# When you buy fast food from the drive-up window, where do you eat the food? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517 "2015-07-07T22:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517/41 "2015-07-08T17:46:29Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I rarely have drives that last through multiple meal times, but even if you do, surely the break helps to keep you alert and rested? No, eating and resting make me sleepy. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517/42 "2015-07-08T17:50:41Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I rarely have drives that last through multiple meal times, but even if you do, surely the break helps to keep you alert and rested? Not for me. Long enough to get gas and a snack to eat in the car is plenty of a leg stretch for me. I would much rather get to my destination earlier than spend that time in a fast food joint. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517/43 "2015-07-08T18:00:43Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > How on earth could you forget what is probably the single most common response?? 😕 Practice, Brother… Practice… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517/44 "2015-07-08T18:01:58Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > How on earth could you forget what is probably the single most common response?? 😕 Agreed. That’s the only reason I’d ever go through the drive-thru. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517/45 "2015-07-08T19:29:38Z")
I eat while driving. Better do the poll over to include that option. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517/46 "2015-07-08T19:38:55Z")
I eat it in the car probably 75% of the time. The other 25% I bring it home (so it’s more like carryout than drive-thru). If I’m the one driving though, I don’t like to eat and drive. But I eat fast, so I’ll usually stop in the parking lot and shovel my meal down real fast and then get back on the road. If my wife is driving, she doesn’t mind eating while driving so we’ll eat on our way to wherever we’re going. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517.md?page=2)