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Having a baby has really made me wish...

That there were more drive-thrus around here.  Some days I just want to get a coffee without having to haul DD out of the car seat, schlep inside, order and pay while trying to keep her from tearing the place apart.  Starbucks should hire some roller skating barristas to skate out to the parking lot with your coffee.

Re: Having a baby has really made me wish...

  • You're in Boston, can't you walk to one? ITA on the car seat thing! It is a pain. But I have always hated driving around in general. I walk as much as I can for errands.
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  • I know!  Sometimes if we're going somewhere and I need a pack of gum or something, I wish I could just drive up to Wawa (you guys don't have Wawa up there, I know... all of our friends from Boston love it, lol!) and yell to the workers to bring me a pack out because it's such an ordeal taking him out, going in, paying, putting him back in, yada, yada, yada...
  • Yes, I can, but it's a little over a mile away, and some days I need the caffeine for the energy to walk Big Smile 

    Also, I feel like the urge for an iced coffee always strikes me when I'm out running errands, but I just can't bring myself to haul her out of the carseat one more time.

  • I wish there was an "I like this post" button. Because I do. :) Maybe one of us should open a drive-through grocery!
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    I know!  Sometimes if we're going somewhere and I need a pack of gum or something, I wish I could just drive up to Wawa (you guys don't have Wawa up there, I know... all of our friends from Boston love it, lol!) and yell to the workers to bring me a pack out because it's such an ordeal taking him out, going in, paying, putting him back in, yada, yada, yada...

    Oh yes, I know the Wawa!  My parents used to live in Maryland, and they had them.  I'm laughing at the idea of driving up to the Wawa and yelling "Hey, could somebody bring me a pack of Peppermint Extra?" 

  • There's actually a drive through liquor store near us. lol
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  • Your Starbucks don't have drive-thrus? I'm not a coffee drinker so have never taken advantage of it, but most of the Starbucks around here do (well, the stand-alone ones of course - not the ones in strip malls).
  • ooh, drive-through liquor stores sound dangerous!!!

    Some of the Starbucks in my hometown (suburbs) have drive-throughs and it's glorious.  Our Target has a Starbucks, so it's a 2-for-1 kinda deal.  :)

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    Your Starbucks don't have drive-thrus? I'm not a coffee drinker so have never taken advantage of it, but most of the Starbucks around here do (well, the stand-alone ones of course - not the ones in strip malls).

    I'm jealous!  Nothing around here has a drive-thru.  There isn't enough space for the drive-thru lane.  Stella fell asleep in the car the other day, and I drove around just to see if I could find a drive-thru anything. 

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    ooh, drive-through liquor stores sound dangerous!!!

    Some of the Starbucks in my hometown (suburbs) have drive-throughs and it's glorious.  Our Target has a Starbucks, so it's a 2-for-1 kinda deal.  :)

    i wont go to a starbucks unless it has a drive-thru which most of the ones here do.  and of course target...yeah they know me by name at that one.

    last weekend i finally stooped to the drive-thru pharmacy.  i felt a little odd about it since the guy working the window was like 18 and probably thought i was so lazy.  but i challange him to a wrestling match with chase and the carseat!

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  • We have Swiss Farms around here which are drive through milk stores but you can also get lots of other stuff. Not as much as like a Wawa or 7-Eleven, but a lot. With two kids, I never want to get out of my car and have been known to drive through McDonald's for a bottle of water or sweet tea.
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  • Mominator~ I was just going to mention Swiss Farms.  But they're more of a DelCo thing, aren't they?  We don't have them around me.

    City~ I'm in the 'burbs.  Where the heck are these drive-thru Starbucks you speak of?

  • imageseans_grl:

    Mominator~ I was just going to mention Swiss Farms.? But they're more of a DelCo thing, aren't they?? We don't have them around me.

    City~ I'm in the 'burbs.? Where the heck are these drive-thru Starbucks you speak of?

    Yeah, pretty much. I think that there are 10 or so in Delco and 1 or 2 in Chester County.

    And I don't know where there are any drive-thru Starbucks around my way but I sure wish that there were.?

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  • We have some drive-thru Starbucks here. All the ones that have opened in the last year or 2 have them. It is so nice! Although it makes me stop a lot more than I should....
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  • We have drive-through starbucks and dunkin donuts around here.   However, one of my friends decided it would be a wonderful idea if there was a dinner truck, instead of just the ice cream truck.  I would definitely be one of the moms running out when i heard the music!
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    We have drive-through starbucks and dunkin donuts around here.   However, one of my friends decided it would be a wonderful idea if there was a dinner truck, instead of just the ice cream truck.  I would definitely be one of the moms running out when i heard the music!

    What a great idea!  And what a funny sight it is to imagine moms running out after the ice cream truck, fistfuls of money in hand!

    I definitely wish more places had drive thrus, not because I'm lazy, but because I feel bad taking DS out of his car seat when I have 2-3 stops to make.

  • wow...I agree!

    I have been known to drive through Taco John's for a Dr. Pepper.

    For once, I do believe I have something that other people don't have (living in ND, it doesn't happen a lot)drive thru Starbucks and a drive thru liquor store.

  • My new favorite thing is the drive thru pharmacy.  Nothing like being able to pick up a script for a reflux medication without getting out of the car! 

    I love the drive thru Starbucks near me.  I wish Panera had a drive thru because I'm always craving their lemonade.  

  • When I lived in Arizona, there were a bunch of drive thru liquor stores.  I always thought it was really dangerous.
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  • seans, there are TWO in my hometown (Lansdale!)... One on Welsh Road near 202 and another on 309 near the Montgomery Mall.  There's another on Old York Road near Abington Hospital, too..

     And re: the dinner truck - our neighborhood has a PIZZA TRUCK!  They sell pizza, milkshakes, and fries I think.  haha!  And we have a huckster (2, actually) that sells fresh fruit and veggies, in addition to the ice cream man.

  • I know how you feel! We have a store by our house called Jerry's Drive Through. It's like a mini grocery store where you never have to get out!

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  • We have quite a few drive-through Starbucks, in fact I hit one every Wednesday on the way to storytime. Some weeks it's practically the highlight of my week. 

    But a drive-through grocery, that would be heaven. DD fell asleep in the car yesterday and I really needed a couple things from the store. I kept wishing I could call and have curbside carryout like Applebee's or something.

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  • I love Swiss Farms!  I will admit that there are a couple times I've gone out for milk and driven the extra half mile to go to Swiss Farms rather than Wawa just so I don't have to get out of the car, and I'm by myself!

    I heard Wawa is experimenting with a Swiss Farm type of drive through.

    I also never realized the importance of drive through ATMs, I used to think who these lazy people are who can't get out of their car to walk up to the bank entrance then I realized...oooh these things are cool when baby is in tow.

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