# Anyone else here love Mc Donalds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974 "2015-06-19T21:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/101 "2015-06-25T13:41:29Z")
I don’t love McDonald’s, but since I end up there only about twice a year, it’s not a bad treat. I do like a Quarter-Pounder with cheese (and mayonnaise!) if I’m starving on a road trip, with a Coke or hazelnut iced coffee. I used to love their sausage biscuits and hash browns, but they both have changed sometime in the last couple years…not so good. Same with the Chicken Nuggets…the dark meat ones were awesome. Now all you can taste is canola oil. Somebody mentioned the burger with cheddar, mushrooms and onions. Now \*\*that \*\*was pretty darned good, but I haven’t seen that sandwich in years. I still miss the Arch Deluxe, too–I worked at McDonald’s for a few months as a teen when those came out. You can have (most of) my fries, though. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/102 "2015-06-25T14:35:11Z")
M & M McFlurry!!! Basically just a Blizzard, but since Mickey D’s is more ubiquitous, I head there. And now they have a very small size, because honestly, who need a big one? ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/103 "2015-06-25T17:40:33Z")
It baffles me why people even eat at Mcdonalds personally, apart from lack of choice. Perhaps its much much better in america, because when I’ve had it in the uk. and last time was at Hannover airport, the burgers were tasteless, the buns didn’t fit the burger and the only big thing about the big mac, was the the word ‘big’ in its name. It was a tiny double burger. When I’ve been in the states, it seems a massive waste of opportunity to eat at a chain, though have tried White Castle because I couldn’t work out why the european renamed “Bill and Kumar get the Munchies” (aka Bill and Kumar go to White Castle), was being so sought after. Of course it was druggie food in small portions. I might do it if someone can say that they are better in the US. What with the other food I’ve had over there being very good, it does seem massively out of place… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/104 "2015-06-25T17:49:06Z")
McD’s are fairly consistent throughout the world, in my experience. Not exactly the same, but close enough that if you don’t like what you’ve tried, you’re not going to like it in the U.S. any more. ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/105 "2015-06-25T17:57:06Z")
Different countries have different menu’s because every country has different tastes. Like in India, you can get a spicy paneer wrap. > [@Smid](#): > > It baffles me why people even eat at Mcdonalds personally, apart from lack of choice. > > Perhaps its much much better in america, because when I’ve had it in the uk. and last time was at Hannover airport, the burgers were tasteless, the buns didn’t fit the burger and the only big thing about the big mac, was the the word ‘big’ in its name. It was a tiny double burger. > > When I’ve been in the states, it seems a massive waste of opportunity to eat at a chain, though have tried White Castle because I couldn’t work out why the european renamed “Bill and Kumar get the Munchies” (aka Bill and Kumar go to White Castle), was being so sought after. Of course it was druggie food in small portions. > > I might do it if someone can say that they are better in the US. What with the other food I’ve had over there being very good, it does seem massively out of place… It’s not baffling at all. Everyone has different preferences in food. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/106 "2015-06-25T18:00:26Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > McDonalds sponsors swimming events quite a bit, and way back in 1984 when they were still doing their promotions where you always won something, _and_ it coincided with the Olympics boycott by the USSR, I was a swimmer. They gave you a promotional giveaway for entering each event, and another for placing in finals, and another for medaling. You could scratchoff to win something for “gold”, “silver”, and “bronze”; sometimes, all 3. > > That summer my parents left town for a week, and I had enough triple-winners to feed me and a half-dozen friends, every meal for just about the entire week, almost completely free. > > I loved me some McDonalds. > > Then, I grew up, and had to cut back on how much McDonalds I ate. This year I had a sausage biscuit with egg when I was starving after a blood-draw fast, and it was… meh. It’d been almost 8 years since I ate at McDonalds. The taste for it has left me. My friend and I found an entire have of winning tickets by the dumpster and our whole group of friends ate for free for months it felt like. I’m talking a full on garbage bag stuffed. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/107 "2015-06-25T20:16:07Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > When I’ve been in the states, it seems a massive waste of opportunity to eat at a chain, though have tried White Castle because I couldn’t work out why the european renamed “Bill and Kumar get the Munchies” (aka Bill and Kumar go to White Castle), was being so sought after. Of course it was druggie food in small portions. White Castle’s in the US is a fairly regional chain and has a reputation of being somewhat love-it-or-hate-it, as well as being late night soak-up-the-alcohol food for its greasy, oniony hamburgers. I’m not aware of it having any specific reputation tying it to stoners before the Harold and Kumar movie, but, like any other greasy fast food joint like, say, Taco Bell would work for someone with the munchies. Personally, I love 'em. I actually enjoy visiting fast food establishments while traveling abroad because that to me is also an interesting part of the local food scene. I’m not just talking the local versions of McDonald’s (though I did stop by one in India to try the Maharaja Chicken sandwich and the McPaneer, or whatever it was called), but mainly the local chains. Maybe one meal in six or so. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/108 "2015-06-25T22:19:20Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > This is something that I have been puzzling over for years. I simply cannot understand how anybody could prefer McDonald’s fries. To me, they are by far the worst fries of all the national chains. Limp and just generally weak all over. > > For fries, I like Burger King best, with Wendy’s a close second. It does seem weird, but they are the only typical fast food fries I like, and I usually don’t like any fries on the thinner side. I pretty much only like fries that would be closer to Five Guys on the fast food side. Or McDonalds. FWIW, they are rarely limp and usually crispy when I get them. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/109 "2015-06-25T22:32:16Z")
> [@scruffycat](#): > > I don’t go often at all but I really really like the double cheeseburgers. It’s just a nice plain burger, no salad just a gerkin slice. Simple, tasty and cheap. > > One of the small joys in my life is visiting a McDonalds in a new country, I’ve been in them all over the place and it’s always interesting to see the different menus. Sorry for hi-jacking, but this is a thing I’ve wondered about in every food/burger thread here. Is this use of “salad” regional or generational or message board specific or just very common and I’ve never heard of it? Specifically, until reading this message board I’d never seen/read/heard anyone call stuff that goes on a sandwich as salad, only “toppings.” Maybe as a joke referring to Reagan-era school lunch or something. I might have meat on top of a salad, but never salad on top of a meat. FWIW, I’m 35 and come from a “Coke” region. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/110 "2015-06-25T22:40:05Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > It baffles me why people even eat at Mcdonalds personally, apart from lack of choice. > > Perhaps its much much better in america, because when I’ve had it in the uk. and last time was at Hannover airport, the burgers were tasteless, the buns didn’t fit the burger and the only big thing about the big mac, was the the word ‘big’ in its name. It was a tiny double burger. > > When I’ve been in the states, it seems a massive waste of opportunity to eat at a chain, though have tried White Castle because I couldn’t work out why the european renamed “Bill and Kumar get the Munchies” (aka Bill and Kumar go to White Castle), was being so sought after. Of course it was druggie food in small portions. > > I might do it if someone can say that they are better in the US. What with the other food I’ve had over there being very good, it does seem massively out of place… Ahh, Harold and Kumar. Or did they also change Harold to Bill in the UK? ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/111 "2015-06-25T22:41:18Z")
> [@ssgenius](#): > > On another note, they have a 2.50 double cheeseburger and fries combo this summer > > How can they make money on that? They’ve pretty much doing this or better for a long time. I think there’s some illusion about a “combo” being a deal. Double cheeseburgers were $1 for a long time. So were small fries. Then they raised the double-cheeseburger, but if you could deal with 1 slice of cheese instead of 2, you could get a “McDouble” for a dollar. The McDouble now goes for $1.39 in my area but I think they still have Dollar Menu fries (or they might be 1.39 now). When they were running a $2.29 Triple, you could get 2 mcDoubles for $2.58. I remember when you used to be able to get a Big Mac and fries for $2.22 on Mondays (and some different daily special M-F) and a 2 Cheeseburgers meal for $2.99. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/112 "2015-06-25T22:46:04Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > For breakfast I always get the bacon egg and cheese bagel, but I sub canadian bacon for regular and I just love it. Any idea what the weird sauce is? When I’ve had them there (a bagel sandwich would be my default preferred breakfast option) I couldn’t get over that, and it and some inconsistency drove me to Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons, Panera, or Steak n Shake, instead. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/113 "2015-06-25T22:52:47Z")
good salads. decent coffee. I think the reason their sales are down is because so many people were eating the $1 burgers during the recession that they got seriously tired of them. No clue what happened to their fries but they should offer the hash browns as an alternative. ---
**Author:** ![ssgenius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/114 "2015-06-26T00:22:21Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > They’ve pretty much doing this or better for a long time. I think there’s some illusion about a “combo” being a deal. > > Double cheeseburgers were $1 for a long time. So were small fries. Then they raised the double-cheeseburger, but if you could deal with 1 slice of cheese instead of 2, you could get a “McDouble” for a dollar. The McDouble now goes for $1.39 in my area but I think they still have Dollar Menu fries (or they might be 1.39 now). When they were running a $2.29 Triple, you could get 2 mcDoubles for $2.58. I remember when you used to be able to get a Big Mac and fries for $2.22 on Mondays (and some different daily special M-F) and a 2 Cheeseburgers meal for $2.99. I see your point but the profit margin (if any) would still be very slim. Yes, I realize that the food costs are a small part of the picture but when you consider the overhead of the building, waste, labor costs, franchise costs, etc, I see it difficult to make much profit ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/115 "2015-06-26T00:57:47Z")
As previously mentioned, I’m a fan of the McD’s breakfast options. I thought I read that McD’s in San Diego was going to experiment with selling breakfast 24/7. I hope that experiment goes well enough that the idea expands into the Chicago market. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/116 "2015-06-26T05:38:06Z")
Yeah, I like 'em. Especially the fries. I’m getting tired of the hamburger though, even though it is the cheapest. But then their salads are pretty good. And their breakfast is the only one I can eat, as they don’t use milk products in their eggs and serve their sausages on the side. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/117 "2015-06-26T09:20:50Z")
I kinda like it for when you want something cheap and unhealthy. It’s fascinating visiting a McD’s in a foreign country and seeing the small changes. Plus, free toilets! I’ve been to a McD’s in almost every country I’ve visited at least in part because I needed the loo. Ethically, because of their size, they’re actually better than the many independent junk food shops or small chains, like the ones that have a KFC rip-off name (Kennedy Friend Chicken, Kwick Fried Chicken etc). Their staff get paid, aren’t on zero hours contracts, so they get sick pay and maternity pay and guaranteed hours, etc (even an optional pension scheme), there’s lots of opportunity for progression, etc. There’s usually disabled access and a disabled loo. And because they’re so famous they get a lot of people checking exactly where they source their meat from. The same goes for the other really big international chains like KFC and BK, but I know people who refuse to go to McD’s for ethical reasons but will still eat at a dodgy chicken shop or kebab shop. :smack: > [@Leaffan](#): > > Ahh, Harold and Kumar. Or did they also change Harold to Bill in the UK? They didn’t even change the White Castle bit in the UK despite the fact that the only white castles here are actual ancient buildings so it sounded like they were going on a cultural excursion. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/118 "2015-06-26T12:57:08Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > Any idea what the weird sauce is? When I’ve had them there (a bagel sandwich would be my default preferred breakfast option) I couldn’t get over that, and it and some inconsistency drove me to Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons, Panera, or Steak n Shake, instead. The sauce is a McDonald’s version of Hollandaise sauce. I don’t like it either. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/119 "2015-06-26T15:05:30Z")
Yes I still go to McDonald’s. My wife likes them too. Working there as a high school kid (I’m 54 now), it was a great job. Fast, not boring, working closely with others, and speed was of the essence. I worked there for 4 years, into my college days. At that age 4 years is a long time. When I turned 16 back in 1977 I quit my paper route (the Hartford Courant - _ **America’s Oldest Newspaper** _!) and got the Mickey Dee’s job. I’ll always remember my first boss because I learned some important first lessons from him. I think it’s okay to write his name here, and now almost 40 years later: Mike Pothier, a great boss. That was in downtown Hartford CT on Asylum Ave. across the street from the old Civic Center. In all I worked at four different McDonalds from 1977 to 1981: ► 51 Asylum St., Hartford CT - near the old Hartford Civic Center. ► 214 Prospect Ave., Hartford CT - across the street from the old King’s Department Store and in front of a large now-gone water tower (gas tower?) that I painted with my brother M and my best friend V, _ **HALL RULES 79!!!** _. ► 609 Market St., San Francisco CA - in the heart of SF’s Financial District. ► 146 S. Fairview Ave., Goleta CA - close to UCSB and lots of co-eds in bikinis. And college The one on Asylum St. is gone now, but the others are still there. I still temember some core McD’s tenets like Clean As You Go, and QSC, Quality, Service and Cleanliness. When I cook in my kitchen, to this day I clean as I go. Thanks for letting me share my trip down memory lane. And to Lisa L, a girlfriend from the Goleta store, you were an angel, and I was not very mature back then. And thanks again Mike Pothier, wherever you are. You were a great boss. ---
**Author:** ![knitcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@knitcrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knitcrew)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/120 "2015-07-10T01:03:00Z")
Generally, I don’t like burgers. If I feel like eating a burger, I’d go to Jewel and buy a frozen pack or even fresh meat that I will cook / back myself. The only burger in McDonalds that I like are their new steak burgers, but they are way too expensive. Plus, the fries are way too oily. If I feel like a sandwich and I don’t want to cook, I go to SuperDawg. The sandwiches are really really good and the fries are heavenly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974.md?page=7)