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>If you call a cab, you also accept "be there in 10 minutes", even though it's not confirmed, not "Right, tell you what, I'm gonna push this button on my radio,
by endtime 17y ago
>If you call a cab, you also accept "be there in 10 minutes", even though it's not confirmed, not "Right, tell you what, I'm gonna push this button on my radio, which closes an electrical curcuit connected to a big radio, and announce your request to our fleet of cars. Now, provided that there's no interference, and that the nearest car isn't in a garage or a tunnel or something, and if the driver isn't fighting with his wife on his cellphone, or in a place getting a coffee, he'll hear the message, and radio back confirmation. He'll then drive to your address, where, bar mechanical failure of perhaps the brakes or the pressurized oil system, he will arrive in 10 minutes. Have a good day."
That's not really a fair comparison to "We'll confirm that the restaurant got your order and email you".
- jrockway 17y agoHow long are you supposed to wait for the email? Why not just call the restaurant and cut the email-sending middleman out of the loop? It costs the same and takes less of your time.
- endtime 17y agoIt doesn't take less of my time, because I can do other things while I wait for the confirmation. In fact, inducing me to sit and stare at a fake progress bar probably takes more of my time. And in any case, it saves me having to repeat my order to someone who doesn't speak great English, etc.
- mseebach 17y agoNo, it's not, I was going for a bit of satire, I'm sorry. "If you call a cab, you also accept "be there in 10 minutes", even though it's not confirmed" is, however, a fair comparison, IMHO.
- endtime 17y agoHeh, maybe I'm neurotic, but I actually hate it when they do that. I'd much rather they tell me something like "We can probably get you a car in about ten minutes, and we'll call to confirm or update that in two," if it were more reliable.