Popular Post maqroll Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2020 6 hours ago, sidcow said: **** McDonald's **** drive through. Bunch of absolute ****. I am so **** sick of them. Makes me so **** angry. You've got a **** list of items. There are not may **** items on the **** list. You've got a **** bag. The ONLY thing you have to do is put that small number of things on the **** list into the **** bag. That's it. I'm not asking you to re-design a **** car engine or formulate a new blend of rocket **** fuel for the next moon rockets. Just put a few **** things off a small **** list into a **** bag. So why the **** is it that every **** time I use the drive through there is something I have **** well paid for not in the **** bag? HOW **** HARD CAN IT BE? SERIOUSLY HOW **** HARD? I would LOVE to know how much money McDonald's earn each year by not giving people food they have **** well paid for. I worked at McDonald's for 18 months when I was at college. The busy one in Town. On Saturday afternoons I used to run around like a **** loon trying to get through the mammoth queues which went from counter to door all afternoon long. It was proper high pressure and I almost never had someone complaining that I'd missed something out of their order. Why? Because I had a **** list of their order in front of me. We would get slaughtered by management of we sauntered around like they do today and anything other than a carefully folded bag neatly presented to the customer would result in a proper bollocking. Now they just thrust an open bag at you with half the **** food missing. I **** hate them.... Representatives for Wellingborough. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, maqroll said: That’s exactly who I was thinking of when I read @sidcow’s rant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I agree with @Xela, McDonald’s is basically legalised crack. The more you have it, the more you want it. I used to go regularly, even to the point of stopping at drive throughs for a cheeky double cheeseburger every time I passed one. Since March, I haven’t been once. I’ve kicked the addiction and will now never eat it again. The thing that’s pissing me off about the place now is the ridiculous queues that block the local retail parks when I want to collect a parcel. Sometimes 50 odd cars queuing all the out of the retail park and back to the dual carriageway. How desperate must you be to wait in that, just to get a quick hit of salt, sugar and cholesterol. Probably better of scoring a 0.2 of crack tbh. Can’t be much worse for your heart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I went to McDonalds a couple of Fridays ago and it was chaos, and I really mean chaos. It was so busy they had some traffic supervisors who had placed cones down the middle of the road outside meaning you couldn’t turn right into the car park. You had to carry on and then find somewhere to turn around and come back on the left. Then once on the left the queue went right up the road outside. Then obviously if you wanted to turn right after buying your food you couldn’t because of the cones. The police were there too. Absolute madness for a burger and fries. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 24 hour CrackDonalds five minutes walk from me. Never been there since it opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I only tend to visit a Maccy D for breakfast if I’m travelling a long distance early doors Other than that it’s not an eatery I’d rush to use. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I have a waistline to suggest I am well acquainted with McDonalds but might use it once or twice a year maybe. That said never once had an incorrect order. Ifuess I have been lucky. Years back I used to park at One Stop when going to VP and as I was invariably early popped into the KFC situated at the far end of the car park. One time I popped in, waited in line, approached the perspex screen and ordered. The response from the young lady was a huge tut, and aggressively barking at me “did I arks you”?, sorry? “Did I arks you for your order”? Erm no, sorry. 3 minutes of sighing, huffing and guffing around and she says what do you want. I swear I have no idea why she took a massive dislike to me. I didn’t return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2020 9 hours ago, chrisp65 said: So to recap, 18 times in your last 20 visits you didn’t get what you paid for. And you kept going back? That there, that’s the **** business model we all dream of. It does appear that McDonalds have hit upon a moderately successful business model. I can see that company going places. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 9 hours ago, sidcow said: What? So we should try **** Burger King with their make believe chargrill nonsense. I'd rather have half a McDonalds if it's all the same. woah woah woah...i know you're angry but lets not get silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I actually think McDonalds are in a mess. 5 years ago they were always extremely well run and organised. Now they seem like they’re all over the place. I’m sure the money is still going through the tills nicely though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Genie said: I went to McDonalds a couple of Fridays ago and it was chaos, and I really mean chaos. It was so busy they had some traffic supervisors who had placed cones down the middle of the road outside meaning you couldn’t turn right into the car park. You had to carry on and then find somewhere to turn around and come back on the left. Then once on the left the queue went right up the road outside. Then obviously if you wanted to turn right after buying your food you couldn’t because of the cones. The police were there too. Absolute madness for a burger and fries. the one in kidderminster near the viaduct is currently closing that side of town down from what i can gather, brilliant bit of planning to open up the new road to the new estate and send even more people down that way im not someone who criticises people who eat at mcdonalds, personally "american muck" is my favourite food category, and i can kind of understand the lockdown being shit and people wanting the treat - but sitting in a drive through queue for 30 mins to an hour is mind blowing to me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, Genie said: I actually think McDonalds are in a mess. 5 years ago they were always extremely well run and organised. Now they seem like they’re all over the place. I’m sure the money is still going through the tills nicely though. i only go to mcdonalds, BK, KFC etc based on their current specials, i dont go there for a big mac, and for me personally they've lost all inspiration, they are churning out cheaper and cheaper "specials" which are the same things, burger, bacon, cheese, salad, new sauce, new bun, the signature range is also shite*, they havent done anything decent since the big tasty which was 2003 according to wiki, even the xmas range this year is just a double big mac, its boring you then see somewhere like han bao in worcester putting huge amounts of efforts in to new flavours and combos and i am leaning towards that instead * ze germans currently have a signature special which is avocado and king prawns on top of the burger...cant moan too much though they also have the mcrib on the regular menu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Xela said: Its like crack - very moorish 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: im not someone who criticises people who eat at mcdonalds, personally "american muck" is my favourite food category, and i can kind of understand the lockdown being shit and people wanting the treat - but sitting in a drive through queue for 30 mins to an hour is mind blowing to me When they first re-opened after lockdown it was hours people were queueing for. Absolutely mental. I'd say 10 minutes would be the absolute maximum i'd wait, but saying that, I haven't been to a drive thru in years. The very few times I frequent the place, I tend to go in and order at the counter as a) Its in a city centre (Lichfield central one) or b) its generally quicker (Bassets Pole). I think I had a breakfast there in January and thats been it. Perhaps went 5 times the year before. As @Sam-AVFC said, its more of a pit stop after a skinful of beers in town and I need food otherwise i'm going to barf. As @Genie mentioned, the one in Tamworth is absurd. I couldn't imagine more chaos if it was a bank giving out free money! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I need to remember not to ask the kids what they want for tea on a Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 4, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2020 McDonalds are useful in the taxi trade, they serve cheap (shit) coffee and have toilets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 4, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, Genie said: I need to remember not to ask the kids what they want for tea on a Friday. What they are given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) My kids rave on about Five Guys. I don't get it. Yes it is possibly better than McDonalds, but only by fine margins. Yet because the leave the skin on their fries and chuck half of them into the bag instead of the fries container they feel they can charge double the price. I don't mind paying more for quality but they are just pretending to be quality. Edited December 4, 2020 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, bickster said: McDonalds are useful in the taxi trade, they serve cheap (shit) coffee and have toilets. When I worked there I marvelled that anyone would drink the coffee. It was a horror show, much worse than you could get from a vending machine. I think it is better now but I've never tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 4, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: When I worked there I marvelled that anyone would drink the coffee. It was a horror show, much worse than you could get from a vending machine. I think it is better now but I've never tried it. It's not great but at 3am and you need to keep awake, it serves its purpose, then an hour later you need to go back to recycle it in the bogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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