Anxiety Observation 002 · 7:41pm Sep 27th, 2021
Any attempt to use a drive-thru window (the name of which also leaves me called ... why "thru," why not just "through?") will leave you feeling terrified. I know everyone with me is going to flood me with specific requests and always want to adjust their orders and trying to remember all of these without placing the wrong order is maddening. My accent has also made ordering from these stupid things a chore, because I am often misunderstood - my personal best was five attempts to order a coke at a Mcdonald's drive-thru, with them variously thinking I was asking for "cake."
After three attempts at the speaker, I pulled up to the window and had to repeat my own twice more just to get a coke.
Drive-thrus leave me in a cold sweat, every single time.
