The Buckets by Greg Cravens for July 04, 2013

Anyone else remember the first time you got to order from the car? I don’t remember doing it until I was sixteen, with a driver’s license and all my friends wanted to go to McDonalds. Yay. Let’s go. What a rite of passage, shouting “THREE QUARTER POUNDERS, FIVE FRIES, AND TWO COKES… AND… HANG ON, ONE COKE, ONE DOCTOR PEPPER… WHAT? NO…” into the faceless box for the first time.

Henry’s Hamburgers (Ithaca NY ca ‘66)Right next to the DQ my neighbor’s dad ranMickey D’s was almost 1/4 mile away!

When I was a kid they had car hops instead of drive thru’s.

My 14 year old son didn’t want to walk into McDonald’s and place his own order – doesn’t like talking to strangers. I’m dieting and didn’t want to go in and be tempted. He went reluctantly.

Easy on that idea Sarah.

Awwwww!

xxx

I often have to point out to my wife that the counter person has ears, when she starts to give ME her order.

I have never used the drive thru. . But I do remember shouting from the back seat when I was four – I wanted Root Beer with my fries. A&W carhop and those long skinny trays that hooked through to hang from both windows.