What Irks My soul about drive-thrus
By Emily Harmon
June 22, 2007
Ok, so this morning I'm out early running errands for work. Knowing that I won't be in the office for awhile, I jet over to "the Golden Arches" for my morning cup of joe. Granted, I normally am a morning person, but I'm a verrry happy morning person after my morning brew. This is an added bonus for those that come into contact with me on a daily basis in the a.m.; without the coffee I'm just Emily.
So, anyway, I pull into the drive-thru and immediately know there is a problem, because no one is infront of me. (I'll explain, don't worry). Problem 1: the little alien boxes where you are supposed to be talking to another human hardly ever work unless you hang your entire body out your car window and yell your order. (Usually it's raining when you have to do this).After a successful order placement. the creature on the other end tells me what window to pull to, which of course I can't understand!
Oh no. This is where the big problem comes into play. Problem 2: if you pull to window 1 and they said window 2, there you are, sitting there in your car looking confused with no one there to take your money. But, if you go to window 2, flying by window 1... then you've done it, because by now there is someone behind you- you can't back up, and the people at window 2 are unequipped to take your cash, they just look at you all weird cause you did it wrong. That's why you need the car infront of you when you enter a drive-thru, just follow their lead.
Problem 3: After lapping the building, confusing the order system all together and finally arriving at the appropriate window, you are forced to beg for sugar. Yes, it's come to this people. We must beg for our condiments! Then they ask "how many?" Um... "I'd like 27 for my small cup, please." No, 2 usually does me fine but if it's an exceptionally nice food handler I'll ask for a little more and take the leftovers and make a stash so I don't have to beg for my sugar again in the near future.
Problem 4: Who is the person that decided every drive-thru needed a large pot hole at the end of it? Here I am celebrating because my drive-thru experience is complete and there I go falling into the hole and spilling my coffee. Yes, I was putting the sugar in the cup while driving; the top was removed and half of my beverage is now on my pants.
Maybe this is a good reason to avoid fast food! Besides the fact that most the items served would require you to run to San Angelo and back to work it off; the drive-thru can be a very tramatizing experience! Next time I'll just go inside to order, I need the exercise.
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Posted by: Jamie on June 23, 2007 6:12 PM
The problem is all drive thrus are different. It would be a lot easier if they all had the same rules then maybe we would get the hang of the whole process. Another thing that bothers me is using your debit/credit card. Some want you to sign and others don't -- make up your mind. I vote less drive thrus and more home cooking that is if someone else is cooking - haha. Love the newsletter and the blog, looking forward to more from Crave and Em.