The Nugget Order Escalation

I want 40 chicken mcnuggets as soon as possible with barbeque sauce On it — grabbing 40 nuggets with BBQ sauce to the SF office, will report back with the ETA. wait can you add mango pineapple smoothie large to the order 2 of those please but hurry up I also want honey mustard and 2 apple pies make sure u do the 2 pie deal not two individual ones deliver on priority btw Order placed at McDonald’s (609 Market St) → █████ ASAP delivery. Total $56.84 incl. $8.47 tip. 2× 20 pc Chicken McNuggets (40 total) — sauces: 3× Tangy BBQ across one, BBQ + 2× Honey Mustard on the other 2× Large Mango Pineapple Smoothie Fried Apple Pie — 2 Pack (the deal, not two singles)

A workplace chat shows someone requesting 40 McNuggets, then repeatedly adding smoothies, sauces, apple pies, a deal, and urgent delivery instructions. The joke is the absurd escalation from a simple fast-food order into an overly complicated, expensive logistics mission, with an automated assistant obediently placing every request. It is used as a reaction to someone who keeps adding requirements after a task has already started. EN: A workplace chat shows someone requesting 40 McNuggets, then repeatedly adding smoothies, sauces, apple pies, a deal, and urgent delivery instructions. The joke is the absurd escalation from a simple fast-food order into an overly complicated, expensive logistics mission, with an automated assistant obediently placing every request. It is used as a reaction to someone who keeps adding requirements after a task has already started.

• @gentoomemes / 21615 2026-08-07