14 Happy Meals? Really?

[Rafiki31]

Go inside! The drive thru is for those on their way to work in a hurry! To the previous poster, I agree Dunks is the best example. I have seen people fight in the drive thru line! Drive thru road rage! Get in and get out, otherwise go inside. ANyone who is going to order 14 meals should plan ahead on how to carry them. They need to get them inside their house right?

 

[Mouse House Mama]

That depends on how considerate you are to others, I guess. Ordering 14 happy meals is probably going to hold up the line a bit, wouldn't you think? And since we are on the topic, if you are order 14 happy meals, wouldn't common sense dictate calling ahead with your order?


Going inside there is more than one line,and others inside can choose another. In the drive through, there is just one line.

If I had a large complicated order, I would go inside.

Our drive thru has 2 lines.

 

[iheartdisney]

1. Anyone who sees a drive thru as a quicker way to order has never been to an In N Out. I don't think that I have ever got my double-double in my car in under 15 minutes.

2. Don't most, if not all, drive thrus have a special parking spot for those whose order might take longer. The very existence of those special parking spots implies that the management expects the drive thru to be used for large and/or complicated orders.

3. Are you going to help someone ordering 14 Happy Meals carry them out to their vehicle? Didn't think so.
Because i don't have that many hands, and if i need 14 meals to go, I would rather them be loaded straight into the car for me.

 

[lovesmurfs]

For that kind of order, I definitely would have called ahead or seen if I could email the order, then picked it up in the drive thru line. Then again, if I were the manager, I might not have allowed the order without pre-payment in case it was a prank.

In my college days, I worked at Taco Bell, third shift. Large college down, bars close down, frat boys want tacos.

As workers, we didn't mind the large orders. What was horrible and what we thought was inconsiderate of the others in the drive thru was when a car of 4-6 people had "separate" orders - they all wanted to pay individually.

 

[Tozzie]

Go inside! The drive thru is for those on their way to work in a hurry! To the previous poster, I agree Dunks is the best example. I have seen people fight in the drive thru line! Drive thru road rage! Get in and get out, otherwise go inside. ANyone who is going to order 14 meals should plan ahead on how to carry them. They need to get them inside their house right?

Who's rule is that? I never heard the drive thru could only be used if you were on your way to work and in a hurry. I guess if you are in a hurry you need to leave earlier.

 

[Scurvy]

Go inside! The drive thru is for those on their way to work in a hurry! To the previous poster, I agree Dunks is the best example. I have seen people fight in the drive thru line! Drive thru road rage! Get in and get out, otherwise go inside. ANyone who is going to order 14 meals should plan ahead on how to carry them. They need to get them inside their house right?

Maybe the recipients of the food will come out to the car to help carry it in.

I've never seen anything on a drive through specifying that they are only intended for those who are heading to work in a hurry. I always figured they were for people who had sleeping kids in the car, or who had trouble walking, or didn't think they could carry multiple meals and drinks, or were in the middle of doing yard work and smelled too bad to go in to order, or had dogs they didn't want to leave in a hot car, or who didn't want to walk through the pouring rain with their food, or any one of a bunch of other reasons. But I guess those who are on their way to work are welcome to use the drive through too.

 

[MSLRAC]

I am in the SW and I disagree there are multiple lines open. In my experience 1 is open, maybe 2 during peak times. There are waits inside just like in the drive through. 14 happy meals inside or out, it doesn't matter. It will take time and people behind will have to wait. Me, I think it is better to wait in the comfort of my car with music and a/c or heat vs standing in the crowded noisy interior of the establishment.

ETA-In some places during slow times the drive through person and the counter person are one in the same so there is one person servicing inside and outside.

Same here, so I would honestly not think twice about placing a large order through the drive thru.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Who's rule is that? I never heard the drive thru could only be used if you were on your way to work and in a hurry. I guess if you are in a hurry you need to leave earlier.

Hmmm....I don't work outside the home. Am I allowed to even eat McDonalds?

 

[si-am]

I think it is harder (and takes longer) to do "special orders" at the drive-thru because so much gets muddled trying to talk to the intercom thingie.

It's one thing to order 14 Happy Meals... it's another when you have a special request for each one!

 

[Kathi OD]

There is.

Only in the minds of a few people.

That depends on how considerate you are to others, I guess. Ordering 14 happy meals is probably going to hold up the line a bit, wouldn't you think? And since we are on the topic, if you are order 14 happy meals, wouldn't common sense dictate calling ahead with your order?


Going inside there is more than one line,and others inside can choose another. In the drive through, there is just one line.

If I had a large complicated order, I would go inside.

how would carry that large order out to your car?

Go inside! The drive thru is for those on their way to work in a hurry! To the previous poster, I agree Dunks is the best example. I have seen people fight in the drive thru line! Drive thru road rage! Get in and get out, otherwise go inside. ANyone who is going to order 14 meals should plan ahead on how to carry them. They need to get them inside their house right?

Who ever said that the drive thru is for people on their work in a hurry? What if I'm in a hurry on the way to the airport? or a doctor's appt? or any one a million other places? I'll just throw it out there, because I am sure someone else will, if you're in that much of a hurry, maybe you need to learn to manage your time in a more efficient way.

The original drive thrus at Mickey D's were meant to be a convenience, I worked one of the first ones. There were, and are, no rules as to who can and cannot use them. If there were rules as to who can use a drive thru, then they would be posted. Since there aren't any rules posted, anyone who has a desire to use them, can.

 

[Bob NC]

I've never heard of one. Please tell us what the "unwritten rule" entails.

Well, maybe it's not a universal unwritten rule. A lot of times I look at things and think whether or not I would do them.

Personally, I would think it wouldn't be the kindest thing in the world to order 14 meals at the drive thru because I frequently think of the people around me.

If you have absolutely no concern for the folks behind you, by all means, go to the drive thru and order one of everything, all prepared in a special way.

I don't subscribe to the belief that because you can do something, that you should do something.

I can drive in the left lane doing 55, but I don't, I can walk into the paint department at Home Depot and take all the green Mickey Head paint color samples, but I don't.

If I were ordering meals and drinks for over a dozen people from MacDonalds, I'd probably carry a box in the store, put all the drinks in, put the bagged meals on top of them, and carry a box out to the car. I can't imagine sitting in my car having a drive thru attendant hand me 14 separate drinks, I'm not sure what I would physically do with those, only to be followed by 14 bags of food.

What I'm picturing though, is someone who hadn't thought about that either, while I am sitting right behind them.

One thing I can be sure of though, they didn't give me a moments thought.

 

[Tozzie]

Hmmm....I don't work outside the home. Am I allowed to even eat McDonalds?

If you actually read the post I quoted it specifically stated that drive thru's are for people on their way to work and in a hurry and that is what I was responding to.

 

[scrapquitler]

Maybe the recipients of the food will come out to the car to help carry it in.

I've never seen anything on a drive through specifying that they are only intended for those who are heading to work in a hurry. I always figured they were for people who had sleeping kids in the car, or who had trouble walking, or didn't think they could carry multiple meals and drinks, or were in the middle of doing yard work and smelled too bad to go in to order, or had dogs they didn't want to leave in a hot car, or who didn't want to walk through the pouring rain with their food, or any one of a bunch of other reasons. But I guess those who are on their way to work are welcome to use the drive through too.

My MIL told me that the drive in is only for lazy people She says only people who are too lazy to get out of their car and walk inside use the drive thru (she made the mistake of telling me that on a day that my infant was sick and I had just left the pediatricians office and went to pick up a prescription at the pharmacy). She now understands that there are many good reasons beyond laziness to use the drive thru

 

[Octoberbride03]

That depends on how considerate you are to others, I guess. Ordering 14 happy meals is probably going to hold up the line a bit, wouldn't you think? And since we are on the topic, if you are order 14 happy meals, wouldn't common sense dictate calling ahead with your order?


Going inside there is more than one line,and others inside can choose another. In the drive through, there is just one line.

If I had a large complicated order, I would go inside.

It'll hold it up to the point of finishing the order taking. But once they go around and pay any McDonald's in business for more than 1 day will park him someplace and send somebody out with the order.

For myself I would NEVER EVER order 14 meals in the drive thru. And its not to be polite to the other drivers. Its so that when I check each bag and find out what's wrong with it I can pass it right back over the counter. Cause with an order that big there are bound to be mistakes.

 

[Mermaid02]

I would have hated to be behind her... but she had just as much of a right to use the drive thru as anyone else.

 

[goofy!]

That depends on how considerate you are to others, I guess. Ordering 14 happy meals is probably going to hold up the line a bit, wouldn't you think? And since we are on the topic, if you are order 14 happy meals, wouldn't common sense dictate calling ahead with your order?


Going inside there is more than one line,and others inside can choose another. In the drive through, there is just one line.

If I had a large complicated order, I would go inside.

There is always a choice of lines. The person behind the car ordering the 14 happy meals has the choice to use an inside line if they feel the drive up line is too long. Just like somebody would move lines inside if the line they were in was taking too long.

I agree that the drive-up is not an express lane. And if I had a large order and was by myself, you bet I would be in the drive through.

 

[kwelch10377]

For myself I would NEVER EVER order 14 meals in the drive thru. And its not to be polite to the other drivers. Its so that when I check each bag and find out what's wrong with it I can pass it right back over the counter. Cause with an order that big there are bound to be mistakes.

This and I would just ask if someone could help me carry this items out. I'm not saying that it would be wrong to place the order through the drive thru, but I would just think there would be a greater chance of getting home and the order being messed up.

 

[goofy!]

Go inside! The drive thru is for those on their way to work in a hurry! To the previous poster, I agree Dunks is the best example. I have seen people fight in the drive thru line! Drive thru road rage! Get in and get out, otherwise go inside. ANyone who is going to order 14 meals should plan ahead on how to carry them. They need to get them inside their house right?

Never heard of the drive through being only for those late for work and in a hurry.

Reminds me of the saying:

(general your)

 

[Anne MN]

the fast food places around here are very speedy! (military base) they know that a good majority of their customers have a very short window. For breakfast and lunch- they have 4 people out at the drive thru lane- 2 taking orders, one inputting it all (then you can look and make sure it's correct) and one near the pay window to "walk" your payment to the window. works great- this is McDonalds by the way
14 happy meals at the drive thru wouldn't phase them.
lunch time (hope she wasn't trying that!) is nuts- but most places have extra staff on so people don't B**ch

 

[Adipoo]

I would suggest that the OP or anyone else bothered by long drive-thru orders never get behind the cast of Epic Mealtime.