Hi Lodge
Quick drive by to relate my recent experience at the drive through
If you're hearing impaired and unable to speak, is the drive through at McDonald's your best choice? I was the only one there at the time. A car went straight through the other drive through lane and stopped at the first window. I assumed they had something wrong with their order. Nope. They didn't even use a note. They just signed and gestured their way through the whole process. The poor kid at the first window was absolutely a saint, and got their order in and accepted their payment, which was mostly in change, these people were very old, and got them to the second window. When I got to the first window I paid and the kid was very apologetic toward my wait, yet sympathetic to the elderly patrons ahead of me. "Good on him" I thought, not being in a hurry. Unfortunately I was the only one in that long growing line that didn't have a time crunch. The kid at the second window was easily rattled, and he was a puddle. "Something" was amiss on their order and he didn't have a clue what to do. Again, I had a front (back?) row seat to this debacle and was curious how this was going to play out. I started doing the math and calculated I had been in the drive through line about 16 minutes so far. Horns were honking like crazy and people were obviously getting very impatient. FINALLY the elderly couple gets their order and pulls away. I pull up to the window and see no less than ten bags and twice as many beverages piled up. The kid in this window asks me if I remember what I ordered. I said "doesn't matter, it better be free now". His face blanched
. I said "kidding" and told him what I paid for. He thanked me and gave me a free chocolate shake