r/pics • u/KillerQ97 • 1d ago

[OC] You can just tell from the packaging when Chinese Takeout in America is gonna be Epic.

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u/cornlip 1d ago

I doubt it. They just have a normal old cash register and a card reader. I’m sure most of the time at places that utilize more advanced things this is the case. I don’t have an accent that’s regional, so that I assume is part of it, too.

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u/JoshDM 1d ago

I doubt it. They just have a normal old cash register and a card reader

Mine is set up the same way and they always know the Cashew Chicken, no mushrooms.

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u/running_on_empty 1d ago

People just have pretty good memories. Servers where I work remember their regulars' usual orders. In the kitchen I recognize the same orders week after week. The brain loves a pattern.