One of the Taco Bells near me uses AI in the drive through. They still need a human to babysit the AI because it fucks up so often.
Not sure how this is saving them money. Not like fast food is a high paying industry in the first place.
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2026
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That's EXACTLY what happened. After the fourth prompt, I said: "These things don't fucking work yet." and she popped on to apologize.
I just feel sorry for the workers. What a laugh they must get listening to all this. Any of you here to confirm?
Aannnd theeennnn....?
NO "and then!"
Aaaannnd theeennn...?
NO "And then!"
And then along came Jones.
I had my first experience with a drive through AI order taker at Burger King. I wanted it to add bacon to a double cheeseburger. It said "ok" and if I hadn't watched the screen I wouldn't have noticed that it put a single cheeseburger and a Bacon Steakhouse Burger on the order.
It couldn't have been more wrong if someone had programmed it deliberately to get stuff wrong.
I haven't been to Panda Express in several years since they changed the orange chicken sauce so now it fucking sucks and tastes like medicine, and, at least around here, they half ass making the rice and chow mein so it's not even cooked all the way.
Plus it's like $15 for a 2 entree combo; I can get a 3 entree plate, of better made food, absolutely stuffed to bursting inside an old school styrofoam box from a local place for $6.
Fuck... Now I wish I had $6 to get something from there... Thinking about it made me hungry.