tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post1131794687387688648..comments2023-11-02T04:23:00.400-06:00Comments on Cyclelicious: Walking up to the ATMYokota Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-22404156317409860192007-06-26T13:44:00.000-06:002007-06-26T13:44:00.000-06:00My Taco Bell and McCrap both told me they are not ...My Taco Bell and McCrap both told me they are not allowed to serve cyclists thru the drive up for insurance reasons. Their insurance policies apparently won't cover me if I get run over by some jack ass in a humvee - but I would be covered if I was in a motorized vehicle. I can walk up or ride up to the drive up window at the bank - they could care less. If I want fast food I go to Super Sonic. They have order windows I can walk up to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-59685188167438185732007-06-25T16:13:00.000-06:002007-06-25T16:13:00.000-06:00I know various companies have policies prohibiting...I know various companies have policies prohibiting service to cyclists at drive throughs. This is an ATM, though, so no customer-service individual to tell me to go away.Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-38943780117136686892007-06-24T06:47:00.000-06:002007-06-24T06:47:00.000-06:00Douglas Grant needs to come to my pharmacy...we ha...Douglas Grant needs to come to my pharmacy...we have a drive through window and will be more than happy to dispense his prescriptions to him through that very window!!!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>If we all complain up the chain of command...like Doug did... oh... the times are a changing.<BR/><BR/>:-)Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410785402999079190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-62095416254057028342007-06-23T20:56:00.000-06:002007-06-23T20:56:00.000-06:00I would only consider it a problem for a pedestria...I would only consider it a problem for a pedestrian to use the drive through at a bank, when there is also an ATM available for pedestrians. My bank has that set-up, and I would be a little annoyed if a pedestrian was using the drive-through. No big deal if it is the only one, though. I certainly wouldn't berate someone in either case. Now the dimwits who try to send coin rolls through the air chutes...uncadan8https://www.blogger.com/profile/13218926845696488326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-71299341272412970312007-06-23T19:49:00.000-06:002007-06-23T19:49:00.000-06:00Douglas Grant posted a recent experience at Walgre...Douglas Grant posted a recent experience at Walgreens to the iBOB list last week. I wonder what they'd do with a Stokemonkey-equiped Xtracycle?<BR/><BR/>Here's his letter in it's entirety:<BR/><BR/>Today I was turned away from my Drug Store drive thru due to a policy<BR/>to not serve bicyclists in the drive thru. This was on my ride home<BR/>from work. Has this happened to anyone else? The contents of my<BR/>complaint letter are below.<BR/><BR/>I was recently at my local Walgreens to pick up my prescription. I am<BR/>a Diabetic that commutes by bicycle to and from work as part of my<BR/>exercise routine and for environmental reasons. I had no bike lock<BR/>and my bicycle is as valuable to me as a car is to someone else. I<BR/>decided to use the drive thru window as no secure area was available<BR/>to leave the bike outside. The pharmacist informed me that I could<BR/>not be served in the drive thru on a bicycle. When I asked why I was<BR/>told it was corporate policy. I asked if a motorcycle could be served<BR/>and they said yes. I then asked if a moped would be served and they<BR/>said yes. I asked why a bicycle was any different and they said<BR/>corporate policy. I asked if it was corporate policy to only serve<BR/>vehicles that pollute and at this point the manager got angry with<BR/>me. I have been a customer of Walgreens for many years and found this<BR/>policy not only insulting but also backward thinking and wrong when<BR/>Diabetes is on the upswing and global warming is looking more like a<BR/>fact than a theory. Is this actual Corporate policy? If so I will<BR/>move my business to a more forward thinking company and will advise<BR/>others to do the same. I will also inform Environmental and<BR/>Sustainable transportation groups to protest and boycott your stores.<BR/>If this is not corporate policy I expect a verbal apology from the<BR/>Manager and Pharmacist. Nothing short of this will prevent me from<BR/>moving my prescriptions to one of your competitors.<BR/><BR/>Consumer Relations Contact Information<BR/>Phone: toll-free 800-289-2273<BR/>7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday thru Fridayphil varnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167295487172421470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-73509832324233062302007-06-23T14:26:00.000-06:002007-06-23T14:26:00.000-06:00I've made the same point about drivers being upset...I've made the same point about drivers being upset about waiting behind cyclists in traffic. When they're waiting behind a car it's no problem but when they have to wait behind a cyclist they freak out and start mowing people over.Dr. Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16542493767359114575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-52887338350602355972007-06-23T09:26:00.000-06:002007-06-23T09:26:00.000-06:00I think it has something to do with how people fee...I think it has something to do with how people feel like it's extremely important to follow rules (stated or implied). So much that the feel it's their duty to make sure everyone follows the heard. I think of them as the border collies of society.<BR/><BR/>My wife is a big time rule follower, when we are in a line she gets really uncomfortable when people don't follow the line etiquette. I always ask her why she is in the line in the first place. There isn't a sign instructing her to stand in a line why not just crowd your way forward? She then gives me a look like "if you don't shut your mouth right know I'm going to kick you in the balls!" Which usually keeps me in line, the comfort of my balls are more important to me then questioning societal norms.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398368683478095412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-42217010375781060762007-06-23T08:11:00.000-06:002007-06-23T08:11:00.000-06:00Fritz-Nice job pointing out something about our cu...Fritz-<BR/><BR/>Nice job pointing out something about our culture I hadn't really picked up on.<BR/><BR/>A Burger King drive-through refused to sell me food back in college because I had walked up (the main indoor dining area closed much earlier than the d-t). I remember being shocked that they would turn down a sale simply because I was not surrounded by two tons of steel.<BR/><BR/>Ed- <BR/><BR/>I would assume that McDonald's wouldn't refuse service to a guy on a motorcycle (also not an enclosed vehicle on 2 wheels), so it must be the presence of the engine that makes you a desirable customer. I wonder if an electric bike would be OK to them? If not, what about electric cars? Is it a safety issue in their minds? I don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14852171.post-91282831462565443532007-06-23T05:06:00.000-06:002007-06-23T05:06:00.000-06:00I was refused service at 2 banks and a McD's when ...I was refused service at 2 banks and a McD's when I rode up to the window on a bike. Curiously, the local Taco Bueno will serve someone on a bicycle at the drive-thru after they've closed the dining room. But they won't serve a pedestrian. go figure.Ed Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02661476789768156794noreply@blogger.com