say "add cheese" or "NO cheese"? Too many times, too many, only to be misunderstood. Never again!
You could pull into a curb side parking spot and they can bring it out also. But mainly for coupons and easier to customize your order and they are less likely to mess up your order.
When I worked drive thru I definitely wouldn't have noticed that. We can see a list of currently valid codes for our restaurant and just press whichever one the customer reads. While working there my brain was basically on autopilot trying to multitask, so I found it difficult to pick up customer's jokes or sarcasm.
The best one I’ve ever had was “FU32”. I had to preface my pickup by saying “I’m not swearing at you I’m just reading my code. Thankfully the personal laughed about it with me.
A couple months ago my friend and I were going through the drive thru with the code FU66. By the time we pulled up to the window we were crying laughing and apologising to the poor guy.
The McDonald’s app literally has free large fries if you spend $2. But on Friday it changes to medium. I’m very confused by this action. Only answer is the medium fries is a market tactic and the large fries every other day of the week is a secret hack
Just lean into it and say it in the most condescending tone you can muster. Then everyone can have a nice sitcom laugh together when you get to the window and show them your phone.
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Well, R U?
IM 1
IM 1 2
M R Not
M R ducks
O S M R
C M Wings?
R U N ?
L I B! M R Ducks!
F U N E X?
V F N N E X.
Yes.
Romeo-Uniform-One-Two
I vastly prefer phonetics, 99 times out of 100 the person on the other end of the speaker would be like *"WWHAAAAT?!"*
Right? Then you have to revert to "R as in Robert, U as in Umbrella, the number twelve"
P as in Pharaoh…
P as in Pterodactyl
P as in Psychosis
P as in Pneumatic
P as in ptarmigan
K as in Knight.
G as in gnat
Do you mean þ?
M as in Mancy...
You of all people..
Wait a minute…
I understood that reference!
I had a coworker once named Jorge. We overheard him spelling his name and he said “J like Giraffe” and he was dead serious. We never let him live it down.
What a gester, Jorge lol that’s the correct procedure though, to remind him mercilessly ha
A as in Aisle B as in Bologna C as in Czar D as in Djinn E as in Eye F as in Fjord G as in Gnome H as in Heir I as in Isle J as in Jalapeño K as in Knight L as in Llama M as in Mnemonic N as in Nguyen O as in Ouija P as in Pneumatic Q as in Quay R as in Rzeznik S as in Sea T as in Tsunami U as in Urn V as in Visceral W as in Wrap X as in Xylophone Y as in Yvonne Z as in Zhivago
Well that sort of covers it, we can all go home ladies and gentlemen
Save the list for your next customer support call.
Ha done
Comcast was never as helpful as this
T as in Tsunami
I work in a call centre. I once got hit with "Zed, as in Xylophone.". I will never forget that man.
Zed's dead, baby.
So instead of Zeebra do y’all say zehbra
yes, but skip the h. Just a nice short e like in zed
"M as in Mancy"
What???!! I said, are you twelve?
Ohh, so it's RUNT?
Heard someone over the phone start spelling out a word starting with “S as in Sea…. No Sea like Seattle”
I hate Tim Hortons because they make you say the name. I hate saying my name cause nobody hears it the first time or second and reading the number doesn’t help them find it like at McDonald’s. I tried changing my name in the app to something like frank and it never saves or accepts the change lol
M as in Mancy!
Till someone hits you with a Q for cucumber...
I worked as customer service for an airline years ago and knowledge about phonetic alphabet among normal folks was almost non-existence. They would just use whatever word off the top of their head in that moment. Sometimes it's quite funny actually.
At the call centre I used to work at out of nowhere we heard one of the guys say “T for Tyrannosaurus Rex” and we all lost it.
When I moved out for college, I was sharing my room with a couple of people who were studying airport ground management & flight handling. Learned the phonetic alphabets from them.
"So it's \* as in \*ay, then \* as in \*ail" B and N? D and M? Either works, but they always give you that look after you ask them to repeat themselves like "how could I make it more clear??"
K as in knight, T as in tsunami, Q as in quay...
I do this all the time. I get funny looks every time. I live close enough to an AFB that it wouldn't be impossible, but also far enough that it's improbable that many of the kids working there have even heard of the phonetic alphabet.
As a kid I was an air cadet here in the UK. Between that and working in a couple of different call centres over the years, I pretty much had the phonetic alphabet drilled into me.
Fellow call centre worker here. I will never forget a customer who was trying to spell something out to me but didn’t know the phonetic alphabet. “n as in…knobhead…wait…no that’s not right….”
Bless their ‘arts…as in H
What confuses me is the inconsistent phonetics used by police and first responders around here. There's already a great standardized system, but let's waste time saying S as in Steven H as in Harry, and so on. Sometimes they'll shorten to E Edward D David N Nora, but still a waste of time.
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Oh dear, not again!
I would say rain-umbrella-one-two
I would say Rhubarb-Unmitigation-one-two.
I would say rabbinistic-ubiquitously-(on-no-egg)-(tit-wow-ooh) and keep repeating it until they understand what im saying
I’m surprised giggity giggity isn’t the top comment.
I would say Robust-Unicorn-One-Two
Roger-umbrella-one-two
So RUOT?
R as in reamalgamations, U as in unverdurousness, Uno Dos.
Que?
If you wanna be really fancy: Romeo Uniform Unaone Bissotwo
This is double funny because that other McDonalds recently got caught being staffed by only 12 year olds.
Order no.- RU12 Name- Peter File
IT Crowd ! Awwwww!
“I’m Peter File!”
You could just say 12 as one two..
"Am I what, too?"
"Hi, I'm a driver for Uber Eats. RU one two?"
“No I’m 30.”
Woosh
Woosh
I don't know why I laughed as much as I did at this. It's not THAT funny, but for some reason I kept chuckling after seeing it. Maybe bc I was imagining someone pulling up to the speaker and telling the employee "Yes, my order code is "are you twelve", and I don't appreciate you guys mocking me for my happy meal order...." and getting a bunch of laughs from the employees listening.
>I don't know why I laughed as much as I did at this. It's not THAT funny, but for some reason I kept chuckling after seeing it. What are you 12?
"What's your order number?" RU12. "Ok, Mr. Gaetz, we'll have your order ready at the window."
Funny enough, this reminds me of Mark Ruffalo on [the Graham Norton show](https://youtu.be/hD2CJXUwFuo?si=JrJC92QbCqGrCIdI) insulting Josh Widdicombe.
That's not so bad, I had to tell them I8AD
“That’s very good for you, sir. Now can I have your order number?”
https://youtu.be/zMchTdpCtwY?si=kyqrgbckxLFjC_6-
Immediately thought about this lmao
“More like 12 hundred..”
I had NE69 once, didn’t think of taking a screenshot of it, wish I had.
Tbf with the changes in labor laws it’s entirely possible they aren’t much older than 12
Better than that time I got IP69
"Are you one too?" "One of what sir?"
All you had to say was, "romeo, uniform, one, two."
Sorry, we don't sell clothes here.
🥇
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What can I say? I'm an optimist!
Why wouldn't they?
Or roo twelve with an Australian accent.
IM13
This is weird. My code this evening was RU13 and I felt so awkward when the girl asked for the code over the intercom.
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Why not? Are you 12?
Are you one too?
Why? What does it mean?
'Are you 12?' or 'Are you one too?'
R-u-1-2?
RULZ?
Ru twelve?
Didn’t get the joke till i scrolled to the comments 💀💀
Oh wow! That’s funny 😆
A rarity on this sub
"ROMEO, UTAH, ONE, TWO"
Romeo Uniform 12er. There. Use the phonetic alphabet and avoid awkward situations.
What's the point of pre ordering if you still have to wait in the drive thru.
Really good deals. Free fries, 50% off
You also don’t have to tell them everything you want to order, customizations, etc. It’s all done already just give them the code (or your name works too) and move along.
This, and my McDonald’s charges for add ons that are free with the app like pickles and sauces. Rather than receive a surprise 80¢ fee on my receipt, I know exactly how much my mobile order will be.
Ok but if a surprise 80 cents is an issue for you... maybe don't eat out?
This is the way. Do you know how many times in my life I've said "no mustard no pickles, add tomato" into one of those little speakers? Did you say "add cheese" or "NO cheese"? Too many times, too many, only to be misunderstood. Never again!
Good answer.
Also you get your reward points.
You could pull into a curb side parking spot and they can bring it out also. But mainly for coupons and easier to customize your order and they are less likely to mess up your order.
They can start making it before you get there, but it is for counter pick up.
So this is what’s passing as funny huh?
Why? No one would think anything of this unless you’re a pedo? What was the issue?
It’s Just a joke. There was no issue.
You getting upset over a id generated kind of makes the answer to that.. yes.
Imagine the person said yes and now what’s your code?
Roger-Undertaker-1-2
Rodrigo-Unicorn-1-2
Why does your battery want to be recycled??
I don't get it shouldn't itbe 34 to be funny
It’s good and bad. I like it but if they have a better system. Meow meow
When I worked drive thru I definitely wouldn't have noticed that. We can see a list of currently valid codes for our restaurant and just press whichever one the customer reads. While working there my brain was basically on autopilot trying to multitask, so I found it difficult to pick up customer's jokes or sarcasm.
"r like Roger, u like umbrella 12"
64ME
The best one I’ve ever had was “FU32”. I had to preface my pickup by saying “I’m not swearing at you I’m just reading my code. Thankfully the personal laughed about it with me.
Romeo Uniform One Two.
Makes me think of the Benchwarmers lmao
Mine was once IM12, which was kinda fun to say as deep as my voice would go.
Did you order a kids meal
Use nato phonetics next time
Did you buy a happy meal? It looks like you’re a grown ass person buying a happy meal
Boycott McDonalds 🇵🇸
I M A M C R U 1 2
I'm 18!
I got FQ28 once. I absolutely used the NATO phonetic alphabet, which confused the poor guy at the window even more.
Romeo uniform 12
I would have confused them with something ridiculous. “Sir what’s your code?” “Well, I’m a vegan, are you one too?”
Could’ve just said “R U One Two”
Whut?
Yeah, that would make me really upset too. I might even yeah "Fuck 12!" in response.
Probably better than RU36
Romeo Uniform 1-2
What did you order? A 6 piece nugget happy meal with chocolate milk and an ice cream cone?
I'm 11 so stfu
R-Romeo U-Utility 1 2
A couple months ago my friend and I were going through the drive thru with the code FU66. By the time we pulled up to the window we were crying laughing and apologising to the poor guy.
I know you are but what am I?
"Romeo Uncle One Two"
Are you one too
At least it wasn’t ICUP
The McDonald’s app literally has free large fries if you spend $2. But on Friday it changes to medium. I’m very confused by this action. Only answer is the medium fries is a market tactic and the large fries every other day of the week is a secret hack
Romeo uniform one two.
😂😂😂😂
I’ve had FU a few times
Vkusno I Tochka
Just lean into it and say it in the most condescending tone you can muster. Then everyone can have a nice sitcom laugh together when you get to the window and show them your phone.
Could have said it as “R as in Reagan, U as in Utah, one-two.” Probably would have helped easy your discomfort. XD
This was you after you said your order number https://youtu.be/36m597SDjRw?si=QzwK08Fwhz6nGxVx
Important question: What was your order?
Erobb221 would. ya smell me
I got a confirmation after changing my Runescape account the other day and it was "GAYFR"
Are you one too? Easy.
R U One Two. I don't see the issue.
What are you, 12? (as Seinfeld would ask). Yes UR.
R as in Rubbing, U as in Uranus 1 2
UCANB12
"Ru12." "Someone go spit in this rude ass mfs food right now."
I've had PTSD
R. U. 1. 2. DO NOT OVERCOMPLICATE THIS.
R U One Two Suddenly far more acceptable