My AI Calls Taco Villa in Russellville AR for Me

I gave my AI employee the ability to make phone calls.

And the first thing I did with it? I told it to call Taco Villa in Russellville and order me food.

If you're from Russellville, you already know why that's funny. Taco Villa is the hardest restaurant in town to get a hold of. Their phone system is completely old school. If you're calling while they're busy — and they're always busy — good luck. Someone actually showed me a screenshot where they'd called over 100 times in a row on a busy day trying to get through.

So naturally, that was the test.

Built in 30 Minutes. No Code.

Here's the thing — I didn't sit down and program this. I built the entire phone system using voice notes while I was walking around the gym. Thirty minutes, start to finish.

I literally said, "Hey, can you make calls for me?" And it said yeah.

There are specific ways you need to ask for these things — specific ways you need to think about them — and I'll teach you how in future content. But the summarized version is: 30 minutes of talking to my AI, and it could make and receive phone calls on behalf of my business.

The Test: Order Me Taco Villa

So I told it: "Call Taco Villa. Order me food."

The AI just started calling. And calling. And calling. Faster than any human could. Just spam-dialing until someone picked up.

When they finally answered? The AI handled it like a person: "Hey, I need a burrito. I need this, that, the other." Placed the order. Then texted me back: "It'll be ready in about 20 minutes."

I show up. Sure enough, the food is there.

And there's this 16, 17-year-old working the counter. I'm like, "Hey, AI ordered my food!" She just looks at me. Completely ignores it. Goes right back to work. Whatever, dude.

What This Actually Means

Okay, the Taco Villa story is funny. But here's the real point:

I'm not asking my AI to have emotions. I'm not asking it to tell me its life story. But if it can get me things and get other people things within the context of my business? That's a good employee.

Think about what this means for your business:

• It answers your phone 24/7. No missed calls. No voicemail black holes. It knows everything about your business and can answer questions immediately.
• It checks your calendar. If someone says "I need to talk to a human," it looks at your schedule and transfers the call — or books an appointment.
• It makes calls for you. Follow-ups, confirmations, outreach. Anything that involves picking up a phone.
• It never sleeps. Saturday at 2 AM? It's there.

And I built the whole thing with my voice. No coding. No technical background required. Just knowing what to ask and how to think about it.

This Is What an AI Employee Actually Looks Like

Not a chatbot. Not a fancy auto-reply. An actual employee that handles real tasks — the kind of tasks that eat up your day and keep you from doing the work that actually grows your business.

This is exactly what we teach in our hands-on workshops. You don't need to be technical. You don't need to code. You just need to learn how to think about these tools and how to ask the right questions.

If you want to build your own AI employee — one that answers calls, manages your schedule, handles your social media, and yes, maybe even orders you lunch — join our next workshop.

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