noun General Slang

drive-thru

· noun · retail

The car lane at a quick-service restaurant — baristas abbreviate it 'DT' on schedules.

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The drive-thru is the order-from-your-car lane at a fast-food joint, coffee shop, or pharmacy. Inside the building it's shorthand — Starbucks baristas write 'DT' on the schedule for drive-thru bar, 'DTO' for drive-thru order-taker, 'DTR' for register. Headset chatter is constant; it's the highest-volume, highest-pressure position on most shifts.

“I'm on DT bar open-to-close Saturday — pray for me, the line wraps the building by 7am.”
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drive-thru In A Sentence

I'm on DT bar open-to-close Saturday — pray for me, the line wraps the building by 7am.

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