• mesamune@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Imagine waiting in a drive through and the price changes on you while you are there.

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        8 months ago

        “pull up to window 2 to pay the surg-arge applied after window 1”…

        at the last window, “we need another $3.50 to give you your food”

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          8 months ago

          “we need another $3.50 to give you your food”

          “For your convenience, you must now pay the Surge Fee of $3.50 to reflect up-to-the-minute pricing. Please note that this is in addition to any tips that you may choose to add.”

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            8 months ago

            when i was a kid, drive-thru was ‘new’. one place, instead of redoing the whole building to put in a drive-thru window and work area behind the counter, used a chain-driven basket to carry drive-thru orders that went up and over the dining area then down to a pick-up window.

            8-year-old me thought that was just the coolest thing. they operated like that for a decade before finally rebuilding to reposition the building on the lot to better fit a drive-thru lane and pick-up windows.