Just went through the Jack In the Box drive thru and it's packed...again. And everyone and their mother is out of work or school, out and about, doing shit when they're supposed to be sheltering at home. Meanwhile making the lines long everywhere I go. I'd
almost say just let people go back to work and pod with their fellow
employees or classmates. At least we'd know where they were for eight hours of the day. You know, when people were not taking family trips and going shopping or whatever
every day. I feel like it would be safer than this free vacation
everyone seems to think they're on.
So I pull into the drive-thru line and it's long but not as long as it's usually been so I decide to stick it out. As I pull in my car is halfway out of the drive thru but quickly the car two cars ahead of me zipps forward as if they didn't even stop to order. I figured maybe I had just missed them ordering. No worry, better for me the line is moving up! The lady in front of me is one of those; open-the-door-to-order types. Maybe her window was busted. I dunno, it just made the ordering process awkward and take longer. Finally I get up there and order my shit but I can't pull forward to let the next person order because there's a guy... they guy who I thought didn't order sitting there with a car's length in front of him. This is rule #1 in drive-thru etiquette. Always pull forward. Then, rightly so, someone behind me who needs to order honks and the guy looks back like "hoooz honkin?" At this moment I was noticing him sitting there and started shaking my head in disapproval and when the person behind me honked he looked right at me. He's all in a huff and has tattoos all over him like he just got out of jail. So I'm like .. fucking great this guy is gonna come at me because of the honk. He just sits there in an indignant defiance doesn't move looking back and mugging me the whole time. He must have just sat there so long already that a car somewhere before him got their food and left because the voice from the order menu came on and asked if she could take my order. Then she said "Did I already take your order?" because she probably realized that jerk is still sitting there blocking the now 5 or 6 cars behind me in the drive thru. She then apologized because there was a big order they were still working on. Drive Thru rule #2 don't make huge orders when using the drive-thru. It fucks up the flow. I'm not 100% sure if the dining room is open because of covid but in all possible instances if you're ordering food for hella people, go fucking inside. So we got this large order and now this shit-stick standing his ground because someone threatened him with a car horn.
Finally he moves up and there's one car in front of him paying. I see a disheveled older guy with a mask dangling off his face standing between the car and the pick up window, hands taking turns getting money from his wallet, pulling up his pants and readjusting his mask. Now this might not be an official rule but standing completely out of the car in a drive-thru goes somewhere in the honorable mentions along with opening your door to place your order. Some covid procedural violations here as well. He must have had the big order because he finally scurries with three full bags and a drink holder around the back of the car to get into the passenger seat. Jesus friggin Christ.
Then our friend who refused to move earlier pulls to the window. I was playing with my phone and not paying attention fully when I heard yelling so I look up. It was the dick head now arguing with the cashier. I'm thinking what the fuck now? Is she giving him shit for holding up the line? I turn down my music and listen. I hear him yell "WHY CANT I JUST PLACE MY ORDER?" Hahah... oh I get it now. He was impatient and just blew through the order menu process of the drive thru. Rule#3 always order from the menu unless specifically asked to pull forward and order at the window. A violation of rule #3 would usually not be a problem if there was no one else in line but because of the large order and his stupid attempt at intimidating a honking person and throwing a fit like a child, he now gets informed that he did in fact violate at least two cardinal rules of drive-thu etiquette and he now was not going to get to have Jack In the Box today. I could hear him yell again "I WAITED IN LINE FOR 10 GOD DAMN MINUTES! " sorry sir, please exit the drive thru, thank you. The lady in front of me only ordered like one thing and she was in and out.. then it was my turn. My food was ready when I pulled up. They were visibly frustrated but were very nice to me.
I wish you could tip fast food workers. Especially during this covid bullshit.
I hope that asshole gets robbed and his tires slashed and someone he loves tells him they don't love him any more. This covid situation is making ordinary sane people lose their shit.. and making crazy people even fucking crazier. I wish it would end but it's the people who are the most angry about the things that will end it that are causing it to last longer.
WASH YOUR HANDS
WEAR A MASK
DONT GO ON VACATION
KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE.
FUCK TRUMP.
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