Don’t I hate being in the drive-through and someone in front of me has to order coffee and sandwiches for everyone in his workplace. Come on, if it’s more than a quick coffee; get off your ass and walk up to the counter. The rest of us are sitting behind you, idling, wasting gas and wishing that they would make the drive-throughs into a coffee express lane only. It would save time, gas and the environment. —Steaming
This article appears in Jun 16-22, 2011.
Ah, I’m sure I won’t be the only one to say get off your own lazy ass! Sitting there idling is OK with you? Shameful!!!
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Pot meet Kettle!
I second that, Snubiz. WTF? Where do you get off, Steaming? What the hell makes you so GD entitled that YOU should be the only one in line at the drive thru? If you bothered to check out the situation inside, you’d notice that it’s just as lined up in there, (sometimes worse), with people just looking to get a coffee and nothing else. So what? Should people getting more than one coffee inside have to move over for the single coffee buyers out there? Fuck off. Here’s an idea, since your soooo keen on helping to save the environment….MAKE YOUR OWN FUCKING COFFEE BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE!! It’s cheaper, faster (don’t have to wait in line), and by using a travel mug, you don’t have paper cups and plastic covers all over the side of the road/landfills. In addition, you could try carpooling. (I’m assuming that you’re one of these “one-person-per-vehicle” commuters) That way you have 2 or more people per vehicle in the drive thru line up, meaning same volume of customers, less cars waiting and idling, wasting gas, etc. And if neither of these options are your cup of tea (or coffee), then STFU and deal with it. Dick.
Here’s one who couldn’t wait for drive through:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/…
I know what the poster here is talking about. Drive-thrus are (or at least they should be) express lanes. If these people weren’t ordering the whole menu, there wouldn’t be the long line-ups with the idling mentioned plus the traffic problems caused the line-up of cars into the street.
I shut my car off if I am in a drive-thru and one car seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time at the window getting their toasted bagels,club sandwiches and soup. Maybe OP does the same.
I still say $5.00 max drive-thru purchase at least for Timmies, whom I assume OP is talking about.
poor dear deer^^will be seeing more of them in the future. i have my tranquilizer gun on order
OP, are you sure they are ordering for their entire office, or maybe they are just another fat fuck pushing food down their throat.
I tend to feel the same way. If you want anything more than a coffee and something easily grabbed off the shelf, then walk thee into the store for the order.
HOWEVER, if you are caught in a line up that is taking its sweet time, try cutting your engine. You complain you are sitting there idling wasting gas….turn your car off. Simple. I’ve done it, countless others have done it, why is it such a foreign concept for you?
I’m also willing to bet you’re not one to use travel mugs now are ya? No? I didn’t think so. So you’re contributing to destroying the environment one paper cup and idling engine at a time. You’re a super star.
The deer was probably a ‘nucks fan and just got the tragic news.
travel mugs in the drive through are a complete waste, all they do is empty the coffee from the paper cup to your mug and toss the paper cup in the trash. I guess it’s actually going in the trash and not on the curb but still… total waste of energy
Good point, Frenchie. I guess I hadn’t thought of that.
That can’t be true! Really?
Here’s and idea folks: a $20 coffee maker has timer on it so it’s ready when you get up! Make you own triple triple. Gag. Some folks like a little coffee with their cream and sugar.
Everyone should just get a Keurig :D! They’re like between $100-150, depending on the model and the coffee is about $9 per box of 12 or so. In the long run, it’s cheaper than shelling out money and gas for your daily sludge and you don’t need to put any cream or sugar in it because it’s fucking delicious, unless you’re one of those people that pretends to like coffee but can only drink it with cream and sugar.
I agree 100% with OP. Drive thrus are for quick easy orders.
Most people if they knew prior to getting in the line up they would be stuck in a drive thru line up for 10 min while a couple sandwhiches are being made probably would get up their lazy arses and go in and get their coffee.
Take your chances I guess
I think there should be a scale under the vehicle at the pick-up window that can deduct the weight of the vehicle and gives the weight of the driver on a big screen for passers by to see.
All in favour, raise your hands.
Actually at the golden M out here in the boonies on Friday at 8am I had to head into Burnside & pick up a bunch of equipment that had arrived from TO.
I wanted a coffee & muffin & the drive through line was wrapped right around the building, I got out of my truck & walked in, there were 3 people in the restaurant besides myself & all of them had been served.
I was out of my truck in & back out driving away in 3/4 minutes tops.
So you may want to rethink that, if the drive thru’s busy, the whole place is busy.
Drive-throughs are for lazy people. I don’t often go to a fast food or fast coffee place, but whenever I have in the morning or lunch time, I drive around the backed up cars, park, go inside and enjoy ZERO line-ups.
The drive-thru at Timmie’s has a time-limit on how long a person waits to get served. It is set at 45 seconds, and they tally up the averages at the end of the day to make sure everyone is meeting their targets. Because of this, every Tim Horton’s employee works their asses off to make sure they are meeting said targets. Therefore, if you order a large amount of food and coffee at the counter, you will have to wait a hell of a lot longer, as oftentimes, you are shafted by the drive-thru orders coming in. So, whenever I have a large order for my workmates, you can bet that I will use the drive-thru, because it’s so much faster than waiting for it at the counter.
TLDR: Suck it up Princess.
“The drive-thru at Timmie’s has a time-limit on how long a person waits to get served. It is set at 45 seconds…Therefore, if you order a large amount of food and coffee at the counter, you will have to wait a hell of a lot longer.” Sarey
All of which only goes to prove that there should be a ceiling on how much you can spend at the Drive-Thru.
Drive-thrus should be for the disabled or elderly – the abled bodied should shed some energy and hoof it inside. That means if some kid roars thru with Granny’s handicapped tag, he/she shouldn’t be served.
And if you’re in a hurry, in a car line-up or inside, and there’s one big snake of Tim addicts waiting for their fix, turn around and fucking leave. I don’t want to hear you mouth off how you’re going to be late for whatever.
There’s four cars ahead of me and each one should take about 45 seconds. It wastes more gas to shut your car off for less than a minute than it does if you just let it idle so I let my car idle most of the time..I’m sorry I didnt buy an electric car or that the bus doesn’t travel to where I work…
Anyhow, the next car has been sitting there for more than 45 seconds. Do I shut my engine off? How do I know that in another second it will strat rolling away again?? I don’t. If Timmies used the drive-throughs as an express lane which retricted purchases to coffee only, then each car Would only take 45 seconds or less.
You want bagels and a sandwich? Go inside..easy.
I realize that many of the Timmies are set up to discourage sit in customers (less staff needed). However if Timmies wants to look like a good corporate citizen, who is concerned about the enviroment; then keep the drive throughs moving and have the slow orders come inside.
Oh for all of you that can’t afford a car: stop trying to feel smug by complaining about the people who may need one and work hard for it.
not sure where you got that ‘minute’ threshold…
http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/myths/…
HAHA The shit you people complain about, getting all worried about 45 second waits while sitting on your ass in your vehicle?? Talk about your first world problems
The cup that you think gets thrown in the garbage when they fill the travel mug is actually recycled. True fact. Timmies recycles their paper cups.
After reading ZZZzz’s link; I stand corrected and will be quicker to shut my car off to avoid idling.
I find it strange that some people can’t identify with the idea of an express lane. I know coffee isn’t that important but, it is an addiction. Aren’t you glad that you can go to an express lane at a grocery store when you just need to pick up a couple items and not be trapped behind a few full carts?
I didn’t think this would touch so many raw nerves.
Maybe some of us should switch to decaf??
Oh Yeah. That’s EXACTLY what we need. (sarcastic tone). A lot of people in this city seem to have major problems negotiating a 4-way stop. And now some of you on here are proposing Drive-Thru rules?? Are kidding me?? All to shave 2-3 minutes off your coffee run. I can’t help but laugh. “Orders under $5.00 only. No food orders permitted. Disabled/Elderly people only. No idling permitted.” Good luck with trying to:
A. convince the restaurants that these rules are needed; and,
B. enforcing them.
Hell! Let’s go for broke. Why not: “Vehicles under 1.5 L displacement only” or “No automobiles older than 1995 only.” Maybe even, “Odd number of vehicle occupants, this lane. Even number, that lane”. I can’t believe that this post is even getting this much attention. It’s pointless. The fact of the matter is that drive-thru’s are for ANYBODY in a vehicle to use. Full stop. If you have a problem with that, your options have been clearly laid out in previous posts: A. Make your coffee before you leave the house; B. Place your order inside the restaurant if the drive-thru is lined/busy; C. Suck it up, sit there, chill and wait it out or D. Move on to another coffee shop. (There’s practically one every other street corner) I suppose we could add one last option to the mix: E. Bitch, moan, whine and drip, (or is that perk? steep?) about it.
Timmies recycles their paper cups?- really so why is there not recycling cans for the cups and why is this not promoted..
This is the first I have heard of this
Avast0, I understand that, in the scheme of things this is a small problem. That 2 or 3 minutes you speak of is important when you consider that maybe 2,000 vehicles go through the drive-thru between 7 and 9 in the morning at the busiest restaurants. This is where the line-ups back into the street impeding traffic. The traffic at Akerley and Mosher in Burnside at 8:00 a.m. is horrific because of this.
By the way, if there is a long line-up, I go inside so I’m not wasting gas.
If the drive thru is that busy that the line-ups are backed into the street and are impeding traffic, then see one of my other 3 options listed above.
This is where the onus should be placed squarely on the shoulders of the customer, not the restaurant. If it’s busy, move on, go inside or bring your own. Simple. Customers should use their own judgement. (and I know, this never happens). If there is a line backing into the street, don’t add to it. If you insist on waiting in that line and you are creating a traffic snarl or safety issue, then you should get fined. IMO
I use to work in a place where I would occasionally do a coffee run for the whole office (8-9 people. maybe more on occasion) and I used to go inside to place my order, not because I was worried about slowing down the drive thru but because I found it easier to hand over my coffee list to the person serving me than to try and dictate it through a crackly drive thru intercom. It didn’t matter though. I would almost always get the eye roll or the exasperated sigh from some douche in a rush behind me after they saw me produce said list. It’s coffee, folks. Relax. If you’re already that high strung, than I say follow ALSO STEAMED’s advice. Switch to decaf. Otherwise, the same options apply.