Drive-Thru Employees Can Hear You Even If You Can’t Hear Them
Your car may seem like a secluded world in which you can fart, argue with your family, or complain about waiting at the driveway; in fact, anyone with a headset inside can hear you.
It may seem difficult to communicate with the speaker based on how often people scream when they order, but the person listening is likely to pick up a lot more than you think. Redditor u / wreckinitralph posted this warning on r / LifeProTips:
When you are sitting at the speaker, we can always hear everything, even if it seems to you that your communication is over. Be careful what personal information you disclose to strangers.
As soon as you approach the speaker, we hear a beep in the headphones and the transmission begins. If we don’t answer right away, we can hear everything. If we apologize and say that we will be with you in a minute – you are not expecting, we all hear. If you have ordered, but the bus line does not allow you to get ahead yet – we can hear everything you say.
I wish I could forget some of what I heard.
But they do not always use this technique for evil; Sometimes, friendly workers toss you extra ketchup bags when they say you are having a bad day:
On the other hand, some of what I heard made me give the customer a nice little bonus for their order when they think they need it.
Commentators have confirmed this to be true; some had the same job and heard more than they wanted. Others, like u / infctious10 , were caught by the person listening:
I found this out after my sister and I were arguing about whether there was anything beans in the taco bell, when a worker walked over to the speaker to tell us who was right. We both felt awkward as hell because they didn’t hide their laughter at all.
Below was another warning about employees who might see your private thoughts from u / Steve90000 – beware of the chat window:
This also applies when you are on any type of support chat. Anything you type, even if you don’t press Enter, gets passed on to them as you type it.
So if you’re like me and you type, “Turn on my fucking internet NOW, piece of shit!” then quickly delete it and type “Good sir, I sincerely ask you to speed up the recovery of my hasty internet posting!” difficult to control your emotions and what time you are.
All of this means that we really have to consider what we say and type when communicating with people, even people on the web. What a nightmare.