Fun Fact: Drive-Thru Workers Can Hear Everything You Say In Your Car

This has changed my life for the worst

Jack

• Published in Funny
• April 1, 2019

Who doesn't love a cheeky binge at your local fast food outlet? I know I do. In those moments of hungover weakness, sometimes it can be good to go for a completely guilt free rampage at McDonald's or some equally horrifically unhealthy competitor.

On these days your general mode of service will be the drive thru so as to minimise human contact as much as possible. But be prepared, because I'm about to shatter your world. Every time you've been through a drive thru in your entire life, the person wearing the headset has been able to hear everything you're saying in the car. EVERYTHING.

“As soon as you drive up to the speaker, we get a beep over our headsets and the transmission begins,”

Redditor wreckitralph wrote.

“If we don’t answer you right away – we can hear everything. If we apologize and say we’ll be with you in a minute – you’re not on hold, we can hear everything. If you’ve ordered but the drive-thru line won’t let you pull ahead yet – we can hear every single thing you’re saying. I wish I could forget some of the stuff I’ve heard.”

The lesson here is, don't ever talk crap about your server until you are well and truly in possession of your food and making your way down the highway back to whatever hungover pit of self loathing you pulled yourself out of.

Jack