The lazy coffee
The concept of a drive-through was a big topic in the newsroom this morning. Some politicians are making moves to put new restrictions in place to govern the size and scope of new drive-throughs and to perhaps even modify some existing ones.
Perhaps you’ve also noticed how poorly designed some of them seem to be. The lineup of cars snakes through a busy parking lot. If there’s no sign pleading with people to “leave a gap” for through traffic you can bet that no gap will be left. It can become quite chaotic!
I have long had a belief that if you’re ordering anything other than a quick beverage and a ready-made bite to eat you should get out of your vehicle and go inside. I’ll admit that it annoys me when I can hear the man or woman ahead of me giving detailed instructions for a sandwich at a busy drive-through. I simply couldn’t do it! I couldn’t make everybody in line wait for me while I explain that I want my mustard and mayonnaise painted on only the top half of the panini like racing stripes, but not touching each other, and the ham and cheese rolled into tight little folds! Okay, I’m exaggerating but you understand what I mean!
If you live in a neighbourhood with a drive-through or with one that’s about to be built, and you have some concerns, you may want to have your say to your area representative. Those who now have a drive-through nearby say everything changes. We are drawn to them like moths to flames, or Canadians to double-doubles.
December 10th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Do not lose sight in one side.
Some people always gets cheered when propose their strange ideas under a nice label, like this one. If everyone gets off their vehicles for a coffee, the environment may be more damaged since more alteration of the restaurants, more usage of the parking areas, more freqent rehab of the facilities, etc. And when everyone spends longer time outside on the roads and waiting/fighting for a parking lot, why and how the environment gets saved?