while I despise apps due to the amount of extra bloat on my phones* I do appreciate general online ordering bc I don’t have to talk to anyone to get a sandwich with no goddamn onions
Actually we’ve only used online ordering in the past year and p much take what we get like suckers bc we want to minimise the time exposed to the Corona (missed a whole bag of chips once that way, prob also something else I forget but restaurant staff already have it shitty as is)
Other than work-related MFA apps I have to have on my phone, there’s only ONE that’s needed: Little Caesar’s Pizza Portal app! Order AND pickup without ever seeing/talking to a human. Genius!
Having to eat Little Caesar’s pizza, not quite so Genius.
Cholma
I don’t have a problem with their pizza; their thin crust is really good (and I’m not normally a thin crust guy) but their Italian Cheese Bread is to die for.
Geneseepaws
I find that the quality of pizza at any given chain’s franchise is exTTReemely variable. One pizzabolis is awful, the next delightful. There was even a Dominos that was good! No, I’m not kidding. The last one I ate at was cardboard with red paint, so it may largely depend on the crew making them, also.
Deanatay
Calling something ordered from Little Caesar’s ‘Italian’ is kinda like calling something ordered from Taco Bell ‘Mexican’. MAYBE technically, but in reality, yeah, no.
brionl
I have to confess, the last time I actually had a Little Caesar’s Pizza was probably 15-20 years ago. But it was pretty crap then, so I haven’t bothered to try it again.
Little Caesar’s is perfectly fine for what it is, and what it is is cheaper than hell. It’s not quite “Taco Bell: It’s cheaper than food!” levels, but…
I genuinely like it better than Papa John’s (I don’t like Papa John’s sauce; too sweet), and it retains edibility when cold better than Pizza Hut, which coagulates into wedges of Crisco.
Though at this point, it’s been more than a year since I’ve eaten anything that didn’t come out of my kitchen or Mom’s…
Tunasammich
Yeah I agree, Little Caesars is pretty all right compared to the other chains. Still, a frozen Screamin Sicilian is better
I don’t mind general apps, like Door Dash – it’s the restaurant specific ones I hate. And really, I only hate them because of the annoying crap they do to try to force people to use them. Taking items off the menu to make them “app exclusive” is asinine and only makes customers not want to patronize your restaurant anymore.
I think I may have commented on this before, but is has not yet ceased to piss me off. Obviously.
I like that unlike doordash and similar, the Taco Bell app doesn’t double the cost I pay in taxes and fees plus up charge for items. They also won’t bring it to me but I’ve learned to live with that >_> they all still suck in their own way tho
The Dominos website looks like it’s straight out of 2005, but paying online, specifying toppings, and scheduling orders ahead of time just works. (Especially scheduling! Submit an order during a break at work, pick it up at the location closest to home along the way there. Easy peasy.)
While I appreciate online ordering because I don’t have to talk to anybody and because it’s easy to add onions to everything, the thing that I hate about it at Taco Bell is that you can’t use it to order the Enchirito, which has been off the official menu for years, but you can still get it if you order in person.
(Sadly they don’t have the black olives any more, you’ve got to add those when you get it home.)
Agreed 100%. If all your app does is duplicate your webpage, or also offer “app exclusives” that /could/ be on the webpage, then don’t make an app. But of course they want our data. They want to track us. They want to know us. Why? To tell the CIA, FBI and NSA? Nope. It’s just to make a few cents in advertising, optimization, and customer retention. Our privacy isn’t even worth a buck. In fact we pay for the systems that allow us to give it away.
I read this in a totally other way which was that Lucy is a human right in front of him whom he asked out after prompting and has barely managed to pay attention to over his taco
Honestly, if she said it louder and he heard it, he’d have probably offered to show her it right then and there. And then the two would be kicked out – Walky for mooning people and Lucy for being a non responsive accomplice
Yeah, Lucy wanting to talk about feelings may not be the most effective tactic with Walky. She might be better off with something he would enjoy more, like pulling teeth.
Yeah, a little surprised to see him thread the needle of tactful and honest. I’m never quite sure how socially inept/competent he’s supposed to be. I get that he’s doing the whole ‘obfuscating stupidity’ in general, but he seems to swing from uncannily perceptive (ex: spotting Ethan as gay) to bumbling social oaf (ex: needing Sal to collar him before quitting hassling Joyce about her sexual preferences).
Can’t help but wonder if Lucy is going to put two and two together on her own and realise he came to this conclusion mere moments after speaking to his ex.
If they’re both smart about it they’ll realise the method of realisation doesn’t matter, but if they’re dumb teenagers…
Looking back at some Lucy involved strips, she seems hit or miss with her observations/understanding of people:
Believing The person formerly known as Billie was super popular in Read.
Noticing that Ruth was a love interest and not a conquest.
Calling Joyce a bisexual version of herself.
Immediately getting Carla to like her.
Realizing she should be friends with Walky first, rather than attacking him while he’s vulnerable, before making a move (despite not knowing what a move was).
Long story long, I call it 50/50 she finds out and is hurt by it vs she already knows and tells Dorothy thank you.
I’m usually a big fan, but it’s currently ticking me off because it won’t let me order breakfast. And I can’t stop on my way to work, because there always seems to be a massive line, and everybody in front of me apparently ordered one of everything on the menu.
The breakfast thing is annoying. Pre-pandemic, the Taco Bells around here would open for breakfast at 7am/7:30am, but now they don’t open until 9am or 10am, so I don’t have time to get something before work anyway.
Oh, this isn’t gonna end well at all is it. It’s possible I’m misreading too much into it, but I’m … not sure he actually Likes her that way.
Sambo
That’s the vibe I’m getting too. There definitely seems to be an imbalance in emotional involvement here.
Tim
He probably doesn’t like her that way… yet. I was in a similar relationship in HS. She liked me, I didn’t have any feelings about her either way but when her friend told me, I figured why not. This is their first date, Walky can show affection, but he’s probably processing this status change. He will either grow to like her in this new light or realize he doesn’t and hopefully end the relationship.
Maybe the parent company is saving all the wacky not-food marketing ideas for KFC. They already have a game console and chicken-scented fireplace logs, why not a candle with the secret blend of herbs and spices?
Hell, cooking is how I’ve won most people over. You’d be amazed the level of social ineptitude people are willing to overlook if you can make great chicken carbonara
Of course, the ribs are in the way. But if you aim lower at the stomach, then punch the blade upwards, you can more easily get to the heart. Otherwise you need thorasic aurgeon style equipment like a saw and rib-cage spreader.
With like most any other person, I’d be suspicious that he was going after her for convenience, but I don’t really get that vibe off of Walky. I do genuinely think he’s being sincere, and does think she’s the whole package.
Like, he’s not acting dopey like he did when he got with Dorothy, nor is he as thirsty as he was with Amber, but Lucy’s neither of those women, and Walky’s also a bit more experienced here, so the dynamic being different doesn’t strike me as concerning at this moment.
155 thoughts on “At the border”
Ana Chronistic
while I despise apps due to the amount of extra bloat on my phones* I do appreciate general online ordering bc I don’t have to talk to anyone to get a sandwich with no goddamn onions
*I have a spare for Pokemans, sue me
TheStranger
OTOH, if they fuck up and put onions on it anyway, then you HAVE to talk to a real person to make them fix it.
Ana Chronistic
Actually we’ve only used online ordering in the past year and p much take what we get like suckers bc we want to minimise the time exposed to the Corona (missed a whole bag of chips once that way, prob also something else I forget but restaurant staff already have it shitty as is)
ReverendJ
I have a tendency not to check my orders at the drive thru so when they get it wrong I complain through the app or website also.
Cholma
Other than work-related MFA apps I have to have on my phone, there’s only ONE that’s needed: Little Caesar’s Pizza Portal app! Order AND pickup without ever seeing/talking to a human. Genius!
brionl
Having to eat Little Caesar’s pizza, not quite so Genius.
Cholma
I don’t have a problem with their pizza; their thin crust is really good (and I’m not normally a thin crust guy) but their Italian Cheese Bread is to die for.
Geneseepaws
I find that the quality of pizza at any given chain’s franchise is exTTReemely variable. One pizzabolis is awful, the next delightful. There was even a Dominos that was good! No, I’m not kidding. The last one I ate at was cardboard with red paint, so it may largely depend on the crew making them, also.
Deanatay
Calling something ordered from Little Caesar’s ‘Italian’ is kinda like calling something ordered from Taco Bell ‘Mexican’. MAYBE technically, but in reality, yeah, no.
brionl
I have to confess, the last time I actually had a Little Caesar’s Pizza was probably 15-20 years ago. But it was pretty crap then, so I haven’t bothered to try it again.
John
Little Caesar’s is perfectly fine for what it is, and what it is is cheaper than hell. It’s not quite “Taco Bell: It’s cheaper than food!” levels, but…
I genuinely like it better than Papa John’s (I don’t like Papa John’s sauce; too sweet), and it retains edibility when cold better than Pizza Hut, which coagulates into wedges of Crisco.
Though at this point, it’s been more than a year since I’ve eaten anything that didn’t come out of my kitchen or Mom’s…
Tunasammich
Yeah I agree, Little Caesars is pretty all right compared to the other chains. Still, a frozen Screamin Sicilian is better
Rose by Any Other Name
I don’t mind general apps, like Door Dash – it’s the restaurant specific ones I hate. And really, I only hate them because of the annoying crap they do to try to force people to use them. Taking items off the menu to make them “app exclusive” is asinine and only makes customers not want to patronize your restaurant anymore.
I think I may have commented on this before, but is has not yet ceased to piss me off. Obviously.
Br44n5m
I like that unlike doordash and similar, the Taco Bell app doesn’t double the cost I pay in taxes and fees plus up charge for items. They also won’t bring it to me but I’ve learned to live with that >_> they all still suck in their own way tho
Needfuldoer
The Dominos website looks like it’s straight out of 2005, but paying online, specifying toppings, and scheduling orders ahead of time just works. (Especially scheduling! Submit an order during a break at work, pick it up at the location closest to home along the way there. Easy peasy.)
Victor
While I appreciate online ordering because I don’t have to talk to anybody and because it’s easy to add onions to everything, the thing that I hate about it at Taco Bell is that you can’t use it to order the Enchirito, which has been off the official menu for years, but you can still get it if you order in person.
(Sadly they don’t have the black olives any more, you’ve got to add those when you get it home.)
Demoted Oblivious
Agreed 100%. If all your app does is duplicate your webpage, or also offer “app exclusives” that /could/ be on the webpage, then don’t make an app. But of course they want our data. They want to track us. They want to know us. Why? To tell the CIA, FBI and NSA? Nope. It’s just to make a few cents in advertising, optimization, and customer retention. Our privacy isn’t even worth a buck. In fact we pay for the systems that allow us to give it away.
–Posted from my smartphone ???
Doctor_Who
Wow. Walky’s comparing her to Taco Bell food. Rare and exclusive Taco Bell food.
He’s serious about Lucy.
Thag Simmons
If it was anyone else, this would be considered a grave insult.
GenericScreenName101
Walky simply doesn’t eat tacos… He inhales them!
Lingo
Right now it looks like he’s french-kissing that taco.
Needfuldoer
Suckin’ on a
chili dogloaded nacho tacooutsideinside theTastee-FreezTaco BellFnord
My mind went to Tacolingus, but yeah.
Chris
He somehow manages to inhale them and savor them at the same time. That’s talent.
Keulen
That’s definitely a compliment coming from Walky.
Ana Chronistic
I just realised, is that why he loves the Butt Taco?
Moonie
I read this in a totally other way which was that Lucy is a human right in front of him whom he asked out after prompting and has barely managed to pay attention to over his taco
Sirksome
Things seem to be going well for Walky too! Good for him! Although maybe Lucy should tone it down. It’s just a first date.
NotThatDrew
Eh, she’s just being honest. It is a nice butt
Jamie
And it’s something Walky is proud of, remarkably.
Icalasari
Honestly, if she said it louder and he heard it, he’d have probably offered to show her it right then and there. And then the two would be kicked out – Walky for mooning people and Lucy for being a non responsive accomplice
Clif
Yeah, Lucy wanting to talk about feelings may not be the most effective tactic with Walky. She might be better off with something he would enjoy more, like pulling teeth.
Leorale
Slick, Walky. Good move that he didn’t tell her exactly how he came to that conclusion.
CorporateDronesDontHaveMissiles
Yeah, a little surprised to see him thread the needle of tactful and honest. I’m never quite sure how socially inept/competent he’s supposed to be. I get that he’s doing the whole ‘obfuscating stupidity’ in general, but he seems to swing from uncannily perceptive (ex: spotting Ethan as gay) to bumbling social oaf (ex: needing Sal to collar him before quitting hassling Joyce about her sexual preferences).
Thag Simmons
He’s always been sharper than he looks, but by the same token his oafish qualities aren’t an act.
Shariku
Can’t help but wonder if Lucy is going to put two and two together on her own and realise he came to this conclusion mere moments after speaking to his ex.
If they’re both smart about it they’ll realise the method of realisation doesn’t matter, but if they’re dumb teenagers…
cbwroses
Looking back at some Lucy involved strips, she seems hit or miss with her observations/understanding of people:
Believing The person formerly known as Billie was super popular in Read.
Noticing that Ruth was a love interest and not a conquest.
Calling Joyce a bisexual version of herself.
Immediately getting Carla to like her.
Realizing she should be friends with Walky first, rather than attacking him while he’s vulnerable, before making a move (despite not knowing what a move was).
Long story long, I call it 50/50 she finds out and is hurt by it vs she already knows and tells Dorothy thank you.
Yumi
Yeah, I like the Taco Bell app.
Yumi
Also, I want to go to Taco Bell now, but I am literally in bed and need to go to sleep.
NotThatDrew
Ah, the eternal struggle of the desire for food vs the desire for sleep
Clif
Once you can sleepeat the world is yours.
Miri
Some people actually do this. Sleepmurder may also be a thing.
Demoted Oblivious
I almost sleep punched my ex. Unfortunately I slept on the wrong side of my bed and punched the dresser instead.
Wizard
I’m usually a big fan, but it’s currently ticking me off because it won’t let me order breakfast. And I can’t stop on my way to work, because there always seems to be a massive line, and everybody in front of me apparently ordered one of everything on the menu.
Yumi
The breakfast thing is annoying. Pre-pandemic, the Taco Bells around here would open for breakfast at 7am/7:30am, but now they don’t open until 9am or 10am, so I don’t have time to get something before work anyway.
AntJ
by which Lucy means “I liked you as soon as someone mentioned you could like me”, which as I know from experience is a terrible way to live
Johan
I mean that’s exactly what happened with Walky.
Thag Simmons
By the same token he’d known Lucy for a lot longer and considered her a friend.
When Lucy fell for him she had literally just met the guy.
CC
Oh, this isn’t gonna end well at all is it. It’s possible I’m misreading too much into it, but I’m … not sure he actually Likes her that way.
Sambo
That’s the vibe I’m getting too. There definitely seems to be an imbalance in emotional involvement here.
Tim
He probably doesn’t like her that way… yet. I was in a similar relationship in HS. She liked me, I didn’t have any feelings about her either way but when her friend told me, I figured why not. This is their first date, Walky can show affection, but he’s probably processing this status change. He will either grow to like her in this new light or realize he doesn’t and hopefully end the relationship.
Wagstaff
I swear if there isn’t a Taco Bell scented candle by the time the pandemic is over, I’ll have to invent one myself!
Doctor_Who
But can any candle truly capture the essence of asking for Fire Sauce, and not discovering until you get home that they didn’t give you any?
…Actually, I guess most candles smell like an absence of Fire Sauce, so that’ll be easy to replicate.
Cholma
It’s one thing to not put sauce in the bag, but then they *specifically* ask me if I want sauce, and THEN not put any in the bag, my vision goes red.
UrsulaDavina
If it’s a thing you can think of Etsy probably has it.
https://gourmetcandle.org/products/taco-candle
Needfuldoer
Maybe the parent company is saving all the wacky not-food marketing ideas for KFC. They already have a game console and chicken-scented fireplace logs, why not a candle with the secret blend of herbs and spices?
Proxiehunter
Don’t forget the dating sim.
StClair
If only I could.
Stephen Bierce
“The guey to a man’s heart”…
Wagstaff
*plays “Mahalageasca” on Voxola PR-76*
BlackScarabFilmZ
Oh, how I envy Walky, living out my dream!
Oh yeah, I mean I guess being a date would be nice, I was talking about dining in at Taco Bell.
Jamie
I AM A WEEK OUT FROM HAVING THIS OPTION.
Dating, on the other hand, is not my idea of fun.
Deanatay
June 15, for us.
Not sure what I’m going to do when that happens. I think I’ve forgotten how to do social.
StClair
once again, xkcd is relevant.
Wagstaff
We started with hangry crotches, crossed Sloppy Joes, and now we’re on to Taco Bell!
I guess the saying’s true: one of the best ways to the heart is the stomach!
NotThatDrew
Hell, cooking is how I’ve won most people over. You’d be amazed the level of social ineptitude people are willing to overlook if you can make great chicken carbonara
Demoted Oblivious
Of course, the ribs are in the way. But if you aim lower at the stomach, then punch the blade upwards, you can more easily get to the heart. Otherwise you need thorasic aurgeon style equipment like a saw and rib-cage spreader.
Proto_Eevee
This is getting real. He even looked away from his taco for a bit
DailyBrad
With like most any other person, I’d be suspicious that he was going after her for convenience, but I don’t really get that vibe off of Walky. I do genuinely think he’s being sincere, and does think she’s the whole package.
Like, he’s not acting dopey like he did when he got with Dorothy, nor is he as thirsty as he was with Amber, but Lucy’s neither of those women, and Walky’s also a bit more experienced here, so the dynamic being different doesn’t strike me as concerning at this moment.
Sirksome