(24 Jun 2020, 12:53 am)streetdeckfan wrote Same with the likes of KFC and McDonalds, when KFCs started to reopen the queues were miles long, but after the first week you were lucky if there were 5 cars waiting. McDonalds has been the same as far as I can tell.
So, what I'm imagining is on the first weekend things will be absolutely packed, then by the second weekend things will have died down again.
The thing with drive-thru fast food is that, while undoubtedly it's a bit quieter than the first few days, it's a completely different way of working for those on the inside. The shorter queues are likely a combination of both slightly fewer customers but also big increases in how efficient the staff are being with the new systems. Obviously with other industries there's not an awful lot of efficiency improvements - or at least not that will have a huge impact on queue speed.
With pubs, I think we'll see a more prolonged period of them being busy. Lots of people will miss the first weekend as it's likely to be utter carnage, but return over the following few weeks and give the pubs a more sustained level of custom.