These Are The Revealing Secrets of Fast Food Drive-Thrus

[@MashedFood]

Do you prefer using the drive-thru or going inside to order?

[@davidquinn2382]

Cant go inside many places now so thats a dumb question.

[@raymondohlsen5054]

Customers making overly large orders in the drive-thru is usually the biggest reason for slow service.

[@jamesedwards.1069]

Yes, large complicated special orders at the drive thru are the worst. But I've also noticed that the person in front of me in the drive thru is often there waiting for an eternity then you see their stupid effing parfait dessert thing handed to them, often enough to see a pattern.

[@astoldby]

I think the worker are also to blame too, I have been to drive trus and the workers take forever to even ask "How can I help you today?"

[@Jeff_G1]

I go into the store and its quicker then the drive-thrus.

[@boohere2]

i hope they don't do touch screens. Those are bound to get soooo dirty from everyone's different hands touching it. Not everyone has good hygiene in washing their hands.

[@that1guy82]

i go in for the same reason plus if they screw up its easier to catch.

[@TheDannyorrell]

Port Macquarie MacDonald's fries bought on the drive through are always half empty. Employers are told to squeeze the card board chip cup to minimise fries & most won't go back to complain

[@necroslair]

"They ---- you at the drive thru!" --Joe Pesci

[@chrislastname3874]

In mcdonalds theres no camera on u. The headset beeps when a car pulls up

[@chrislastname3874]

Jerichk Cargo i work at mcdonalds dumbass ik how it works

[@marcusdavis4640]

@@chrislastname3874 there’s still a camera

[@razz4taz]

Besides issues with menu items. Businesses keep lowering their labor budget within stores. Pulling cars ahead also has to do with drive thru goals most places once you pull up to the window they have 60 seconds to get you in & out. Yeah. Drive thru times are lengthy now compared to yrs ago.

[@ashlyn_rose]

As someone who works for a chain as a Drive Through cashier/order-taker, I will 100% get behind 3:03 and it's big message at 4:07-4:09. Know what you want before you pull in, or if you're a first time customer, let us know so we can appeal to you what we have. I won't speak of whom I am employed by, but it's no joke. You sit there, taking two minutes to order, where we at the Drive-Through have three and a half to get you out of our window; preferably, yes, with your food.

[@ivanhernandez459]

Hmmmmmm Taco bell? The tacobell i work at we have 3 mins and a half but what you say is so true

[@ashlyn_rose]

@@ivanhernandez459 No, but hilariously *where* I work you guys are our neighbor. (And then a Loves Gas Station/Arbies on the other side)

[@boohere2]

i hope they don't do touch screens. Those are bound to get soooo dirty from everyone's different hands touching it. Not everyone has good hygiene in washing their hands.

[@ashlyn_rose]

@@boohere2 I can't even fathom touch screens in the Drive-Thru

[@Domxbey]

Thanks for this

[@Semiam1]

$15 mandatory min wage in the U.S. means AI and touch screens will takeover quickly

[@austinhernandez2716]

If they're coming then they're inevitable. Also the green new deal would guarantee thousands of new jobs.

[@meauxjeaux431]

How about serving, no, go BACK to serving a quality product, and drop 2/3 of the current menu ?

[@Jasonwillcook]

Bag of ice was the most useful and surprising piece of information for me.

[@CKDSurvivor04]

With the ice tip, SONIC has the most valuable ice. It's ready to eat which many people like, especially dialysis patients.

[@paulking962]

I rarely use the drive through. Even with Covid especially In- N- out the lines can be pretty long. Speaking of In-N-Out,YUM 😋

[@coalman1671]

I love the touch screen at Sheetz and the GetGo lot easier to pick what I what

[@phreakinphat1739]

I called mcds, bk, and Arby's. They don't sell bags of ice. I got excited cuz I buy ice everyday for work, so does everyone else so it's hard to find

[@martincarroll7470]

Wawa touchscreens started in 2012.

[@ZERO-MH7]

We pull people ahead to cut down on drive thru time. If they sit at the window waiting then the timer keeps running

[@martincarroll7470]

In NJ our drive ins are the only option as indoor dining is banned by executive order.

[@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9]

yo momma is banned by executive order

[@techniciana1843]

Problem is these food companies are not supposed to be like Amazon, where metrics are carefully tracked,but they try this timing. It makes for ,imo, disengaged workers and customers drive unnecessarily possibly damaging a rim or ripping off their bumper cover on a parking stop or....hitting another car. Just service 1 by 1 and move on. These corporations are understaffing and underpaying employees as it is. Their food is overpriced and they want to get customers thru faster. You can't try to rush food. You obviously see the results when you go to a fast food joint. They need to ease up on these people

[@astoldby]

I'm excited that AI will be taking orders soon.

[@brochacho8156]

Why ?

[@okhotrodder]

The employees are using it for their advantage, not because it's taking longer to cook your food. If they drop it when you order it, it'll get done in a timely manner. Plus they keep changing menu's, taking things off they have and putting stuff on the screen most don't buy. I was told once, it confuses workers to order a plain burger over them having to put all the toppings on it. Bs. Doesn't take 2 seconds to take a patty, put it on a bun and wrap it. I tried the app and they won't even start the order till you tell the order taker your there. Then they tell you to pull into the special order lane and the wait is longer than if I didn't use the app. Plus same chance of them getting the order right. If workers keep getting lazy and not care about serving people, then the companies will replace them with ai to stream line the process. I've heard some have already went with ai, machine operated with very little issues.

[@ericqpan]

I wish sandwich chains like Jimmy Johns, Jersey Mikes, Firehouse Subs, Potbelly, etc had drive thrus.

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

and then...

[@thegreatfrenchbulldog]

And then ..

[@alexrekzu4079]

@@thegreatfrenchbulldog NO AND THEN! 😁

[@otisbanananutspunkmeyer]

Can you please do a video on the best ranked onion rings

[@boohere2]

i hope they don't do touch screens. Those are bound to get soooo dirty from everyone's different hands touching it. Not everyone has good hygiene in washing their hands.

[@that1guy82]

i hate drive thrus, they screw it up way more often than going in

[@bigal5190]

I’ve bought bags of ice from Wendy’s

[@dallasdominguez9501]

Im boutta buy ice from mcdonalds

[@freebie808]

Just say NO to 🤖 s

[@davidquinn2382]

You are watched everywhere. Shouldnt been a surprised that drive thrus are recording.

[@ashlyn_rose]

We're not recording you, we're seeing how many people we have in drive, as to further prep our food production.

[@bigal5190]

Supreme Court Ruling - There is no expectation of privacy in public

[@astoldby]

I hate that they can see you. Maybe thats why whenever I go to a drive-thru they take forever to even knowledge me, just to be mean.

[@ashlyn_rose]

@@astoldby I'm sorry you had a bad experience, that's more of a personal level of butt-headery than the store's fault itself. Where I work, we wear headsets and a ding goes off when your car hits our pressure plate at the speaker, so we know when to immediately acknowledge you.

[@austinfunkogeek4607]

YEAH! 1ST COMMENT!

[@pinkjellybean4019]

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