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[–] Zatore@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

its insane yes, but it cant even keep up. Lines out to the street are common in Arkansas

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In my opinion, this should be illegal or businesses fined. Their drive thru leaks onto public infrastructure (the road) reducing its throughput and potentially creating a dangerous situation.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Judging by the cordoned off parking spaces, I'm assuming this photo is from a COVID measure.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There are many Tim Hortons drive thrus leaking into the streets from pre covid to post covid.

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

If the shittiness of Tom Hortons coffee isn't going to stop people using the drive-through, I don't know what legislation is going to do. /s

Things I think have a legitimate use case to retain drive-throughs: Car-washes, Oil changes, Tire changes, gas stations. Basically anything where the car is what is being worked on.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Same with the Wendy's here.

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, it should be illegal. This happens with all the cult-y fast foods places out here. In N Out, Whataburger, Hate Chicken (aka Chick fil A), Dutch Bros, etc.

Parking, getting out, and going inside will easily save you 50%+ wait time.

Weren't parking minimums supposed to prevent this? :-D

Then again, the worse the traffic jams the more people may consider alternatives.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don’t understand Dutch bros. I guess if you prefer a lil coffee in your choccy milk, then it’s the place to go

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

If anyone's going to get a fine there it would really be the individuals. While the business is creating the demand, there isn't really any process they could put in place to stop people lining out onto the road.

Also, if we were going to forbid it, what would be the substantive difference with forbidding just parking on the public road? Which, yeah, that's definitely a conversation we should have and a direction we should move towards—it'd probably have a greater effect anyway. But it's not clear that there's really a great mechanism for specifically banning queueing.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In WA they've had to close one because morons would back up onto the street, down an offramp, and onto the freaking interstate. For a chicken sandwich.

Of course it's in a non-walkable spot, across the interstate from all of the businesses and offices so everyone drives there

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

fuck I hated getting off 405 there, fucking madhouse bellevue christian chicken frenzy every fucking lunchtime

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

and you knew exactly where I was talking about. They closed it finally!

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They closed it finally!

No shit?! excellent!

[–] silkroadtraveler@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just searched it. Hate chicken is back open in Bellevue after a remodel.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

you can't keep a good hate bird down apparently

They did! But I'm real real nervous it's only to add another drive-thru or something stupid.