Ticket McDonald's drive-thru

This time I'll try to be more specific with my order so the nice young person at the speaker box can understand me. But then again, I'm speaking through a mask. And my car is noisy. And I don't think I enunciate very well anyway.

The first time I used a drive-thru was in the early 1980s. I was with my friend Mike and my niece who was about five years old at the time. It was a brand new McDonald's and the first one that I had ever seen. We drove up to the speaker box and my friend gave his order. Then it was my turn. But I had absolutely no idea how to order through an intercom.

"What do you want to eat?" Mike asked me.
"I don't know," I said.
"They got hamburgers," Mike said.
"Okay," I said. And to the intercom I said, "I'll have a hamburger."

The person at the other end said something like, "What kind of hamburger?" I didn't know there were different kinds of hamburgers.
"Just a hamburger," I said.
"Do you want cheese on that?" the person asked.

I looked over at my friend. "Do you want cheese on your hamburger?" I asked him.
My friend was laughing so hard that he could barely talk.
"Yes!" he said. "Get cheese on your hamburger!"
"Okay," I said into the intercom. "I want cheese on my hamburger. And ketchup." I didn't know if they put ketchup on hamburgers or not. I had never eaten a hamburger from McDonald's before.

At the window, I handed the young lady a five dollar bill. She handed me my change and my food.
"Is there anything else I can get for you?" she asked.
"No, thank you," I said.

I drove off and parked the car. I opened the bag. There was my hamburger, fries, and a small drink. I took a bite of the hamburger. It was delicious! I had never had a hamburger so good in my life.

I've been a fan of McDonald's ever since.