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Drive through etiquette (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by attempt@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When getting fast food it’s fairly frequent to be asked to pull around to the door and they bring out the food instead of just waiting at the window, even if there’s no one else in line, anyone know why they do that?

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[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

even when there's no one else in line

In this circumstance, it's usually because the avg time it takes to get customers through the line is tracked and they'll be penalized if it's too high, so they can artificially deflate the average by having people pull around to get their car off the pressure plate

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is the correct answer

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When I worked at Taco Bell, I'd sometimes be tasked with driving laps around the drive thru to get our time down lol

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This should be a climate crime and the management responsible forced to pick up trash or some other appropriate punishment

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

We did have an employee who weighed enough that she could just walk laps and trigger the pressure plate, but she was naturally reluctant to volunteer that service

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

This is the correct affirmation of his answer.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, the sweet ring of Goodhart's law striking again.

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do people ever just say no and not pull forward?

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep! Usually with a significant attitude 😅 it's a valid response though imo

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I refuse sometimes. If they give what seems a legit reason and I have people behind me, I'll go ahead and pull forward.