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title: Distracted in the drive-through
description: Anybody else get bizarre, intrusive thoughts at the wrong moment? Gotta love ADHD. The challenge? Ordering at a drive-through. Harder than it sounds.
slug: distracted-in-the-drive-through
author: Jo Shaffer
published: '2020-12-04T20:08:41.788Z'
thumbnail: https://cdn-images.understood.org/p0qf7j048i0q/1UlKwX7csl00XxENmNRgg1/8f75e6beca1dc11e814a42c96befb576/YA_Thumbnail_Set_Contentful-Jo.jpg
source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/distracted-in-the-drive-through
lang: en
---

# Distracted in the drive-through

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