Some places are drive-thru only after a certain hour or worse don't even have a dine-in option at all. I remember walking to a fast food joint next to my old apartment one night since it was the only place open and they wouldn't let me order because I wasn't in a car.
This is so fucked up to be honest. Just looking at the block that the Starbucks is sitting on it could be used much more effectively (if parking and roads were not a priority in north america).
A similar footprint in a european town/city could probably have 3 or 4 low-rise developments on it. We have developers and governments screeming housing crisis and a large city sprawl issue, yet we use space so ineffectively.
To rub it in there's all that free parking and just one parked car. I wonder where the hell are employees park their cars to leave all that space for customers.
The employees might not have money for a car since they get paid a shit wage.. which means having to walk through the car infrastructure.
And get berated for being 5 minutes late because the bus was 10 minutes late and its a 45 minute ride to go 12 kilometers.
That might be the employee’s car. I once worked at Dunkin’ Donuts and I was the only person staffing the place and had to do drive thru when it was like this. Also had to help walk-in customers. It was hell.
Well, someone has built the US in a way that in many places using the car is the only viable option. That's why half-blind 80 year olds still drive their own cars.
Interesting note. That is the 2 maggots, where famous artists in the 1930-1960's would have afternoon coffee and discuss politics, paintings, and everything of the day .
Yup, but I often see people on foot lining up btw two car when only the drive-in is open. I guess these people would rather get in and be received properly.
Have one to look at on google maps. Not too different other than the parking spaces being way smaller. Do note the cycle path though, recognizable by the red asphalt. Cycling to this place is super doable, and they have a sit-down dining area if you do.
Note too how this is in an industrial park, if you go north-west a bit you'll find a residential area which is MUCH less made for cars than the industrial park.
Exactly my thought... there's not a single car parked which is strange
Edit:.... there's one car parked :)
Lived in Oregon, lots of dutch bros adjacent to highways like this. No one parks there before or after Covid
I cannot understand why people line up like this for dutch bros. It seems like it happens at every one in my area and I cannot understand waiting that much for coffee in your car when good alternatives are available (there are many here).
Must be nice to have the money to wait in line, with your A/C on, to get an overpriced coffee that tastes like crap and isn’t worth the price they pay.
AKA $tarbuck$
You're going to be waiting somewhere with the AC on 🤷♂️
So many silly comparisons in this thread.
i live right in the middle of a growing Drive-Thru hellscape, and people here are just assholes to one another as often as possible.. i know because when i go out of my way to be _just a little _nice to somebody (especially somebody in a Drive-Thru), they're always shocked..
If you have to drive somewhere I've learned to use the app to order pickup ahead of time. Saves a huge amount of time and wasted gas, and the same pattern works regardless of your transportation method.
Mcdonald's doesn't start making your order until your phone geolocates in their parking lot. It's mildly infuriating.
You don't have to. You can order in the store or get delivery, you can use their app. Or you can spoof geolocation. Or you can go somewhere else or don't go at all. You dont have to do anything. If you WANT to order with their app, and they use geolocation in a way you don't like, you CAN change geolocation to fix the thing you don't like. Or you can bitch about it and not change anything.
I can use the "order and pay" function without location by picking the restaurant in the list.
Yes. I do that no problem.
They don't start making my order until I "check in" When I'm physically in the parking lot.
In fairness, have you tried being outside lately. So hot. No idea why, but there's no way I want to be outside right now. I'm going to prefer sitting inside my 2 ton box and blast the A/C using my gas powered engine until it cools off a bit.
It's such a famous place that it has its own Wikipedia page. About the name, it says:
"Magot" literally means "stocky figurine from the Far East". The name originally belonged to a fabric and novelty shop at nearby 23 Rue de Buci. The shop sold silk lingerie and took its name from a popular play of the moment (19th century) entitled Les Deux Magots de la Chine. Its two statues represent Chinese "mandarins", or "magicians" (or "alchemists"), who gaze out over the room.
Les Deux Magots is one of the more famous cafés in Paris. It was the hangout of many artists and writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Jean-Paul Sartre and André Breton.
Still there, still a great place to hang out and sip beer and people watch.
But think of the calories I’m saving by sitting comfortably in my oversized and air conditioned vehicle!