I do the burger/nugget thing too and bring them home for the kidlets. I also do the dine in portion first and drive thru second. It makes no sense to do the drive-thru and then the walk up. For one, if you do the drive up first you have to wait before you go inside, and then you have to be there for 15 minutes inside. If you do the inside first and then the drive thru, you don't have to wait the 10 minutes. Also, like you said, if you do the walk in first and then the drive thru it's easy to say oh I just got a text and hubby wants some food. If you did the drive thru first thing only thing I could think of to say is that you saw someone on the corner asking for food so you gave up yours and went back for more. It's a stretch, but it might work.
The timings are easy if you have an iPod. Just leave it off, but have one ear bud in. I usually hold the iPod on top of my book or other reading material that I bring with me. You can keep your thumb on the little thing to click the laps while you're talking and they don't even notice. Then you can start a new one for the drive thru.
Joytron Wrote:
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> I almost always order a burger for the dine-in
> portion of the shop and then complete the drive
> thru & order McNuggets. That way, I only have to
> eat one and the other 9 can be shared with my kids
> or, in your case, a co-worker.
>
> Others on this site will tell you that you have to
> order beef/chicken in a certain order, but that is
> not at all how I read the instructions. I think
> they mean on one shop order beef and on the other
> order fish/chicken.
>
> I've done both the drive-thru/dine in first &
> second. For me, it's much easier to dine in first
> & drive-thru second. As others have said, I
> simply tell them I'm taking a meal to someone else
> if they recognize me (which ONE time, they did.)
>
> It is a lot of food and the reports are easy. If
> you do too many, you'll gain weight! Be careful.
>