Why do you eat IN a fast food place?

[Thomas Merton]

OK, so we all know why we eat AT a fast food establishment. Convenient, cheap and genetically bonded, a Big Mac or Whopper has its place in any modern non-vegetarian diet.

But why, oh why, would you order your food and schlep with brown tray to a table to eat amongst the inbred and disenfranchised that have the time and inclination to eat/lounge at such places?

Just drive thru, order your artery clogging but so satisfying food, check to see if the morbidly obese girl at the window managed to get your order right, and, like our liberal friends like to say, MOVE ON and eat while driving with your knee as you proceed on to more important things.

[RhinoinMN]

Stretch the legs a little. Change the babies diaper. Let the kids eat in there, not in the car.

[KingModem]

I dig the ball pits.

[FezsAssistant]

Living in NYC, I cannot for the life of me figure out why some people bring a large bag of McDonald's food onto the subway and not eat it. It's not like they can't find a McDonalds wherever they are going. Why buy it and let it get cold and stink up the entire train? I also hate people who eat it on the trains, but at least they're eating it and must be in a hurry.

[WampusCrandle]

as my friends says to Spanish-speaking Tanya, "we will be dining in"

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[STC-Dub]

To visit with someone who has only a half hour for lunch.

[Jujubees2]

The atmosphere!

[Death Metal Moe]

I eat "in" a fast food joint so I don't have to eat with my steering wheel in my face. Also, most times I eat at a fast food joint, I'm nowhere near my home. So I just like to sit at a table. It's a good way to keep shit out of my car too. No salt in the cup holders, no lettuce falling next to the emergency break, no mayo on your shirt. Lastly, if you've been driving for awhile, fucking last thing you want to do is spend MORE time in the car. Eating is a nice, long break out of your vehical.

There are plenty of reasons not to eat in the car.

[SatCam]

Well I can think of a few reasons. You mentioned eating in your car, which is out of the question because special sauce does not come out of my fabric seats. Second of all, if I am eating with a friend I probably want to sit down and talk face to face. And not drive all the way back to my dark dirty kitchen to sit down with this friend. So the inside of a fast food place sounds sufficient. The outside maybe if it's nice out (inside's probably cleaner tho). If I am picking up this meal during work hours obviously I do not want to drive back to work and eat in the breakroom and exchange awkward conversation about the weather with another employee I barely say "Hi" to. Again, eating in the car is out of the question in this case (and probably more pathetic than eating in the fast food place anyway). Finally, the inside of the fast food place has character. There are always going to be people there just like you who are thinking "why didnt I just eat this in the car/subway/wait till I got home?????". My point being that you are not alone. The real answer is to just avoid fast food altogether. OK im done

[Hottub]

Free refills.
Free WiFi.
Free ketchup packets.

It's the creature comforts I'm in for.

[SatCam]

Free refills.
Free WiFi.
Free ketchup packets.

It's the creature comforts I'm in for.

YES exactly.

[instrument]

You must live in the ghetto.

[Death Metal Moe]

Free refills.
Free WiFi.
Free ketchup packets.

It's the creature comforts I'm in for.

And enough free napkins to soak up a river. I always try to take like 3 napkins and end up with a pound of them in my hand. Those napkins are now dead to everyone. Would you pick up my napkins I left next to the holder?

That's what I thought.

[Death Metal Moe]

You must live in the ghetto.

http://shesoghetto.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/whtcstleweddin.jpg

On the plus side, you could catch a bouquet!

Or a bullet in a drive by...

[Hottub]

And they give me 'tude when I ask for an extra BBQ sauce.

I'm the customer. I have just picked apart your dollar menu. Gimme a fuckin' sauce!!

I also like the automatic sinks and hand dyers.

[mikeyboy]

Where I live, you would be hard pressed to find a drive-thru at a fast food establishment. I don't have a car anyway.

[Death Metal Moe]

Where I live, you would be hard pressed to find a drive-thru at a fast food establishment. I don't have a car anyway.

Wow, are times that hard Mikeyboy? You can't afford a car?

I will donate $5 to the "Get Mikeyboy's Famiy a Car" fund. Charity begins at home...

Or on the board.

[IMSlacker]

Where I live, you would be hard pressed to find a drive-thru at a fast food establishment

Well la ti fuckin da!

[sr71blackbird]

Whenever I go into a place like that and see the other patrons, I begin to compare myself to them and I lose my appetite.

[razorboy]

I have the perfect solution. Stop eating that vile pig slop.

[MacVittie]

Once you start eating it your car it can quickly turn into a mess. Fallen fries, straw wrappers, etc. Keep it out and you'll keep a clean automobile.

[Contra]

I usually order inside and then take it out to my vehicle. I hate drive-thrus and I hate the music they play in their dining rooms. I'd rather eat and listen to OnA or Ron and fez, or the comedy station.

[Enabler]

And they give me 'tude when I ask for an extra BBQ sauce.

I'm the customer. I have just picked apart your dollar menu. Gimme a fuckin' sauce!!




So true! They've even started charging $.25 for a fucking packet of sauce. Fucking assholes.

[drjoek]

Where I live, you would be hard pressed to find a drive-thru at a fast food establishment. I don't have a car anyway.

Snob Alert

[biozombie]

I'd look like an idiot trying to lay out a burger, fries, and a milkshake on the gas tank of my motorcycle.

[SatCam]

I'd look like an idiot trying to lay out a burger, fries, and a milkshake on the gas tank of my motorcycle.

Sorry dude, it's not the food

[~Katja~]

The atmosphere!

I prefer no to eat there but a lot of them have upgraded their interior

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/mcdonalds/index_01.htm?campaign_id=msn_mcd

http://www.isiamerica.com/html/mcdonald_s.html


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[EddieMoscone]

Two reasons. Vanilla Shake and fries RIGHT out of the fryer.

[biozombie]

A lot of the fast food joints here have table service, which is kind of nifty.

Sorry dude, it's not the food

oh, you!

[Thomas Merton]

Fallen fries

Mr. MacVittie, may I use this with my students as an example of alliteration? Outstanding