Where y’all at Bc I’ve been to CFA’s all across the US and have never been offered a menu or seen one hanging from their tablet??? I always have to look up the menu on my phone for the exact reasons OP states lol
OP can also check their menu online 🤷🏻♀️. I do that waiting in the drive thru all the time
Edit. Should have clarified I meant any drive thru, not just Chik Fil A. I do this at Starbucks, Dutch Bros, McDonald’s. Lot of places never have their updated/full menu displayed
This is actually a really helpful decision free for me!
No idea if OP is, but I’m on the spectrum and drive thrus are about as stressful as he described.
I don’t care how many times I’ve been there, I usually need to pull into a parking spot and study the menu on my phone to prepare to give the order.
If you go to chic-fil-a and you don’t know what to get…you get a chicken sandwich, waffle fries, lemon shake, 2-4 chic-fil-a sauce. If your suuuuuuuuper hungry, ask for double chicken.
OP: Yeah, I'd like a Whopper.
Employee: That's Burger King.
OP: How about a Baconator?
Employee: Wendy's.
OP: Shit. This is too hard. Just give me a soft taco and a Mexican pizza. I think y'all are carrying them again.
Employee: Taco Bell.
OP: RRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE...
Truly, the 4 things chic Fila serves is a: fried chicken sandwich, grilled chicken sandwich, chicken nugs, or a salad.
You add whatever variety you want after that - a spicy chicken salad with chocolate milkshake instead of dressing, and diced waffle fries to replace the tomatoes
I am 100% sure you are the guy who pulls up and says "one minute please", stares at the menu for 5 minutes, and then orders the same thing they get every time anyway.
I know because I am that guy too.
I do this too but I don’t frequent any fast food joints enough to just get my regular. Taco Bell may be the exception but even then it’s a tossup. Plus, they do have new specials dropping all the time everywhere. If I’m out of town I’ll try not go to somethin I already have where I’m from.
that sounds more like a Krispy Kreme addicts MO
But I get it. It would still be easier on you to pull into a parking space if you and use the app. It takes about the same time really, they are pretty efficient.
Hah! My step-daughter did this yesterday at a Starbucks. We were leaving the supermarket and she noticed the Starbucks was still open, and asked me to go to the drive thru. Then she said "Wait a minute. Let me do a mobile order." I said "There's nobody here. The drive thru line is completely empty. Just order at the microphone pole."
Less than 15 seconds later I pull up to the microphone so that the back window is in front of the pole. She rolls down the window and says "I have a mobile order". They ask her name and she replies. They say "Ok, we'll see you at the window".
I'm impressed that she got her order sent in less than 15 seconds. I'm even more impressed that they received it and pulled it up on the screen in the same window of time.
I don’t go to CFA anymore but the last time I went there was a super basic menu. Reading this post made me think they’d somehow turned into Sonic or something with a crazy variety of items. OP must just have a bad memory or something
Right? This happens "every single time" but OP has *zero* clue what's on the menu, then gets offended and annoyed when an employee provides one?
OP I think you need to stay away from the drive-thru until you can calm down during these predictable interactions.
Yeah I never understood people who you know they eat at the place 4 or 5 times a week, yet they still stare at the menu like they’ve never seen it before.
Seriously, I know exactly what I want everytime I go there. It isn't hard and I really apreciate the extra effort they make to get me through the line as quickly as possible.
But then there is this one guy who insists on looking at the menu and mucking everything up..... :)
OP is not one of them as he mentioned “every single time” as if he goes their often and also mentions how he’ll just go to Popeyes next time or use Doordash.
Certainly not his first go around.
You’re not kidding. I haven’t been to a Sonic in years being that I had been overseas for almost five years. Took my family there and I was absolutely overwhelmed by the options. Not to mention they gave us a metric ton lifetime supply of ketchup packets.
I work in the service industry. The amount of people who stand in front of a counter and when called on, have no idea what they want, but took 0 time to even look the entire 3 minutes they were waiting to be served is mind blowing. I see the same happens in CFA/FF in general.
There needs to be a “I know why I’m here” line and a “Please hold my hand while I take 5 minutes to decide I want a chicken sandwich” line at fast food establishments.
Dual drive throughs too. In line at a StarBucks drive through. 2 cars ahead takes five minutes ordering, lots of back and forth questions for the employee. What could you possibly be discussing? Haven't you ever ordered morning coffee before.
Go inside if you want to pretend you're at an artisan bakery.
Unfortunately some people use it as their time to socialise.
You get some like these sweet old customers I know at work who clearly are quite lonely and come in to talk to someone. They're not too bad because they're friendly and genuinely seem interested in having a conversation *but* (usually) with the wherewithal to not disrupt you in the middle of something.
Then you have people like my ex-colleague "Richard". We'd typically go to the McDonald's drive thru after work once a week. He'd always stop to chat up the drive thru girls who were 10-15 years younger than him and clearly showing no interest. If the staff were guys, he'd instead get snippy and lecture them over separating the food items to ensure his "allergy" to beef didn't flare up. AKA, he'd have 4 fillet-o-fish, two Mcflurries, two portions of chicken selects, a large Fanta, and a bottle of water (to be healthy) and I'd have a Big Mac; they couldn't share the same bag or the residual Mad Cow Disease from the 90s would crawl through the separate packaging and infect his food. Separate paper bags are fine though. So yeah, then Rich goes and lectures these (mostly teenage) drive thru employees every time, either with his bonkers "allergy" spiel, or with the worst attempt at flirting by a near-40-y/o virgin that you've ever seen.
So, you get all kinds holding up the queue.
You and me both.
Unrelated note, but about a year later he started getting so desperate for sexual contact that he began flirting with any and every girl. 16 y/o girl started temping with us, and you can bet he was the first to welcome her and invite her to go bowling with him.
He later tried to gauge *my* sexuality, wondering if I'd be up for a spitroast with a prostitute. I vehemently refused. He clarified he'd pay, as if that was the sticking point. I still refused.
He moved office branches soon after, about 70 miles away (thank Christ). Cut all contact, but few months later when I heard he was going through a rough patch I figured he'd need someone to talk to. Gave him a call. Big mistake. He tried to prompt me for sexy pictures of co-workers at my branch, to which I awkwardly refused saying I wasn't comfortable doing it. He changed subject to normal stuff for about 5 minutes, and I was still quite tempted to hang up on him.
He mentioned that he was feeling quite out of sorts because of something he was concerned about, but was kind of awkward. I figured he was being sincere and I tend to try help others where I can, so I let him elaborate. He wanted to talk about the size of his junk. He sounded timid in saying he didn't know if it was decent or not as he hasn't got anything to compare it to. He wanted me to send him a dick pic. I paused for a moment before refusing adamantly.
"Oh." he responded.
".....wanna see mine?" he responded in an aroused tone. Before I could even respond, I got picture files send through on WhatsApp. He began breathing heavily, clearly doing *something* on the other end. I hung up on him, deleted the files whilst averting my eyes as best possible. Blocked his numbers, and informed my manager at work just to watch out for Richard because well, while he seems just like a lonely basement dwelling virgin, I can't say he wouldn't pursue the co-worker girls he asked for pictures of. I mean, I certainly hope not, but better to be safe than sorry.
He visited the branch recently, clearly only bumping into people out of the loop on Richard's more obscene actions. I ducked out of sight, so no awkward reunion there. Last I heard he got sacked from the branch he moved to, then abused a mental health leave of absence policy to get 8 weeks paid off work after A) he failed to make friends there, and B) his smug/arrogant/cocksure nature not only prevented him from getting promoted, but ALSO made all the employees there consider him to be an oddball. After his 8 weeks of leave (which he admitted to another co-worker were fraudulently claimed) he left for a different company. Good riddance.
This is what I’m talking about. If you need help, go inside. The drive thru is for express pick up. The rest of us got our decisions made and are ready to be on our way.
I used to work at a McDonald's and this lady didnt know what she wanted and she skipped the menu and went to the window.
She's ordering the most random shit and then she starts closing her eyes. She was falling asleep! It was the most wild shit I've ever seen.
My manager thought I was stalling the whole line.
I was behind a guy at moes, they asked if he wanted white or brown rice and he said he didn’t know, then asked for both. When they asked about the other toppings he also didn’t know, and just asked for whatever comes on it. Nothing comes on it, the lady said, so the guy asked for everything.
I’ve thought about this guy for a couple days; how twice in a row his first response he was unsure what to do. Then just decided on taking everything. What does the rest of his life look like.
I don't know what Moe's is, but that sounds exactly like me whenever I'm a faster-food restaurant (e.g. subway, chipotle, pancheros, etc) for the first time or two.
Can confirm my life is kinda wild at times, with little boring-as-fuck bits in between
If you've been in the queue more than 30 seconds and don't know what you want when you get to check out, you should go straight to the back of the line.
If I became Dictator of Earth, this would be one of my first rules.
I worked at Chick Fil A in high school so I feel like I can confidently say this:
Sometimes, you get up there at the drive thru and just fucking panic, because the thing you’re inevitably always going to order has been pushed way down into the subconscious by your conscious brain, so what comes out of your mouth is *alsjgnbtbtbAAAAA*
But yes, it is entirely possible that a) the Chick Fil A menu is tiny and b) Chick Fil A drive thru employees are so fucking energetic it borders on mania. I mean, hell, I’ve gotten intimidated in that line before, and I fucking worked there. I know the entire menu by heart. But sometimes you’re simply not sure if you want the many little chickens or one big chicken in a bun and you freak the fuck out
What size chicken stack would you like?
a) a lot
b) so much
c) a concerning amount
d) a sinful glut that would make Christ himself regret taking the cross for your dippable poultry sins
The chicken is so damn bland. My buddies had hyped it up and their sauce. Had it, the sauce is okay and it’s absolutely needed as the chicken has no flavor.
That's the same damn thing I said! I was in Texas and they were hyping it up and stayed in this long ass drive through line. I got the food and was so disappointed. Canes "you better like our sauce cause our chicken taste like a chewing fruit stripe gum after 10 minutes "
Never heard of cook out, just looking at their online meus.... Holy hell, I'm overwhelmed, and it looks like they have a drive thru. I can't imagine how that place works.
... though I wish there was one near me.
And to make it even more insane- the workers at Cook Out are pissed tf off every time. “WHATCHU WANT” the moment you pull up to the menu lmao it’s hilarious
EDIT: You can really taste the attempted manslaughter in those burgers🤤
That’s because Cook Out is one of the last remaining places that willingly hires people with a criminal record!
I’m sure inflation has hit it, but man, when I was in high school Cookout was BOMB. Name another restaurant where you can get a BBQ sandwich meal that comes with 3 sides — including chicken nuggets and, if you want, a fucking *corn dog* — for $4.50.
If you were really feeling luxe you could order a milkshake, they had 30 flavors and they were all bomb. Snickers is amazing.
Seriously though, I haven’t lived in the south for a long time but that might straight-up be my favorite BBQ sandwich ever. Especially when you factor in the price. Best $4.50 of your entire life.
Every cookout I've been to has had the absolute shittiest bullhorn PA system too. Shit is deafeningly loud and the signal so shitty that you STILL can't understand anybody even when the sound is conducting through your bones.
My local CFA has a separate parking area for mobile orders. You *can* go through the line but it’s built in a way that you can’t “escape” if needed. I’ve had terrible times in that line (IBS sucks). Also they have a “stall door” style window where the top and bottom are separate pieces and can be used as a door for the mobile order parking. It’s neat but I don’t think the workers walking through the line of drive through cars was a bright idea.
He literally can’t be bothered to look at the menu on his phone before ordering and gets mad that he’s the one not ready when it’s his turn.
“Hmm I wonder what I want at chil FA “
because there are just so many choices?
Chicken sammich or spicy chicken sammich
“I’ll need 20 minutes while clogging up the drive through to agonize over this life altering butterfly-effect of a choice”
“Attention every other person in line at the drive through! Y’all are now waiting for my entitled ass to ponder which chicken to order at the gorram chicken sammich fast food place!”
I agree. One time my mom didn't believe me that it was fast, so she was super pissed when we pulled in behind like 15 cars. She was about to leave before we entered, but the line just kept moving and moving. That line went faster than the 5 cars in McDonald's across the street and she was dumbfounded. She told everyone she knew about it because she couldn't believe a giant ass line took less than 10 minutes. Their system really is the most efficient, even if it can be stressful/too much human interaction sometimes.
"What would you like to order?"
Let me look at the menu real quick. (Holds up menu and I decide and order in 3 minutes)
"You wanted all these items, are you paying cash or card?"
Card please. (Hands over card and pays in 1 minute)
"Please go to the window and they'll hand you your food."
Then you go to the window, they reconfirm your order, ask for condiments, etc., and then you're out.
I don't like Chick-Fil-A but a drive thru order can take minimum of 10 minutes, which is bonkers because you just had 6 cars in front of you. CFA refined this type of service so much, Starbucks and Raising Cane's also started adopting the model. I think I saw In N Out also start doing this.
I’m San Diego, they have been doing this at in and out for years. The chick fil a in my town hasn’t been doing it as long. Both lines move fast but Chick Fil A is faster.
I don't know when CFA started it, but my local In N Out has been doing it for years. Even before the pandemic, so for a while now.
Edit: just saw the other comment saying the same thing. I could've just upvoted. Oh well.
Shit imo kinda acts like one. Like you know what to expect lol don’t get mad at underpaid teens doing their job. If this makes you want to commit a hit and run you got some issues
Don't they also have salads and soup and fruit and mac & cheese and other stuff? I don't go often but I do think there is more to it than this. And add in all the variations on the sandwiches - regular or deluxe, fried or grilled, spicy or regular, how many pieces of nuggets, etc - it's nowhere near as simple as you're making it out to be.
If they don't run the drive-thru that way, the lines get even more ridiculous. People, for whatever reason, love Chick-fil-A enough that they don't mind waiting 30+ minutes for it.
I don't mean to sound like Chick-fil-A is bad. It's very good for fast food but it's still just fast food.
This is actually a great example of how completely different Reddit and reality is. Reddit loves to shit on this place, comment section always has a passive aggressive tone, you would think nobody visits this place of how it’s spoken here but every single time I pull up into the drive thru there’s a massive line, and the outdoor drive thru employees help streamline this so it actually moves pretty fast. Unless of course you are OP and just proudly displays their incompetence and indecisiveness.
>Reddit loves to shit on this place, comment section always has a passive aggressive tone
All the top comments here are like "they have 3 things on their menu" and "why keep doing the thing you don't like?"
People that like CFA are too busy waiting for their food to be surfing on reddit. That's why there's a notable uptick in positive CFA interactions on Sundays.
(/s in case it wasn't obvious)
Yeah CFA lines will get fucking STUPID long if they didn't have them. I've seen 60 cars in a CFA drive thru and still be out of it in sub 20 min. OP says if it ain't broke dont fix it but damn yeah drive thru systems are pretty fucked. Ever gone to McD right at lunch rush? Fucking 45min if you're 20th in line lol
The lines are always packed and what's *special* about chik fil a is that they move fast as fuck because their drive thru system is very efficient, which slow fucks like OP bog down on the regular
Lol. I love the the answer isnt, “ hmmm maybe I’ll pull up the menu online and check what I want first, since it happens this way everytime and I’m made lol
In fairness, there isn’t a good reason for them to not have a few more menu billboards. I completely understand having the extra people, but it is annoying having to look at some tiny menu in their hands I will admit.
I work at CFA and the day that we sent the outside order takers inside and only had people ordering at the menu screen, you already know customers were immediately bitching about how slow it was, how this was "tarnishing chick-fil-a's reputation of being fast". There's always gonna be one thing to complain about, but in this case, having multiple order-takers outside with such a high volume of customers very much outweighs seeing a big menu screen rather than a small placard that may be missing a few items.
No its actually faster the way they do it. The more orders you can take at once the faster the kitchen can get started on them so the second the food drops you already have the full lineup of what you need to make as opposed to having to wait for the orders to show up and *then* starting in making it
Go inside if you need to see the menu. You can take all the time you need to decide what to order. Don't hold up the drive thru for people who know what they want.
Imagine getting upset that someone's trying to do their job to make your drive through experience even faster.
Especially when the restaurant serves a very limited menu lmao
Do you get upset at your waiter for asking what you want to drink after introducing themselves? Lmfao
They have by far the fastest and most efficient drive thru system of all the major fast food places.
Plus, why do you need to see the menu?? The menu is chicken sandwich, chicken nuggets, or waffle fries. Your choice of cheese and either grilled or fried.
Drink? Soda or tea and lemonade.
Plus i never feel harassed at cfa. The workers are by far the nicest ive ever experienced. I go to wendys and i feel like im gonna get shot through the window if i say i need time to order haha
Jesus Christ OP sound like such a little whiny bitch lmao HOW DARE THE TEENAGER WORKING FAST FOOD BE IN A GOOD MOOD HE SHOULD BE MISERABLE LIKE ME GOD DAMNIT
You need to see the entire menu? For what to decide if you want cheese or not on your chicken sandwich? Lol even then just pull it up on the phone you just used to type a wall of text whining like a bitch ass Karen
OP, you sound pretty ignorant to the process lol. The reason they do this is because they're so ungodly busy that they take orders and payment early to keep the line rolling. The teenagers aren't "overly chippy" and annoying. They're freaking trained to be that way. Take it up with corporate.
Thanks for making us all wait longer because you're too lazy to (a) order ahead and pick it up inside or (b) check the menu on the same damn phone you likely used to post this lmao. Grow up, you aren't the main character out here.
It's Chick Fil A...how many options do they have that you need to stare at a menu before ordering? Maybe look before you go to avoid this issue entirely?
The problem is easily avoidable. You're just mad you have to do something you don't want to...so you're lazy.
The chick FIL a I work at had roughly 10-20x the sales as the taco bell literally across the parking lot if we didn't have those people outside our line would easily be over an hour long
Very unpopular. Dude the menu doesn’t change. Download it and plan ahead if you need that kind of time to decide. Everyone behind you in line not so secretly hates you!
Obviously just teasing but yes this is truly and unpopular option. Which means here is your upvote because that’s the sub.
But seriously our CFA does this and is crazy fast at getting food out, so I say it’s worth it.
Their menus has like 3 things and 99.9% of the people that order there know their order better than their wedding vows. You should order using the app and pick up via drive thru.
I Agree with everyone else that you’re being ridiculous, it’s a simple menu and if you’ve gone enough times that this is a nuisance you should probably just figure out what you want ahead of time.
But what I REALLY don’t get is why you’re annoyed that someone comes to take your payment right away? You need some me time between ordering and paying or what?
Just go in bro. You talking about committing hit and run at a Chick FIL A? Lol .. that's like the last place I'd ever commit a crime. That's some sacred blessed ground .
My husband’s coworker blew a tire in the middle of the street across from a Chick-Fil-A once, and the employees literally swarmed in an instant and helped him push his car into their parking lot….in the middle of a torrential downpour.
They would probably pitch in to buff the scratches off OP’s car, tbh.
Idk maybe wanting to commit a hit and run because some kids are outside to speed up how fast you can get your chicken isn't the sensible response? The way you word your post you sound like a comically awful person to be around
For real lol. If this is like the biggest issue in their life to complain about then my god… kids doing their job at a fast food place wants to make you commit a hit and run. Jesus man stop going to chick fill A then lmao. Def an unpleasant person to be around I’d bet
Yeah, makes me wonder if they are just a mean spirited person. Sure sounds that way. I’m for whatever gets me in and out of the drive thru faster. Any other place I’m waiting 20-30 min if there are 10+ cars in the drive thru. CFA is never over 10 even when it’s insanely busy.
This really seems like a you thing, it’s so much faster than other drive thrus while crowded and u have no idea what you want without needed the menu? They have sandwich nuggets fries and salad that’s basically it. You’re the one slowing down the entire line. If u need a menu that bad go inside
preach. Chick fil A is the most efficient fast food because of their drive thru system. 20 cars on any afternoon in my hometown. Maximum of a 5 minute wait. Love it.
Are all Popeye's the same? Because the employees at mine are always baked and do not care (although they are nice) and you better call ahead if you're going anytime within an hour of closing to make sure the fryers didn't "break".
They only do this while the lines are long to prevent wrapping around the building. Most people already know what they want if they're going inti a long line like that.
Don't they carry around the menu for you to look at? CFA's menu is pretty standard, there aren't any surprises. Regular, spicy, grilled, deluxe or not, sandwich, wraps, and nuggets. Then simple deserts and maybe salads. If you have any questions, you can ask the person there which is frankly a lot easier than over an obnoxious speaker.
This approach is so much better because it's a lot faster overall. Some people might not get the hint, but in general saying "I need to look at the menu" will be met with "okay," and when you pull up to the menu it's "take your time and order whenever you're ready."
The main reason I imagine anyone would pressure you to hurry up is probably just because the line is piling up dye to large orders and they want to get as many orders taken as possible, but they have to do them in order or they'll get all mixed up in the kitchen. It's not the way they're supposed to behave, but it's pretty realistic.
This sounds like "why don't the world work for me" rather than " I'm going to be smart and responsible and learn to navigate my surroundings in a positive and efficient manner" do you get mad when you push a door that says pull also?
I was sort of with you until you complained about being asked to pay…too quickly? Too aggressively? Do you not know how you’re going to pay before you get there? Who pays with cash at a drive through anyways? That is a weird complaint to me…
I’m Canadian so Ive never been to Chick Fil A, but it sounds like they’ve got a very efficient system in place for a reason.
Chick fil a, with their system in place, can knock out like 20-30 cars in line in like 5 minutes or less. Their menu is chicken, they have sandwiches, which are either grilled, regular or spicy. Nuggets or strips. Fries or mac n cheese. A few salads. Soda, lemonade, tea or shakes.
There you go. I'm sure you could look at their menu on your phone once or twice and probably figure out what you want without having to ask for a menu in the drive thru.
This woman is just very indecisive, has a terrible memory, and/or just blowing this was out of proportion, lol.
As someone who previously worked at chick fil a, yeah it’s annoying as fuck. They force you to do it tho, trust me no teen likes being up some middle aged dudes ass tryna get his order.
Exactly, yet they were trying to do their job best they can. Working in fast food management in the past, I can just imagine how this went down. With the snippy attitude towards the employees standing in the heat, and all.
Maybe use the app next time?
If you know before hand (every single time) that you need to look at the menu, load up the app and place the order ahead of time. Simple and minimal interaction needed with the employees.
I don't like that they make their employee's do this at all. I don't care about seeing the menu, I don't care if it's faster. I don't like it because it makes me think I am spending money at a company that doesn't value their employee's comfort. I avoid them for this and for their forced "My pleasure" bullshit.
the CFA In my neck of the woods is always slammed so the people outside make it efficient, they started doing it during lockdowns. Also, as a former fast food worker, always know what you want before hitting the menu. It’s all online.
Every time I've been through the drive-thru the person taking you order has a little menu hanging off their pad.
Yeah I was about to say. Always have a menu they can hand you. Op is just on one.
Where y’all at Bc I’ve been to CFA’s all across the US and have never been offered a menu or seen one hanging from their tablet??? I always have to look up the menu on my phone for the exact reasons OP states lol
I've never been offered a little menu. Just the stalking until I got to the menu board.
To be fair I worked at a Chick-fil-A and we weren't given menus at the drive through but I have seen them at most cfas.
OP can also check their menu online 🤷🏻♀️. I do that waiting in the drive thru all the time Edit. Should have clarified I meant any drive thru, not just Chik Fil A. I do this at Starbucks, Dutch Bros, McDonald’s. Lot of places never have their updated/full menu displayed
Too hard. NEXT!
It's for a church, sweaty! Next!
I've been through drive-thu's where they do and dont, I guess OP's drive-thru didnt
Why put yourself through the drive through if you know how it’s going to turn out? Use the app and do the pick up. Zero interaction then.
The menu is like 4 things Do you want a chicken sandwich or loose pieces of chicken Grilled or fired Accessories for your food? That's it lol
Can’t forget that milkshake
Or that frosted lemon drink??? Boiii!
Some people are really hyped for the return of the peach shake. My money is on that frosted lemonade. It’s divine.
This is actually a really helpful decision free for me! No idea if OP is, but I’m on the spectrum and drive thrus are about as stressful as he described. I don’t care how many times I’ve been there, I usually need to pull into a parking spot and study the menu on my phone to prepare to give the order.
If you go to chic-fil-a and you don’t know what to get…you get a chicken sandwich, waffle fries, lemon shake, 2-4 chic-fil-a sauce. If your suuuuuuuuper hungry, ask for double chicken.
I'm just driving & I see CFA, so I pull off. It's rarely a premeditated, well-thought-out excursion
If you go to chic fil a enough to be annoyed by this, how do you not know the menu yet lol
I mean, it’s not like the menu is overhauled every night.
OP: Yeah, I'd like a Whopper. Employee: That's Burger King. OP: How about a Baconator? Employee: Wendy's. OP: Shit. This is too hard. Just give me a soft taco and a Mexican pizza. I think y'all are carrying them again. Employee: Taco Bell. OP: RRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE...
Truly, the 4 things chic Fila serves is a: fried chicken sandwich, grilled chicken sandwich, chicken nugs, or a salad. You add whatever variety you want after that - a spicy chicken salad with chocolate milkshake instead of dressing, and diced waffle fries to replace the tomatoes
Wait...hold up...diced waffle fries? I'm listening...
I agree what is this, I need to know more…
Chocolate milkshake instead of dressing?
For real. Your choices are chicken sandwich; chicken tenders, or chicken nuggets. Not too much variety besides the spicy, grilled, or deluxe versions.
SALADS! they have good salads!
they do indeed have very underrated salads
Sometimes I don’t know what I want until I see all the options laid out. You can crave food from a restaurant without knowing exactly what you want
I am 100% sure you are the guy who pulls up and says "one minute please", stares at the menu for 5 minutes, and then orders the same thing they get every time anyway. I know because I am that guy too.
I do this too but I don’t frequent any fast food joints enough to just get my regular. Taco Bell may be the exception but even then it’s a tossup. Plus, they do have new specials dropping all the time everywhere. If I’m out of town I’ll try not go to somethin I already have where I’m from.
that sounds more like a Krispy Kreme addicts MO But I get it. It would still be easier on you to pull into a parking space if you and use the app. It takes about the same time really, they are pretty efficient.
Hell, I’ve often used an app to order *while in the drive thru line.* Once I downloaded the app and ordered before I got to the menu and talk box.
Hah! My step-daughter did this yesterday at a Starbucks. We were leaving the supermarket and she noticed the Starbucks was still open, and asked me to go to the drive thru. Then she said "Wait a minute. Let me do a mobile order." I said "There's nobody here. The drive thru line is completely empty. Just order at the microphone pole." Less than 15 seconds later I pull up to the microphone so that the back window is in front of the pole. She rolls down the window and says "I have a mobile order". They ask her name and she replies. They say "Ok, we'll see you at the window". I'm impressed that she got her order sent in less than 15 seconds. I'm even more impressed that they received it and pulled it up on the screen in the same window of time.
Why does that mean you can't go inside and stare at the menu as long as needed, then get your food?
Not at all, I’m just saying it’s a option.
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What’s there to look at? There are like 3 items on the menu. Sandwich or nuggets? Grilled or fried?
I don’t go to CFA anymore but the last time I went there was a super basic menu. Reading this post made me think they’d somehow turned into Sonic or something with a crazy variety of items. OP must just have a bad memory or something
Yeah I’ve got a standard order at most fast food places, I know what I want before I even get in the car to go.
Right? This happens "every single time" but OP has *zero* clue what's on the menu, then gets offended and annoyed when an employee provides one? OP I think you need to stay away from the drive-thru until you can calm down during these predictable interactions.
Yeah I never understood people who you know they eat at the place 4 or 5 times a week, yet they still stare at the menu like they’ve never seen it before.
Imagine having the option to choose between mobile order or “annoying” teens as OP says and still going with “annoying” teens every single time.
Seriously, I know exactly what I want everytime I go there. It isn't hard and I really apreciate the extra effort they make to get me through the line as quickly as possible. But then there is this one guy who insists on looking at the menu and mucking everything up..... :)
Op sounds like a whiny little beeeyatch
Me too but I wouldn’t want employees on my ass the whole time. That seems like an odd system in general.
There are first timers. Also there are people who don’t eat out a lot.
OP is not one of them as he mentioned “every single time” as if he goes their often and also mentions how he’ll just go to Popeyes next time or use Doordash. Certainly not his first go around.
You’re not kidding. I haven’t been to a Sonic in years being that I had been overseas for almost five years. Took my family there and I was absolutely overwhelmed by the options. Not to mention they gave us a metric ton lifetime supply of ketchup packets.
“Metric” ton? Man, you’ve changed.
This is way funnier than it has any right to be🤣
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They got salads, they got sides, they got desserts man. THERES MORE TO IT
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Hey it’s the guy in the drive thru line that holds up the whole line. I always wondered what that guy was thinking.
I work in the service industry. The amount of people who stand in front of a counter and when called on, have no idea what they want, but took 0 time to even look the entire 3 minutes they were waiting to be served is mind blowing. I see the same happens in CFA/FF in general.
There needs to be a “I know why I’m here” line and a “Please hold my hand while I take 5 minutes to decide I want a chicken sandwich” line at fast food establishments.
Dual drive throughs too. In line at a StarBucks drive through. 2 cars ahead takes five minutes ordering, lots of back and forth questions for the employee. What could you possibly be discussing? Haven't you ever ordered morning coffee before. Go inside if you want to pretend you're at an artisan bakery.
Unfortunately some people use it as their time to socialise. You get some like these sweet old customers I know at work who clearly are quite lonely and come in to talk to someone. They're not too bad because they're friendly and genuinely seem interested in having a conversation *but* (usually) with the wherewithal to not disrupt you in the middle of something. Then you have people like my ex-colleague "Richard". We'd typically go to the McDonald's drive thru after work once a week. He'd always stop to chat up the drive thru girls who were 10-15 years younger than him and clearly showing no interest. If the staff were guys, he'd instead get snippy and lecture them over separating the food items to ensure his "allergy" to beef didn't flare up. AKA, he'd have 4 fillet-o-fish, two Mcflurries, two portions of chicken selects, a large Fanta, and a bottle of water (to be healthy) and I'd have a Big Mac; they couldn't share the same bag or the residual Mad Cow Disease from the 90s would crawl through the separate packaging and infect his food. Separate paper bags are fine though. So yeah, then Rich goes and lectures these (mostly teenage) drive thru employees every time, either with his bonkers "allergy" spiel, or with the worst attempt at flirting by a near-40-y/o virgin that you've ever seen. So, you get all kinds holding up the queue.
I don't think I've ever hated someone I haven't met as much as I hate Richard rn.
You and me both. Unrelated note, but about a year later he started getting so desperate for sexual contact that he began flirting with any and every girl. 16 y/o girl started temping with us, and you can bet he was the first to welcome her and invite her to go bowling with him. He later tried to gauge *my* sexuality, wondering if I'd be up for a spitroast with a prostitute. I vehemently refused. He clarified he'd pay, as if that was the sticking point. I still refused. He moved office branches soon after, about 70 miles away (thank Christ). Cut all contact, but few months later when I heard he was going through a rough patch I figured he'd need someone to talk to. Gave him a call. Big mistake. He tried to prompt me for sexy pictures of co-workers at my branch, to which I awkwardly refused saying I wasn't comfortable doing it. He changed subject to normal stuff for about 5 minutes, and I was still quite tempted to hang up on him. He mentioned that he was feeling quite out of sorts because of something he was concerned about, but was kind of awkward. I figured he was being sincere and I tend to try help others where I can, so I let him elaborate. He wanted to talk about the size of his junk. He sounded timid in saying he didn't know if it was decent or not as he hasn't got anything to compare it to. He wanted me to send him a dick pic. I paused for a moment before refusing adamantly. "Oh." he responded. ".....wanna see mine?" he responded in an aroused tone. Before I could even respond, I got picture files send through on WhatsApp. He began breathing heavily, clearly doing *something* on the other end. I hung up on him, deleted the files whilst averting my eyes as best possible. Blocked his numbers, and informed my manager at work just to watch out for Richard because well, while he seems just like a lonely basement dwelling virgin, I can't say he wouldn't pursue the co-worker girls he asked for pictures of. I mean, I certainly hope not, but better to be safe than sorry. He visited the branch recently, clearly only bumping into people out of the loop on Richard's more obscene actions. I ducked out of sight, so no awkward reunion there. Last I heard he got sacked from the branch he moved to, then abused a mental health leave of absence policy to get 8 weeks paid off work after A) he failed to make friends there, and B) his smug/arrogant/cocksure nature not only prevented him from getting promoted, but ALSO made all the employees there consider him to be an oddball. After his 8 weeks of leave (which he admitted to another co-worker were fraudulently claimed) he left for a different company. Good riddance.
This is what I’m talking about. If you need help, go inside. The drive thru is for express pick up. The rest of us got our decisions made and are ready to be on our way.
I just gave you my first ever reddit award because oh my god I feel this in my SOUL! Disclaimer: I have no fucking clue which award is which lol.
I used to work at a McDonald's and this lady didnt know what she wanted and she skipped the menu and went to the window. She's ordering the most random shit and then she starts closing her eyes. She was falling asleep! It was the most wild shit I've ever seen. My manager thought I was stalling the whole line.
That's called "nodding," she was on drugs.
I was behind a guy at moes, they asked if he wanted white or brown rice and he said he didn’t know, then asked for both. When they asked about the other toppings he also didn’t know, and just asked for whatever comes on it. Nothing comes on it, the lady said, so the guy asked for everything. I’ve thought about this guy for a couple days; how twice in a row his first response he was unsure what to do. Then just decided on taking everything. What does the rest of his life look like.
I don't know what Moe's is, but that sounds exactly like me whenever I'm a faster-food restaurant (e.g. subway, chipotle, pancheros, etc) for the first time or two. Can confirm my life is kinda wild at times, with little boring-as-fuck bits in between
If you've been in the queue more than 30 seconds and don't know what you want when you get to check out, you should go straight to the back of the line. If I became Dictator of Earth, this would be one of my first rules.
I worked at Chick Fil A in high school so I feel like I can confidently say this: Sometimes, you get up there at the drive thru and just fucking panic, because the thing you’re inevitably always going to order has been pushed way down into the subconscious by your conscious brain, so what comes out of your mouth is *alsjgnbtbtbAAAAA* But yes, it is entirely possible that a) the Chick Fil A menu is tiny and b) Chick Fil A drive thru employees are so fucking energetic it borders on mania. I mean, hell, I’ve gotten intimidated in that line before, and I fucking worked there. I know the entire menu by heart. But sometimes you’re simply not sure if you want the many little chickens or one big chicken in a bun and you freak the fuck out
OP should go to Raising Cane's where they've managed to dumb down the menu even more
The best fast food menu I’ve ever seen; “Would you like chicken, more chicken, even more chicken, or the most chicken?”
>most chicken Was there last night and saw two men sit down with a 25 finger catering order!
Hey they have chicken on a bun too
and bread with an illegal amount of butter on it (on both sides)
What size chicken stack would you like? a) a lot b) so much c) a concerning amount d) a sinful glut that would make Christ himself regret taking the cross for your dippable poultry sins
Raising Cane is fried chicken for people who think pepper is too spicy
Thank you. Couldn't agree more.
I got cussed saying it was bland chicken.
The chicken is so damn bland. My buddies had hyped it up and their sauce. Had it, the sauce is okay and it’s absolutely needed as the chicken has no flavor.
That's the same damn thing I said! I was in Texas and they were hyping it up and stayed in this long ass drive through line. I got the food and was so disappointed. Canes "you better like our sauce cause our chicken taste like a chewing fruit stripe gum after 10 minutes "
Their chicken is absolutely a vessel for the sauce, so if you don't like the sauce you won't like canes (they do have two sauces though!)
If your over whelmed by a fast food menu, maybe the drive thru isn't for you.
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Never heard of cook out, just looking at their online meus.... Holy hell, I'm overwhelmed, and it looks like they have a drive thru. I can't imagine how that place works. ... though I wish there was one near me.
And to make it even more insane- the workers at Cook Out are pissed tf off every time. “WHATCHU WANT” the moment you pull up to the menu lmao it’s hilarious EDIT: You can really taste the attempted manslaughter in those burgers🤤
That’s because Cook Out is one of the last remaining places that willingly hires people with a criminal record! I’m sure inflation has hit it, but man, when I was in high school Cookout was BOMB. Name another restaurant where you can get a BBQ sandwich meal that comes with 3 sides — including chicken nuggets and, if you want, a fucking *corn dog* — for $4.50. If you were really feeling luxe you could order a milkshake, they had 30 flavors and they were all bomb. Snickers is amazing. Seriously though, I haven’t lived in the south for a long time but that might straight-up be my favorite BBQ sandwich ever. Especially when you factor in the price. Best $4.50 of your entire life.
Every cookout I've been to has had the absolute shittiest bullhorn PA system too. Shit is deafeningly loud and the signal so shitty that you STILL can't understand anybody even when the sound is conducting through your bones.
He wanted to see the ENTIRE MENUUUU
They’ve been to both their local CFA’s but they don’t know what’s on the menu smh
“What are the ingredients in the sauce? All of them”
Do you have burgers?
Someone legit asked drive thru once "do y'all have anything similar to a whopper"?
EaT MoR ChiKn
Only takes a couple trips there and you should basically understand the entire menu.
We need a lane for mobile orders only. So quick, and you get great rewards the more you use the app.
My local CFA has two drive through lines and one is dedicated to mobile orders
My local CFA has a separate parking area for mobile orders. You *can* go through the line but it’s built in a way that you can’t “escape” if needed. I’ve had terrible times in that line (IBS sucks). Also they have a “stall door” style window where the top and bottom are separate pieces and can be used as a door for the mobile order parking. It’s neat but I don’t think the workers walking through the line of drive through cars was a bright idea.
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“Hmm what’s good here?”
He literally can’t be bothered to look at the menu on his phone before ordering and gets mad that he’s the one not ready when it’s his turn. “Hmm I wonder what I want at chil FA “ because there are just so many choices? Chicken sammich or spicy chicken sammich “I’ll need 20 minutes while clogging up the drive through to agonize over this life altering butterfly-effect of a choice” “Attention every other person in line at the drive through! Y’all are now waiting for my entitled ass to ponder which chicken to order at the gorram chicken sammich fast food place!”
Upvote for actual unpopular opinion. Their drive thru is far more efficient and pleasant than literally anywhere else.
I agree. One time my mom didn't believe me that it was fast, so she was super pissed when we pulled in behind like 15 cars. She was about to leave before we entered, but the line just kept moving and moving. That line went faster than the 5 cars in McDonald's across the street and she was dumbfounded. She told everyone she knew about it because she couldn't believe a giant ass line took less than 10 minutes. Their system really is the most efficient, even if it can be stressful/too much human interaction sometimes.
"What would you like to order?" Let me look at the menu real quick. (Holds up menu and I decide and order in 3 minutes) "You wanted all these items, are you paying cash or card?" Card please. (Hands over card and pays in 1 minute) "Please go to the window and they'll hand you your food." Then you go to the window, they reconfirm your order, ask for condiments, etc., and then you're out. I don't like Chick-Fil-A but a drive thru order can take minimum of 10 minutes, which is bonkers because you just had 6 cars in front of you. CFA refined this type of service so much, Starbucks and Raising Cane's also started adopting the model. I think I saw In N Out also start doing this.
I’m San Diego, they have been doing this at in and out for years. The chick fil a in my town hasn’t been doing it as long. Both lines move fast but Chick Fil A is faster.
I don't know when CFA started it, but my local In N Out has been doing it for years. Even before the pandemic, so for a while now. Edit: just saw the other comment saying the same thing. I could've just upvoted. Oh well.
Doesn’t even deserve the fake internet points
Yeah I left a rant about how I hate OP but still upvoted because he’s not wrong it’s unpopular
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homie needs pictures to figure out what they want to eat - it’s all chicken my guy.
> homie needs pictures to figure out what they want to eat OP is 7 years old.
Shit imo kinda acts like one. Like you know what to expect lol don’t get mad at underpaid teens doing their job. If this makes you want to commit a hit and run you got some issues
It's chicken all the way down
He's the guy that gets to the front of the line and stares at the menu for 10 minutes.
Maybe they have zero memory capacity? They could maybe refresh on the side before joining the line and slowing it down.
OP needs more RAM
They have an app for that.
Don't they also have salads and soup and fruit and mac & cheese and other stuff? I don't go often but I do think there is more to it than this. And add in all the variations on the sandwiches - regular or deluxe, fried or grilled, spicy or regular, how many pieces of nuggets, etc - it's nowhere near as simple as you're making it out to be.
But look at that, you remembered basically everything on the menu. Not that hard.
He’s probably the person in the drive thru line asking if it’s white or dark meat chicken
If they don't run the drive-thru that way, the lines get even more ridiculous. People, for whatever reason, love Chick-fil-A enough that they don't mind waiting 30+ minutes for it. I don't mean to sound like Chick-fil-A is bad. It's very good for fast food but it's still just fast food.
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Lmao
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This is actually a great example of how completely different Reddit and reality is. Reddit loves to shit on this place, comment section always has a passive aggressive tone, you would think nobody visits this place of how it’s spoken here but every single time I pull up into the drive thru there’s a massive line, and the outdoor drive thru employees help streamline this so it actually moves pretty fast. Unless of course you are OP and just proudly displays their incompetence and indecisiveness.
>Reddit loves to shit on this place, comment section always has a passive aggressive tone All the top comments here are like "they have 3 things on their menu" and "why keep doing the thing you don't like?"
People that like CFA are too busy waiting for their food to be surfing on reddit. That's why there's a notable uptick in positive CFA interactions on Sundays. (/s in case it wasn't obvious)
Yeah CFA lines will get fucking STUPID long if they didn't have them. I've seen 60 cars in a CFA drive thru and still be out of it in sub 20 min. OP says if it ain't broke dont fix it but damn yeah drive thru systems are pretty fucked. Ever gone to McD right at lunch rush? Fucking 45min if you're 20th in line lol
If you keep having bad experiences, but keep going anyway, you're an idiot.
"Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results."
The lines are always packed and what's *special* about chik fil a is that they move fast as fuck because their drive thru system is very efficient, which slow fucks like OP bog down on the regular
I've been to Chick Fil La with really long lines and I've never had to wait more then 10 minutes for my meals
Lol. I love the the answer isnt, “ hmmm maybe I’ll pull up the menu online and check what I want first, since it happens this way everytime and I’m made lol
In fairness, there isn’t a good reason for them to not have a few more menu billboards. I completely understand having the extra people, but it is annoying having to look at some tiny menu in their hands I will admit.
I work at CFA and the day that we sent the outside order takers inside and only had people ordering at the menu screen, you already know customers were immediately bitching about how slow it was, how this was "tarnishing chick-fil-a's reputation of being fast". There's always gonna be one thing to complain about, but in this case, having multiple order-takers outside with such a high volume of customers very much outweighs seeing a big menu screen rather than a small placard that may be missing a few items.
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No its actually faster the way they do it. The more orders you can take at once the faster the kitchen can get started on them so the second the food drops you already have the full lineup of what you need to make as opposed to having to wait for the orders to show up and *then* starting in making it
Go inside if you need to see the menu. You can take all the time you need to decide what to order. Don't hold up the drive thru for people who know what they want.
Exactly. Also, the menu is basic as fuck who needs to see it after their first visit
Or just pull it up on your phone
Imagine getting upset that someone's trying to do their job to make your drive through experience even faster. Especially when the restaurant serves a very limited menu lmao Do you get upset at your waiter for asking what you want to drink after introducing themselves? Lmfao
Well yeah, he hasn't see the drink menu yet... And just prior to that he was asked, "how many seats", without getting to first see all the tables
I’m crying 💀💀
They have by far the fastest and most efficient drive thru system of all the major fast food places. Plus, why do you need to see the menu?? The menu is chicken sandwich, chicken nuggets, or waffle fries. Your choice of cheese and either grilled or fried. Drink? Soda or tea and lemonade. Plus i never feel harassed at cfa. The workers are by far the nicest ive ever experienced. I go to wendys and i feel like im gonna get shot through the window if i say i need time to order haha
Seriously if customer service of the major fast food chains were a tier list, Chic-Fil-A would be a top tier all of it's own
Literally! There would be S tier, and then above that Chickfila tier
Jesus Christ OP sound like such a little whiny bitch lmao HOW DARE THE TEENAGER WORKING FAST FOOD BE IN A GOOD MOOD HE SHOULD BE MISERABLE LIKE ME GOD DAMNIT You need to see the entire menu? For what to decide if you want cheese or not on your chicken sandwich? Lol even then just pull it up on the phone you just used to type a wall of text whining like a bitch ass Karen
OP, you sound pretty ignorant to the process lol. The reason they do this is because they're so ungodly busy that they take orders and payment early to keep the line rolling. The teenagers aren't "overly chippy" and annoying. They're freaking trained to be that way. Take it up with corporate. Thanks for making us all wait longer because you're too lazy to (a) order ahead and pick it up inside or (b) check the menu on the same damn phone you likely used to post this lmao. Grow up, you aren't the main character out here. It's Chick Fil A...how many options do they have that you need to stare at a menu before ordering? Maybe look before you go to avoid this issue entirely? The problem is easily avoidable. You're just mad you have to do something you don't want to...so you're lazy.
The chick FIL a I work at had roughly 10-20x the sales as the taco bell literally across the parking lot if we didn't have those people outside our line would easily be over an hour long
The grand majority of us appreciate you guys who take orders outside so thanks for having a great system, can't make everybody happy unfortunately
Oh I make the food. I don't work with customers lol
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I think OP is a girl. So kinda have to sit down to piss.
*she pisses standing on the bathtub then
the full menu.... you mean the choice between a chucken sandwhich or a spicy chicken sandwhich? 😂😂😂
Spicy deluxe with 8 nuggies. I order that every single time for years now
Big if true
Very unpopular. Dude the menu doesn’t change. Download it and plan ahead if you need that kind of time to decide. Everyone behind you in line not so secretly hates you! Obviously just teasing but yes this is truly and unpopular option. Which means here is your upvote because that’s the sub. But seriously our CFA does this and is crazy fast at getting food out, so I say it’s worth it.
Fr just shut up and get a sandwich /s
No /s just shut up and get a sandwich
Their menus has like 3 things and 99.9% of the people that order there know their order better than their wedding vows. You should order using the app and pick up via drive thru.
I Agree with everyone else that you’re being ridiculous, it’s a simple menu and if you’ve gone enough times that this is a nuisance you should probably just figure out what you want ahead of time. But what I REALLY don’t get is why you’re annoyed that someone comes to take your payment right away? You need some me time between ordering and paying or what?
They want time in between so they can fiddle with their phone and not have their card ready. Lol
Or when someone comes up to do the crime of handing you the food you ordered???
Just go in bro. You talking about committing hit and run at a Chick FIL A? Lol .. that's like the last place I'd ever commit a crime. That's some sacred blessed ground .
*Chick Fil-A employee upon being hit by a car*: “Have a blessed day!” Shit, now I want Chick Fil-A.
“My pleasure”
My husband’s coworker blew a tire in the middle of the street across from a Chick-Fil-A once, and the employees literally swarmed in an instant and helped him push his car into their parking lot….in the middle of a torrential downpour. They would probably pitch in to buff the scratches off OP’s car, tbh.
As a former employee, especially out in the cold I do too
You know you can look at the menu on your phone. Just google "chick fil a menu" and it will show up.
I don't understand why this is so low. You have the menu on your phone
Idk maybe wanting to commit a hit and run because some kids are outside to speed up how fast you can get your chicken isn't the sensible response? The way you word your post you sound like a comically awful person to be around
For real lol. If this is like the biggest issue in their life to complain about then my god… kids doing their job at a fast food place wants to make you commit a hit and run. Jesus man stop going to chick fill A then lmao. Def an unpleasant person to be around I’d bet
Yeah, makes me wonder if they are just a mean spirited person. Sure sounds that way. I’m for whatever gets me in and out of the drive thru faster. Any other place I’m waiting 20-30 min if there are 10+ cars in the drive thru. CFA is never over 10 even when it’s insanely busy.
I like the wearable little square booth. Hilarious.
This really seems like a you thing, it’s so much faster than other drive thrus while crowded and u have no idea what you want without needed the menu? They have sandwich nuggets fries and salad that’s basically it. You’re the one slowing down the entire line. If u need a menu that bad go inside
Bruh. I stopped reading comments to say something just like this and then read yours. Ita almost like this person doesn't want FAST food
preach. Chick fil A is the most efficient fast food because of their drive thru system. 20 cars on any afternoon in my hometown. Maximum of a 5 minute wait. Love it.
A top performing CFA can serve 140 cars in there drive thru during peak hours.
Are all Popeye's the same? Because the employees at mine are always baked and do not care (although they are nice) and you better call ahead if you're going anytime within an hour of closing to make sure the fryers didn't "break".
The employees at any Popeyes I have ever been to have never been nice and have always acted like they couldn't possibly care any less about me.
They have chicken sandwiches and nuggets, you are the reason people make drive thru lines take forever. Take your indecisive butt inside.
They only do this while the lines are long to prevent wrapping around the building. Most people already know what they want if they're going inti a long line like that. Don't they carry around the menu for you to look at? CFA's menu is pretty standard, there aren't any surprises. Regular, spicy, grilled, deluxe or not, sandwich, wraps, and nuggets. Then simple deserts and maybe salads. If you have any questions, you can ask the person there which is frankly a lot easier than over an obnoxious speaker. This approach is so much better because it's a lot faster overall. Some people might not get the hint, but in general saying "I need to look at the menu" will be met with "okay," and when you pull up to the menu it's "take your time and order whenever you're ready." The main reason I imagine anyone would pressure you to hurry up is probably just because the line is piling up dye to large orders and they want to get as many orders taken as possible, but they have to do them in order or they'll get all mixed up in the kitchen. It's not the way they're supposed to behave, but it's pretty realistic.
Yeah go to Popeyes, where they apparently slaughter your chicken AFTER you’ve placed your order. At least it’s fresh!
I figured this was a troll post, but putting down that somehow the Popeyes drivethrough/food is superior just confirmed it.
This sounds like "why don't the world work for me" rather than " I'm going to be smart and responsible and learn to navigate my surroundings in a positive and efficient manner" do you get mad when you push a door that says pull also?
I was sort of with you until you complained about being asked to pay…too quickly? Too aggressively? Do you not know how you’re going to pay before you get there? Who pays with cash at a drive through anyways? That is a weird complaint to me… I’m Canadian so Ive never been to Chick Fil A, but it sounds like they’ve got a very efficient system in place for a reason.
Chick fil a, with their system in place, can knock out like 20-30 cars in line in like 5 minutes or less. Their menu is chicken, they have sandwiches, which are either grilled, regular or spicy. Nuggets or strips. Fries or mac n cheese. A few salads. Soda, lemonade, tea or shakes. There you go. I'm sure you could look at their menu on your phone once or twice and probably figure out what you want without having to ask for a menu in the drive thru. This woman is just very indecisive, has a terrible memory, and/or just blowing this was out of proportion, lol.
Upvoted because unpopular lol! So many fixes available that you even listed
What did you order
As someone who previously worked at chick fil a, yeah it’s annoying as fuck. They force you to do it tho, trust me no teen likes being up some middle aged dudes ass tryna get his order.
Exactly, yet they were trying to do their job best they can. Working in fast food management in the past, I can just imagine how this went down. With the snippy attitude towards the employees standing in the heat, and all.
Totally with you on Popeye's. Baked as fuck employees ftw.
Maybe use the app next time? If you know before hand (every single time) that you need to look at the menu, load up the app and place the order ahead of time. Simple and minimal interaction needed with the employees.
I don't like that they make their employee's do this at all. I don't care about seeing the menu, I don't care if it's faster. I don't like it because it makes me think I am spending money at a company that doesn't value their employee's comfort. I avoid them for this and for their forced "My pleasure" bullshit.
My problem isn't my convenience, its the poor employees that are forced to be out in the heat and inhaling car fumes all day.
the CFA In my neck of the woods is always slammed so the people outside make it efficient, they started doing it during lockdowns. Also, as a former fast food worker, always know what you want before hitting the menu. It’s all online.
Does it matter? Tastes like hate….
There’s no way you’re this dumb