• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Reminds me of the last time I was in Texas and somebody called the cops on me because I didn’t have a car

    • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I think it says a lot about Texas that you aren’t the first person who told me they had the cops called on them for not having a car there.
      My cousin went there as a foreign exchange student, and she lived a mile away from the town center. So she walked, cause it’s less than 20 minutes.
      Then a cop car stopped beside her. First they were friendly, asking if her car broke down. But when she said she doesn’t have a car, and is walking, they actually took her in for questioning.

        • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          2 years ago

          I’m sure it’s a safety thing. You get hit by a car going through drive through it’s probably the fast food company’s liability.

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      For real: if you don’t have a car or bike, just tank your Uber social credit score rating.

      I mean, I don’t even think an Uber driver would accept that, there isn’t a ‘go through the drive through’ option, and if you tricked the Uber driver they would just not do it.

      • invertedspear@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Uber does a pretty good job of catching a driver off guard by not making the destination clear in all cases. But the pickup and drop off is the same location. So a driver can easily just mark the trip complete and kick the passengers out of their car and collect their minimum fare.

  • affiliate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    one time i walked to a wendy’s at 1 am when it was snowing because it was the only place open at the time. when i got there i found out only the drive through was open. so naturally, i walked through the drive through. they told me they wouldn’t serve me unless i was in a car.

  • Jomn@jlai.luEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I think I already have trouble understanding why a pharmacy has the need for a drive through

    • candybrie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I love the drive through when my sick toddler has fallen asleep in the car on the way from the doctor’s to the pharmacy.

      • Jomn@jlai.luEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I guess in the US pharmacies aren’t located near doctors ? Even in cities ? Where I’m from I usually just have to walk 3-5 minutes if not less to find a pharmacy after I went to the doctor.

        • candybrie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Oh. You just don’t understand America. Yeah, no, the pharmacy is a 10 minute drive from the doctor’s office. And that seems decently close.

          Unless your doctor is in a hospital type setting; then there’s probably a pharmacy on site.

        • Pablo M.U. :vericol:@col.social
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          2 years ago

          @Jomn @candybrie With a few exceptions, nothing in the US is close to something else, because their towns were built for cars, not for people, and most of their cities, which were originally built for people, were bulldozed over and rebuilt for cars.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      They’re really annoying since they only do prescriptions. I suppose that’s useful sometimes but so is regular stuff. It seems like such a small part of their business

      For example, one time my toddler was sick and my wife was out of town. I needed some Pedialyte and I forget what over the counter medicine, and it’s not like I could leave the little guy. I pull up in a cloud of stench with him vomiting out both ends, and begged them to let me buy stuff in the drive through. But nope, I had to take that into the store

    • GHiLA@sh.itjust.worksBannedEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I’ll spell it out.

      WALMART

      but… It does make sense. The elderly that can easily drive but not so easily walk benefit immensely. CVS and Walgreens in the US also have drive thrus usually.

      I have my mother’s prescriptions delivered by her pharmacy, as it’s 100% USPS, but we have the Walmart as a backup if she needs something asap.

  • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I hate this community because my instinct to most posts is to downvote until I remember the OP is laughing at it, not with it. I guess that’s where the 10 downvotes come from.

    • humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Is there a thought to not subscribe to subs where your intent is to downvote everything? Or is this every lemming mission?

      • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        Is there a thought to actually try to understand what is being said before uselessly getting into an argument? Or is this every lemming mission?

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Closing the shop but handing out meds through the drive-up portal could be because a single person can do it safe-ish-ly, but they can’t monitor the whole store as well. Not letting pedestrians in the drive thru is probably insurance not wanting to pay out if someone gets hit.

  • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
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    2 years ago

    No.

    stands in drive through

    Get absolutely fucked and then give me my God damn meds.

    Also, stop violating the ADA.

    Highly illegal.

    Thanks.

  • kipo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I used a bicycle in a Walgreens pharmacy drive though for the whole summer, and then one day a manager told me they won’t serve me there anymore because of “safety reasons”.

    What they meant was for their safety, from liability, like if a car hit me.

    I don’t use Walgreens for prescriptions anymore.