Borzak
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The Fast Food Thread
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Falstaff
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Chick Fil A is also testing what they are calling valet service in various markets for families... Basically you go through the drive through and order and pay for your food then park the car and come inside and they will have all your food set up at a table for you ready. It's pretty genius.
Khane
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I don't get it. Why don't you just go in and order and sit at the table? This is what DiBella's does. Order at the counter then they bring everything to you at your table.
Falstaff
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You don't have kids so I'll forgive you for not understanding why in some situations this would be advantageous.
Khane
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I'm guessing the ~1 minute you don't have to keep your kids from running around inside the restaurant because they're strapped into their carseats instead is a godsend?
Why don't they just let you order from an app ahead of time like Taco Bell does? Why do you have to actually go through the drive thru?
Why don't they just let you order from an app ahead of time like Taco Bell does? Why do you have to actually go through the drive thru?
Noodleface
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No he meant you could lock the car doors and roll up the windows with the kids inside while you go eat
Edit: man I feel terrible about that one
Edit: man I feel terrible about that one
Falstaff
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Most people would rather wait in line in their cars than in the restaurant. It's stupid but it's a fact of life. You might as well be asking why do we have drive-thrus in general, it's almost as arbitrary. Turns out walking those 20 feet is too much for some people.
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I love when the drive thru line is backed up so I'll just go inside and back out before the line has gone through.
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The setup of my local Chick-Fil-A is goddamn rage inducing:
Here is what constantly happens. There is 1 line, for 2 ordering stations. Cars line up in the 1 line(green blobs are cars where they should be), and the line splits in two to order, which *in theory* works great. Line moves quick. What ALWAYS happens though when there is a line is that some motherfucking soccer mom in her Lexus SUV just completely bypasses the line and pulls up right behind the outer car that is ordering(purple blob), forming a completely seperate and 2nd line, skipping past EVERYONE that has already been waiting. That yellow line on the ground is actually a small curb/speedbump that makes it pretty obvious you aren't supposed to drive over it, yet people do constantly. The secondary fuckness of this is that the new, 2nd line completely blocks traffic from leaving the parking lot if you are in that innermost section of the parking lot. You're fucked if a 2nd line forms, no one can get through.
I swear to god it happens roughly 75% of the time I go there, and the entire line just ends up being a clusterfuck of people honking at each other and everyone in the original line enraging as people start to form a 2nd new line next to them, passing them by.
I swear to god it happens roughly 75% of the time I go there, and the entire line just ends up being a clusterfuck of people honking at each other and everyone in the original line enraging as people start to form a 2nd new line next to them, passing them by.
Khane
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Chik Fil A is like that here too. Two lines to order that have to merge into one line to get their food. Who the fuck thought that turning a fast food restaurant into the Cross Island Expressway was a good idea? Anyone who has ever tried to get onto Long Island without taking a boat knows what I'm talking about.
I've never eaten at a Chik Fil A and I tend to agree with everyone who hates the place. Everything they do seems to be rage inducing.
I've never eaten at a Chik Fil A and I tend to agree with everyone who hates the place. Everything they do seems to be rage inducing.
Tarrant
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Except this doesn't happen at McDoanlds because Drive Thru takes priority over dine in.
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McDonalds doesn't want people to think. If you're building a new or renovating an old McDonalds in X year, you will do so according to the plans. Not specifically for your town, you will just have the building designed for that year. Period.
McCheese
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It depends on tons of variables which will be faster. My local McDs always has a huge drive thru line, and it is absolutely faster to go in and order, in most cases.
McCheese
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Yeah, I don't know all the inner workings. I just know that on more than one occasion I've seen a car near the end of the drive thru line when I walked into the place to order, and it was still in the drive thru line when I walked out with my food. Then again, like I said, for some reason my local McDs always has a massive drive thru line and the inside is always empty. My local KFC is the opposite, and the inside is always packed so the drive thru is usually much faster.