carhop

Example Sentences

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She asked that Sonic make it easier for customers to tip their carhops.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021

No roller skates now: These carhops run delivery orders to customers who wait in parking spaces.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2018

Their first restaurant was a barbecue spot with the carhops and window-side service typical of fast food in the 1940s.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2017

Customers order over microphones in individual parking spaces, and carhops — typically on roller skates — deliver the food.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2012

The McDonalds fired all their carhops in 1948, closed their restaurant, installed larger grills, and reopened three months later with a radically new method of preparing food.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser