What You Didn't Know About Minnesota Drive-Thrus: Privacy Concern

There are thousands of fast-food restaurants in Minnesota and many of them have a feature we all take for granted – the drive thru. Yesterday an employee in Rochester shared a secret about drive-thru lanes that might surprise a lot of customers and leave some feeling a little embarrassed.

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Red's Giant Hamburg, a small restaurant in Springfield, Missouri, gets credit for creating the first drive-thru lane in 1947, according to Love Food. In-N-Out was the first major chain to add a drive-thru lane.

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Restaurant chains in Minnesota and around the country saw the success and started adding their own drive-thru lanes to speed up the ordering and pick-up process. Wait times went down and customer satisfaction went up.

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Taco Bell, a Minnesota favorite, has the fastest drive-thru according to USA Today. Their top ten rankings included other popular chains in the Land of 10,000 Lakes like KFC, Wendy’s, Burger King, McDonald’s, and Chik-fil-A.

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Major fast-food chains are constantly investing in technology to improve their drive-thru lanes, making them more efficient than ever before.

Minnesota Fast-Food Employee Reveals Secret About Drive-Thrus

Fast-food employees can hear everything. Their mics can be muted so you might not hear them, but they’re listening to you talk to yourself, argue with passengers, or sing along with Taylor Swift on the radio.

But did you know they can see you too? A Rochester fast-food employee recently spilled the beans on the Spotted in Rochester Facebook page. This person let everyone know that drive-thru lanes are equipped with cameras so they can see you picking your nose, applying make-up, checking yourself out in the mirror, and apparently doing other things.

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No word on how freaky people are getting while waiting for their fries, but you should know that your actions are being filmed.