Halloween trick-or-treating - a drive-through neighbourhood:

Spoiler: Driving and idling (fossil fuel combustion), plastic decoration, sugar 'treats' and traps for native wildlife.

Haunted by the spectre of climate disruption and the prospect of an uninhabitable biosphere they drive to event spaces turning neighbourhoods into drive-through (commercial) amusement parks for Halloween and Christmas.

* "People drive from miles and miles to participate in destination neighborhood festivities. The same kind of dynamic has long happened with Christmas.Halloween has gone from a primarily walking holiday to a driving holiday."
Where Have All the Trick-or-Treaters Gone on Halloween? Destination Neighborhoods >>
https://www.collegetowns.org/p/where-have-all-the-trick-or-treaters

* "Research suggests about 30 percent of birds' nests may include human-made materials, posing a risk to nestlings. Halloween in Australia coincides with bird nesting season and birds are often looking for nesting material at this time of year, so there is the potential for these types of decorations to have a bigger impact here than in North America and Europe." >>
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/10/21/halloween-in-australia-how-an-irish-tradition-became-a-uniquely-local-celebration.html

* Halloween on one Sydney street has grown so big it’s now sponsored
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/30/halloween-renwick-street-sydney-trick-or-treat-sponsored

* Australians will spend a record $500 million on Halloween this year despite the so called cost-of-living crisis
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/halloween-australia-growth-displays-community-connection/105954120

#Halloween #plastic #decorations #pollution #sugar #cars #driving #CarBrain #DriveThrough #traffic #suburbia #neighbourhoods #BigBoxStores #walking #SocialMedia #commercialisation #festivities #Christmas #NativeWildlife #birds #entanglements #pollution #spectacle #culture #ClimateDisruption #NSW

US McDonalds employee shoots drive-through customer over slow service complaints

“They threatened to attack the man who just told them, ‘we’re busy, we can’t take any more orders,’…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #about #complaining #complaints #customer #drivethrough #employee #Florida #mcdonalds #NewZealand #NZ #over #service #shoots #shot #slow #stores #Us
https://www.newsbeep.com/194778/

Gizmodo: Taco Bell Says ‘No Más’ to AI Drive-Thru Experiment. “Last year, Taco Bell made a simple bet that Alexa-like voice assistants could handle the drive-thru window. It didn’t consider whether people could handle dealing with AI. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company embedded AI in the drive-thru boxes at more than 500 locations across the country and quickly found that […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/gizmodo-taco-bell-says-no-mas-to-ai-drive-thru-experiment/

Taco Bell Reevaluates AI in Drive-Throughs After Order Glitches

Taco Bell is reconsidering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its drive-throughs across the US after viral videos highlighted several mishaps with the technology. One video, which has been widely shared, shows a customer ordering 18,000 water cups, overwhelming the system. In another inciden... [More info]

Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgyk2p55g8o

#HackerNews #TacoBell #AI #Rethink #DriveThrough #FastFood #ViralNews #18000Waters

got myself a little treat because it's christmas in july! i absolutely love the sun county and since someone described this title as a labour of love ... this is a must-have for me.

#ttrpg #runequest #drivethrough #pnp #roleplaying

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/491594/life-and-traditions-under-the-sun-dome

This afternoon I was getting #takeout at a #drivethrough. I was asked if I wanted a #bag for my order and declined.

At the window. after paying, I was given my meal on a #TRAY. A metal (or plastic colored to look like metal) tray , I kid you not.

And before anyone tells me I sound like #HankHill #Yellingatclouds, I KNOW I sound like Hank Hill (or #GrandpaSimpson). But I can't be the only one who sees a flaw in ditching paper bags, only to replace them with plastic or metal trays.

Can I?

I guess someone decided that #BurgerKing #Bodø in #Norway should have a #driveThrough 😂

#accident #BadDay #Tesla