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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
This is the correct answer
When I worked at Taco Bell, I'd sometimes be tasked with driving laps around the drive thru to get our time down lol
This should be a climate crime and the management responsible forced to pick up trash or some other appropriate punishment
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