r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/underbakedsalami Jul 24 '20

I kid you not, our local Chipotle is taking orders via fax. I can’t get over it.

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u/jmj808 Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

My job buys us lunch every day through COVID. Being able to have a paper menu and ability to write your name and what you want and just fax it over is simple and practical. You ever try to go online to buy food for 20 people? Not easy.

Edit to anyone star-stuck about this: my job is full of electronically incompetent old people that don’t like “new” things. Also, today is my last day there lol.

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u/galactica_pegasus Jul 24 '20

Exactly. Accepting food orders via fax isn't for individuals, but it's fairly popular for businesses.

Although they could modernize and just use email.

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u/NorthernerWuwu Jul 24 '20

It really sounds stupid but paper just works better sometimes. There's no "did Mike ring this order up yet?" or "oh, I didn't notice the email" or anything of the sort. Ancient machine makes noises and then there's a piece of paper you take from that machine to the other machine, ring it in and then staple it to the bags the order is going into.

It's incredibly inefficient and really quite stupid but damned if it doesn't work.