Starbucks drive throughs are hell - one I used to drive by would have a line that backed out into the street every morning. Like probably 20 cars long, every day. I just don’t get it.
Caffeine and sugar are highly addictive. Those people have excess dollars and a crippling dependency. I’m no better. I just take care of my addiction by brewing at home (but don’t add sugar).
Why even enforce these businesses to have parking minimums when this happens anyway. That said i do think it should be illegal to have a drive thru overflow into the street. If you set up a private drive thru lemonade stand in your driveway and caused traffic jams in your neighborhood the city would defintely get involved even on a low traffic street, why is it acceptable for a fast food joint to do it on major roads? They could block emergncy vehicles, restrict visibility and in some cases I’ve seen them gridlock intersctions (which is already illegal in many places).
when i worked at starbucks drive thru i had people tell me they drove past like 4 other inside-only starbucks to get here because we had a drive thru
the same people who bitched about having to wait 30 seconds longer than they thought they should have to wait
Starbucks drive throughs are hell - one I used to drive by would have a line that backed out into the street every morning. Like probably 20 cars long, every day. I just don’t get it.
Caffeine and sugar are highly addictive. Those people have excess dollars and a crippling dependency. I’m no better. I just take care of my addiction by brewing at home (but don’t add sugar).
In that case, imo, you are better. You don’t cause traffic in drive-thru, and leave out the sugar! Yay!
Why even enforce these businesses to have parking minimums when this happens anyway. That said i do think it should be illegal to have a drive thru overflow into the street. If you set up a private drive thru lemonade stand in your driveway and caused traffic jams in your neighborhood the city would defintely get involved even on a low traffic street, why is it acceptable for a fast food joint to do it on major roads? They could block emergncy vehicles, restrict visibility and in some cases I’ve seen them gridlock intersctions (which is already illegal in many places).
Why skip drive thru when mobile pickup exists?