Double Drive Through Dumbassery

[blas]

I HATE those double laned drive thrus at McDonalds with a passion. Unfortunately, every McDonalds around here has one. I can understand it helps when McDonalds is in rush times....but at the same time, seeing a double drive thru seems to make people just stupid. I am surprised there haven't been any car accidents, because I've been in enough near-accidents because the jackass in the lane next to me MUST go first and plows ahead as I'm easing off the brake to proceed.

Anyway, I pull up behind a car who is ordering, and this ENORMOUS F-500,000 gas guzzling diesel truck creeps into the next lane. It's one of those trucks that has multiple enormous antennas (CBs? To contact the aliens? We'll never know), and both antennas WHACK the "Clearance, X feet" sign (I forget if it's 10 or 12 feet).

Strike one.

Strike two....I can barely hear myself speak over his loud thundering diesel engine.

Strike three.....as I'm easing off the brake to proceed, he plows ahead of me, and it just so happens that the lane to get to the drive up windows is too small for that large of a truck, or he is just beyond stupid and can't handle his monster hauler........his driver's side tires hop the curb, and instead of trying to correct it, he just rides the whole way to the first window on the curb. Once he finally gets to the window, he whips it off the curb and the truck bounces and ripples the way my butt does when I bounce up and down.

(The design of this McDonalds drive thru is this: after you order, you go around a leftward curve to the first window where it straightens out)

Strike four.....someone was pulled over, probably waiting for a large order or something that took extra time. This dumbass, again, unable to control this overly and obnoxiously large truck, forces me to have to back up so that he can back up, then pull forward, and try to squeeze out.

I really tried to not get upset at small stuff today. I really did. It's my mental health day, the beginning of my three day weekend. Everything was going so well.

To add insult to injury, this is the 3rd time in a row I've gotten Marvin Gardens....nice.

[DevilBoy]

Anyway, I pull up behind a car who is ordering, and this ENORMOUS F-500,000 gas guzzling diesel truck creeps into the next lane. It's one of those trucks that has multiple enormous antennas (CBs? To contact the aliens? We'll never know), and both antennas WHACK the "Clearance, X feet" sign (I forget if it's 10 or 12 feet).

Ah yes... the wondrous new SUV... the beautiful Ford Excessive.

Now, I have had Cherokees and an Explorer Sport before... but never have I had a giant, life-sized Hot Wheels car like that.
I hate people who insist on owning such a large vehicle and then fail completely when it comes to operating it properly.

[blas]

This was more like beyond full size pickup truck...with full topper and all. That truck was the size of like....three of my car length wise, and two and a half of them height wise. Good gosh.

[draftermatt]

I can't say I've seen a double drive through McD's, but reading that makes me scared to ever see one.

I can see the problems. Especially with a guy driving a monster truck down the road.

[Sheldonrs]

This was more like beyond full size pickup truck...with full topper and all. That truck was the size of like....three of my car length wise, and two and a half of them height wise. Good gosh.

Don't think of it as a big car; think of it as a sign of how small his penis is. :-)

[freeatlast]

Don't think of it as a big car; think of it as a sign of how small his penis is. :-)

HaHa - I have always felt that the size of a man's truck is a direct reflection of his "shortcomings."

[MyEccentricHell]

HaHa - I have always felt that the size of a man's truck is a direct reflection of his "shortcomings."

Not only is it the size of the truck, but the faster the sports car, and may also be defined by them buying the most expensive luxury vehicle they can possibly afford to compensate for their "shortcomings".

[JustADude]

...[T]he faster the sports car...

Hey! Some of us just like to go zoom! A guy driving a Corvette, Porsche, or something flashy like that, sure, they're probably compensating, but some of us just want a Driver's Car because we like to experience a feeling of active participation in the experience, not coasting along in a land-yacht.

[Salted Grump]

So, because my daily driver is a Ford Focus, what does that say? (Yes; I have a lot of cars; no I won't share them, and yes, two of them are 'classics'; the Skylark, and a Dodge Dart.)

[bainsidhe]

Back in my fast food days, we used to have a regular come through the drive-thru in an itty bitty convertible. He actually had to get out because he was too low to reach the window. It was a pretty little ride, but I thought hot wheels whenever I saw it, it was so small. Funny thing is, the guy was well over 6ft and I have no idea how he fit in it let alone drove it

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I drive a Saturn SL1, which means I (never mind).

[blas]

My little brother had an 85 Fiero for a while. Those are almost as small as Neons. My little brother is about 6'1 and twice my weight. It was sure fun watching him get in and out of that thing.

The best part of all was driving alongside of him and seeing an ash blonde afro zoom past me.

[otakuneko]

I drive a Saturn SL1, which means I

"was too poor/cheap to spring for the SL2."

[Chromatix]

Did he look anything like Jeremy Clarkson?

He's well over 6 feet tall, and has said that he *will* get himself into any car that he really likes, but will complain bitterly about any car that doesn't measure up *and* is too small.

Bizarrely, he once made an ultra-stretch limo out of a microcar, as a stunt.