August 27, 2025 at 2:49 am

Tired Of Dealing With AI Chatbots At The Drive Thru? A Taco Bell Customer Shows You A Hilarious Trick To Get An Actual Person.

by Ben Auxier

Man at a Taco Bell drive thru

TikTok/kristinealise

When AI mania began to replace words like “blockchain” in every single business press release, I made a prediction that in the not-too-distant future, the fact that this or that service was actually handled by humans would be advertised as a special, premium feature.

And given the way people are generally responding to most AI business implementations right now, I feel even more confident in that prediction.

Take for instance this video from TikTok user @kristinealise:

Man at a Taco Bell drive thru

TikTok/kristinealise

“He said he had a life hack to get a real person instead of AI at Taco Bell,” reads the caption as they roll up to the drive thru.
“1,000 waters,” he orders.

Man at a Taco Bell drive thru

TikTok/kristinealise

There is a pause. Then, “let me get a team member to help you,” says the bot.

Man at a Taco Bell drive thru

TikTok/kristinealise

Then a person comes on, and the guy just orders what he actually wanted.

@kristinealise

No way 😂 #tacobell #ai #aiordering

♬ original sound – Kristine Alise 💗🎀🩷

They’re spreading.

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Maybe this is just the beginning of fast food exploits.

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Oddly, even the computers are having a hard time talking to each other.

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The future is looking very bright.

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Is it just a matter of time before the robots reign…supreme?

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