What have you seen while working drive-thru?

[Jackofalltrades]

I worked in drive-thru for a year and a half in high school (restaurant in favor of a little girl) and seen a lot of weird stuff, some of it was just funny though and some appalling:

- people with bags of weed on their lap
- people smoking weed
- people who tried to offer me weed
- someone actually shooting up heroin
- someone moving weed to get to his money
- someone moving brass knuckles to get to money
- someone moving a glock .40 to get to money (i warned everyone and shut my window right quick)
- people drinking
- people drifting the corners (I may or may not have done this when I owned my hot rod
- people doing burnouts

- one truck had gotten next to the window, put it in reverse and slam on the gas, so i call in a drive-off. They speed back 20 feet and slam on the brakes, and put it in drive. They pull up to the window and screeeecchhhh to a halt. I look in the cab and there are three down home boys in there, one of which is hanging out the back window into the bed. He pulls in two 30 racks of Budweiser. The driver said exactly this:
"Sorry 'bout that, had to get the BEER! Here want one?"

The guy actually offered me a beer! Looking back on it I should have called the cops but the whole crew couldn't stop laughing, manager included.


- The worst thing I had seen was with a woman who had simply asked for a cup of ice. Normally we don't do that but she was really polite so I told her to pull up. I look in as she pulls through and she is holding her eye. That would be so bad but her boyfriend (who should be sterilized) was rubbing his knuckles in an angry manner. He had just punched punched her in the face . He looked at me and gave her a look that said "If you say a word b*tch, I'm gonna kill you". We called the cops that time.

That's just a few off the top of my head. What have you all seen in the line of duty?

[Mordecai]

I saw our popper explode once. Worst day I ever had. \

EDIT: Crap, I didn't read the whole title. My bad.

[rerant]

I've never worked a drive-thru but I've been to a few in my time and seen the customer side of some employees that made me and my friends go .

One time me and a friend had just got out of work and had lit our cerimonial No More Work For Todat cigarettes and hadn't finished them when we went to the drive-thru.
The girl at the window asked, with no ironly in her voice, "Yo, can I grab a smoke from you?"
Me and my friend looked at each other, grabbed our food and pulled away.

I've also seen employees having VERY loud and VERY inapporpriate conversations at the window about things like who hooked up with who at what party.
I watched an employee THROW ketchup packets at a driver ahead of us (don't know if those people went back to complain or not).
Been told we can't have extra napkins if we're going through drive-thru .

I'm sure there's more but that's all that comes to mind right now.

[Kogo Shuko]

Men coming through the drivethru in nothing but underwear.

FAT men coming through the drivethru in nothing but underwear.

Leering creepy old men.

[Norton]

I've also been offered beer and pot at the drive-thru window. I would have partaken, too if not for the two cameras pointed at the window.

I saw someone bust his tire by pulling too close to the curb beneath the window.

I've seen couples unable to keep their hands off of eachother long enough for me to hand them their food.

I've seen several people shoot by the window at high speed after placing their order, only to have to drive around the building and get back in line for the drive-thru.

I've seen people go through the drive-thru backwards.

I've seen people drive past the menu without stopping. They would then pull up to the window and demand I read the entire menu to them.

I've seen people drive by the window, and lob a full cup of soda at the window or building.

I've seen people pull up to the menu board on bicycles, skateboards, and even in shopping carts. (Anything with wheels would trigger the sensor).

I've seen people walk up to the menu board, and hop up and down trying to get the sensor to recognize them.

I've had dogs try to jump in the building through the window.

Think I'll stop there.

[Kogo Shuko]

Speaking of popping tires.

I've seen a women break her passenger side mirror against the side of the building (we had a double drivethru. Short line was for people willing to get their order through the passenger side).

I've seen a young couple come through in the middle of a thunder storm (pouring rain), with their driver's side window broken (open). They had a blanket covering the open window.

[AdminAssistant]

I know a number of people who have gone through drive-thru's on foot/ATV/bicycle. I wouldn't be surprised to hear about people going to a drive thru on horseback.

About the gun, scary, yes. Illegal, maybe - depends on the state. If they have a concealed carry, and they're in their car...it's iffy. And unless the driver of the "truck'o'Rednecks" had an open beer in his hand, it's perfectly legal. (Probably depends on the state, though).

But yeah, illegal drugs in the drive-thru? Really? (Of course, I have seen someone attempting to hit a bong and drive at the same time, so it shouldn't surprise me.)

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Who was it who told the story about a guy in a banana costume driving a go-cart through the drive-thru?

This may have been a hack or two ago, but I swear this is where I read about that.

[smileyeagle1021]

other than what's already been said I've occasionally had nudists go through the drive-thru (like 3 times in a year and a half). One of them wasn't that bad looking actually...

oh and actually had people hit the building and saw one person come damn close to flipping his car.

[Emrld]

I went to a drive thru and the person working the window was actually in the parking lot talking with someone at their car and told me to pull on up to the window to place my order . . . .
get to the window . . it is wide open and the two employees inside start talking to each other in a language other than English . . .one of them finally comes over and asks what I want . . .I tell him I was told to come to the window to place my order . . .he tells me he can't work the registar . . .so I pull the rest of the way thru . . .pull up where the employee is and ask when she will be back inside to take orders as her co-workers don't know what to do . . .she ignored me . . .and her friend started to act like he was going to back his truck up onto my car
so I left and e-mailed corporate. (yes, I was the customer in that case)

[Jackofalltrades]

I know a number of people who have gone through drive-thru's on foot/ATV/bicycle. I wouldn't be surprised to hear about people going to a drive thru on horseback.

About the gun, scary, yes. Illegal, maybe - depends on the state. If they have a concealed carry, and they're in their car...it's iffy. And unless the driver of the "truck'o'Rednecks" had an open beer in his hand, it's perfectly legal. (Probably depends on the state, though).

But yeah, illegal drugs in the drive-thru? Really? (Of course, I have seen someone attempting to hit a bong and drive at the same time, so it shouldn't surprise me.)

The gun - the guy was just moving it, the heroin - the guy said "you didn't see anything" and the beer - all three guys cracked one open and then offered me one. Practically threw it at me when offering it too.

[Sorianna]

I've seen people pull up to the menu board on bicycles, skateboards, and even in shopping carts. (Anything with wheels would trigger the sensor).

Hey, I've done that at my bank on my bike. Only 'cause the lobby wasn't open, though, and I needed my money. What's wrong with it? I'm not weird! Not weird at all!

I've thought about doing it at my local Taco Bell, 'cause they close their lobby at 11:00pm, and I was hungry at 1:00am.

[InsanityInc]

*Snicker* One of the local MickeyD's (ex)employees was hiding his stash in a Happy Meal box. Problem was, he gave that box to a customer one night. I'm not sure what he got..... but I figure he's doing a bit of time. In this county they have their priorities screwed up. Kill someone? 8 years. Get busted with some weed? 10-15+. It's bad enough other counties want nothing to do with our courts.

[IvorTangrean]

I know a number of people who have gone through drive-thru's on foot/ATV/bicycle. I wouldn't be surprised to hear about people going to a drive thru on horseback.

This was not on horseback but pretty close. My SO once was on a four horse wagon and they (two wagons and a buggy) went into a Tim Horton's drive-thru. Her driving class was thirsty.

[mattm04]

I was in line at a drive-thru once and the guy in front of me decided to show off his Civic with the huge wing and body kit. As he goes around the corner form the menu board, he punches it, hits the curb on the island they had to separate drive-thru traffic (between the menu board and the first window) looses control and hits the building.

The hard part for the employees was getting the cars in line to back up sine the idiots now totaled car was blocking the way. Everyone who had ordered got their food for free, before the FD ordered them to shut in down since the car was leaking fluids.