XxSlasherMcGirkxX
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That's how I thought it was going to be for me, but I got charged an extra buck for online ordering and I still had to wait in line to pick up the tickets. Fuck that backwards ass shit.
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Does 'First Come, First Serve' not mean anything, any more?
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That's how I thought it was going to be for me, but I got charged an extra buck for online ordering and I still had to wait in line to pick up the tickets. Fuck that backwards ass shit.
where do you get cut? I went to this new place with appointments, but they atleast had a TV with Netflix. Cut was like 30$ though. I like the 10$ place but all they play is gospel music.
SomethingInTheSea
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Its always separate machines here, the online booking fee is ridiculous though considering it saves them staff time. Still worth not queuing though. Plus if you want to sit in the middle for big releases now you need to pay that extra premier seating fee.
I don't mind waiting 30 minutes for the guy who I usually go to. Or 45 minutes if there's someone before me. You just wait, it's what you do. This appointment stuff is rather new.
and they have a website...
free beer though...I have to pay a dollar for a Rock Creek ginger ale.
logic has no place in this discussion
Buster Machine
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I've been making appointments to go to the barber shop for about 15 years now. That's not anything new. No chance that I'd ever go to a place that doesn't do them either.
Jeff Albertson
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teams. you better be good.
it's new to the neighborhood shops I went to. If you weren't in the seat, you would lose out. In fact, I wouldn't go to a place that TOOK appointments, because I wasn't partial to paying 50 bucks for a cut.
(as if I was saying the fucking concept of setting appointments for hair styling is new. c'mon.)
echoshifting
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OP definitely has a valid point worthy of debate when it comes to calling in an order to a place like Chipotle. That would have been a very different thread. His error was in trying to conflate this with the time-honored tradition of making an appointment.
Orbis Tabula
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Someone who was considerate enough to say "Yeah, I need a haircut at X:00" ahead of time should get bumped because of some asshole who rolled into the store expecting instant service? You need to reconsider the definition of "considerate."
Mr.Wreckless
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My barber knows me. He knows when i call and say i will be there Thursday at 2pm, i will be there Thursday at 2pm. Im guaranteed money for him at this point. Why would he jeopardize my business to cut your hair if you arent a repeat customer?
NEOPARADIGM
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lol ... thread-winner, should've been first, etc.
You're looking for intelligent rebuttals to a stupid argument, and you haven't made any point that I can see. People have pointed out over and over why appointments happen, and that they've been around for longer than you've been alive.
Your only argument is that you want things the way you want them, because you come first, no matter how much sense anything else makes.
And when you get called on it, you act like you're getting persecuted.
ihearthawthats
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on opening nights, you still have to wait in line if you want a good seat.
at least where i'm from, buying tickets isn't much of an issue in the theatres if you use debit/credit. theatres have anywhere from 5-10 self-serve machines that don't really have lines.
Devolution
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What's stopping the OP from doing the same?
echoshifting
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From calling in an order? Maybe he likes to make sure it's fresh...that is sort of the whole point of Chipotle. Those burritos get soggy fast and the tacos are even worse. Maybe he's indecisive. Personally, I like to see how the guacamole is looking today before I decide if I'd like some in my burrito. I tend to go for whichever meat looks freshest, too. I like to evaluate my options with my eyes before assembling my burrito.
Self-serve machines aren't a thing here yet. I've seen them down in Melbourne, though.
Devolution
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If you're picking it up in like 10 min how it is going to not be so fresh?
echoshifting
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Maybe they make it right away, you get caught in traffic, you have to wait twenty minutes when you get there. I dunno, seems like there a million things that could go wrong between me and my burrito. But, I was speculating as to the op's reasons and won't dig in any further on this one...my own reasons are those of liking to see the ingredients before I decide what I want.
I don't sit there and angrily glare at the people that call ahead! That's the system. It's fine. But I see his point.
In a way the people who called or ordered online did pay their "dues"
They took their time to make that online order, to make that phone call. Meanwhile most walk ins aren't planned but rather just spontaneous.
Devolution
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Yeah but it's chipotle.
echoshifting
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Exactly! You are playing russian roulette if you go in blind. ;p The guacamole in particular is such a crapshoot. I love a burrito with guac but not if that guac has gone gray-green.
Alcotholic
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I understand his example, but it's so extreme, I'm trying to soften it to a more relatable level. His entire thread sort of backfired on him.
heliosRAzi
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Well, that's what happens when you go against the System
phillipgessert
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The reason hair salons love appointments is pretty plain when you notice that they can only serve a finite number of people at a time. They will absolutely lose business during rushes that occur in pure first-come-first-served scenarios.
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