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The Time-Consuming Drive-Thru Behavior That Is Guaranteed To Make People Mad By Joe Hoeffner Nov. 2, 2025 10:20 pm EST

Every now and then you get an ideal drive-thru experience. There are no cars in front of you, your order is taken promptly through a speaker that facilitates clear communication between you and the employee, and you get exactly what you asked for without being told to pull into a parking space and wait for five minutes. But, more often, you're faced with some sort of inconvenience. You and the employee have to talk through a speaker with a sound quality that suggests it was fished from the bottom of the Marianas Trench; your food isn't prepared promptly; or — perhaps worst of all — there's a car in front of you that just can't decide what they want to

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