Why do I always sit still in the drive thru?
Posted in Health, Looking Back by kmelang | Tags: drive thru, food, funny, humor
by Maria Glazener
Okay, I admit it; I am totally obsessed with McDonald’s sweet tea. I love it because it is good and cheap, in that order. So, I find myself making my way through the drive thru numerous times a week. That $1.00 drink really gets me through the day. What I have come to notice is that the drive-thru is not what it used to be.
I worked at the McDonalds on Reynolda, two buildings ago, and was a whiz at the drive thru, if I do say so myself. I mean, you had to be fast. You were timed and got in trouble if people had to wait!
Nowadays, that doesn’t seem to be the case. I find myself sitting in line a lot longer than I used to. I am not sure if it is the patrons who seem to have a hard time ordering, or if the employees just don’t think hurrying is that big of a deal. Either way, I seem to find myself saying, “Really, why is this taking so long?” All I want is my tanker of tea and I will be on my way. How long does it take to fill up a 32 oz. cup?
Okay, before you say, “You could just get your lazy self out of the car and go inside.” I must tell you, I seem to always only have 2 minutes allotted for any “me” time. (Moms, you know what I mean)
So, getting out of the car and going inside, only seems to detract from the illusion of actually having a few minutes to myself.
Will I stop going through the drive thru? No, I love my sweet tea too much to give it up. I have decided to try and embrace the sit still and think of it as a mini vacation. We are all in too much of a hurry anyway, so maybe the slow drive thru is just life’s way of saying, “Enjoy the moment, Life is too sweet to waste!”
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kmelang says:
When I was a teenager, I used to love screaming my order at the top of my lungs so that I could hear it echoing through the restaurant, or backing thru the drive thru!
Tracey says:
I am always tickled by the fact that over 50% of our phone conversations involve you saying at one point, “hold on one second. Yes, I’d like a large sweet tea.”
I know Todd would love it if you broke that crazy tea habit, but there are worse things to be addicted to!
I had a HUGE craving for Taco Bell on my way home from the gym last week and when i got in line at the drive-thru I didn’t move (not an inch) for 10 minutes – it was FIVE freakin’ o’clock! Twilight K&W rush?! I abandoned my soft taco dinner and drove home in a very bad mood.
I also worked in a drive-thru restaurant (Dockside Seafood in Clemmons) and I must say I was lightning girl. Wish they could all be like that, right?! Looking forward to your next post
CVaughan says:
Glad that you are sticking to your Southern roots…. “and on the 8th day, God made sweet tea”. On the subject of drive thrus though… I am a huge fan of the pharmacy drive thru. Nothing is more of a blessing than not having to drag two sick children into a pharmacy just to get medicine, no matter the wait!