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A carhop is a waiter or waitress who brings fast food to people in their cars at drive-in restaurants. Usually carhops work on foot but sometimes use roller skates the latter being depicted in movies such as American Graffiti and television shows like Happy Days.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.