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YouTubeTaco Bell would not serve me two hard tacos this evening as I walked through the drive-through. I think that this is unconscionabile. They said that they were closed and then continued to serve customers in automobiles. They told me that their liability insurance wouldn't cover a fellow who was standing in the drive-through lane, but I disagree.I tried to hold the window open but the employees perservered.,. Discuss.
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nexttuesday
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It is normally restaurant policy to not serve people who walk up to the drive through. Whether it has to do with insurance, I don't know, but it's their right. People walking up 1)Can't be as easily identified if they are trying to rob the place and 2)are more likely to be drunk and unruly. I'm guessing this was after the dining room had closed? I wonder if they serve you if you're on a bicycle.
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sixby9is42
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Googling for an answer brought up this point: what if someone in a car behind you orders and then comes around the corner? You're the last thing he expects to see, so you could get run over. The same thing goes for bikes, but not motorcycles, because motorcycles have brake lights.
"I tried to hold the window open but the employees perservered." - The employees could define that as unruly.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Core_Models
Columbus
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Yep, its all about liability. Encouraging people to stand in a drive through by even allowing it, let alone serving them, means the first guy who gets run over and killed=ridiculously high payout in lawsuit.
I'm with you on the frustration JV, I've tried to do it at that exact Taco Bell before even (guessing you were at the GV location), but I have to say I do understand why.
Posted 3 years ago # -
asil
Worthington
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I too have been denied walk thru tacos in drunken hours of dire need. Next time identify a trustworthy drive thru customer and ask them to broker your tacos. Chances are they've either been in the exact situation before, or they're drunk too and will want to help a brother score the mandatory drunk fourth meal.
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joev
Merion Village
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I still think it was unconscionable, and I'm impressed that I almost spelled unconscionable right last night. I walked past this morning and shook my fist at Taco Bell.
Plus, I didn't even want Taco Bell for myself last night. It was for my wife :)
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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Why not just flag a car entering the drive through and see if they would order for you?
+1 on more taco trucks.
Posted 3 years ago # -
UncommonSense
Hilliard
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Oh, the Humanity!!
Posted 3 years ago # -
nexttuesday
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It's a symptom of our car-based society. If more people walked and rode bikes, drive throughs would probably compensate in some way, otherwise they would lose business. Something to look forward to or aim towards, I guess.
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Tenzo
Chicago Lakeshore
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nexttuesday wrote >>
It's a symptom of our car-based society. If more people walked and rode bikes, drive throughs would probably compensate in some way, otherwise they would lose business. Something to look forward to or aim towards, I guess.They might employ some concept where you could enter the premises and order. Maybe standing behind a 'counter', while someone 'takes' you order.
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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Tenzo wrote >>
nexttuesday wrote >>
It's a symptom of our car-based society. If more people walked and rode bikes, drive throughs would probably compensate in some way, otherwise they would lose business. Something to look forward to or aim towards, I guess.They might employ some concept where you could enter the premises and order. Maybe standing behind a 'counter', while someone 'takes' you order.
Unless of course you patronize a business when they are "closed"-at least at said counter. Which was the point of this thread.
Posted 3 years ago # -
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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nexttuesday wrote >>
It's a symptom of our car-based society. If more people walked and rode bikes, drive throughs would probably compensate in some way, otherwise they would lose business. Something to look forward to or aim towards, I guess.I think it's more of a symptom of being robbed.
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