Would You Like Any Fillings Or Gold Caps With That - Creative Exercise 18

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Introduction

    Has the drive-thru made America better, or has it stunted us as a nation? What is your perception?

    My perception is that it has made things easier and sometimes a bit more efficient. There are times when the Drive-thru is not efficient at all, though. The lines in fast food restaurants get so long that it is more efficient to get out of your car and go inside to order. Other times the line is not that long, and you can swing on in, order, and get your food through the window in no time.

    At the same time, I believe that it would be healthier for humans to get out of our car instead of going through the Drive-thru. This would get our bodies up and moving, especially for those who do not really exercise. If we make everything to where we go through the Drive-thru or order delivery, we as a nation are gradually getting less exercise.

    I grabbed the book CAFFEINE FOR THE CREATIVE MIND 250 EXERCISES TO WAKE UP YOUR BRAIN written by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield, and for this week's exercise, I chose to write on Would You Like Any Fillings Or Gold Caps With That.

    Would You Like Any Fillings Or Gold Caps With That gives a brief overview about how the Drive-thru has helped our nation, but then it goes on to state that the Drive-thru is ALMOST made for everything. So, what places should not have a Drive-thru?

    This is what Would You Like Any Fillings Or Gold Caps With That is about. I am supposed to list 10 things that a Drive-thru should not be for.

Ten things:

Alcohol

Wood/Metal

Doctor’s/Hospital

Prison/Psych Ward

Funeral Home

White House/ Senate/ Congress/ Pentagon

Tattoo/Piercing Shop

Schools

Substance Abuse Rehabilitation

Nursing Home

Conclusion

    This exercise makes you think out of the box. There is no other way to describe it because when I think about what shouldn’t have a Drive-thru, it sounds funny. It sounds like it should not be happening, and the opposite should be. The more I thought about it, I found myself thinking “Yeah, I don’t think it would be a good idea for a prison to have a Drive-thru”. That would cause significant problems, and it would allow minds to wander. Prisoners have nothing but time. They think of ways to escape or have businesses coming in out of the prison through the window, even though these things are already happening. It would make it worse. Then my thought process followed for most of the other things that I listed above. I also think that everything should not have a Drive-thru, and not everything should have delivery. We need exercise, and these simple tasks are good for the human body.

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