If there’s one thing regulars at Keller’s Drive-In expect it's good food and service.
The burger joint off Dallas' Northwest Highway opened in 1965. A few months later, Shirley Ehney came by looking for a job and never left.
Now, 51 years later, she is still working five days a week as a carhop.
"I like different people. Ya know, I don't meet a stranger. I love what I do," said Ehney.
Known to co-workers and customers as "Miss Shirley," time has yet to slow Ehney down.
“She’s faster than most of us,” said fellow carhop Brittany Barden. "Sometimes we say we got to trip her so we can beat her to the cars. She can see them coming from around the corner.”
Ehney started back when drive-ins were all the rage. She was 24-years-old.
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“I always made pretty good money because I was kind of a pretty good lookin’ woman, ya know? I wore these short outfits, but I was always respectable,” she said.
Now 75, Ehney still sports a smile and her signature red hair.
“Look at her,” said longtime customer Suzanne Greer. “Look at how hard she works. Unbelievable.”
Ehney said she never seriously considered working anywhere else and is most proud of raising four children and sending them all to college.
“Whatever you do, do it well and like it,” said Ehney. “If you don’t like what you’re doing, don’t do it.”
The founder of Keller’s Drive-In, Jack Keller, 88, died earlier this year. Up until a few months before he died, Keller still stopped by all the time to check on his restaurants and his employees.
Losing him has been tough, but it's not given Enhey any ideas about retiring.
“You gotta keep everything moving and I’m going to keep it moving as long as I can.”
