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Friday, May 09, 2008

Video: Owner directs traffic at Vinton McDonald's

Video by Sam Dean

Bob Lewis begins his days dodging vehicles as they shoot for the drive-through.

He waves his arms to show cars how to circle the restaurant with the golden arches without crashing into one another — and hope they will not crash into him.

"The drive-through has to keep going," said Lewis, wearing a blaze orange vest one recent day at lunchtime while he motioned for cars to proceed past the drive-through window.

The drive-through line had circled the restaurant on Hardy Road in Vinton.

And there was not an empty parking space in sight.

This is not a typical McDonald’s. And Lewis, 64, isn’t an ordinary franchise owner.

During the breakfast and lunchtime rush, he’s a parking attendant, directing cars into spaces and keeping vehicles moving. His goal is to serve each drive-through customer in 98 seconds or less.

Read the story.
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