March 9, 2010

  • After listening to The Kevin & Bean show doing a segment about "Fast Food Drive-Thru Rules" (listen here : http://bit.ly/8Zo1Uu) it got me thinking about my rules for the drive-thru.

    1) If the line for the drive-thru is long, I usually go in. I'm not aware of any statistics on whether going in would be faster or slower in that situation, but I just don't particularly like waiting in long lines for the drive-thru.

    2) Know what you want to order in advance! It's annoying when the person in front of you is taking forever making their order. If you don't know what you want to order in advance, then I suggest you skip using the drive-thru and go in instead.

    3) If you have a large order; like for a group of people at work, go inside! The person behind you probably just wants a "No.1" when you are ordering something like Numbers 1-10.

    4) A lot of drive-thru have that "first menu" before the menu where you actually place your order. You should only use that if there is nobody behind you. Besides, look at rule no.2.

    5) If it's at night, and you are driving a large vehicle, turn off your headlights so you don't shine your light directly in the car in front of you. Sometimes this also applies to regular sized vehicles. This isn't a big deal, but please do it anyway.

    6) Know how to speak the local language properly. It's bad enough that it can be hard to understand the person at the speaker, it's even worse when both that person and the person making the order can't communicate with each other.

    7) Don't make any special orders that's only going to confuse the person at the speaker. It's only going to take you longer to get out of the drive-thru. Don't make the people behind you wait longer than they have to.

    8) Don't drop your change. You'll just look stupid and waste more time.

    Bottom line here is to just be considerate to the other people waiting behind you. Put yourself in their shoes. Now ofcourse if there is nobody else waiting, then whatever...