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  THIS!!!!!!!  
  Man its crazy how much they make off their real estate hustle. Burgers are just a side hustle. Money is in the land and franchising.
context: I understand what the term "fast food" means literally but I would argue that the modern meaning is just food that is cheap and easily accessible. >
  
  It might be easily accessible, but mcdonalds is no longer cheap. The food is exactly the same but twice as expensive as it was 2 years ago. No longer worth it >
  
  Just to give you an idea, me and my wife's order doubled in price pretty much since we met. >
  
  I'm not spying 2.85 for a regular  hamburger, formerly on the dollar menu >
  
  Well, I guess that first destroying the economy via lockdowns and then destroying the economy via anti-Russia sanctions has some impacts on us as well. >
  
  Yes, it has nothing to do with more and more laws being passed that are directly in favor of coporations doing absolutely anything they want >
  
  The car park method seems to take longer as when I use the drive through or walk in it's far quicker. >
  
  What I mean is that they make me park my car when I use the drive through. >
  
  Oh I’ve never had that, it could just be specific to the franchise you go to? >
  
  It's a regional thing I think. This is normal in the Northeast US. >
  
  So you just completely skip the second window or is someone there telling you to park? >
  
  Essentially, I think it's a way to try to keep the line moving. So let's say I order something and they need another two minutes to finish cooking it or something, like fresh french fries.
  At the second window they will direct me to park at a specific parking spot, usually one of the curbside pickup parking spots, and they will walk my food out to me when it's done.
  This means that if the guy behind me has food that they are ready to hand to him and have him fuck off, they can just do that, instead of him having to wait for my food to be done.
  I'll say that the idea makes sense in principle, but it doesn't feel good to be on the receiving end of it, when it feels like in the past I didn't have to wait extended periods of time  to get food at the drive-thru in general. >
  
  Only time I’ve been told to pull into the parking lot was when I ordered 10 McDoubles and 10 double bacon cheeseburgers for a small LAN party, which seemed fair >
  
  They are a real estate and logistics company that happens to sell food