lol. That seems like too much work. T-red's were the popular method of ripping off a store back in the day that as manager we were told to watch for, but without Camera's? Good luck catching someone as they knew when and where it was safe. I never did it as I was pretty straitlaced at age 18, but I suspected a few who did and years later, they boasted they did over drinks. Christ another manager knew haha. Technically we are supposed to write someone up for too many t-reds coming up(Zeroing an order off after imputting) but it is not logically possible since people change their minds all the time and you are removing orders left right and center and re-inputting them.
T-Red was a simple process back in the day. They probably have better ways of catching it now, but we are talking the late 90's here. Know the price of a combo in drive thru by heart(Say back in the day, a Big mac Combo was $5.20), ring it in, kitchen makes it, then zero it off on the screen and charge for a 0.10 packet of McChicken sauce or something, hand them their meal, pocket $5. Twice an hour and you are making minimum wage + $10.
When Managers are counting food wondering why the fuck so much food is missing since it is not in the waste bucket, it is because staff are eating it and T-reds. Also because the previous manager fudged their counts because they did not want to spend time looking for it.
During Rush hour, you can get away with it more, depending on which managers are watching the screens(They employ a lot of dipshits in fast food management), and when the managers are in the office counting floats or the fridge, it is open season, especially on a 3-11:30 shift.
So yeah, some drive thru workers made a lot more than minimum wage.
Some were also the kind of assholes who played floor hockey with McChicken patties and then served them. The fun jokes were putting a Hotcake instead of a quarter pounder patty on another employees double QP. Or cutting their pizza into 30 slices instead of 4