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Why does Popeyes ask you to pull up?

Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:52 pm
Posted by Knuckle Checker
Member since Jan 2019
549 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:52 pm
They ask me to pull up even when there are no cars behind me.

Then they bring the food out 30 seconds later

Never experienced this anywhere else

Is it because I’m white?
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
190031 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:52 pm to
So they can call their friends they're going to follow you home and steal your chicken
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14564 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:53 pm to
For da spicy
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
130831 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:53 pm to
quote:

s it because I’m white?



You're a white meat guy, huh?



Thighs are where it's at man.


Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
63213 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:53 pm to
I have been told you pull up. They gave people behind me food. They were black. There is little chance they ordered mild. I still feel that was racism
This post was edited on 6/14/25 at 5:54 pm
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
36932 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:54 pm to
quote:

Why does Popeyes ask you to pull up?


Reset the drive thru timer to make their numbers look better? The same reason fast food restaurants have done it forever
Posted by 214
Geaux Tigers
Member since Mar 2025
4211 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:55 pm to
These are the questions in life that truly deserve answers...
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52489 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:55 pm to
Probably habit.

They do it I believe to spoof their service time KPIs that get reported to corporate.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
22867 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:55 pm to
quote:

Drive thru timer.


This
Posted by LeroyBrown
South Side Of Chicago
Member since Jul 2017
565 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:56 pm to
They should be promoting pull out instead.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
67225 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:57 pm to
Culver's has everyone pull up by design. They cook everything fresh, so it takes a bit. They just have a row of parking spots on both sides of the lot that form a line. They put a number on your side mirror and bring your food out when it is ready. They've never messed my order up, either. Nor, have they thrown sauce packets at me.
This post was edited on 6/14/25 at 5:58 pm
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
4694 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:58 pm to

I asked the same question at the window of another fast food place and they told me there is some type of monitoring system that tracks how long it takes for a car to go from ordering to pulling away and the corporate owner looks at the data to monitor productivity. So they game the system when the staff is slow by telling people to pull forward and the detection equipment spits out numbers that makes it look like the car went through fast.

Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
2612 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:59 pm to
I was at a DQ this week and ordered a blizzard. Get to the window, pay, then told to pull forward. About 15 minutes later, a guy comes out to my car and says sorry for the delay, here's your blizzard. Turns it upside down, as they do, and it falls out of the cup like someone taking a dump.
This post was edited on 6/14/25 at 6:00 pm
Posted by mattchewbocca
houma, la
Member since Jun 2008
6217 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:59 pm to
I’ve been told to up or pull into one of the reserves for a few different fast food restaurants. They either bring it a minute later or my food gets mixed up with about 6 other peoples orders who are also waiting in reserves.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
80402 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:02 pm to
Probably started off as a way to game performance standards and ticket times.

If you had an order that was going to take a minute. It would be to serve the people behind you.


Posted by Knuckle Checker
Member since Jan 2019
549 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:02 pm to
quote:

For da spicy


It was mild FYI
Posted by STLDawg
The Lou
Member since Apr 2015
4224 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:03 pm to
The Popeyes AI algorithm predicted you wouldn’t pitch a fit if asked to pull forward
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
63213 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:05 pm to
That blizzard sat for 13 mins
Posted by Big Jim Slade
Member since Oct 2016
5978 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:06 pm to
quote:

I asked the same question at the window of another fast food place and they told me there is some type of monitoring system that tracks how long it takes for a car to go from ordering to pulling away and the corporate owner looks at the data to monitor productivity. So they game the system when the staff is slow by telling people to pull forward and the detection equipment spits out numbers that makes it look like the car went through fast.


Other establishments, I could see this being the case, but for the average Popeyes crew this is giving them plenty of credit. Something tells me that they wouldn’t give a damn if the boss or corporate complained about a timer. Corporate is probably content if the employees show up, aren’t high, and don’t beat up customers.
Posted by bj0969
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2009
232 posts
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:36 pm to
Math
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