lee847•5d ago

The old walk-in was a different world

I was cleaning out the walk-in at this new place in Austin last week, and it hit me how much things have shifted. 3 years ago at my last spot we had to yell across the line to call out tickets, now it's all screens and headsets. Anyone else miss the chaos of the old ticket rail? Just me?

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victor7795d ago

My old spot had this busted printer that would jam every Friday night right during the rush. We just learned to read the tickets real fast before it could screw us over. Keep an extra backup system, like a dry erase board, just in case your screens go down.

michaeltorres5d ago

Wait, you guys actually trained yourselves to read tickets faster than a jammed printer could mess you up? That's wild, @victor779. I've never heard of anyone adapting to broken equipment like that instead of just yelling at the manager to fix it. The dry erase board backup is smart too, but only if you have a coworker with good handwriting.

seth_singh204d ago

Reading tickets faster than the printer can jam sounds like a survival trick from another world. Did you guys have to memorize the entire order in your head while the machine was spitting out half a ticket? That takes serious focus when you're already under pressure. I can barely remember what I ordered off a menu, let alone a full rush of tickets. Props to you for making broken equipment work, but I'd still be yelling for a fix every shift.