1 - When driving, what do you generally listen to? Why?
2 - How often do you use a drive-thru for a beverage snack or meal?
3 - If you could invite three people to dinner, who would they be and why?
4 - Do you have a favorite Christmas movie? What is it and why?
Patricia Tribble
Server at Red Lobster
Cape Girardeau
1 - When I'm out on a drive, I generally listen to classic rock. I usually listen to 100.7 KGMO on a Sunday drive. There's just something about Sunday drives and being able to relax. That's just me. I love to listen to classic rock on Sundays.
2 - I go to Rhodes everyday and get a soda. If I do fast food, it's definitely drive through to get a burger or something.
3 - My mother, just because. Also, the lead singer from Coldplay. I love his music and he just seems like he'd be pretty chill to hang out with and be cool to sit down and have dinner with.
4 - There's something about watching 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' that takes me back to being a kid. I'm definitely wanting to pass that down to my niece, and someday, my own children.
Dereon Hill
Lids associate
St. Louis, Mo.
1 - Normally, I have an adapter for my mp3 player, so I listen to rap music or hip hop. Stuff like that. It makes time go by.
2 - Not often, actually. I normally go in. That way, I can make sure my order is right and I don't feel rushed. If I do go through the drive through, it's just something quick like a sweet tea.
3 - Michael Jordan, Dave Chapelle and Richard Pryor. Dave Chapelle and Richard Pryor because they were very ground-breaking comedians. With Michael Jordan, I would want to know what his mindset was when he was playing games.
4 - 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.' I've been watching it since I was a kid. It reminds me of my childhood. It's not Christmas without that.
Chris Pillman
Manager at AT&T
Cape Girardeau
1 - Nothing at all. I like the silence. I don't like loud music. I just prefer to sit and think.
2 - Actually, all the time. It's kind of embarrassing. It's funny to see how shocked people are from St. Louis. when they come down here. They say, "you guys have a drive-thru for everything."
3 - I know it's a really vague answer, but I'd pick two people that spent their entire lives fighting each other just so I could sit and watch the conversation. Then, I would invite a third person like Bill Murray to sit there and watch them.
4 - 'A Christmas Story.' "You'll shoot your eye out."
Julie Brischle
Smoothie King team member
Ste. Genevieve
1 - I like to listen to country or hip hop and rap. It depends how far I'm going because I have to keep myself awake. I have to have a good beat.
2 - I hate drive-thrus, so I rarely go through them. Usually, all I get is an unsweet tea from McDonalds.
3 - Katherine Heigl, because she's my favorite actress, Johnny Knoxville, because he's hilarious and Luke Bryan, for obvious reasons.
4 - 'Home Alone,' because it reminds me of my childhood. I grew up with that.
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