# What would you do in this situation? (frivolous question) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681 "2012-04-23T12:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![secretsmile36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@secretsmile36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/secretsmile36)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681/41 "2012-04-24T13:50:23Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > P.S. In my last post I failed to account for the other aspect I mentioned previously that makes my position even more obviously correct. And that’s the situation where I walk back up to the window, and the person at the window offers to bring the corrected order out to my car. In that circumstance, it is an even better result FOR EVERYBODY involved, in that there’s not a huge growing line of cars being held up as the problem with my order is rectified. > > But no, the OP wants me to get back in line if I wasn’t previously selfish enough to waste everybody’s time by doing a complete audit of my order. :rolleyes: You’re making a lot of assumptions here. It really doesn’t take that long to check an order. Especially if you’re jsut getting a meal for yourself. If you’re ordering enough food for a football team then the drive-through is not the right place for you. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681/42 "2012-04-24T14:44:55Z")
> [@secretsmile36](#): > > If you’re ordering enough food for a football team then the drive-through is not the right place for you. This is probably the biggest drive-thru faux-pas. I dread the occasions where I get stuck behind a conversion van filled with people who all have special orders, and not every restaurant has a pull-up-and-wait policy for huge drive-thru orders. Then, inevitably, something in that order will be fucked-up and everybody in line has to wait a good 5 minutes before they’re done. \>:[ ---
**Author:** ![secretsmile36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@secretsmile36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/secretsmile36)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681/43 "2012-04-24T15:24:10Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > This is probably the biggest drive-thru faux-pas. I dread the occasions where I get stuck behind a conversion van filled with people who all have special orders, and not every restaurant has a pull-up-and-wait policy for huge drive-thru orders. Then, inevitably, something in that order will be fucked-up and everybody in line has to wait a good 5 minutes before they’re done. \>:[ I know this pissses me off to no end as well. I once got stuck behind some jackass who had a huge list she was reading off. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681/44 "2012-04-24T15:58:15Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > Do you even apply any critical thinking to your thought processes, or is reading comprehension your difficulty? **voltaire** , you might want to calm down a little bit. I don’t think anyone is having trouble understanding you. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681/45 "2012-04-24T16:26:20Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > **voltaire** , you might want to calm down a little bit. I don’t think anyone is having trouble understanding you. You’ve got a point about the first part - I’m going to stop taking the bait and be done with this thread. As for the second part, these posts show a profound failure to understand: > [@secretsmile36](#): > > So you’re basically saying to hell with everyone behind me. I’m more important and they’ll have to deal with it. > [@secretsmile36](#): > > Instead, since you think you are more important than everyone else, you cut in front of the next person in line and screw up the order sequencing and potentially screw up everyone else’s order. In that situation _you_ would come across as a self-entitled asshole. ---
**Author:** ![secretsmile36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@secretsmile36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/secretsmile36)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681/46 "2012-04-24T17:09:11Z")
With regards to your response above that is how I am _interpreting_ your actions. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681/47 "2012-04-24T19:21:18Z")
**voltaire** , you are free to disagree with others’ views, but repetitive claims that people are just too dense to understand what you’re saying is insulting. Let it go, please. You’re derailing the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-frivolous-question/619681.md?page=2)