drive-thrus
Lanes for ordering
Drive-thrus are service windows that let customers conduct business from their cars—ordering food, picking up prescriptions, depositing checks.
The design keeps traffic moving: you pull up, transact, and drive away without parking or entering the building.
Also spelled drive-throughs.
Let's just hit the drive-thru on the way home.
Global fast food chain
- Burger KingFast food franchise
- Wendy'sFast food burger chain
- Taco BellQuick-serve Mexican chain
- Chick-fil-APoultry-focused fast food chain
KFC · menu board · speaker box · pickup window · combo meal · value meal · ordering · intercom
Medicinal dispensary
- StarbucksUbiquitous coffeehouse chain
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- bankPlace holding deposits
- ATMAutomated banking kiosk
dry cleaning · liquor store · car wash · curbside · time-saving · commuters · road trip · lazy
Ordered waiting line
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- idlingOperating without working
- wraparoundEncircling garment or feature
- traffic coneRoadwork boundary marker
payment window · card reader · headset · timer · throughput · bottleneck · peak hours · lunch rush
Requiring no physical touch
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
- masksFace-covering disguises
- safetyFreedom from harm
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
essential · surge · boom · adaptation · touchless payment · sanitizer · plexiglass · mobile ordering
McDonald's
Global fast food chain
- Burger KingFast food franchise
- Wendy'sFast food burger chain
- Taco BellQuick-serve Mexican chain
Chick-fil-A · KFC · menu board · speaker box · pickup window · combo meal · value meal · ordering · intercom · headset
pharmacy
Medicinal dispensary
ATM · dry cleaning · liquor store · car wash · curbside · time-saving · commuters · road trip · lazy · rainy day
queue
Ordered waiting line
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- idlingOperating without working
- wraparoundEncircling garment or feature
traffic cone · payment window · card reader · headset · timer · throughput · bottleneck · peak hours · lunch rush · staff
contactless
Requiring no physical touch
social distancing · essential · surge · boom · adaptation · touchless payment · sanitizer · plexiglass · mobile ordering
- American diningdiners, free refills, doggy bag, tipping, hamburgers
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- car culturecar meets, hot rod, muscle car, classic car, classic cars
- Food Historyancient recipes, culinary traditions, spice trade, food preservation, banquets
- bank architecturebank vaults, marble floors, grand halls, vaults, lobbies
- obesity factorsfast food, junk food, soda, sedentary lifestyle, processed food
drive-thrusdine-in
Consumed on-site
fine dining · table service · eat-in · indoor dining · casual dining
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