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All the drive-thrus I can think of are all in strip malls with ample parking, but sure if there is no parking I understand that.
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Americans treat their cars as an extension of their living rooms and, let's face it, we're some of the laziest motherfuckers around. Also, lol @ interacting with the help any more than necessary.Midjack posted:Also the main interstate (66) that runs into DC is express toll inside the beltway during rush hours. I've seen it as high as $45 on the sign when I drive past then interchange and it's beaten that a couple of times but gently caress paying for that. That actually confused the hell out of me the first time I visited the D.C. area. It sucked wondering if I was gonna get charged for tolls (no transponder) until I read more about it. Tolls suck, especially the I-95 toll between Baltimore and the Delaware state line. Memento posted:https://i.imgur.com/LKpF4KX.mp4 I commend him for not immediately hopping out and beating the hell out of that guy. That could have had an uglier ending.
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Guinness posted:Americans love drive-thrus so much that they will spend 20 minutes waiting in the drive-thru line rather than park and go inside for 5 minutes. In the drive through, there's one, maybe two people who have an opportunity to cough/sneeze on me, and most of them have to wear masks. Like hell I'm going in so I can have every idiot breathe on me and then argue that I shouldn't be wearing a mask.
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Guinness posted:Americans love drive-thrus so much that they will spend 20 minutes waiting in the drive-thru line rather than park and go inside for 5 minutes. With the workforce shift most places won't have dine in options much longer. The new McDonald's design has minimal dining room space and a tiered drive through for increased traffic.
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Aug 17, 2021 08:20
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Just what the world needs, more car dependency!
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Aug 17, 2021 09:06
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I really want a nice eMTB. I can use it for the 24 mile round trip to work and also cane it on the weekend, it'd reduce my car usage to virtually gently caress all. I could just sell them all and be free of this hell 
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My wife drove her car too fast on a dirt road and launched off of a bump and landed hard https://tvidnow.com/APbKzvs
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GutBomb posted:My wife drove her car too fast on a dirt road and launched off of a bump and landed hard Oh no! But what a delightfully funny video, never seen something like that from a service centre, is that to limit customers claiming X or Y happened due to the mechanic?
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Humphreys posted:Oh no! I have had walkthroughs in the shop like this before but I think the video is because of covid since they don’t want us in the shop. I love the shade he throws about the oil change valve too. I heard horror stories about those things ruining oil pans if they hit something but I never imagined I’d ever hit anything there, I’ve been using them for a decade… my wife managed to find a way.
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Rhyno posted:With the workforce shift most places won't have dine in options much longer. The new McDonald's design has minimal dining room space and a tiered drive through for increased traffic. This is stunningly shortsighted because this will be over one way or another in a couple of years and people absolutely will want free refills, air conditioning, and restrooms in 2024. I'll be interested to see how many of these drive thru only stores actually get built.
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Aug 17, 2021 13:26
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A friend of mine showed me the video they sent him from a bmw service after doing oil and plugs. It was like a 10 second shot of the car sitting outside with the guy saying something like sir your car is ready. Definitely worth it for the $500 they charged 
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Aug 17, 2021 13:28
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Midjack posted:This is stunningly shortsighted because this will be over one way or another in a couple of years and people absolutely will want free refills, air conditioning, and restrooms in 2024. I'll be interested to see how many of these drive thru only stores actually get built. It’s not like drive-through only places didn’t exist before. Lots of drive through coffee stands, photo developers (lol not for a while though), Sonic, other drive-in only “restaurants”. I know for me curbside pickup has been something I never used before all of this but even when it’s over I’m going to continue getting my groceries that way. gently caress grocery shopping. I think a lot of the logistical changes due to covid will stick around far after it’s gone.
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GutBomb posted:It’s not like drive-through only places didn’t exist before. Lots of drive through coffee stands, photo developers (lol not for a while though), Sonic, other drive-in only “restaurants”. I agree that there are some places where it makes sense and takeout in general will probably be more frequent across all consumer service sectors, but last summer there were some breathless "the White Castle of the future won't have seats AT ALL" which is just dumb. Case in point, grocery pickup is fine if you're just getting stuff in boxes and cans but I had at least three juice and milk lids not screwed down all the way and which made a mess over the last year, and I only made the mistake of letting them select my fresh produce one time.
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Rallys whole thing is no dine in. 20 years ago Pizza Hut remodeled half their stores into carry out only. And with the workforce shift there won't be anyone willing to work bullshit jobs where people get lovely about too much ice in their drink and attack the cashier over it anymore.
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GutBomb posted:It’s not like drive-through only places didn’t exist before. Lots of drive through coffee stands, photo developers (lol not for a while though), Sonic, other drive-in only “restaurants”. I've been using grocery delivery through Safeway for a decade now and have never regretted it.
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GutBomb posted:It’s not like drive-through only places didn’t exist before. Lots of drive through coffee stands, photo developers (lol not for a while though), Sonic, other drive-in only “restaurants”. If a one hour photo is in your top two drive thru only places we know two things. It's not very common and you're over 40 if not 50. I can't come up with any others. I can only think of other regular businesses with drive thru, bank, pharmacy, liquor, seedy motel. Hit them all for a fun night. Oh, car washes.
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StormDrain posted:If a one hour photo is in your top two drive thru only places we know two things. It's not very common and you're over 40 if not 50. It was an example of them not being a new thing.
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GutBomb posted:It was an example of them not being a new thing. Oh fair. I am always amused when I think of one hour photo huts.
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StormDrain posted:I can't come up with any others. I can only think of other regular businesses with drive thru, bank, pharmacy, liquor, seedy motel. A drive through motel? Isn’t that called ‘car camping’?
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Aug 17, 2021 18:04
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We did get drive through vaccination sites. The wonders of 2021.
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Houston had drive thru voting in 2020, but our governor seems to think that that is a threat to the "purity" of the ballot box. AKA too many blacks and minorities were permitted to vote. God bless Texas.
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Advent Horizon posted:A drive through motel? Isn’t that called ‘car camping’? Specicially the check in process done through a drive thru window. So then you just drive up to your room and go from there.
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Aug 17, 2021 19:05
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In Vegas we have drive through weddings, drive through gambling, drive through weed dispensaries, etc.
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Drive-thru brothels: why cities are building ‘sexual infrastructure’ From covered stalls for prostitution in Germany to community centres for sex workers in New Zealand, some cities now include sex work in their urban policy
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There are even drive through shootings!
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MetaJew posted:Houston had drive thru voting in 2020, but our governor seems to think that that is a threat to the "purity" of the ballot box. AKA too many blacks and minorities were permitted to vote.
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Chris Knight posted:Now he has COVID lol Inshallah
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Chris Knight posted:Now he has COVID lol MrYenko posted:Inshallah Gobbless. Apparently he is fully vaccinated and receives daily testing. And he is receiving Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment even though he's asymptomatic. Kinda seems like a whole lot of precaution and waste for something Texas public schools aren't allowed to try to prevent from spreading.
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MetaJew posted:Drive-thru brothels: why cities are building ‘sexual infrastructure’ Public Policy and urban design around prostitution has been around for a while. My dad even wrote a book about how France tried to handle it...it's incredible dry and academic but it does have the best title ever https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour...F4F8EE88B6FA043
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If the US wasn't so puritanical, I'm sure we would have pioneered the drive through brothel. 
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Considering most men and two pump chumps a drive through handy booth would get you through quicker than a Starbucks drive through.
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God bless AI and the facinating derails ya'll do (not being sarcastic, it's hilarious)
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MetaJew posted:If the US wasn't so puritanical, I'm sure we would have pioneered the drive through brothel. well I'm definitely not reading any of those links but drive-lewd espresso stands were absolutely a big deal starting in like 2008 in Seattle area, culminating in huge law enforcement actions to shut them down eventually.
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BraveUlysses posted:well I'm definitely not reading any of those links but drive-lewd espresso stands were absolutely a big deal starting in like 2008 in Seattle area, culminating in huge law enforcement actions to shut them down eventually. One in Demver/Aurora was Hot-chick-a-latte.
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BraveUlysses posted:well I'm definitely not reading any of those links but drive-lewd espresso stands were absolutely a big deal starting in like 2008 in Seattle area, culminating in huge law enforcement actions to shut them down eventually. I'm pretty sure those still exist in Seattle and Portland.
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I'd definitely go for an extra foam now
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I remember seeing a drive through strip club in Oregon get some publicity when they changed how poo poo worked due to covid. https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/49234/1/enjoy-the-sexy-and-safe-drive-thru-strip-club-operating-in-lockdown-portland
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MetaJew posted:I'm pretty sure those still exist in Seattle and Portland. They’re definitely still around. A lot of them use it as a way to market their onlyfans. Capitalism, baby.
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MetaJew posted:I'm pretty sure those still exist in Seattle and Portland. yeah they are but back in the day they were basically letting the customers fondle and fingerpop for extra tips 
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