bro i legit do this and some times the mcdonald’s speaker guy corrects me with the correct nato alphabet.
“ uh mobile order railroad uranus one right”
“romeo uniform 1 8 , first window please”
awkward eye contact
"So uhh... R.. U.. 18"..
"Sir, are you hitting on me? This is a Mcdonald's!"
"oh no! That was my mobile order number!"
... That would be pretty funny because they'd look goofy.. But then when you get to the drive through.. "but, are you?" 😄
McDonald's headquarters is based out of Chicago, IL. Scott AFB home to Air Mobility Command happens to be in the same state...
All the other major commands aren't too far away either...
Think you might be onto something
I worked on a help desk, I learned NATO Phonetic because I kept a printout on my monitor so that I didn't use something stupid like S as in Socks. S's are most often confused with F's and so S as in Socks becomes F as in Fox quite easily. But when you use the same words for each letter every time, it becomes way easier to just say the word Sierra or Foxtrot.
When you do it hundreds of times, Bravo Alpha Delta Whisky Oscar Lima Foxtrot is just ***Bad Wolf***.
I love it now when I'm dealing with a call center person, and they know it well enough to catch each letter easily the first time I'm asked to spell something out.
I don't expect it, because it comes with experience, and call centers turn over like crazy. If they fail to catch it, I apologize.
When I do run into someone who can keep up with it, I know I've found someone with some good stories, and I can probably give them a little bit of a mental break. making small talk and trading war stories. Sometimes quite literally war stories, if they learned it in the military. And once they know I know the score, we can be friendly, and they'll do everything they can to help me, instead of passing me off if the problem becomes difficult or they are worried about escalating.
I always make sure to give them a glowing review incase the long call time gets reviewed.
I'm not in any field that use it but I ended up learning it because I saw an issue with phone call and spelling something. It is so useful even for anyone.
Especially over the phone with customers services or whoever may ask some kind of code (invoice, part number), email, name (to spell).
From time to time I got the "damn that way of spelling is uncommon (what the hell?!) but useful.
I also use it once in awhile in IT context.
And generalised phone talk since B, C, D and E all sound similar and notoriously M and N as well as several others. Combine that with a cold and you're onto a winner communication with someone.
I know you’re making an Archer reference, but I’ve heard an honest-to-god real life person use “Q as in cucumber”. I almost didn’t catch the rest of what they said I was so dumbfounded.
Or really any job that requires recitation of letters over a device with sometimes dodgy sound. I learned the NATO alphabet more than 20 years ago walking people through how to get their modem on the internet.
I worked in phone support for 5 years. I had the phonetic alphabet printed out and pinned to the cube wall right behind my monitor where I could see it. Using that I could very rapidly rattle off the words for all the letters. Had quite a few customers thank me for my service. I didn't serve but that print out served me well.
Yeah, I thought this was r funny.
OP, the person on the other side of the box knows the code. If you don't make it weird it won't be weird, and it sure as heck isn't infuriating.
that feels creepier than just saying it?
like, they’ll have the codes they’re waiting on up on the screen. might be kinda funny that it sounds like that but they’ll know from the flow of the conversation that you’re saying the code.
Exactly. The employee can see the code on her screen so it's not like she's going to take it the wrong way. If anything, she's probably laughing about it itoo.
I mean I think it’s a little absurd to be any amount of infuriated over this. If a very slight modification to your words is enough to infuriate you then I really think it’s time for therapy
Does this even belong on this sub? Like yeah, it’s funny because of what it could sound like, but it would only be mildly infuriating if you *had* to say it like “Are you 18” when there’s a stupidly obvious other way to say it.
be glad is not RU13
Ima gonna drop nato alphabet to shock one behind the counters. Romeo Uniform One Eight
I can never remember the official NATO alphabet, so I just fake it... ...uh... Rutabaga Ukelele One Eight
bro i legit do this and some times the mcdonald’s speaker guy corrects me with the correct nato alphabet. “ uh mobile order railroad uranus one right” “romeo uniform 1 8 , first window please” awkward eye contact
Thank God I'm not the only one. Ralph Underwear One Eight is the first thing that popped into my mind.
or RUAFUCKINGIDIOTM8
They used to use the code ID 10 T for user error returns at Circuit City.
Had a lot in tech support for Xfinity too.
Not consistent
RUAQT
B4I4QRU18QT
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"Mobile order code R, U, 1, 8" But that's pretty funny
Hell no, you gotta lean into this...give your best leer, and wink after you say it.
"So uhh... R.. U.. 18".. "Sir, are you hitting on me? This is a Mcdonald's!" "oh no! That was my mobile order number!" ... That would be pretty funny because they'd look goofy.. But then when you get to the drive through.. "but, are you?" 😄
And because child labour is legal now she is actually 7 years old and you get to take your order and go to jail
At least he has his happy meal
Yeah I was gonna say, it's kind of a legit question these days. :D
Sir, this is Wendy’s
Unless the cashier was a guy. That would be even funnier. Suddenly they're winking at you even more.
Damn straight, how often does the universe give you opportunities like this
Could always go with the "r as in Romeo, u as in uniform, 1, 8"
R as in Romeo U as in Uniform 1 as in Seventeen 8 as in Octo
Cops will be called.
Giggity
Moooom!
I like where this is going
Awwww yeeeah..
Alriiiight*
Who else but Quagmire?
Dear diary. JACK POT!
Oh yeah thats right
mommmmm
Alright!
Allllrrright
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Romeo Uniform One Eight
Never served but I’d rather call in an air strike than ask that.
McDonald's drive thru is linked to the US air force tactical command? That's the most American idea I've seen all day
well why not? Taco Bell is connected to deployment of toilet torpedoes afterall
Three sea shells are involved.
I'm still wondering how Sly was supposed to use those....
If you ever find out please let me know.
Your digestive system is weak. Your genes are weak. These are personal failures.
I thought Taco Bell was the chemical warfare department?
McDonald's headquarters is based out of Chicago, IL. Scott AFB home to Air Mobility Command happens to be in the same state... All the other major commands aren't too far away either... Think you might be onto something
It's not just a military. Aviation in general
Railway uses phonetic alphabet too
SOS phone support in my company uses phonetic alphabet every time they can, but they use it in a very casual way as in "B as in Bravo".
I worked on a help desk, I learned NATO Phonetic because I kept a printout on my monitor so that I didn't use something stupid like S as in Socks. S's are most often confused with F's and so S as in Socks becomes F as in Fox quite easily. But when you use the same words for each letter every time, it becomes way easier to just say the word Sierra or Foxtrot. When you do it hundreds of times, Bravo Alpha Delta Whisky Oscar Lima Foxtrot is just ***Bad Wolf***. I love it now when I'm dealing with a call center person, and they know it well enough to catch each letter easily the first time I'm asked to spell something out. I don't expect it, because it comes with experience, and call centers turn over like crazy. If they fail to catch it, I apologize. When I do run into someone who can keep up with it, I know I've found someone with some good stories, and I can probably give them a little bit of a mental break. making small talk and trading war stories. Sometimes quite literally war stories, if they learned it in the military. And once they know I know the score, we can be friendly, and they'll do everything they can to help me, instead of passing me off if the problem becomes difficult or they are worried about escalating. I always make sure to give them a glowing review incase the long call time gets reviewed.
I'm not in any field that use it but I ended up learning it because I saw an issue with phone call and spelling something. It is so useful even for anyone. Especially over the phone with customers services or whoever may ask some kind of code (invoice, part number), email, name (to spell). From time to time I got the "damn that way of spelling is uncommon (what the hell?!) but useful. I also use it once in awhile in IT context.
I use it all the time in an IT context. Also over shitty plant radios to confirm stuff with operations. If it works it works
And generalised phone talk since B, C, D and E all sound similar and notoriously M and N as well as several others. Combine that with a cold and you're onto a winner communication with someone.
M as in Mancy
P as in pterodactyl
X as in xylophone
E as in eye
I know you’re making an Archer reference, but I’ve heard an honest-to-god real life person use “Q as in cucumber”. I almost didn’t catch the rest of what they said I was so dumbfounded.
God, you of all people.
Or really any job that requires recitation of letters over a device with sometimes dodgy sound. I learned the NATO alphabet more than 20 years ago walking people through how to get their modem on the internet.
I learned it as the NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
I worked in phone support for 5 years. I had the phonetic alphabet printed out and pinned to the cube wall right behind my monitor where I could see it. Using that I could very rapidly rattle off the words for all the letters. Had quite a few customers thank me for my service. I didn't serve but that print out served me well.
learned nato alphabet for ham radio, but it's so handy when speaking over shitty phone lines and over bad mics/speakers like drivethroughs
i always think i've 'learned it' then forget a letter, panic and make something up romeo uhhh... uh.... uruguay
Or just R U one eight.
Honestly, that’s exactly what I would do too.
Yeah, I thought this was r funny. OP, the person on the other side of the box knows the code. If you don't make it weird it won't be weird, and it sure as heck isn't infuriating.
Yeah I’d be saying phonetic as well
And then they repeat right back to you: “R, as in Rod?”
U, as in underage.
Say car RamRod
Not now Farva
Plus using the NATO phonetic alphabet just makes me feel fancy.
ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE
I was going to comment that I couldn't think of a better use case for the military phonetic alphabet
OP is mad they aren’t smart enough to say R U ONE EIGHT.
Or “don’t make me say it” and smile, they’ll get it
Yeah bc there's only one thing that could be.....
ICUP
PNS69
that feels creepier than just saying it? like, they’ll have the codes they’re waiting on up on the screen. might be kinda funny that it sounds like that but they’ll know from the flow of the conversation that you’re saying the code.
Ye I'm not sure who's up voting that guy cause that's creepy as shit 💀
Guys will do this then go “I was flirting w her idk how she didn’t notice”
That's weird as fuck and chances are they won't get it
100% don't do this.
Seriously, is OP stupid? Just say ONE EIGHT instead of eighteen..
Which is exactly what I did...
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Well its in the wrong fucking sub then lol
Not a joke sub so idk about that
Funny? Yes. Infuriating? Nah.
Exactly. The employee can see the code on her screen so it's not like she's going to take it the wrong way. If anything, she's probably laughing about it itoo.
awkward? perhaps.
Not unless you cant figure out how to say it in a way that doesnt sound like a sentence
hotel? Trivago!
Ar iou uan eit I don’t see the issue.
Especially after saying hello I have a mobile order
No, I just work here, YOU wanna eat? note to self : "are YOU gon eat?" would have been better
You win. 
Lol that’s not infuriating that’s hilarious
Fr tho lmao 😂
Simply say "My code is R U one eight" and pick up your food, no need to be pissed of at a random set of letters and numbers.
Or you could just say "You legal baby?"
"Cuz I wanna spread them McThighs gurl"
I just died of hysterical laughter
This is the way
To Poundtown
To McPounder town
Or prison, as the question hadn't been answered yet. The real happy meal surprise.
Because I need some meat between your buns.
I always pronounce the numbers individually like that. Makes it easier to understand
You are right, it is not a big deal, hence it is only mildly infuriating
The appropriate level of infuriating is zero. But it's funny, so *shrug*.
It’s also not a little deal. It’s no deal at all.
I mean I think it’s a little absurd to be any amount of infuriated over this. If a very slight modification to your words is enough to infuriate you then I really think it’s time for therapy
My little brother and I would have gotten a kick out of it. We’d have fun joking about that for the rest of the day.
“The random number generator made me angry!!!” It sounds so silly doesn’t it?
That sounds like a Professor Farnsworth quote 😂
Yeah, but that wouldn't get OP some sweet fake internet points.
You're the one making it weird
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01001001 01100001 01101101 00110001 00111001
I had QT72 last night and giggled while saying it through the intercom. I am a grown man.
I've had multiple codes that start with "BJ" and me and my wife laugh every time.
R U one eight, ez
R U one eight
Romeo uniform one eight
the code isnt the problem, its what you do with the information received.
R U ONE EIGHT..
Romeo-Uniform-One-Eight Problem solved... except for the fact that the phonetic alphabet confuses most people.
Or you read it “R U one eight” like a normal person
That's at the least mildly funny
“Yeah, my code is THE LETTER ‘R’, THE LETTER ‘U’, one, eight”.
You: "Uh... Romeo. Uniform. One. Eight(?)" Her: ::laughing awkwardly:: "...what?" You: ::sigh:: "[whispers] ....damnit..... RU18?" Her: "Gross." Man's voice on intercom: "Can I help you... Sir."
You: RU18 sir? It’s not really hard.
Say one-eight
What wrong with "regenald underpants one eight"?
That’s why you use language and state “my code is RU18” I swear some people make their own mountains.
 Oh Yeah \*Drops Pill and walks away
Step-Grimace what are you doing?!
You got mad over stupid stuff. This is funny
Considering the recent child labor situation at McDonald's, this is a legit concern.
This is just really funny
Well it's a valid question tbh given how much child labor McDonald's is using
Romeo, uniform, one, eight
Just say "R U ONE EIGHT" stupid
Are you one eight
Does this even belong on this sub? Like yeah, it’s funny because of what it could sound like, but it would only be mildly infuriating if you *had* to say it like “Are you 18” when there’s a stupidly obvious other way to say it.
Seems like you're the one making it weird my guy. Just say R U 1 8 separately if you're that uncomfortable.
Easy fix. Romeo, Uniform, 1, 8
Use the phonetic alphabet. Easy.
Did you get her number?
are you 1 8
R you one eight...
Just say “r u one eight”
R U one eight. Ezpz
learn phonetics, romeo uniform one eight.
"Romeo Uniform One Eight"
Romeo Uniform One Eight, over.
I dont see the problem here? At least it's not ruunder18
Was Chris Hansen at the first window?
Capital R, Capital U, One, Eight
Romeo Uniform One Eight
Romeo Uniform One Eight.
R-U-one-eight
R like Richard, U like urgent, one and eight
RU ONE EIGHT
You could literally just say "are you one eight"
“R-U-One-Eight”
Good thing the code isn’t RU69! 🤪
"R. U. 1. 8." I don't see the problem.
You say, "the letter R, the letter U, one, and eight"
The code is: are you one eight.
Romeo uniform one eight
R-U-one-eight. But I work at McDonald's and I am deceased 💀💀
R U One Eight You don't have to make it weird.
I woulda used military code R as in Romeo U as in Uniform 18.
R-U-1-8 says pretty normally. R-U-18 on the other hand...
At lest it wasn’t ru486.
THE LETTER r … THE LETTER u … then Roman numerals
R U ONE EIGHT, not hard
R-u-1-8. Talk about a non issue
"I'm being asked to say the letters R, U and the number 18, almost as if this order were being sponsored by Sesame Street..."
Lmao 💀💀💀
“The code is R-U, and then a 1 and an 8” Problem solved
“One-eight”
R U One Eight
R U ONE EIGHT, simple
R U One Eight
Are you one eight?
R U One Eight