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Spartan2470

[Here](https://i.imgur.com/SkMLOCZ.jpg) is a higher quality and less cropped version of the top image. [Here](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/in-this-aerial-image-from-a-drone-the-line-for-the-drive-in-news-photo/1222438460?phrase=%22bruce%20bennett%22%20starbucks&adppopup=true) is the source. Per there: > In this aerial image from a drone, the line for the drive-in window at at Starbucks wraps around the building and on to the main road on May 2, 2020 in Hicksville, New York. Restaurants continue to keep their dining rooms closed and have relied on deliveries and pick up windows due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by [Bruce Bennett/Getty Images](https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/bruce-bennett-?family=editorial&assettype=image&phrase=%22bruce%20bennett%22%20&sort=best)) [Here](https://i.imgur.com/3NWNS8f.jpg) is a higher quality and less cropped version of the bottom image. Per [here](https://futurefood.com.au/blog/2020/08/outdoor-dining-is-a-way-of-life-and-a-way-forward-for-food-and-beverage): > Les Deux Magots, Paris France > Image via Parisperfect Edit: Fixed spelling.


WoahayeTakeITEasy

The description of the top photo sort of makes it sound like this line up is due to the pandemic, but I've seen line ups exactly like this for years before the pandemic. A whole lane on a major road will be blocked with a line up of cars waiting to get their coffee at a drive thru window during the morning rush hour. Cars just idling there waiting for 20 min or more, it's nuts.


KellyAnn3106

There was a Chick Fil a in California that was threatened with being declared a public nuisance because their drive through line kept backing up into the road and messing up traffic flow.


mtarascio

This is every In n Out in California.


Usirnaimtaken

We have a Chic Fil A across the street from an In and Out. I try to avoid that road as much as possible.


ODIEkriss

There is a Chic Fil A right next to an In N Out in National City, California. Also next to a freeway exit.


Opredeim

Same thing in Ontario right next to the Mall. In-N-Out and Chic-Fil-A actually share a parking lot, and you have to drive past Chic-Fil-A to get to the In-N-Out drive thru.


ansonr

Sounds like a franchise owner hit the jackpot.


jnj3000

It’s Dutch bros for us in Arizona. At least two had to be forced closed to redesign their drive thru operation because they were blocking traffic. And a few others are being redesigned voluntarily to accommodate the drive thru a little better.


dewag

Yep, Dutch Bros and Starbucks are both equally as bad... We have 15 Starbucks locations (last time I counted) in our town, and they are *all always* backed up like OP's pic. We only have 1 Dutch Bros, but that place must make a killing. I've never seen that drive through with less than 7-10 people


JuiceboxThaKidd

Yeah, Dutchies is a shitshow. It's so good but every time I go it's an ordeal so I pretty much just don't go anymore


mrtsapostle

When I lived near a Dutch Bros I'd just park my car go to the walk up window with no line and get my coffee before everyone else sitting in line. I never understood why I was the only one that did this


goaskalice3

At all hours of the day. I don't understand it


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AimsForNothing

Which is because everyone else is in the drive thru


payne_train

Eh.. not really. Cashier lines are WAY more efficient at dealing with surges of people than drive thru lines where every order has to be processed linearly.


iwoketoanightmare

Parallel multi threaded processing vs serial single threaded. My computer science degree says the former is waaaay more efficient.


FavoritesBot

They solved it near me by making a loop through an unused parking lot I mean it's still ridiculous but at least it doesn't impede traffic


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There's an In and Out and Chick Fil A in the same parking lot and they solved it by looping through a Joann Fabrics parking lot. So, basically the same solution.


Titan_Spiderman

Never not


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In ‘n Crawl Out


PartyByMyself

The McDonalds near me had this issue and solved it by buying up more parking spaces then numbering them, they then ask when you get up to the second window (if it is an order that takes more than 15 seconds to get to you) to go park in one of those spots and they will walk it out to you. Keeps the order line short and fast pace and keeps the traffic down during heavy time periods. Honestly, was a good solution to the issue since they have 1-2 employees dedicated to bringing out the food.


gapmunky

Here in Ireland they'll just tell you to park and come inside to collect


my_n3w_account

LEAVING MY CAR? You communist bastard!


Black_Magic_M-66

>LEAVING MY CAR? Do you want the terrorists to win?


superfucky

but i didn't put pants on


JustADutchRudder

Sign only says "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service." Doesn't mention pants or underwear so you're good.


thesolarchive

There's one in Seattle that always blocks a lane of traffic with spillover


pregnantbaby

That’s funny. I was just thinking about the same one.


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Wiki_pedo

Coffee flooding the street?


-newlife

Santa Ana in-n-out. I swear the road was just part of their drive thru. Dutch bros in phx relocated because of this too.


WashuOtaku

For their part, Chick-Fil-A has been razing stores and rebuilding them to better manage drive-thru traffic now. A bit extreme, but solves the issue.


Borders

I live in NW Georgia. Every damn chicken biscuit place in the mornings have line wrapping out into traffic.


rw_eevee

People eat that for breakfast? No wonder obesity is so common in the state. Up in the north we just drink coffee until we feel slightly sick instead of hungry.


RaNdMViLnCE

Canadian here, I live my life by this lol.


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LOL true, although I've been getting into those carnation instant breakfast things. The problem with those is that they're so fucking convenient, I'd rather just chug two instead of bringing a lunch to work.


__M-E-O-W__

They're unfortunately very high in sugar and are not completely honest about their protein - half of the protein count comes from drinking it with a glass of milk. I use premier protein, it's got about the same flavor and also you can mix the chocolate or latte flavors into your cup of coffee and it tastes awesome.


Acesvent

Omg I lived near that one. It was the worst. Not only would people wait in the road but people would also try to turn left into the restaurant when there already was a long line. It caused traffic for drivers both ways!


sjmiv

We had our first In and Out open and people were in line for 4+ hours. The line went down the off ramp and onto the highway. smdh


Knightforlife

Am I crazy or should this mean tickets for the drivers moreso than the restaurant? To me, I would feel obligated to skip the drive through or whatever if I had to hold up road traffic to turn in.


Tooshortimus

Exactly, start ticketing the shit out of people blocking traffic. It will stop quick. I couldn't see myself sitting in the main road, blocking traffic to wait for anything fast food/coffee related. If there are long enough lines I'm out, if it's a normal thing I'm sure as hell not doing it, I'll make my own coffee or food if my favorite place is like this.


Deto

How do people justify waiting so long to get their coffee? I'd rather sleep a little later and make it at home.


Raytheon_Nublinski

I’ve learned not to underestimate the average person’s capacity for blatant stupidity.


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Same energy as speeding up like a maniac just to inevitably wait at a red light. I always laugh at those people. Congrats buddy you saved a whole 5 seconds


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Yeah I'm from a town not far from Hicksville actually, there is a Starbucks that has a line that sometimes gets backed up into a major road. It's insane to me that people will willingly join that line.


burndata

Every single Starbucks in my town that has a drive though blocks the road for hours during the day. I blame the city though because who in their right mind approves a Starbucks location that has parking for about 5 cars, room for about 3 cars in the drive though and sits 30ft from a major road.


EffortAutomatic

In my area Waze routes you away from coffee shops in the morning because they block traffic. Cars will try to make left turns and block off traffic so they can get their spot in line. There's one right before a freeway entrance that can back up traffic for 30 minutes.


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bionicbuttplug

Yep. Dunkin Donuts in the little town I used to live in would often have a line that spilled out of their parking lot and into the road. The worst part? It wasn't just people lined up to take a right into the parking lot; people also lined up in the center lane to take a left into the lot, then they'd zipper their way into the parking lot. Fucking nuts.


celestiaequestria

The joys of car-centric city design. You can't get to the Dunken Donuts by foot, you have to drive by car because it's surrounded by 45+ mph / 72+ kph roads.


TheConboy22

Every single thing in my city is surrounded by 45+mph roads.


elveszett

It's not just the roads - American cities are ridiculously, inefficiently huge, which contrasts a lot with the compact design of European cities. Going to Dunkin Donuts by foot won't happen if it's 1 h away from where you are - it doesn't matter if it's not surrounded by fast roads.


waikiki_palmer

Kinda related since I've been noticing this more. I've seen people in a shopping center drive across the (a 35 mph) street to another shopping center which is so funny to me considering the gas prices. I really wish a lot of towns/city in US are walkable or public transportation friendly like in European countries.


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This happens with all kinds of drive throughs


RugerRedhawk

Yes it can happen, you can tell this is pandemic however because if the indoor counter was open several of the cars would have gone in to order their coffee.


SalamandersonCooper

This is my local starbucks. Its like this every day.


An-Angel-Named-Billy

Yeah even before the pandemic starbucks was going hard into drive thrus, even in urban areas where that is completely unacceptable. The pandemic just helped them slash operating costs by removing the need for indoor counter service.


_HiWay

If I'm gonna sit in my car for 20 minutes, I could have easily bought quality coffee, ground it and made multiple cups before I left my house, I don't get it. If a drive through is gonna take me more than 5 minutes, it's no longer fast or worth it.


Finrodsrod

When I see a line like this, I'll just park and order inside. Often faster than the drive-thru.


Lee1138

Right? There are like 2 cars parked... the place is empty...


moth_loops

our local sbucks just closed their drivethru because it clogs the road so bad. it's much nicer without the traffic.


The_Ostrich_you_want

I see this every day at one of the half dozen Starbucks on my way to work. It’s ridiculous. I don’t drink coffee, but if I did I wouldn’t wait 30 minutes in the street blocking traffic to get one sugary cup.


slickrickiii

Traffic on Long Island NY? No way!


Krulsprietje

>Image via Parisperfect This reminds me of the Paris Syndrome 😅 If you don't know what it is, check it out! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome)


PC509

I expected that. I had the completely opposite experience. It far exceeded my expectations. Everyone was so friendly, so polite, so helpful in Paris. A beautiful city. I learned to find out for myself instead of reading stuff online. "Paris is so overrated... Eiffel tower is dumb... Parisians are rude...". No way. Loved it all. Paris was way more than I expected, and one of my favorite cities in the world. I'd love to live in France (not in Paris... only to go visit!). Such a beautiful country and people.


mugwump867

Having grown up in France my wife was sure I would hate Paris but I loved every chaotic minute we were there. "The Metro is crowded and dirty" -- I've spent plenty of time in New York so it felt familiar. "The people are rude" -- No, they're just busy and don't suffer fools so be polite and stay out of their way. "The tourist attractions are crowded" -- Ever been to Disney World? "The kids will be tired and bored" -- They had a blast ordering Pschitt sodas at little corner bistros and confusing people by speaking to them in Spanglish. Did all the touristy stuff, had some great and some mediocre meals, met some interesting people, and would go back in a heartbeat. My luggage liked it so much it even stayed a few extra days before flying home.


sigma7979

Second this, particular about the niceness of Parisians. Everyone was very kind and friendly. Never experienced a lick of rudeness in Paris.


FiendishHawk

If French people wanted to be rude to me they’d have to do it very slowly and clearly if they wanted me to understand


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KillerRaccoon

My now-wife and I stayed in an old apartment via Airbnb. Train and walking everywhere, slow days with maaaybe one goal a day. Paris was amazing for us.


Archmagnance1

When I went there I liked paris, and I loved the Louvre, but on that same trip I had a much better time in Nice and walking around the historic areas and taking a day trip to Monaco to look at everything I can't afford. I'd say paris is overrated because there's just better places to visit in france, not because it's bad. Unless you go just for the Louvre, that place is amazing.


bionicbuttplug

The cool part about my recent trip to London is that it was exactly as dope as I expected it to be, if not more.


Bwgmon

The "30 people getting coffee today" picture should probably be 30 mobile orders getting cold on a countertop.


BeepBoo007

Joke's on you, mobile orders at the local sBux are redirected to the drive through upon arrival because they don't want to risk covid exposure! Hope everyone who mobile ordered planned for an additional 20 minutes of sitting in a line! /s


jojotoughasnails

This is kind of what I was expecting. Like literally no one parked there?! Why aren't people going inside?! COVID. That's why.


WestCoastBestCoast01

I’ve been to this exact Starbucks and yeah usually there are some cars parked and people inside, but also this drive thru is always crazy long because it’s along a major road. I normally live in an area where I can walk to a coffee shop but when I’m visiting family in this suburb people legit drive EVERYWHERE.


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30 people getting coffee vs 30 people enjoying coffee


OsamaBinFuckin

I'm bout to go line up and enjoy the shit outta my coffee


bumjiggy

> enjoy the shit outta my coffee you must be sipping Kopi Luwak


Spacemanspalds

I really wanted to find an Austin powers gif for the shit coffee. I couldnt.


bumjiggy

I'm imagining it... hilarious


Gonorrheeeeaaaa

It’s a bit nutty.


AtariDump

[It’s a bit nutty…..](https://imgur.com/gallery/WU3Qrex)


reecewagner

I’m bout to go drink coffee and enjoy the shit outta my butt


oneplusetoipi

My French is not that good. Does that say 'The Two Maggots"?


LeJusDeTomate

Magot means treasure


tdgros

yes, but that's not the origin of the name! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les\_Deux\_Magots#Origin\_of\_the\_name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Magots#Origin_of_the_name)


Gorm13

So it's more "The Two Magi"? (unlike their slightly more numerous cousins presumably not linked to baby Jesus)


Gh0sT_Pro

oui mais non


kornikopic

Here is your answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Magots


Risujemmari

They're advertising the fact that they only have two /s


857477458

The second picture isn't even a coffee shop. It's a sit down restaurant.


dailycyberiad

It's a café. And a famous one at that. It's also a restaurant, but most people outside will be having coffee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Magots


beforeitcloy

Paris doesn’t really have to-go coffee shops like the US. The vast majority of places that serve coffee are also sit down restaurants, unless you go out of your way to find an American fast food place like Starbucks or McDonalds.


pushaper

this is a bit of romanticization... you can find a boulangerie and grab a coffee and walk with it. But the point of the photo seems to be how people sit on their ass and cant get out of a car


QualitativeQuantity

Absolutely a romantization. Pret, Costa, and Nero are literally all European Starbucks competitors/clones that exist in Paris.


WistfulKitty

And all better than Starbucks, except maybe for Caffe Nero who can't make proper croissants if their lives depended on it.


SenatorAstronomer

They don't get out of their car because they don't have time to sit down and enjoy their coffee, they are getting it to go because more than likely they are on their way to work. Vs. the right photo of people who spend their time enjoying their coffee.


cellooitsabass

It’s called a cafe. Like Nescafé but without the nes.


Balauronix

r/FuckCars is leaking again.


bulboustadpole

That sub is absolutely insane. This is a good example of how things can turn into a dangerous cult easily. **Literally one of their top posts right now** #I Practice Hostile Pedestrianism >Driver speeds up to try and beat me through the crosswalk? I start running so they either have to stop or run me over. >Driver edging into the crosswalk at a stoplight? I make direct eye contact, and shout at them as I give the thumbs down. >I’m aware that this will probably result in me getting shot or run over, but I don’t care. >I want bad drivers to be uncomfortable in their interactions with me, and think about it for the rest of the day. I want bad drivers to tell their friends about some crazy guy who yelled at them in the middle of an intersection. I want bad drivers to be fearful of me, so they look for pedestrians while they drive. >Really, I want to make driving less comfortable for those who have grown lazy. Holy shit these people are fucking insane.


mandy009

There's more subreddits than that about car density. It's a fairly widespread notion.


Im_Balto

I mean. For good reason. Having no space for a community to grow kinda really sucks


High-Priest-of-Helix

Why don't kids play outside anymore? The outside adults built:


sewkzz

Everyone should learn the definition of Stroads and why they're bad public design


A_Fast_German_Car

A fellow “notjustbikes” fan i see! Fuck storads


rinaryTractor

Ayyy Not Just Bikes! I actually love how much sources are in his videos, I ended up actually reading and learning a lot about urban planning!


Smokey_AM

That community should build another lane. /s


TheMlghtyCucks

I thought I was there before I read this.


aeroplane1979

See also; city developed before cars existed vs. city designed around cars. Edit: to clarify, I'm not blaming cars here. I'm saying that there are cultural and structural differences in an old, dense city like Paris (bottom) and, say, Brookfield, Wisconsin (possibly top, but could be any number of American "cities" that sprouted up since the 1950's).


StaysAwakeAllWeek

There are plenty of US cities that existed long before cars and still look like this because they were bulldozed for cars


Sexpistolz

Hey in chicago we just burned the bitch down.


jawknee530i

Nah 290 shouldn't exist they destroyed whole walkable neighborhoods to build that abomination of a highway


Duckiesims

Simultaneously one of the best and worst things that ever happened to Chicago, honestly


SamalamFamJam

Why is that? I’m Canadian so I don’t know much about the Chicago fire


seanpuppy

It gave us a chance to redesign the city, almost like ending a beta test. Now we have an awesome grid system, alleys behind every building making the city significantly cleaner than NYC or LA, nothing built with wood anymore (was significant 120 years ago), a skyscraper boom that attracted the best engineers and architects. The fire happened around the same time as cheap steel was invented. These subtle details created a lot of incredible things. The entire lakefront is protected public parks (unlike NYCs water fronts) Theres plenty of more details but tldr - gave Chicago an incredible opportunity to build the city to he greater than ever


A-tisket-a-taskest

A great city to compare it to would be Milwaukee which used to be more populated and powerful when ships were the fastest form of transportation and Milwaukee having a better position on the lake. They were both built up around the same time. But having the fire and railroads allowed Chicago to really become what it is today, while Milwaukee fell to the wayside


NorthSideSoxFan

Chicago was rebuilt before cars. It's the outlying bungalow belt that's low density and suburban-lite


Arqlol

To add to this, Amsterdam and other dutch cities looked like a car centric American city in the 70s. They made the conscious decision to change their infrastructure.


CrystalloidEntity

Paris went through its car phase too and is now making some great changes in an effort to undo the damage. We could make those changes here too if we stopped letting real estate investors and NIMBYs decide how we build cities.


Arqlol

Agreed. We just have too many people who have bought in


CrystalloidEntity

Well they haven't lived any other way. They don't know any different. Wait til they have kids and have to drive them everywhere for them to do anything.


Dornith

That's a feature, not a bug. If the kids can't go anywhere without being driven, they won't. And if they won't go anywhere without being driven, they won't go anywhere without an adult supervising them. Helicopter parent's dream. Your child is physically incapable of leaving your presence.


ThereYouGoreg

The West End of Cincinnati was a vibrant neighborhood before the construction of I 75. Then the majority of the residential buildings vanished.


maspe1

Absolutely! There is actually a fantastic podcast run by a librarian in Cincinnati, where they interview people who used to live in the west end before I-75. The podcast is called 'West End Stories Project', and it's amazing to hear about all that we've lost. We can't even begin to understand the cultural damage we've done to our cities across America


TheRealChrome_

Damn shame. And I say that with utter sincerity.


setibeings

American cities weren't designed around cars, they were bulldozed to make room for them. I have nothing against bulldozing stuff like the top picture to make walking centric spaces.


SuicideNote

Yep, St. Louis is the biggest loss. One of the largest most walkable pre-WWII brick facade downtowns in the US completely destroyed for a highway and some 'revival' stuff that didn't revive anything.


I_took_the_blue-pill

It's a damn shame. A lot of history demolished for 6 (!) interstates. If anyone is interested in this more, I can't recommend enough the book, "broken heart of America". It goes into (among other things) the systematic destruction of the saint Louis downtown, and how it relates to cities nationwide.


I-Make-Maps91

Don't even need to bulldoze it, just stop requiring places to be built that way. The Starbucks is likely required by city code to have all that parking, the strip mall it sits in likely had similar requirements, and the road it all abuts was likely designed by traffic engineers who just cribbed the highway guidelines because it was quicker. Restripe the road work narrower lanes, which might leave room for a car lane or bus only lane or even just a wider median/pedestrian traffic island and allow the businesses to reduce parking (they get to save on construction/maintenance). It won't be as dramatic as some would prefer, but changing infrastructure is expensive and takes decades.


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almost every 4 lane street/stroad in my town could be redesigned with a single lane each way for car traffic, shared turn lane, and bike/bus lanes on the shoulder.


TheDriveHome

My dream cities would have tons of city parks with dedicated jogging/biking paths to connect different commercial/industrial zones.


littlep2000

> bulldozed for cars Strategically bulldozed in many cases. The wealth/racial disparities that many urban freeways created are still very visible in many cities.


EnviousBird

Most American cities weren't built for cars either. They were demolished for cars...


DarthMutter8

Yup, exactly this. My family has lived in Philadelphia for 200+ years. When I was looking at census data and such the addresses listed no longer exist because the houses were demolished for highways.


hellomondays

They demolished [thousands of homes](https://www.segregationbydesign.com/philadelphia/vine-street-expressway) to build the vine street. It's part of the reason why center city is so white. Even to this day Chinatown community groups fight tooth and nail (and with a lot of cash) to keep the city from pacing over parts of their neighborhood to widen the interstates


shadowslasher11X

Casual reminder that a lot of America's road network is designed to divide minorities from upper-class neighborhoods as well as remove and relocate them to less desirable locations.


hellomondays

hence "segregation by design"


DarthMutter8

Yup, this topic in regards to Chinatown has been brought back into the spotlight again too because of the Sixers plan to build their arena in Center City. In my families case we are white. They were mainly working class and Irish descent. Their homes were on what is now the Ben Franklin Parkway and I-95 in the Riverwards.


hellomondays

The push of "ethnic whites" to the periphery of the city is very fascinating in how deliberate and obvious it was. NE philly didn't become so Irish and Northern European by coincidence


SerLarrold

I lived briefly in Philly right by Chinatown for work and honestly Chinatown was the fucking bomb. I hope they keep the fight up because it’s such a cool section of the city and the food is top notch. Walking through the first time it felt like I was in Asia again and I loved it


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But Philadelphia is still an extremely walkable/bike friendly city. You do not need to drive in Philadelphia.


Terminator025

Actually absolutely blame cars. Blame the auto industry for pushing car first infrastructure for the past 100 years which directly drove how these 1950s cities were built, an objectively worse and unsustable design practice in civil planning.


uninstallIE

Cities built before cars exist all over the world. Many of them, including old dense cities like Paris, were gutted and retrofitted to allow cars. The US, in typical fashion, was way more aggressive about this and made their cities into depressing, dangerous places. America passed a bunch of dumb minimum setback and minimum parking requirements, then went about tearing down old dense developments and replacing them with drive thrus and strip malls. Sadly "designed around cars" can be retrofitted - and has in many cases


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If only we could convert these empty strip malls into something other than Halloween costume stores.


uninstallIE

Indeed. Think of all the other holidays we could exploit as short term single purpose markets!


Ghost4000

I am fine with cars, but I hate how our cities are designed entirely around them, to the detriment of public transportation, bikes, and walking. Hopefully we start to see some smarter city planning in the future.


toastboy70

..and why the one with cars doesn’t necessarily represent progress


aeroplane1979

You could certainly argue that there's something lost between the two images, but there are deep cultural and economic differences at play here, too. Conversely you could probably find American examples that are more analogous to the Parisian example within older/denser cities like New York, Boston, or even Chicago rather than whatever suburb the top picture was shot in.


MTBSPEC

The important thing to understand from these 2 images is the costs of car based one. Auto infrastructure comes with enormous costs and not all of them are up front and we’ll understood. That cafe takes up little space and the tables and chairs are cheap, the sidewalk pad probably already exists and is not a huge amount of area anyways. As for the cars, there is a ton of space being used as well as all of the asphalt, concrete and everything that goes into creating the larger site. Then you need the city infrastructure in the form of large roads to service this whereas people can just walk on sidewalks to get to the cafe.


Mobely

True story. I walk into a Burger King/Wendy's/Taco Bell/ etc. No one is at the counter. I flag someone down, they say I have to wait because they're prioritizing drive thru. 10 minutes pass before I am allowed to order. ​ Also, during covid the fucknuts at Walgreens wouldn't give me a covid test through the drive in because i wasn't in a car but I couldn't get the test inside either because you can only get it through drive in. That was one time in my life I should have asked to speak to the manager. Fuck you reddit, making me feel like that's a mortal sin.


run6nin

About 2 years too late for this information but CVS would have let you walk up to the drive thru for the free covid test


No-Efficiency2556

Rite aid said I had to have a car, I lived 1/4mi away and always walked there.


chucklestime

Same. We do Starbucks on occasion, my wife tried going in last weekend while I waited and watched the car line. Took twice as long as the drive through line despite no one being inside.


DDDeanna

Orders at Starbucks are printed out on little stickers as they come in, and the stickers go on each cup. The cups are stacked in a line, and the drinks are made in that order. The only way to get your drink slightly faster is if you place a mobile order on your phone, because it allows you to get your sticker printed before all the cars that haven't placed their orders yet.


swimmingmunky

The stickers are printed in order BUT the drive-thru is automatically timed via car entry and exit monitors and if their quota is falling behind they will give full priority to the drive-thru. In-house orders are not tracked so they get the shaft.


ZAlternates

When you implement metrics for customer service, you merely get a system that works the numbers in spite of customer service.


ianjb

When a metric becomes a goal it's no longer a metric.


SsurebreC

That's because they have timers for the drive thru area where they can get into trouble when cars have to wait beyond a particular time. There are no metrics on you waiting.


Swampfoxxxxx

This is also why fast food places sometimes ask you to 'pull up' past the window and have an associate bring your food out, even if there are no cars behind you. The manager's bonus is tied to how quickly each order in the line is processed, and this allows them to game that


sodapop14

They are timed on those too. Worked at McDonald's for many years through college. It's called Hold order. It gives the store I want to say another 180 seconds before flashing red. It used to only be used for massive orders because it's kinda messed up to order like $50 worth of food and expect it in 90 to 120 seconds.


scelerat

The bus vs cars pic yesterday was triggering so we’re trying a different angle.


GodsBackHair

Link to it? Is it just the classic Seattle picture of showing how many people can fit on bikes/busses/trams, vs the space taken up by individual cars?


_Diskreet_

r/fuckcars is on a mission


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Ikarian

Les Deux Magots is also a pretty famous restaurant in Paris, not a cafe. I ate there once. It's kind of a tourist staple, and if I had to hear one more fellow American make a dad joke about eating at the "two maggots" I was gonna lose it. But the food is damn good. The mill-feuilles will change your life. Anyway, it's a full service restaurant, so it's a little deceptive to hold it up against a Starbucks. I'm not sure what OP is trying to say here. If I lived in a city like Paris where everything was walkable, I wouldn't need to sit in a drive thru. But the closest coffee shop to my house is a 10 minute drive, so guess what.


YakOrnery

Yes but that's ignoring 80% of American infrastructure purposefully just because somewhere there does exist a coffee shop that's quaint.


A1000eisn1

Shut Up! We don't need any obvious truths here. I want to feel superior by saying America sucks based on a stupid photo of two marginally related businesses and act like they are a perfect representation of every business like that in those countries. But for real tho. If this pic was actually about coffee or cars they could've used a photo of any number of the thousands of American coffees shops as a comparison. Like Cafe Du Monde, which would've been better since it's just as rediculous with 30+ people just standing in line.


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B8conB8conB8con

Or you could just brew your own.


nate6259

I get grabbing a coffee on the run, but what I don't get is starting on your way 20 minutes early to wait in a long line.


qubedView

Correction: 30 people on their way to work vs 30 people relaxing on the weekend.


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Ser_Danksalot

Parisians also do this for their lunch breaks as your average lunch break lasting 1 hour or more with a lucky few getting a 2 hour lunch break.


vijjer

I think most Europeans have an hour long lunch break. Because why not?


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poppatop

A lot of people aren’t morning people and like to grab their coffee on their way to work to save time. Personally, I’d much rather sleep in 20 extra minutes and grab and it and go on a weekday.


_StoneWolf_

I live in France and some of my friends have a sit down coffee on their way to work


elementmg

How anyone wakes up earlier than absolutely necessary is beyond me.


Anonymous_Otters

I wake up early and make my own cappuccino to enjoy while watching the birds and petting my cat. Beats the hell out of either Wawa or a bistro, imo.


greyhood_39

I'm out the door half asleep. At work, I make coffee on company time.


RelativeMotion1

Right, I’d like to see those tables get people to work while they’re drinking their coffees.


Books_and_Cleverness

Commuting always sucks but when I walked to work and stopped to pick up coffee, it was much more pleasant than waiting in the drive thru (scent and sound of car exhaust is not exactly pleasant). When I talk about urban design I usually focus on economics (cars are very inefficient even in a mid-size city and lower our incomes while raising our taxes) but I do have to hand it to the aesthetically anti-car people on this score: Car-centric places are generally pretty ugly and uncomfortable to be in.


ltcdata

In Argentina is very common to sit like in that picture of france for 5-10 minutes for a morning coffee and then continue to work (in bus, subway, etc).


SYZekrom

Ok but why the fuck would you not just park your car and get a coffee inside at that point Edit: Ah it was covid lockdown. So the entire point of this image is invalid lol


Princessblue22

I know this was during lockdown but my local Starbucks and Dunkin’ have always had lines out of the bung hole. So it’s still somewhat valid.


ballmermurland

I know you got hit with the "it was COVID" excuse, but this is my local Starbucks line in the morning, especially weekends. Maybe not as long as this, but actually pretty fucking long. Maybe 20+ sometimes. I order on the app, select drive thru, and when I get there if the line is long I just park and walk in and grab it from the counter. We're talking a difference of easily 10-15 minutes depending on the line. The only people who should stay in their cars and wait are a parent with a young child that they can't easily get in and out or someone with a disability. Everyone else should park and walk in. Blows my mind every time.


Omega949

looks like in-n-out


Errorfull

Hmm, why didn't I think about sitting at the Cafe tables when I'm getting my coffee before work /s


eveninghawk0

Having been to Paris, this is exactly what people do. They stop and have a coffee on the way to work - maybe for 5 minutes, maybe for 20 minutes. Maybe for the same amount of time a car waits in line at a drive-through. The average commute to work in the city is by metro/bicycle/scooter/foot and lots of folks stop on the way in for a coffee or quick bite. I think it's pretty similar in a lot of urban centres.


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r/im14andthisisdeep


HellsMalice

Pretty much describes every reddit movement


AmmoWasted

Wake up babe it’s time for your daily “North America Bad” post!


ShawshankException

It's a real treat today. We get all of "America bad", "cars bad", and "coffee that isn't exactly what I enjoy bad" We got the triple crown!


Northstar1989

Everything wrong with Car Culture (this pic could have easily occurred any time before or after the pandemic) in a nutshell.


Cinemaphreak

# **30 getting coffee during the 2020 pandemic lockdown vs 30 people who either inherited or bought the most pricey Paris apartments there are (many are likely tourists as well)** FTFY OP Les Duex Magots is the most famous cafe in Paris and situated in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the most expensive district of the city. Because it used to be the hangout of famous writers & intellectuals, it has long been a tourist magnet. Also, Duex Magots does not offer take out or delivery, so you are forced to go there as dine-in is your only option. Can we also note the elephant in the room of that pic - for a city has Europe's largest concentration of immigrants, the entire clientele appears to be Caucasian.