Annoying Things People do in Drive-thrus

[Cosmic Cat]

The most irritating thing that comes to mind right now is when Mommy & Daddy thought it would be cute for the kids to place their own orders.....from the back seat......with the windows that only roll part-way down. Then they'd get mad 'cause you couldn't hear them..

AARGH. (and it's been 10 years since I worked fast food).

Oh yeah! I forgot about that one! A lot of the time it goes like this:

Mom: Tell the lady what you want.
Kid: slushie
Me: What flavor?
Kid: slushie
Me: Strawberry?
Kid: slushie
Me: Um, watermelon?
Kid: slushie

[Pagan]

Suddenly, there's a knock on my window, so I roll it down to be confronted with a cop.
"That wasn't funny, you know you could be heard throughout the restaurant."
*blink, blink* "That would be my brother's fault, he ordered."
I am such a stool pigeon. Ah, well, not like he got in trouble for it other than a talking to.

Jeez, some people need to get a sense of humor! What exactly were they offended by? Not like he asked for a.... (you are all quite capable of filling in the blanks!)!

[Seanette]

I have got to try that just for the amused looks. My friends will think I'm crazy but it would be worth it.

If your friends don't already know you can be crazy, are they really good friends?

[ArenaBoy]

If your friends don't already know you can be crazy, are they really good friends?

A lot of them know that I'm crazy to a point that they're going to be wondering what I was thinking when I propose this idea to them.

[draftermatt]

I'm surprised they let you drive thru backwards. My friend and his girlfriend (now wife) tried that, and they wouldn't take their order. Then they called the cops.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

One time I went to Mickey D's for my lunch. I recognized the voice of the person taking my order. He was one of my sister's friends.

So after I gave him my order, I said "And (name of order taker), if you spit in my food I'm going to kick your ass!"

He said "Shut up" over the speaker and I could hear his coworkers laughing. They were still giggling when I got my food.

And no, he didn't spit in my food.

Just thought I would have some fun.

[Sofar]

I've gone through a drive-though* backwards, the reason being I was driving a right-hand drive Volvo Amazon at the time, and the windows were on the left side of the lane. Of course, I could have just leant over to the left side of the car, but this seemed like a better idea at the time. The kitchen staff was amused.

*Through is spelt with more than four letters.

[MystyGlyttyr]

I worked the drive-thru (too lazy to spell it out) in a McDonalds and had the following exchange. (For those who might not know, McDonalds has about three salads that could be described as "chicken"...Bacon Ranch, Ceasar, and California Cobb.)

Me: "Hi, welcome to McDonalds, what could I get for you?"
OLD Lady: "Hello, I need two chicken salads."
Me: *out of headset* "Guh." *into headset* "Okay, ma'am, which types of salads?"
OL: "Chicken."
Me: ..."which kinds of chicken salad, ma'am?"
OL: "Two, please."
Me: "No...no...which KIND of chicken salad?"
OL: "Sweetie?"
Me: "We have three different kinds, ma'am. Bacon Ranch, Ceasar and California Cobb. They all have chicken. Which kind?"
OL: "Two of each, please."
Me: *a bit incredulous* "You want six salads?"
OL: "No, just two."
Me: *slaps self in head, takes deep breath* ".......okay, two Bacon Ranch salads, grilled chicken, that'll be *price*, please pull around to the first window."
OL: "Thank you!"

I couldn't be mad because she was SO polite. Just very, very confused. Probably shouldn't have been driving...

[Imogene]

I've gone through a drive-though* backwards,

*Through is spelt with more than four letters.

*cant... resist... being a... smart-ass!*
"And with an 'r'."
*cheese eating grin*

[Jester]

Oh yeah! I forgot about that one! A lot of the time it goes like this:

Mom: Tell the lady what you want.
Kid: slushie
Me: What flavor?
Kid: slushie
Me: Strawberry?
Kid: slushie
Me: Um, watermelon?
Kid: slushie

It is not just drive throughs. I have to put up with this fairly often as a server.
JESTER: "Are you folks ready to order?"
MOTHER: "Yes. Darling, tell the man what you'd like."
CHILD: "Soda."
MOTHER: [silence]
JESTER: "Um, what kind of soda?"
MOTHER: "Tell the man what kind of soda you want."
CHILD: "Soda."
MOTHER: [silence]
JESTER: "Listen, you dim-witted bitch. Figure out what you and your demonspawn want, and then let me know when you are ready. Until then, don't waste my time with this shit. And don't let your clueless kid order because you think it's cute or because you are so enamored by his intelligence that you see and no one else does. Either figure out what the little bastard wants, or do what my parents did when I couldn't or wouldn't decide, YOU decide FOR them. Otherwise, I am going to rip your head off of your body and puke down your neck!"

Okay, I never said that last part, but when I was busy and this idiocy was going on, boy, was I thinking it!

[CherryB]

This is one that happend to a friend of mine you will need brain bleach , a man in his 50s drove through and talked about how great sex was after the age of 50.

Now I have something to look forward to. Lucky me.

[AFpheonix]

Amen on the loud vehicle thing. I swear, there needs to be an inservice whenever anyone buys a diesel, consisting of explaining WHY you need to shut off your pickup whenever you pull up to a speaker. Ditto on cars with exhaust leaks. Ditto for morons who like to have their radios up so loud I can FEEL it through the side of the building. No wonder my hearing's going downhill.

People who cannot speak clearly and concisely. "Um yes, I'm here to pick up a prescription for blgkdohterg."
"Uhhhhh.....could you spell that for me?"
"grobfohgkf!"
I've mastered the language of mumble as far as birthdates go, so that's usually question #3 if I can't figure out what the heck they're saying.

In the same vein, passengers who think I can hear them. They mumble something, I look pointedly at the driver and ask them nicely to repeat that for me, the driver doesn't say anything, and the passenger yells it out louder, which still comes across as a mumble to me. Gah, stupid driver, open your mouth, repeat what your companion is saying!

Lazy people who want to buy over the counter stuff through the drive-thru. I am accomodating if they want some tylenol or some other such thing and let me know when they drop off a prescription, so I can get a second to run out onto the floor and have it bundled with their script, and have even done so if people call ahead and ask for an OTC med if they don't want to drag a sick kid in the store. If you want to return your freaking hair dye though, you're SOL. The store is handicap-accessible.

People who won't get out of the way! We've had quite a few people who think they're more important than anyone else, and park their stupid asses, and won't move so we can help other people! Then we have to listen to the people behind whine. The next one that does it gets their script handed back to them if they get me. Wanna complain? Come inside and find a manager. Tools.

People who whine about how slow the drive thru is. We are not Maccas. We get stuff done as fast as we can, but if I have to register someone, get their insurance to bill, ring them up, mix up an antibiotic, and have a pharmacist counsel someone, that's going to take more than 30 seconds, so hold yer horses, or freaking come inside. I swear, there's people who think their legs are painted on.

People who whine when we have a stock truck at the loading dock, which happens to share the same space as our drive thru., thus blocking access to it. Usually ladies in track suits, oddly enough.

[Sonoma]

Not annoying, but we had 2 girls actually ride their horses through our drive-thru. Now, this is a good size town (population was about 50-60k at the time), and this was one of the main roads through town. Not exactly rural, but I have to give them credit. Those horses were taking everthing in stride. My mare would have been bouncing off the walls if she had been in that situation.

[Sunsetsky]

* I had someone come through my drive thru when I worked at Burger King. He ordered and then changed what he wanted like two or three times. I was ready to kill him.

* Another time involved a customer and an employee who always pissed me off. This customer kept changing her order. The employee who was making the sandwiches went to a manager and complained about me and the guy on the front. She said that we both needed to pay attention to what the customer wanted. It pissed me off. It wasn't my fault the woman kept changing her order. The manager didn't say anything to me once I spoke up and told them what actually happened.

* Don't make any smart comments thinking I can't hear you. I hear EVERYTHING.

* Once I had a woman drop a penny on the ground outside her car. I stood there and waited for her to get it or to give me another one. Usually I would let slide. But I thought she was a bitch in all honesty. She looked at me after a minute and said "What? You want me to get another one?" She didn't seem very pleased when I told her yes.

[Worker-Intellectual]

I hate going through drive thrus...

Partly because it's easier to just go in and actually talk to the person, and I'm not in such a rush that I don't have time to get out of my crapmobile...

But mostly because I always drive and a certain percantage of my friends are COMPLETE ING IDIOTS who only decide to go to the drive through when wasted and I'm the only sober one...

Like my friend who opens my door and hits one of those yellow poles with it...

then decides to shout "we want to buy some drugs" and "WEST SIDE, ES!" at people... he needs to learn that people who are hanging around in a parking lot after midnight with baseball bats aren't there to play baseball.

And then his stupid friends running around said parking lot who decide to try to jump in the drive through window...

I feel sorry for anyone who works in a drive thru... and I'm sorry my friends are idiots.