Fun At the Drive-Thru

1.Stand close to the speaker and yell your order, using colorful expletives in ways which would embarrass the patrons inside. 2.After ordering, cover the speaker and mic with transparent tape. Watch as customers and order- takers are unable to hear each other and, thus, each raises his/her volume. 3.Speak a foreign language (make one up if you have to). When the manager comes to the mic, speak English and inquire as to why the order taker had such difficulty understanding you. 4.Attempt to take the order-takers order ("Hi, may I take your order?") before they get a chance to take yours. 5.Order confusing items, i.e., "Hi, I'll have a large orange Coke and a small medium fries, please". 6.In a crowded drive-thru line, place a HUGE order, then slip out of line and watch the fun as the person behind you is handed 40 bags of food. 7.When you arrive at the window to pick up your food, hand them several bags of garbage & ask if they'll dispose of it for you. Make sure it smells. 8.Drive through with a carload of naked people. 9.Speak in such a garbled fashion that the order-taker will think there is a problem with the speaker and ask you to order at the window. When you arrive at the window, speak in the same garbled, incomprehensible fashion. 10.Drive through with someone on the hood to accept the food. 11.Bring along a Mr. Microphone. When the order-taker speaks, aim the mic at their speaker but do so while aiming the Mr. Microphone speaker at the mic to produce excruciating feedback of their own voice. 12.Have a friend hide in the trunk. When you approach the window to pickup your order, have him start yelling and banging his fists on the trunk. 13.  If you are a male, have a female friend place the order by speaking VERY seductively and suggestively into the speaker. When she finishes, have her hide and pull up to accept your order. See how many of the order-takers fellow employees have been called over to the window to "check out the babe". 14. After ordering look at the drive through employee and just start laughing. 15.When going through a McDonalds or other american fastfood drivethrough windows try to place an order for egg rolls and when they say we don't carry egg rolls, say in that case I'll take the egg roll basket and so on..... All of the above work very well when done at the late night pick up window

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The World

The World is a very good Public Radio show that focuses on world news and culture often overlooked or ignored by mainstream radio.  I listen to it daily on the drive home from work and it often gives an in depth look at current news, trends, and world events.  If you can't find a local public radio station that carries it in your area, you can also stream it from their website or even download the podcast of it to listen on your computer or MP3 player.  It's a refreshing change of topic from mainstream US as many stories in as short amount of time formula.

The World

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Where's My Space?

Ever wonder where all the space of your hard drive is being use? A WIndows tool called WinDirStat will list all the files and folders on your hard drive, and sort them by how much space each is using up. It will also make a pretty colored display of the drive to easily spot the hogs and to admire. It's a small, quick, FREE download. WinDirStat

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Bad Computer Day

So I get home yesterday from work, and a recent install has been bugging me that I need to restart my computer.  So I decide before doing anything I'll just restart my computer.  Or so I thought.  Windows wouldn't load back up.  In the end I ended up losing everything on my C: Drive.  It's not 10:25 PM the next day, and I'm finally re-installing Civilization 4.  Hopefully it's stable now.  Earlier today, while messing with the hard drive issue my 2nd monitor decided to (literally) go up in smoke.   Smoking monitors smell BAD.  So I'm out a monitor, data, save games, and time.  I could have done without this mess, and the headache that came with it.

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HP Insanity

Customer brought in a laptop which needed a hard drive replaced. He had taken it apart while a young child was nearby and it happened to grab the hard drive while he wasn't looking and ran to play with it. It can no longer be found. So we had to order from HP the special adapter needed to connect a regular hard drive to the laptop. HP sent us the wrong one. Ok... it may be the third time in 2 months, but still, it's HP, it happens. No big deal. We'll just RMA it and get the right one from them. Well I call up to get the correct one, and am informed that we have to buy the hard drive with it. My immediate response was "why?", but I politely asked how much a 100GB drive and kit would be. $575. Um.... no. Then the phone dies. I called them back and had the pleasure of another fun time on hold. All together now.... YAY HOLD! .....  So I finally get the information I need and no,  I didn't hear wrong.  $200 for a 40 GB, $400 for an 80 GB, and $600 for a 100 GB.   That's insane.  They could just by a new laptop for that, and that's before we add anything to it to make any money off it!  I feel sorry for anyone that gets ripped off like that.

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