LOL, “charmed”
Well, it has a Rallys now, so there is that 
“Nobody eats there anymore, it’s too crowded.” - Yogi Berra.
Same here. And I always have a book with me (Kindle in my phone).
I was with a group that wanted to go to Olive Garden one time - the wait was 2 hours. Nope - we went elsewhere. Ain’t no way in the world I’d wait more than about 10 minutes for fast food… well, OK, if there was nothing else and I was stahving, but I can’t imagine any place worth waiting more than 30 minutes.
Danny Meyers opened a Shake Shack a block from the Pizzeria I run. Opened December 11th and there are still lines out the door and 1/2 way around the block.
I sent a kitchen helper down to get us some shakes and burgers. Nothing spectacular at all, In fact Steak and Shake shakes are MUCH better than the shake shack soft serve craptastic "milkshakes.
The opening DID increase my foot traffic from people not wanting to wait 2 hours for a mediocre burger.
Well, I couldn’t tell. That’s why I asked. Judging from the initial responses, I’m not the only one who wasn’t sure. The OP has clarified “Sitting in the drive through for over 2 hours waiting to order,” which is not what I was expecting from “they waited over two hours to get served there” and “the wait there was over THREE hours to get a damn fast food burger and such.”
Was this during the whole Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce thing?
Nah, it was like 2 days ago.
When I was a teenager a Burger King was the only name brand fast food in the area. There was sometimes a 15-20 minute wait. I wouldn’t wait that long now if there was an alternative.
Good Eats cupcake epsode, Lucky Yates as the doorman!
What do I win?
We didn’t have that big of a backup when a Popeye’s opened in my city, but they did have police directing traffic, and the really weird thing was how long this phenomenon lasted! It was probably a month before it died down.
Their food isn’t THAT good.
Some people even ran out of gas while waiting in line.
I told you. Points.
This is what happens in Anchorage every time a new craptastic chain joint opens there. The Red Lobster was the highest grossing store in the country for the year after it opened. It may still be, and that’s not unusual for Anchorage. Having grown up there, I remember the mentality of “Man, if only we had one of those, then we’d be happy!” Then McD’s moved in the 60s and nearly every mom & pop burger joint shut down in favor of flavorless sandwiches for a cheaper price. That stupid thinking persists to this day and the city is chock-a-block with fast food shitholes.
That’s the same situation everywhere.
I definitely march to a different drummer than those folks. If the hostess is taking names I’m leaving and going elsewhere. Period. The idea of going to a new instance of a chain, a franchise, or Og forbid, a fast food joint :eek: is unthinkable. :smack:
When I stop for fast food it’s often funny to see a long line at the drive-up and almost nobody inside. I can usually park, go inside, order, get my take-out food, and walk out to find the last car in line when I went in hasn’t ordered yet, much less been served. I totally get it if the car is a family wagon with Mom & 3 munchkins; drive thru is an ogsend for those folks. Otherwise yo’ peeps be crazy an’ shit.
Once in awhile I can go inside, order, get my food, eat it inside, walk out and still not see the drive-up line fully turned over from when I walked in. Yes, I eat fast. But still …
This all reminds me of when Orange County, CA, got our first Krispy Kreme. It was madness, MADNESS, I say (and, yes, I DID drive ten miles off my usual beaten paths to witness the madness, and to sample the wares)!
All for a glazed doughnut which, when analyzed, turned out to be neither crispy, nor creamy (I’m not familiar enough with Krispy-ness or Kreme-iness to assess whether the doughnuts had either of those properties).
Novelty inspires its own sort of madness. For decades people have been wishing that In-N-Out would open in our town. Mind you, there are locations less than 10 miles away. But once one opened within the city limits…
It’s been a year and a half now, and I’ve never seen there not be a 5 car deep line at the drive-thru window.
Same with the ones relatively near me. Yet another of the many reasons I don’t go to the place.
A Dunkin’ Donuts opened near me, and it got lines. Not so bad now, but still crowded at peak hours.
As for the OP question, no.
There were huge lines for a time in Chicago when Krispy Kreme originally arrived here, and when the first Sonic Drive-Ins opened here, as well.
Ha, you may have seen me a few months ago. In my defense, my 12 year old daughter is a big fan of the show, and wanted to go. When I saw the line, I asked if she was sure, and she said she was, so we waited.
It was about a 30 or 40 minute wait when we were there. I would normally not wait that long for a cupcake, but fathers tend to do things for their youngest daughters. To make it at least somewhat worthwhile, we got a dozen cupcakes. They were … ok.