Current Events > People that ask for separate orders in the drive thru.

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I don't understand the ire? Its basically someone just making a mass order anyway. Its not like everyone all wants the exact same thing going through a drive thru.

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nativengine posted...

What Ive done in the past is just order everything at once and pay for it and split the bill later

I thought everyone just handed the driver their money?

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Lil_Bit83 posted...

Its basically someone just making a mass order anyway.

"Billy, what do you want? Billy? BILLY!!!" or "twenty tacos and ten burritos" just as bad as "I got four separate orders".

If you don't already know what you want before you even leave the highway, go the hell inside.
Unless it's Sonic or something. They even have picnic tables out front for "four orders" shenanigans.

AssultTank posted...

It slows down the single car time, so if you're on a timed drive-thru it really hurts your stats.

It also can cause some confusion with the payments. I can't tell you how many times people ordered two or three different orders, then just handed me a stack of cards... Like... Which card goes to which order?

Ohh ok. Yeah doing it that way, is absolutely ridiculous.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

"Billy, what do you want? Billy? BILLY!!!" or "twenty tacos and ten burritos" just as bad as "I got four separate orders".

If you don't already know what you want before you even leave the highway, go the hell inside.
Unless it's Sonic or something. They even have picnic tables out front for "four orders" shenanigans.

Oh please, we've all had our moments to sit and think about what we wanted at the menu, but yes they should know by the time they drive up to pay.

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They used to limit it to two order per car when I was in the business. They also had this weird thing that sort of looked like a garage door opener that we would press and it would somehow trick the system into thinking that we served every car in like one minute.

Questionmarktarius posted...

"Billy, what do you want? Billy? BILLY!!!" or "twenty tacos and ten burritos" just as bad as "I got four separate orders".

If you don't already know what you want before you even leave the highway, go the hell inside.
Unless it's Sonic or something. They even have picnic tables out front for "four orders" shenanigans.

... What?

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NightMarishPie posted...

... What?

Hes saying that if you dont know what you want, then dont get in line and hold everyone up. Go inside and look at the menu and everyone pay separately.

Payzmaykr posted...

Hes saying that if you dont know what you want, then dont get in line and hold everyone up.

...and that ordering a fuckton of food at the drivethru is also terrible.

Kinda went off on a tangent, that made sense inside my head at the time.

That was the worst. Used to run a Taco Bell drive thru, and you get a Karen asking for 4 seperate orders in the middle of lunch rush. Most people always had weird orders at Taco Bell too. Bound to be a mistake.

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Just do your job

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R1masher posted...

Just do your job

Just stfu and order..
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Frostmourne posted...

Just stfu and order..

This.
The drive-through is the analogue of self-checkouts: Fast and convenient, until some asshole in the line makes it slow and complicated.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The drive-through is the analogue of self-checkouts: Fast and convenient, until some asshole in the line makes it slow and complicated.

Uh no. The Drive-Thru is the Drive-Thru, not the express lane.

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InhumaneRaider posted...

Uh no. The Drive-Thru is the Drive-Thru, not the express lane.

It's both.
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Frostmourne posted...

Just stfu and order..

fine, but first can you tell me if the fries are vegan?

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R1masher posted...

fine, but first can you tell me if the fries are vegan?

Nothing is vegan if it's dipped in disgusting grease.
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R1masher posted...

fine, but first can you tell me if the fries are vegan?

They are not.
Fish and chicken goes into the same fryer.

AssultTank posted...

Yeah, I hated the people who would come through our drive thru and order food for like 15-20 people. Like dude... Call that ahead and come inside.

Without fail, they would order 20 different meals, with different configurations, usually included a burger which we had to cook to order and took 15 minutes to cook, and then would complain about how long it took and that we asked them to pull forward and that we would bring it out to them when it was ready.

And the ones who say, "Just a moment, I need to call X and find out what they want."
Those people can rot in hell.

Fair point on that.

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i love doing that. even if im ordering for myself. I order one mc nugget meal seperately and order a big mac meal separately as well. It helps the employee gain skills

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Dark_SilverX posted...

i love doing that. even if im ordering for myself. I order one mc nugget meal seperately and order a big mac meal separately as well. It helps the employee gain skills

If I knew you did that s*** foreal in my drive thru. I'd just simply leave a special surprise on your big mac.
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Here you go tc, to cheer you up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQUaguZawJQ

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AssultTank posted...

Yeah, I hated the people who would come through our drive thru and order food for like 15-20 people. Like dude... Call that ahead and come inside.

Without fail, they would order 20 different meals, with different configurations, usually included a burger which we had to cook to order and took 15 minutes to cook, and then would complain about how long it took and that we asked them to pull forward and that we would bring it out to them when it was ready.

And the ones who say, "Just a moment, I need to call X and find out what they want."
Those people can rot in hell.

I hate those people as a customer too.

Also I've "worked" at Wendys, McDonald's, and tim Hortons and everyone one of them had a button for manually resetting the drive thru timer. So if the multiple orders in one car is a timer issue can't you just reset after each order is rung through?

I used quotations cause I was just there as a local celebrity during Mchappy days / wendys dreamlift / timmies camp days.

From what I saw people just hit that button whenever they felt like it anyways.

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CanuckCowboy posted...

From what I saw people just hit that button whenever they felt like it anyways.

Everyone knows the drive-thru timer is bullshit, including the upper-management who mandated it.
The only purpose it serves is a lawyer-safe means for firing bad employees.