I had a thought--a bad one as it turns out--to get some tacos at Taco Bell or as we used to call it, Toxic Hell. They would have good tacos and it would be fast.
As it turned out it wasn't good and certainly wasn't fast!
I rushed into the place, seeing only 4 people ahead of me in line. All right! This should move. I took another look and realized that they were part of the unwashed, obese, snaggled tooth hoard, normally found congregating at WalMart.
Oh no!
They clogged up the line with their antics. An older couple with their son and girl friend. I ended up having to give them a break in my judgmental mind because he was in the Army and I have to appreciate anyone who puts himself in harms way for us. Which was a stretch for me because they stalled the process.
After I ordered, it took 25 minutes to get my food.
What???!!!??? Five meals???
I have been out of the country too long. I forgot about the dominance of the dreaded drive thru lane.
Most businesses now worship the automobile and the drive thru lane as the real source of revenue. I have no idea if this is actually true but that is the way they treat it.
Meal after meal after meal after meal...went out the drive thru window as we marinated in resentment waiting inside.
25 minutes, damn it!
Fast food my ass! And it tasted pretty bland too.
I talked to a friend of mine that reported a story about the same thing at McDonald's earlier this week. A customer, who had been waiting inside for too long, started to shout at the manager about feeding all the drive thru lane customers before any of the inside people were served. The manager was no dumbie. He fed this customer immediately, warding off a Uzi attach in the nick of time!
I have always had distain for the drive thru lane. It represents everything that is rotting the US from the inside out. And we wonder why there is so much obesity here. Between the drive thru lane and the TV remote, we have pounded nails into our coffin for sure.
Oh, what you forget when out of the country.
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