Wake up and smell the coffee
I’m done with drive-thrus. Actually, I’m sure you know that already. Now I want you to be done with them, too. Please. If for no other reason than when the Martians invade and see what we’re doing, we’re really going to be displaying a complete lack of intelligence “down here.”
To wit, this morning I found myself on the opposite side of Kitchener as I came to work from Grand River Hospital. So rather than stop at my usual Tim’s, I pulled into the outlet at King and Andrew, beside Central Meat Market. More appropriately, I should say I tried to pull into Tim’s because at this tiny coffee stop there is precious little parking, and even less space for the drive-thru. So the cars were backed up into the street. I finally found an opening in the line, turned into the parking lot, parked, and went inside the store. There was not a sole waiting to be served inside. Not one. I was in and out so quickly that I walked past the front of the same car on my way out of the store as I had walked past on my way in. It hadn’t moved.
If drive-thrus are supposed to be demonstrating our efficiency, I must be missing something. I’ve seen a lot of dumb things in my life, but the 14 or so people waiting in their cars this morning have got to be among the dumbest. What on earth is the matter with us?