# Chipotle Drone Deliveries? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425 "2016-09-09T13:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/1 "2016-09-09T13:43:40Z")
Per [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/8/12851384/alphabet-google-chipotle-drone-delivery-project-wing): > [@](#): > > Google parent company Alphabet is teaming up with fast casual chain Chipotle to test drone delivery for Virginia Tech students, according to a report from Bloomberg. The pilot program marks a turning point for Alphabet’s Project Wing division, giving the team ample room to experiment with airborne burrito deliveries in one of the first commercial programs of its kind to be greenlit by the US Federal Aviation Authority. The drones, which will be hybrid aircraft that can both fly and hover in place, will make deliveries coordinated by a Chipotle food truck on campus. (I wanted to link the original Bloomberg story, but I don’t link to news sites with auto-start video if I can help it.) So, airborne delivery of [biological weapons](https://chipotle.com/2015incidents)? How is this distinguishable from a war crime? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/2 "2016-09-09T13:45:29Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > So, airborne delivery of [biological weapons](https://chipotle.com/2015incidents)? How is this distinguishable from a war crime? :dubious: They’re hokies, so it doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/3 "2016-09-09T21:14:27Z")
Presuming you’re joking. Not very nice; Chipotle’s has done a hell of a lot of work to clean up their act. Do you still imagine McDonald’s has 180-degree coffee? They learned from their tragic mistake. Chipotle’s is yummy, and I’m happy – and safe – eating there. That said, I’m opposed to in-city drone deliveries, and hope the idea is nixed by local laws. It’s just going to lead to accidents. Wait until we have Star Wars or Star Trek style anti-gravity, and we can talk. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/4 "2016-09-09T21:29:17Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Do you still imagine McDonald’s has 180-degree coffee? They learned from their tragic mistake. Not sure why you think so. The publicity over the lawsuits caused them to redesign the coffee cups, not lower the temp. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/5 "2016-09-09T21:42:01Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Not sure why you think so. The publicity over the lawsuits caused them to redesign the coffee cups, not lower the temp. That is not what I remember. [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/booming/not-just-a-hot-cup-anymore.html](http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/booming/not-just-a-hot-cup-anymore.html) Even the manuals now tell the workers to set the coffe to ten degrees colder than before the case. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/6 "2016-09-09T21:56:56Z")
Given the general shape of a burrito, it seems like Chipotle could more effectively use a mortar, and just fire its products into the air like T-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/7 "2016-09-09T22:26:20Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Chipotle’s is yummy, and I’m happy – and safe – eating there. Or at least as safe as you \*can \*be while gamely trying to unhinge your jaw and ingest a 2,000-calorie burrito the size of a VW Microbus. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipotle-drone-deliveries/765425/8 "2016-09-09T23:25:11Z")
That’s a feature, not a bug!