A carhop is a waiter or waitress who brings fast food to people in their cars at drive-in restaurants. Carhops usually work on foot but sometimes use roller skates, as depicted in movies such as American Graffiti and television shows such as Happy Days. Carhops have long been associated with hot rods.
The first carhops appeared in 1921 when automobiles were beginning to be a common sight in Dallas, Texas. Two men, a businessman named J.G. Kirby and a physician named R.W. Jackson, decided to take advantage of the fact that many people owned cars and more were coming. They realized that many of the drivers would rather not get out of their cars to eat. They opened a restaurant called the Pig Stand, which had male carhops from its inception. The A&W corporate website actually claims to have opened the first carhop restaurant in 1923, just two years after the Pig Stand initiated carhops. The word itself was not used in print until 1937.
Women soon replaced male carhops during World War II, because most American men left their jobs to join the military and restaurants quickly discovered that a pretty girl sold more food. This declined in the late 1940s and 1950s, when men returned to the civilian workforce and pretty girls were seen as having an adverse effect of attracting loiterers.
Carhops began disappearing during the mid 1960’s as newer drive-ins began offering drive-through service. They can still be found today at a few remaining original drive-in stands and nostalgic fast food establishments, mostly in smaller and rural towns with local ownership. There has been a resurgence, with some franchises cashing in on the nostalgic aspect and tapping into the memories of the baby boomers.
Look for a different type of 'hopper' on the way to the cache.
PLEASE do not trample the beautiful landscaping. There is no need to venture very far off the blacktop to retrieve this cache. It is ALMOST a Terrain 1, but not quite.
Cache is placed with permission. The employees know where it is and might help you, but you most likely won't need help.