Every time I go by a drive-thru I ask myself what kind of idiots would wait in that line, for that of all things, and if one insists on that, why not get out and go inside, like it's that hard.
You are on here, so presumably not an actual idiot.
We tried to go INTO several fast food locations on a recent road trip, many have their dining rooms closed. Where before it was artificial COVID closures, now it's lack of staff.
Edit: and service was too slow in the lines outside, so we ended up in a greasy spoon, which imo was better and didn't cost much more.
Plus we got to give the "gift" versus taxed tip spiel.
Well in those cases obviously you can't help it, but I'd figure out something else rather than wait half an hour or more in a drive thru.
I did manage to go in a Popeyes once (this would be post-lockdowns but not terribly recent) and when I tried to order they said the dining room is closed - I was like huhwhat and they said "yeah we don't have enough people in today and the last person in accidentally left the door unlocked." So I said ah and went elsewhere.
Edit: my road trips are usually fueled by Coke (rare occasion I'll do non-Mexican), cheese sandwich crackers, and sour Skittles. So I'm clearly not in the "never eat junk food" camp just so we're all clear on that.
Most of the people in the fast food drive-thru these days are delivery drivers for DoorDash and the like. The delivery people are there to pick up several orders at once, that holds up the line, and you can't just go inside and order anymore because the dining rooms are closed. Now as for why people are willing to pay delivery fees for cold McDonalds food, I don't know.
This doesn't make sense - anyone doing DoorDash would be losing money big-time by sitting in line instead of making deliveries. Insane. And, yeah, cold fast food delivered? Not seeing that either. As for dining rooms being closed, I have not seen that much in my area, but yeah possibly.
Any rate, I guess without going and polling them I'm not going to prove anything, but I still say the amount of people regardless of purpose in drive-thru lines means there's a bunch of idiots one way or the other!
So the missus orders Doordash and others annoyingly often, her last three orders have all had issues and one left at our doorstep wasn't even her order. They gave her a refund every time but it's still inconvenient and I have to wonder how much money is being lost to refunds for all of these fuck ups.
Every time I go by a drive-thru I ask myself what kind of idiots would wait in that line, for that of all things, and if one insists on that, why not get out and go inside, like it's that hard.
You are on here, so presumably not an actual idiot.
My brain is having problems right now
We tried to go INTO several fast food locations on a recent road trip, many have their dining rooms closed. Where before it was artificial COVID closures, now it's lack of staff.
Edit: and service was too slow in the lines outside, so we ended up in a greasy spoon, which imo was better and didn't cost much more.
Plus we got to give the "gift" versus taxed tip spiel.
Well in those cases obviously you can't help it, but I'd figure out something else rather than wait half an hour or more in a drive thru.
I did manage to go in a Popeyes once (this would be post-lockdowns but not terribly recent) and when I tried to order they said the dining room is closed - I was like huhwhat and they said "yeah we don't have enough people in today and the last person in accidentally left the door unlocked." So I said ah and went elsewhere.
Edit: my road trips are usually fueled by Coke (rare occasion I'll do non-Mexican), cheese sandwich crackers, and sour Skittles. So I'm clearly not in the "never eat junk food" camp just so we're all clear on that.
Most of the people in the fast food drive-thru these days are delivery drivers for DoorDash and the like. The delivery people are there to pick up several orders at once, that holds up the line, and you can't just go inside and order anymore because the dining rooms are closed. Now as for why people are willing to pay delivery fees for cold McDonalds food, I don't know.
This doesn't make sense - anyone doing DoorDash would be losing money big-time by sitting in line instead of making deliveries. Insane. And, yeah, cold fast food delivered? Not seeing that either. As for dining rooms being closed, I have not seen that much in my area, but yeah possibly.
Any rate, I guess without going and polling them I'm not going to prove anything, but I still say the amount of people regardless of purpose in drive-thru lines means there's a bunch of idiots one way or the other!
So the missus orders Doordash and others annoyingly often, her last three orders have all had issues and one left at our doorstep wasn't even her order. They gave her a refund every time but it's still inconvenient and I have to wonder how much money is being lost to refunds for all of these fuck ups.
The wife wanted me to bring home taco bell. I would have waited longer if I had to.
"and if one insists on that, why not get out and go inside, like it's that hard"
Edit: is she vaccinated too?
Dining area closes at 10pm. Drive through or nothing at midnight. It's a guilty pleasure not a staple of our diet. All pure bloods in this house.
Fuck off now.
Fast food is a guilty pleasure.
Taco Bell is manure.
I don't want to.
Edit: I'm glad she's unvaxed at least. I just figured if Taco Bell, all bets are off.