Marianne Hinge-Crossan tends to customers at Mel's Drive-In on Geary Boulevard, where she has been working the morning shift for the past 17 years. "I like people, love people and I learned a long time ago that a smile and a hello gets you a long ways," said Hinge-Crossan.

Mel's Drive-In

An experiment from an SFGate article by Bob Bragman.

Marianne Hinge-Crossan tends to customers at Mel's Drive-In on Geary Boulevard, where she has been working the morning shift for the past 17 years. "I like people, love people and I learned a long time ago that a smile and a hello gets you a long ways," said Hinge-Crossan.

Inside Mel's Drive-In

Inside Mel's Drive-In

3355 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118