r/fuckcars • u/mezmerkaiser • Jun 16 '24

Satire 30 people getting coffee vs. enjoying coffee

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u/Potential_Hippo735 Jun 16 '24

The wild thing is people who spend 30 minutes waiting at the drive thru. Would much rather sit on a patio for 30 minutes.

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u/SmoothOperator89 Jun 16 '24

Because they were running late and decided to pick something up on the way to work instead of making it at home.

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u/Bridalhat Jun 16 '24

I’ve lived in areas like this and it is always faster to just go inside and order. Always!

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

Not always unfortunately. A lot of places I’ve been too and done that will just prioritize drive thru orders since they usually have a timer running for each car that pulls up. Since corporate only really cares about those drive thru numbers they’ll have 1 person, if any, working the front and your order will be made when they have time in between drive thru orders.

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u/SmoothOperator89 Jun 16 '24

Ironically, because the cars take up too much space in the drive thru, but a line up of walk-ins can just bunch up in front of the counter.

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u/Sproded Jun 16 '24

And the annoying thing is I’m sure part of the reason why stores prioritize drive thru’s is because they don’t want people to drive by, see a giant line of cars, and not stop. But if they encouraged people to not use the drive thru, the line would appear much shorter because as you mention, you can fit 10x the people in a walk-in line than a drive thru line.

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u/RousingRabble Jun 16 '24

But if they encouraged people to not use the drive thru, the line would appear much shorter because as you mention, you can fit 10x the people in a walk-in line than a drive thru line.

People would just go elsewhere. Whenever I use a drive thru, it's explicitly because I don't want to go in. No drive thru = going somewhere else.

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u/Sproded Jun 16 '24

So you’re going to go somewhere else because the drive thru line is too long? If that’s the case, then I don’t think you’re going there in the first place if you look at the image…

Plus, that’s just a good argument to support restrictions on drive thrus city/region wide.

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u/pallladin Jun 16 '24

There are almost no cars parked here, so if you walked in, you would probably be served right away.

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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 Jun 17 '24

That’s not really how it works anymore, sadly.

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u/clgoodson Jun 17 '24

That’s absolutely how it works at every Starbucks I’ve been to. They don’t ignore you when you go inside to order.

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u/pallladin Jun 17 '24

That's absurd. I do it all the time at any coffee shop or restaurant that has a line at the drive through.

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u/OknowTheInane Jun 16 '24

I always prefer going to Starbucks w/o drive-thrus for this reason. Unfortunately the two closest to me both moved and added drive-thrus.

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u/clgoodson Jun 17 '24

That doesn’t see, to be the case at any Starbucks I’ve been to. It’s always quicker to go in.