Why do fast food places ask if

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Why do fast food places ask if

June 9, 2025, 09:35 PM

it is here or to go? If they just gonna put it in a bag anyways.
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#2

June 9, 2025, 09:49 PM

Tray vs no tray.
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Jerod Broussard commented

June 10, 2025, 02:25 AM

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The last few places I've gone have no trays, just the bag.

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June 10, 2025, 05:51 PM

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Jerod Broussard That is odd.
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June 10, 2025, 02:58 AM

To enter in the computer so as to track dining room usage. They use the info to determine staffing.
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June 10, 2025, 05:42 AM

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Very little staffing needed for a dining room when customers pick up their trash and toss it in a trash can. It's not like there is table service or servers attending to customers.

Last edited by Clark; June 10, 2025, 07:06 AM. Reason: spelling error

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Good viewpoint, statistics. They matter in the long term, supposedly.
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June 10, 2025, 05:09 AM

It is in a lot of places there is a difference in the sales tax if it's to go or dine there
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June 10, 2025, 07:21 AM

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Sometimes also the price pre-tax is different
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June 10, 2025, 03:09 PM

And sometime it’s cuz they are just dumb!

Last edited by FireMan; June 10, 2025, 03:22 PM.
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Jerod Broussard commented

June 10, 2025, 03:12 PM

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That's my job.

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bbqLuv commented

June 11, 2025, 08:30 AM

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Would you like to super-size your answer?

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June 10, 2025, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by Jerod Broussard View Post

it is here or to go? If they just gonna put it in a bag anyways.

Well, I’m ashamed to admit it but the last time I went through a fast food drive through I placed my order and added “to go” at the end. Doooh
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June 10, 2025, 03:28 PM

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Were you on the app?

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rodkeary commented

June 10, 2025, 03:35 PM

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No. I verbally gave my order.

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Jerod Broussard commented

June 10, 2025, 03:50 PM

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Ouch.
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June 10, 2025, 04:07 PM

If I go to hardees or bojangles and get a sausage biscuit or a bacon egg and cheese they will always ask if I want jelly. Just like putting it in a bag, I wonder if anyone eats jelly on a sausage biscuit!
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DavidNorcross commented

June 10, 2025, 05:50 PM

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Donw I sure have no problem. Really just did not know it was a thing. Enjoy!

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hoovarmin commented

June 11, 2025, 09:50 AM

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Heck yes I eat jelly on my sausage biscuit. Mustard too.

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Hulagn1971 commented

June 11, 2025, 03:02 PM

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hoovarmin mustard on a sausage biscuit is absolutely necessary.

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June 11, 2025, 08:32 AM

At Starbucks if you order coffee or tea "For Here" you get free refiles.
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June 11, 2025, 10:31 AM

It's so they can give you the old, stale, crappy food when it is To Go!

"THEY **** YOU IN THE DRIVE THRU!!"
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