Die on the Chick-Fil-A Hill?

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sonofUT62 said:
People in Tennessee/Virginia who have to navigate Pals drive thrus are laughing hysterically at this.
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Can we just all agree that there is no fast food on earth that you should wait in a line more than 6-7 cars for lol?
 
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sonofUT62 said:
People in Tennessee/Virginia who have to navigate Pals drive thrus are laughing hysterically at this.
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I got in line at Pals one day visiting my mom, probably eight cars in front of me. I thought great this will take forever. I had forgotten the way. I was back on stone drive with my food in ten minutes.

Meanwhile the same 42 people were still waiting at CFA.
 
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DonjoVol said:
Oh I'm not disagreeing with you there. The Chik Fil A in Turkey Creek even has enough of a distance to accommodate several cars in its drive thru but will still spill out into the road. But I have also seen this happen at Arby's on Lovell. So it's not an isolated issue with Chik Fil A.
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And all that in Turkey Creek is after they moved half a mile down the road just so their drive thru would have more space. It hasn’t made a huge difference. Similar thing has happened in Oak Ridge. They leveled the entire building in order to reconfigure the drive thru, and traffic is just as bad as ever. Instead of building back on the same postage stamp sized lot that is twenty feet from a busy road, they should have attempted to acquire some of the massive disused parking lot with abandoned restaurants across from their current spot.
 
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GAVol said:
I’d say it’s a Planning and Zoning issue as much as anything. A lot of these places just need to be further from the road or have larger parking lots.
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The problem is regulations are set based on all fast food, CFA and Starbucks exceed the ratios of their competitors….but they can’t be discriminated against so…..
 
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GAVol said:
Can we just all agree that there is no fast food on earth that you should wait in a line more than 6-7 cars for lol?
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No.

Quality control is worth the wait.

The ideal is no fast food, but If I'm gonna bottom out and eat fast food, I'll wait behind 6-7 cars before I trust McDonald's. (I won't be a jack@ss & block the road though).
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
I got in line at Pals one day visiting my mom, probably eight cars in front of me. I thought great this will take forever. I had forgotten the way. I was back on stone drive with my food in ten minutes.

Meanwhile the same 42 people were still waiting at CFA.
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That one on Stone Drive may be the most dangerous place in East Tennessee to try and get into. The one on Volunteer Parkway is a close 2nd.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
And all that in Turkey Creek is after they moved half a mile down the road just so their drive thru would have more space. It hasn’t made a huge difference. Similar thing has happened in Oak Ridge. They leveled the entire building in order to reconfigure the drive thru, and traffic is just as bad as ever. Instead of building back on the same postage stamp sized lot that is twenty feet from a busy road, they should have attempted to acquire some of the massive disused parking lot with abandoned restaurants across from their current spot.
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Oak Ridge CFA made no sense. I think it’s worse now.

Lenoir city is also bad. Cars parked in the turn lane during lunch waiting to get through the drive thru.
 
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DonjoVol said:
I've never been to an In N Out myself. But last night the Chik Fil A close to where I live seemed to be about 25 cars deep in the drive thru. This was close to 9pm. I like their food but not that much.
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25 cars deep and they still get you through in 10 minutes. Those guys have mastered the art of speedy drive through
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
They move the line pretty quickly though.
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Well they did get ahead of the curve and started paying more than other places about 4 or 5 years ago. So they usually have a full staff compared to other places. Plus they seem to be much friendlier then other places. I can honestly say I've never had an issue with an employee being rude there. Speed of service and customer service are a great as you can get. I still think I can get better food elsewhere though.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Oh hell... I should have known Tackleberry was going to blame the customers... or Chick-fil-a for that matter. Not their fault they have a bunch of satisfied customers.
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Hey genius who is responsible for where someone drives and sits in their car when it’s on a roadway. I swear you never want anyone to take responsibility for their actions. Drivers. Criminals. Putin.
 
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I wonder how many people who call Chik-fil-a “the bigot bird” will sit in their car and eat an original sandwich, wallowing in self-loathing hypocrisy.
 
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MOOOOONEY said:
Oak Ridge CFA made no sense. I think it’s worse now.

Lenoir city is also bad. Cars parked in the turn lane during lunch waiting to get through the drive thru.
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Any fast food in those cities is pitiful. Service is slow, orders are often wrong, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s Taco Bell, Wendy’s, CFA, or something else. CFA’s elsewhere move pretty well even when there’s a lot of cars. Nothing moves well in OR or LC.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
Hey genius who is responsible for where someone drives and sits in their car when it’s on a roadway. I swear you never want anyone to take responsibility for their actions. Drivers. Criminals. Putin.
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So Chick-fil-a and their customers are criminals?
 
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