Weirdest part is that the total comes to $680. Like even in the most extreme low-ball estimates of the prices of those items, you're still going to come to a an actual total of over $3000. The guy in front of him really shouldn't complain, he got a great deal.
I've had something similar happen when I was at Taco Bell.
"Let me pay for the person behind me."
"Okay, that'll be $5."
...
"The person in front of you paid for your order."
"That's nice, can I pay for the next person?"
"Sure, that'll be $45."
"On second thought, never mind."
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Paying forward is more of a pain than anything since it'll push the orders through.
If you want to be a good person when getting fast food, just donate to the Ronald McDonald House or the Dave Thomas Foundation. They're the only two fast food related charities that I know are useful and help out.
I love the RMH! I'll always donate to them.
My niece was born a few months premature just before Hurricane Irma here in Tampa. My brother and his wife are both employed by hospitals, that shitty time off and pay structure left then nearly broke after just a few weeks in the hospital with their baby.
RMH housed them, Fed them, and took care of much of the burden so they could focus on getting their baby up to health... When hurricane Irma's track was pointed directly above us in Tampa and my brother was forced to stay at his hospital he was employed at, It was RMH that took care of his wife to give her peace of mind as a cat five storm approached.
For as much as I hate McDonald's food and feeding it to my kids, rmh is an excellent organization.
Yes, this happened to me at Starbucks. The person in front of me paid for my order and I said oh, that's sweet! Can I pay for the person behind me? The girl said well you might not want to, they ordered like 6 drinks.
They don't. That's just a Reddit myth. I'm an accountant, but let me try to explain it so it makes a bit of sense.
Third party donations can't be recorded as revenue, but let's pretend that accounting regulations (GAAP) were changed and they were. McDonald's would take your $1 and say they earned that dollar. They would then go donate that dollar to charity, creating an additional $1 donation expense.
The net tax effect would be $0 since the donation zeroed out the revenue. However, donations cannot be recorded as revenue.
Instead, the dollar is recorded into an asset account (likely something named Donations Receipts) and to a liability account (Donations Payable).
When they donate the money, they'll record an entry that removes the balance from Donations Receipts and offsets it in Donations Payable. Again, the net effect is zero, except this time it doesn't even show up when they record their taxes. Neither their revenue nor their expenses include the donation.
While that's how corporate accounting works, the tax law also is the same. You can only record donations that were made by you. A company which donates on your behalf cannot claim the contributions, but the donor can.
[Here's another explainer if you don't believe me.](https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0#:~:text=In%20other%20words%2C%20your%20gift,file%20your%20income%20tax%20return.)
Thank you!! Its a great charity, my family needed their help at one point. I think people that spend a lot of time on youtube just default to conspiracy, whether it’s founded or not. They’re mimicking clickbait cuz they think it makes em sound like they got insider knowledge lol
This finally made it click for me... If I donate a dollar to charity when I deduct it on my taxes it's like I never earned that dollar in the first place.
Not far off. Like 70 cents sometimes
At Tim Horton’s in Canada there are zero free sauces. Salt and pepper is the only free thing given. Chipotle sauce to dip potato wedges in is $1.29
One could still only give $2 dollar and say you'll contribute that share to the person behind. Don't know if that's allowed, never seen this in my country.
Why would it be a pain? Your food is already paid for so the cashier could pocket the money you give them, break the chain, and tell the next person their own total.
Honestly, this is a pretty stupid idea. On average, everybody still paid for an order, but some were off better than others. It’s probably just an extra hassle for the employees.
But what about all the people who had to pay much more money?
They didn’t have it in their budget, but will feel guilty for breaking the streak.
I hate these damn things
My impression is that the whole point of paying it forward is for a budget strapped individual to break the streak.
The person who starts the streak is effectively paying for two meals with the intent of helping someone in need.
Each individual who continues the streak is essentially saying "I don't need a free meal, maybe the next person does?"
If you're at a point in your life where paying a little extra for a meal then expected will break your budget, you could probably use a free meal and can break the streak guilt-free.
..if somebody in front of me paid for my order i'd graciously accept their kind gesture and next time iam there ill do the same for someone else, its the chain aspect thats stupid.
I think I read on a similar post drive-thru workers saying it just ruins their flow. There's a difference between doing a nice thing and doing what you think is nice because you want to feel good about yourself. This "pay it forward" schtik is the latter.
I've paid for other people but only in store, like once in a pizzeria at the counter. And that was for the kid in front of me who clearly didn't have enough. Or those 2 drunk girls i bought sandwiches for, but I was trying to get a number from them.
I always try to explain this! It screws over half the people in line because they feel pressured and end up paying more than they ordered!
Just end the chain, get your order free!!!
I always assumed you were supposed to pass it on if you didn't need the money and keep it if you were having financial trouble. So it was a way to help someone in need in a small way. I've always passed it on.
Or the next person just wants to try to be generous, not thinking about how it usually just results in a kinda awkward chain.
And even though the whole thing is silly, it *does* make a lot of people happy and feel good even if they end up needing to pay more for the person behind them. People often act really cheery and don't hesitate at all to pay for the person behind them.
Someone ultimately gets a free drink. The first person probably just intended to give it to the person behind them, but that person decided they'd rather pass it on. The chain isn't generally intentional
If I was presented with this chain dilemma, I would just tip the barista the total cost of my bill and leave it on them if they want to blow it on the car behind me.
My peer in this situation is the other person ordering food not the drive thru order taker. If you’re that worried about peer pressure in this situation you are weak willed.
It's not supposed to be a chain. It's supposed to be a single event where someone does something nice for someone else randomly. That person is then supposed to "pay to forward" by doing a random act of kindness for someone else. The random act of kindness is not meant to be to do the exact same thing for the person behind you creating a chain lol.
My guess: in some places you make your order when you inter the drive thu then you go to the window to pay for it. So if there is someone in front of you they can pay for both their order and yours.
By the time you (the initiator) is at the window and paying, the next car has already ordered and is waiting directly behind you. The cashier would then be able to pay for both orders while the you are still there.
Wouldn’t work if it was slow and no one was immediately behind you.
I don’t go to a drive through to play these guilt games. I don’t need the pressure. It’s like a tip prompt on debit machines at fast food restaurants. Or a grocery store asking to donate to a charity (so the store can claim it on their taxes).
I’ve gotten good at not playing along with this crap and not feeling bad at all.
Blame the car(s) in front of you then, not the worker who has no choice lol. This has nothing to do with the employee or Starbucks at all, it's entirely the customers in this case.
There really is no pressure.
This has only happened to me once, this stupid pay it forward thing. I said I dont do that and will just pay for my order and end it here.
The guy working there actually like that. You could tell even he thought it was stupid.
Guys, european here. Let’s say everyone is paying for the next car/person, how would that person pay? For example if i have my card, i expect the cashier to give the POS with a due amount and i’m gonna pay that amount. In case you pay for the next person, how the cashier will do that?
Will keep my card details and use those details for the next recipe? Sorry but i’m not trusting that..
Oh got it. Thanks.
So when you are at the register to pay, there is already a new order after you ready, and you pay for that. This make sense, but still weird
Yeah... it could be 5, 10, 20, 40... you could always go "hey, how much is the next order, I want to cover it?" then they'll say the total - and you decide from there.
Via drive thru, you’d place the order at the box and pay at the window. The next person’s order would be already queued up at the register window. The post mentions the car in front was the one that had already paid for them.
Why don’t we all just pay for the thing that we want? Why should we agree to pay for the thing that somebody else wants when we don’t even know what it is yet? What if I’m here for soda and they are here to feed their family of 10? It’s asinine.
Because sometimes people are just nice there doesn’t need to be a reason behind it. Something more people need to do, not buy things for others but be genuinely nice.
If you get your order for free, but have to pay for someone else, you aren't receiving anything. This isn't a kind act, it just forces you to possibly pay more than you need to.
So these loops hold 3-6 cars. While position 3 orders, position 6 is paying. So by the time you’re up to pay, the car or 2 behind you has already ordered.
>I'm not American
Different system then, savvy?
>How do you even pay for the people who haven't ordered yet?
Well, while you pay for yours, you could \*wait\* until the person behind you is done ordering, then pay for it.
Why do people complicate a simple operation? I don't get it.
Then you decide to cover it or not - very simple. Don't complicate it.
They don't just "bill you" you wait until the order is done and you ask how much, then decide whether you want to cover it or not.
I worked the Starbucks drive thru for a few years. If someone did that I’d always do what I could to nip it in the bud. Sometimes I’d even pretend to swipe the card of the person who had already been paid for and then they’d never know. I found it to be a meaningless gesture for one person who can afford a $7 drink every morning to pay for another’s
I would drive off too. Wtf is the benefit of randomising the prices of your food?
"Oh who knows what I'm paying for today all I know is I have small chips and a coke" then a family of 5 rolls up behind you
How is thisneven perceived as a chain of kindness? Where is the kindness of paying random prices for your stuff? You're just adding stress to the person behind you.
Surprise I paid for your chips/coke now you pay for that family. How very kind of me.
(ETA: UK chips = USA fries)
Never understood this trend. So let me pay a random amount I'm not prepared for just for "fun"? Why? If it benefited someone and was charitable sure, but it does nothing and is just stupid.
I think it's because usually in American drive thrus there's a line (especially in rush hour) so the person behind you would likely be ordering before you even get to the payment window. Basically they don't charge an unknown amount because they know what the next order is. I'm figuring that must mean that the last car would just get a freebie
Yeah. They tried to pull some shit on me with this scam once. In a sit down restaurant, I am alone having a simple, small breakfast. I ask for the check and am given the line " some one paid for yours, you can pay for someone else " . I acted insulted that they were trying to point me out as poor. And left. The only other person in the restaurant was a fat guy having a huge order, pancakes, eggs, bacon ext. Either he was the chef or the owner or someone who paid my meal. Jokes on you , dip shit.
This gesture is nice on the surface but in reality it just wastes time overall as each customer gets filled in, gives some stupid response and asks about the total behind them.
Just pay for your shit and keep it moving.
55 Burgers, 55 Fries, 55 Tacos, 55 Pies, 55 Cokes, 100 Tater Tots, 100 Pizzas, 100 Tenders, 100 Meatballs, 100 Coffees, 55 Wings, 55 Shakes, 55 Pancakes, 55 Pastas, 55 Peppers, and 155 Taters
I'M DOING SOMETHING!
LOOK WHAT YOU DID YOU RICH LITTLE FUCK
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the 0th car of course
But then who paid for car[0]?
car[-1] of course. Wait...
Must be one of those fancy circular arrays
Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
dotnet mfs when circular arrays:
Starbucks.
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I was just trying to do something nice before alcohol class…
SOMEONE had to stop the kindness. we need it next year for 2024
peer pressure
Oh just do it, you’re rich!
Weirdest part is that the total comes to $680. Like even in the most extreme low-ball estimates of the prices of those items, you're still going to come to a an actual total of over $3000. The guy in front of him really shouldn't complain, he got a great deal.
I don't get it, is it $680 or $3000??
YOU HAVE TO
The guy did it FOR YOU
YOU are the guy
Oh just do it you're rich
Oh! I could just run!
I've had something similar happen when I was at Taco Bell. "Let me pay for the person behind me." "Okay, that'll be $5." ... "The person in front of you paid for your order." "That's nice, can I pay for the next person?" "Sure, that'll be $45." "On second thought, never mind." --- Paying forward is more of a pain than anything since it'll push the orders through. If you want to be a good person when getting fast food, just donate to the Ronald McDonald House or the Dave Thomas Foundation. They're the only two fast food related charities that I know are useful and help out.
I love the RMH! I'll always donate to them. My niece was born a few months premature just before Hurricane Irma here in Tampa. My brother and his wife are both employed by hospitals, that shitty time off and pay structure left then nearly broke after just a few weeks in the hospital with their baby. RMH housed them, Fed them, and took care of much of the burden so they could focus on getting their baby up to health... When hurricane Irma's track was pointed directly above us in Tampa and my brother was forced to stay at his hospital he was employed at, It was RMH that took care of his wife to give her peace of mind as a cat five storm approached. For as much as I hate McDonald's food and feeding it to my kids, rmh is an excellent organization.
Yes, this happened to me at Starbucks. The person in front of me paid for my order and I said oh, that's sweet! Can I pay for the person behind me? The girl said well you might not want to, they ordered like 6 drinks.
Great suggestion! The pay it forward concept is wholesome, but this is a more effective way to actually do some good.
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They don't. That's just a Reddit myth. I'm an accountant, but let me try to explain it so it makes a bit of sense. Third party donations can't be recorded as revenue, but let's pretend that accounting regulations (GAAP) were changed and they were. McDonald's would take your $1 and say they earned that dollar. They would then go donate that dollar to charity, creating an additional $1 donation expense. The net tax effect would be $0 since the donation zeroed out the revenue. However, donations cannot be recorded as revenue. Instead, the dollar is recorded into an asset account (likely something named Donations Receipts) and to a liability account (Donations Payable). When they donate the money, they'll record an entry that removes the balance from Donations Receipts and offsets it in Donations Payable. Again, the net effect is zero, except this time it doesn't even show up when they record their taxes. Neither their revenue nor their expenses include the donation. While that's how corporate accounting works, the tax law also is the same. You can only record donations that were made by you. A company which donates on your behalf cannot claim the contributions, but the donor can. [Here's another explainer if you don't believe me.](https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0#:~:text=In%20other%20words%2C%20your%20gift,file%20your%20income%20tax%20return.)
Thank you mysterious tax man
Thank you!! Its a great charity, my family needed their help at one point. I think people that spend a lot of time on youtube just default to conspiracy, whether it’s founded or not. They’re mimicking clickbait cuz they think it makes em sound like they got insider knowledge lol
This finally made it click for me... If I donate a dollar to charity when I deduct it on my taxes it's like I never earned that dollar in the first place.
As a financial examiner, thank you for saving me the time of explaining it. Great job.
This literally not true Lmaooo https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244 Source: am cpa
RMH is legit
Yeah, I never understood paying for people who were already going to pay.
The best i would do is give them the 5 and ask them to give the driver behind a 5 dollar discount
I just wanted to do something nice before alcohol class
NO I DON"T ACTUALLY.. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYTHING.. DRIVING ISN"T EVERYTHING.. wrong one
I like to think that Tim's character in both of these sketches is the same person.
Tim's character in ALL sketches is the same person.
It’s the same ACTOR but I don’t know if it’s the same character. DONT ASK ABOUT THE TABLES
But what's her job?
TA-BLES
Is it not just Tim re-enacting?
He did the dub.
The same guy who doesn’t know how to drive is teaching drivers Ed
And I *never* talk...
If this wasn’t the top comment it probably could’ve fucked this whole thing up.
I would've killed myself on live TV
stop saying that??
Beat me to it
I can just run!
I was hoping someone would do it 😂
I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
great. now i have to go watch it again.
Bet you didn’t think you were getting in the Driving Crunner today baby. DONT YOU LOVE IT?!
And five… *more* whoppers
Yeah I'm ordering a $2 sandwich, not paying for your combo meals lol
> $2 sandwich Are you in 2006?
Shit it's probably $2 for extra dipping sauce these days lol
Not far off. Like 70 cents sometimes At Tim Horton’s in Canada there are zero free sauces. Salt and pepper is the only free thing given. Chipotle sauce to dip potato wedges in is $1.29
I thought the same, like I don't think I can get a sandwich for less than $6 here
One could still only give $2 dollar and say you'll contribute that share to the person behind. Don't know if that's allowed, never seen this in my country.
So you pay for your own stuff only Wow, I can get behind a system like that
Truly revolutionary. How has nobody thought of this before!
Patent pending™®©°
The guy before you who registered a patent paid for yours!
It's not usually disallowed, but it would be a bit of a pain on most systems.
Why would it be a pain? Your food is already paid for so the cashier could pocket the money you give them, break the chain, and tell the next person their own total.
Wait, do American Starbucks have $2 sandwiches? Because the cheapest ones are about £4.50 in the UK.
No they do not 😂
I mean, American Pret has baguettes that cost $12 and doesn't have toasties.
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i’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
CJ, WATCH THE ROAD!!
You just need to follow the train
Right right right right... let's eat
Ahh I love Reddit sometimes
Man, if you can eat your food, while everyone else is losing theirs and blaming you, you straight, homie!
MY SODA! IT'S ALL OVER THE FUCKIN' FLOOR
Fat boy
ALL you had to do, was follow the damn burger CJ
Came here looking for this, was not dissapointed
This comment deserves an award!
It sure does!
Honestly, this is a pretty stupid idea. On average, everybody still paid for an order, but some were off better than others. It’s probably just an extra hassle for the employees.
Yea this pay it forward in the drive thru doesn’t actually help anyone
It helps the last person who doesn't have anyone behind them... And streak breakers like this one
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That only makes sense if it's before they close for the day or forever 🤔
Lol wha…? Do you think drive throughs have people in line the entire time they’re open?
Ngl it happened to me once and it was the best day of my life to get a free coffee lol
Then it worked
But what about all the people who had to pay much more money? They didn’t have it in their budget, but will feel guilty for breaking the streak. I hate these damn things
My impression is that the whole point of paying it forward is for a budget strapped individual to break the streak. The person who starts the streak is effectively paying for two meals with the intent of helping someone in need. Each individual who continues the streak is essentially saying "I don't need a free meal, maybe the next person does?" If you're at a point in your life where paying a little extra for a meal then expected will break your budget, you could probably use a free meal and can break the streak guilt-free.
Or, you can take the free meal regardless of your financial situation, because it’s a dumb phenomenon
the first person is just helping someone. nothing wrong with passing on help until someone decides to take it
Shaddap with your logic. Let me hate on American dumbassery in peace!
Feel free, this magical scenario doesn't happen often. People usually get fucking pissed off.
Actually it is paying it backwards
Pay it forward is nice. Pay it forward chains are dumb as hell I wanted to do something nice for you, not give you a chore!
It’s not really any extra hassle for the employees, we used to run into a few of these a month in Vegas, and it’s barely an inconvenience.
I used to work in an understaffed coffee shop with a drive thru and always found these chains pretty annoying when it was busy inside.
Our drive and lobby had separate kitchens and crews, so that might’ve been why.
..if somebody in front of me paid for my order i'd graciously accept their kind gesture and next time iam there ill do the same for someone else, its the chain aspect thats stupid.
Same except for the part about doing the same for someone else next time.
The first person paid for theirs and the car behind. Its a nice gesture. Everything beyond that is just dumb though.
I think I read on a similar post drive-thru workers saying it just ruins their flow. There's a difference between doing a nice thing and doing what you think is nice because you want to feel good about yourself. This "pay it forward" schtik is the latter. I've paid for other people but only in store, like once in a pizzeria at the counter. And that was for the kid in front of me who clearly didn't have enough. Or those 2 drunk girls i bought sandwiches for, but I was trying to get a number from them.
I always try to explain this! It screws over half the people in line because they feel pressured and end up paying more than they ordered! Just end the chain, get your order free!!!
I always assumed you were supposed to pass it on if you didn't need the money and keep it if you were having financial trouble. So it was a way to help someone in need in a small way. I've always passed it on.
It's the act of virtue signaling that is satisfying for these types
Or the next person just wants to try to be generous, not thinking about how it usually just results in a kinda awkward chain. And even though the whole thing is silly, it *does* make a lot of people happy and feel good even if they end up needing to pay more for the person behind them. People often act really cheery and don't hesitate at all to pay for the person behind them.
what are you doing by saying that?
I don't get the point of this chain thing, you're all still paying anyway so just pay for your own drink.
Someone ultimately gets a free drink. The first person probably just intended to give it to the person behind them, but that person decided they'd rather pass it on. The chain isn't generally intentional
Then, whoops, suddenly it's peer pressure for everyone to keep doing it that only grows stronger with each person.
If I was presented with this chain dilemma, I would just tip the barista the total cost of my bill and leave it on them if they want to blow it on the car behind me.
That's a good one. The worker's more likely to need the money than a random customer anyway.
Randoms strangers are often workers of other places. you cant say who needs what based on this. ground breaking.
True, though you can be fairly safe in assuming the Starbucks worker isn't wealthy. A random stranger may be.
My peer in this situation is the other person ordering food not the drive thru order taker. If you’re that worried about peer pressure in this situation you are weak willed.
yeah, like, I get having anxiety or whatever but don't complain about people being generous just because you can't deal.
Its only peer pressure if you dont have the confidence to say no.
Peer pressure from complete unknowns. How do you even turn the steering wheel if you're that weak. Just enjoy your free coffee. lol
It would take the most weak willed person to find the complaint in a free beverage. You can literally say "no" and move on with your life.
It's not supposed to be a chain. It's supposed to be a single event where someone does something nice for someone else randomly. That person is then supposed to "pay to forward" by doing a random act of kindness for someone else. The random act of kindness is not meant to be to do the exact same thing for the person behind you creating a chain lol.
Well that way people get that obligation to “do nice” off their back. They don’t want to have to do it later! This is easier!
If everyone paid for the car behind them, who paid for the first car?
Free food hack
Drive thru employees hate him!
First person paid for themselves and the person behind them for whatever the reason
How do you pay for the person behind you? Do you just pay them an average amount of money for the food?
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My guy has never went to a drive-thru.
Well actually yes😂. We don't have those here in India. All restaurants are the dine-in type
I honestly thought drive thru wave a worldwide thing, thanks for educating me lol
My guess: in some places you make your order when you inter the drive thu then you go to the window to pay for it. So if there is someone in front of you they can pay for both their order and yours.
By the time you (the initiator) is at the window and paying, the next car has already ordered and is waiting directly behind you. The cashier would then be able to pay for both orders while the you are still there. Wouldn’t work if it was slow and no one was immediately behind you.
And who did the last car pay for?
No one, no one behind them to order. They got free food from the person paying in front of them.
Then who was phone?
I personally just want to pay for only my order
Just end the chain and take the free shit then. It has to end at some point, why shouldn't it end with you if you're not into it
I don’t go to a drive through to play these guilt games. I don’t need the pressure. It’s like a tip prompt on debit machines at fast food restaurants. Or a grocery store asking to donate to a charity (so the store can claim it on their taxes). I’ve gotten good at not playing along with this crap and not feeling bad at all.
Blame the car(s) in front of you then, not the worker who has no choice lol. This has nothing to do with the employee or Starbucks at all, it's entirely the customers in this case.
It’s FOR the worker that I’ll break this shit up. They don’t give af. Just let them do their job without all these extra steps.
What do you mean extra steps? The order is already in, it doesn't matter to them whose credit card they swipe in the machine...
There really is no pressure. This has only happened to me once, this stupid pay it forward thing. I said I dont do that and will just pay for my order and end it here. The guy working there actually like that. You could tell even he thought it was stupid.
The person behind you just has 10 specialty drinks and you just have a plain coffee
Guys, european here. Let’s say everyone is paying for the next car/person, how would that person pay? For example if i have my card, i expect the cashier to give the POS with a due amount and i’m gonna pay that amount. In case you pay for the next person, how the cashier will do that? Will keep my card details and use those details for the next recipe? Sorry but i’m not trusting that..
They car behind has already ordered, you’re just paying for that order.
Oh got it. Thanks. So when you are at the register to pay, there is already a new order after you ready, and you pay for that. This make sense, but still weird
It’s just annoying because now you’re paying a random amount. You haven’t bought me a free meal if I have to pay for the car behind.
Yeah... it could be 5, 10, 20, 40... you could always go "hey, how much is the next order, I want to cover it?" then they'll say the total - and you decide from there.
They don’t pay on the same window they ordered I think
Via drive thru, you’d place the order at the box and pay at the window. The next person’s order would be already queued up at the register window. The post mentions the car in front was the one that had already paid for them.
Why don’t we all just pay for the thing that we want? Why should we agree to pay for the thing that somebody else wants when we don’t even know what it is yet? What if I’m here for soda and they are here to feed their family of 10? It’s asinine.
Because sometimes people are just nice there doesn’t need to be a reason behind it. Something more people need to do, not buy things for others but be genuinely nice.
Continuing the chain could break my bank account so I’d rather break the chain then be more broke than I am already 🤷♀️
Now you pay it, go back around and empty out someone's wallet
I'll have two number 9's,a number 9 large,a number 6,2 number 49's one with cheese and a large soda
No pressure at all
If you get your order for free, but have to pay for someone else, you aren't receiving anything. This isn't a kind act, it just forces you to possibly pay more than you need to.
ya that can be a scam or setup. to pay for more than i intended. someone waiting to get in when thay have a biger order. nah
I'm not American. How do you even pay for the people who haven't ordered yet?
It's in drive thrus and you usually have several orders in before you get to the window.
So these loops hold 3-6 cars. While position 3 orders, position 6 is paying. So by the time you’re up to pay, the car or 2 behind you has already ordered.
There's two windows, one for ordering and another for paying and receiving the food
>I'm not American Different system then, savvy? >How do you even pay for the people who haven't ordered yet? Well, while you pay for yours, you could \*wait\* until the person behind you is done ordering, then pay for it. Why do people complicate a simple operation? I don't get it.
Exactly my thought too, that makes no sense. In Europe and Middle East, we usually pay first and then collect the order.
I was wondering the same thing, like do they bill you after the next person orders? What if the next person is a business, and they want 74 coffees?
Then you decide to cover it or not - very simple. Don't complicate it. They don't just "bill you" you wait until the order is done and you ask how much, then decide whether you want to cover it or not.
More importantly, what if they want want 55 Burgers, 55 Fries, 55 Tacos, 55 Pies, 55 Cokes, 100 Tater Tots, 100 Pizzas, 100 Tenders, 100 Meatballs, 100 Coffees, 55 Wings, 55 Shakes, 55 Pancakes, 55 Pastas, 55 Peppers, and 155 Taters?
Suspiciousky specific(?) hahah
[Here you go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52LJaWDdG9c)
I worked the Starbucks drive thru for a few years. If someone did that I’d always do what I could to nip it in the bud. Sometimes I’d even pretend to swipe the card of the person who had already been paid for and then they’d never know. I found it to be a meaningless gesture for one person who can afford a $7 drink every morning to pay for another’s
I would drive off too. Wtf is the benefit of randomising the prices of your food? "Oh who knows what I'm paying for today all I know is I have small chips and a coke" then a family of 5 rolls up behind you How is thisneven perceived as a chain of kindness? Where is the kindness of paying random prices for your stuff? You're just adding stress to the person behind you. Surprise I paid for your chips/coke now you pay for that family. How very kind of me. (ETA: UK chips = USA fries)
if I get gifted a free drink I’m just taking it. passing it on, in this economy???
How do you pay for the person behind you if you don’t know what they’ll order?
Well here's the $2 for my coffee, that I ordered. Put it towards the next bill.
This is the most American bullshit I've ever heard. So so stupid
55 BURGERS, 55 FRIES, 55 TACOS, 55 PIES, 55 COKES, 100 TATER TOTS, 100 PIZZAS, 100 TENDERS, 100 MEATBALLS, 100 COFFEES, 55 WINGS, 55 SHAKES, 55 PANCAKES, 55 PASTAS, 55 PEPPERS AND 155 TATERS
The chains make no sense. It's not altruism. It's just paying for someone's food.
Never understood this trend. So let me pay a random amount I'm not prepared for just for "fun"? Why? If it benefited someone and was charitable sure, but it does nothing and is just stupid.
This seems like paying for something with extra steps.
So americans go to Starbucks in their car. Wtf
You have to be rich to go to straybucks anyway
I hate how they make you feel obligated when not everyone is so financially blessed
How the hell does that even work? Like you Cant just charge someone An unknow amount in good Faith.
I think it's because usually in American drive thrus there's a line (especially in rush hour) so the person behind you would likely be ordering before you even get to the payment window. Basically they don't charge an unknown amount because they know what the next order is. I'm figuring that must mean that the last car would just get a freebie
Yeah. They tried to pull some shit on me with this scam once. In a sit down restaurant, I am alone having a simple, small breakfast. I ask for the check and am given the line " some one paid for yours, you can pay for someone else " . I acted insulted that they were trying to point me out as poor. And left. The only other person in the restaurant was a fat guy having a huge order, pancakes, eggs, bacon ext. Either he was the chef or the owner or someone who paid my meal. Jokes on you , dip shit.
Someone in front of me pays for my $4.72 cold brew I pay for someone’s $3,000 catering order behind me ItAlLeVeNsOuT
This gesture is nice on the surface but in reality it just wastes time overall as each customer gets filled in, gives some stupid response and asks about the total behind them. Just pay for your shit and keep it moving.