# Large lunch orders: any lapse of courtesy here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-lunch-orders-any-lapse-of-courtesy-here/644354>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 17, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-lunch-orders-any-lapse-of-courtesy-here/644354 "2012-12-17T21:02:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-lunch-orders-any-lapse-of-courtesy-here/644354/41 "2012-12-20T17:21:47Z")

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> [@chiroptera](#):
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> Yes, but would a Subway/Quiznos/McDonalds/Jimmy Johns/wherever actually get a large order together ahead of time for any random person who calls in? Or do they only do this for customers they already know?
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> Because I am reading the OP as a Subway-type establishment. And I’m not sure that sort of place would ready up a bunch of custom sandwiches just on the basis of a single phone call.

> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> I think it depends on the place. I seriously doubt McDonalds or Subway would fill a phone-in order…they aren’t set up for it and they run a high risk of being stood-up.

I used to work at Burger King. We took phoned-in orders as a matter of routine. It’s been too long to remember all the details, but I don’t believe that most people gave their place of work or anything like that. They MAY have given a first name.

Most calls were simply (more or less), “We need 10 Whoppers, 8 cheeseburgers, 12 medium fries, 8 Sprites, and 5 Dr. Peppers. We’ll be there at 11:30.”

I still, 12 years later, have great feelings of loathing and disgust for the idiot who blithely walked up to the counter during one lunch rush and ordered 20 Whoppers. We did the best we could, and had 15 or 16 of them made–and then the worthless imbecile demanded his money back because it was taking too long.

Several of those Whoppers were wasted. Even during the lunch rush, we couldn’t sell **that** many before they expired.

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The sandwich place near my job takes orders by fax; that’s what I usually use if I’m getting more than one or two.

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