Customer rides into McDonald’s drive-thru on horseback
While McDonald’s drive-thrus are made specifically for cars, there is one equestrian who rode through it on his horse earlier this month. Here’s what happened.
According to Love Food, the first McDonald’s drive-thru opened in 1975 in Sierra Vista, southern Arizona. This has been a standard fixture for cars in many McDonald’s since then. But as reported by Mirror, much to the bemusement of many online, a man rode up to a McDonald’s drive-thru not in his car, but on his horse.
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The equestrian who rode a horse to McDonald’s
The rider in question shared a video of his McDonald’s horse ride on his TikTok. His handle is called @theblessedequestrian and the clip is captioned,
More under this adMore under this adAfter our hack we got hungry, so I went to get 100 chicken nuggets
The man just rode up to the McDonald’s drive-thru, and made a huge order through the window saying,
Can I get a 100 a hundred chicken nuggets please?More under this adMore under this ad
He then proceeded to collect his order while seated on his horse and exited.
@theblessedequestrian After our hack we got hungry, so I went to get 100 chicken nuggets @mcdonaldsuk @mcdonalds #TheBlessedEquestrian#Mcdonals#viral#Chickennuggets#entertainment#funnyvideos#food#uk#horse#fyp#funny
♬ original sound - Blessed✝️
The short clip has gone viral on TikTok garnering more than 1 million views. The comment section is full of people having a laugh and appreciating this original take on a McDonald’s drive-thru pickup.
More under this adMore under this adOne commenter says,
That new Porsche it’s built like a horse.
Another comment said,
Probably not the first time there’s been a horse through the drive through in LeytonstoneMore under this adMore under this ad
Fast-food drive-thru rules
According to American History, drive-thrus first became popular in California around the 1950s when the entire nation and the world were gripped by the mania of cars. It was a simple way for fast-food companies to supply food to their customers without them having to leave the luxury of their cars. Drive-thrus were then introduced around the world, including in the UK.
More under this adMore under this adAs per The Sun,people without cars are usually not allowed to use the drive-thru. Even cycling through it is not actually allowed. The report from 2020 quoted a McDonald’s spokesperson as saying,
For everyone’s safety, we absolutely cannot serve people who are not in road-going motor vehicles, and we would ask customers to refrain from attempting to use the drive-thru lane in any other manner.More under this adMore under this ad
Luckily, in the case of the horse-rider, he doesn’t seem to have faced any negative consequences for his action.
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