wolfpack0102

I had an experience today that really got my goat!

Was early for an appointment today so I thought I would driver through thte Wendy's drive thru to get a burger. I was second vehicle in line and then it happened.

The vehicle in front of me had 2 full screens of orders which proceeded to take close to 10 minutes to fulfill the order. The horns behind me started to honk and mine did too.

Do people not realize that the point of a drive thru is speed? a 1 minute deal turns into 10. Why not go inside and get your food and be considerate of the people behind you as I bet there were at least 12 vehicles behind me when i left

Cynthetiq

happens to be luck of the draw... maybe it was easier for him to just have it placed almost into the car than have to bring it all across the parking lot...

drive thru is about convenience and that seems reasonably convenient to me because if I had a large order I'd do the same thing.

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guthmund

If they were by themselves then I could understand making a huge order via the drive-thru. I know I've done it on occasion. I just couldn't see any way to carry 87 different bags to the car across the parking lot without pissing someone off or worse, dropping something.

What gets my goat are the folks who refuse to pull up to check their order. Or worse yet, those that do pull up to check and then get all pissed off at me for driving around them after I get my order.

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bbbbbb555

i wish that i had a problem like that.
i live in san luis obispo, and they are not allowed to have any drive-thrus in the whole city.
that does seem inconsiderate to take all that time in front of you though.

warrrreagl

The absolute worst thing you can hear the driver ahead of you say:

"On my first order........"

AGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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THGL

There are some locations where only the non-locals go to the drive-thru and those "who know" walk in. There was one McD's that I used to live close to that in the morning, I'd park, walk past the drive-thru line and go get my breakfast, then walk out and see those cars I walked passed only 2 or 3 spots further down the line.

Convenience doesn't necessarily mean speedy.

Cynthetiq

In NYC one has to be careful when ordering breakfast in the local deli's and bodegas, if you see a man in work boots holding a piece of cardboard.. you better try to get your order before his, because he's the worksite bitch and he's got about 10-25 orders to place...

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StephenSa

I agree, it seems someone with a large order would go inside or at least pull up while their order was being processed so others could place their single orders and go on their way. I rarely go through the drive through. Actually I very rarely eat fast food anymore but before I quit I started going inside. I found it usually went faster than the supposed quick drive through. At the drive through you always end up with some dim-bulb that can't figure out what they want, or change their minds after the order is processed or is buying for their kids entire school class. You also have to wait for these yahoos to place their order AND get their food before you even get a chance to order. Going inside you have more serving stations and you can get your food while the guy before you with the bigger order is waiting.

Lefty04

Whenever I go to Wendy's drive-thru, I get cold hamburgers. I don't know if it's just my local one or if that is a national thing.

f6twister

Where I worked, if someone had an order that large,they were either asked to come in and wait or to pull ahead so others didn't have to wait behind them. If this person wasn't asked to do either, I would place the blame on the Wendys worker, not on the customer. He simply used the drive-thru which is available to him. Unless Wendys posts a sign which says, "Order containing more than 10 items must be placed inside" or something like that, the customer hasn't done anything wrong.

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tellumFS

Personally, I can't stand drive-thrus. It's really not that hard to walk in, and many times it's faster.

Having worked with a "non-traditional" drive-thru, it's been my experience that even if there are signs limiting orders, people don't read them. That, and the people that drive thru tend to be ruder and more impatient. Just my experience.

william

I don't do drive-ups. Why? By the time I get it home it's cold. I don't believe in eating and driving, or talking on the phone, or putting on makeup, or shaving, or anything else but driving. If I don't have the time to eat my food hot, I don't bother. SUPERSIZE ME! SUPERSIZE ME!

Drider_it

bah i hate lame cell phone drivers. they order then recheck it with thier "caller" then get told to order half a dozen things. then the order taker get confused cuz they dont know they are on a phone. Then the fun begins. Ive sat(why i dont know) for almost 20 min waiting to place an order once cuz of this. It ended nasty. I called thier phone. they were in a work truck and had the cell phone listed on the truck heh.

"hello?"
"yeah what can i do for you?"
"quit fuckin around and get your order done so i can get my food, dude!"
"what?"
"you heard me you sewer sucking scum. just order a happy meal and drive away."
*click* (me)

dude turns around to find me flying the bird at him in all its glory

(they were a septic repair company btw)

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joeyaz

Anyone else feel weird about going through drive thrus I mean that I have maybe a phobia about it. I don't go through I will pull over and make my girlfriend drive I'd rather get off and go inside.

denim

I worked at a Burger King drive through for over a year. Tons of fun. It's been 19 years and it's mostly faded.

OTOH, there was the female coworker who came in once with pants covered with zippers. Covered. With Zippers. Then she says, open one. To me. So I went for the only one that matters and she stopped me.