Was at chick fila today and honestly probably about 30 cars in drive thru.
2 people takin orders outside on hand held and swiping card after card... one person has the virus and touches their credit card and hands it to employee to swipe then every card they touch after that could potentially be contaminated.

How long before restaurant drive thrus are shut down or Goto strictly online payments .

Seven Costanza said:

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That's called a Spicy Deluxe.

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I ask them to take the cheese off and then my order always gets screwed up.

You have to understand that most of these restaurants are going to claim they are doing what they need to do and complying simply because that's what they have to do to stay open.

I've seen numerous FB threads with restaurants owners where they all but admit that they aren't following all the guidelines because it would be impossible to do so (eg. "there's no way two people could be in our kitchen while maintaining social distancing"). In those cases the restaurants shouldn't still be open and serving customers, but obviously they are going to do whatever they can to stay open, even if it means not following the rules.

For a lot of places it's just another marketing angle. Burger joint around here did a few FB videos showing how they were keeping everyone safe and following all the guidelines, etc... We went and picked up food from them and girl came out with gloves and no mask on and walked right up to the passenger side window (that had a passenger in it) to take the order. Despite the credit card being given over the phone, she then had to pass us the receipt book to sign it, etc...

I'm not trashing any of these places - I get it, you have to do what you have to do to stay afloat... Just don't believe for a second that most or even half of these places are actually following all the safety guidelines.

I agree, it's just part of the trade off to having these places open. And they're optional, if it freaks someone out, they grill or whatever, they stay home. Trade offs are going to be what it's all about to move forward though.

I've thought the same OP. I don't think it would be too difficult to make it so that the customer could insert their cards in the machine. Went thru a chipotle the other day and I handed the guy my card then he hands me my bag. It might be low risk but it's an unnecessary one considering everything else we are doing.

Good post