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,
After 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?
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.
One 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 Leytonstone
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.
As 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.
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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