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Submitted by Reeechard on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 6:41pm.
is that in two mid-west US states they've already outsourced their drive-thru services overseas. Does this mean that the NSA will be listening everytime someone orders from their car? It seems to match the criteria for foreign-to-domestic communications they have so gleefully coveted, ilegally without warrants... Can you imagine applying to the FISA court for a warrant to listen to the McDonalds drive-thru? LOL! LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — McDonald's (MCD) wants to outsource your neighborhood drive-thru. The world's largest fast-food chain said Thursday that it is looking into using remote call centers to take customer orders in an effort to improve service at its drive-thrus. Company officials said the idea, being tested at a small number of restaurants in the Pacific Northwest, is aimed at reducing the number of mistakes. full story:
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bull-shit
Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 12:22pm.You clearly have not ordered from a drive through recently
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 12:30pm.I threaten to take my kids
Submitted by OperaGirl on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 12:37pm.I threaten to take my kids to McD's if they bitch about what I've made for dinner. Hasn't failed yet!
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven
It makes me so happy to hear that that threat works!
Submitted by Rob Richards on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 12:41pm.What a difference a few generations makes
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 12:41pm.If McDonalds wants my
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 1:07pm.I doubt they are going to take that chance
Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 1:12pm.