And are far less commonly used than the counter inside the restaurant. In fact, I’d guess that the most popular fast food restaurants are actually inside train stations where there is no drive-thru lane, of course.
Yep. And I’m sure you have some implications about my intelligence as a result of being an American but let me just go ahead and jump right out there and tell you, I’m not the one complaining about how hard it is to read plain english.
I’m not saying it’s hard to read plain English. I’m saying that when an American says “I was at McDonalds” apparently he means “I was in the McDonalds Drive Thru” because Americans are car-brained.
What I’m telling you, in plain english, which you seem to be having trouble understanding even now, is that reading at a second grade level is when you start to learn about context clues in writing like someone honking at you in line at a fastfood restaurant, is the indicator that you are in the drive thru. It isn’t implied by being in line at the fast food place. It’s implied by the additional context of being honked at.
Also in the US, so many fast-food places have actively dismantled large parts of their dining areas since the Pandemic so they can cut cost and staff fewer people. The food is also almost as expensive as many restaurants now, so literally the only appeal to these places anymore is that they’re faster.
This isn’t because we’re unfortunately car-centric, it’s because toxic corporations have made eating inside mostly inconvenient
Americans are so car-brained that “I was at McDonalds” means “I was in the drive-thru line outside McDonalds”
Do you carry around an air horn to honk it at people in restaurants?
No, which is why it was weird to read about a lady honking at jarrett when he was “at McDonalds”.
Because you can’t read? Drive thru exist in Europe.
And are far less commonly used than the counter inside the restaurant. In fact, I’d guess that the most popular fast food restaurants are actually inside train stations where there is no drive-thru lane, of course.
No that’s just basic context clues. He said the lady honked at him so it can be inferred that he is in the drive thru.
Yes, you have to context switch once that part comes in after the initial context was “I was just at McDonalds”.
So you’re upset that the bit that gives you context doesn’t explicitly say “in the drive through”? Do you read at a second grade level?
Are you American?
Yep. And I’m sure you have some implications about my intelligence as a result of being an American but let me just go ahead and jump right out there and tell you, I’m not the one complaining about how hard it is to read plain english.
I’m not saying it’s hard to read plain English. I’m saying that when an American says “I was at McDonalds” apparently he means “I was in the McDonalds Drive Thru” because Americans are car-brained.
What I’m telling you, in plain english, which you seem to be having trouble understanding even now, is that reading at a second grade level is when you start to learn about context clues in writing like someone honking at you in line at a fastfood restaurant, is the indicator that you are in the drive thru. It isn’t implied by being in line at the fast food place. It’s implied by the additional context of being honked at.
I’m telling you that if you’re not car-brained the phrase “I was just at McDonalds” means “I was inside the McDonalds fast food restaurant”.
Is your reading comprehension enough to get that?
Also in the US, so many fast-food places have actively dismantled large parts of their dining areas since the Pandemic so they can cut cost and staff fewer people. The food is also almost as expensive as many restaurants now, so literally the only appeal to these places anymore is that they’re faster.
This isn’t because we’re unfortunately car-centric, it’s because toxic corporations have made eating inside mostly inconvenient