# Burger King - My Way - Bullshit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 22, 2006, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206 "2006-12-22T10:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/21 "2006-12-22T15:46:09Z")
But they do serve troll food. So that’s something they got going for them. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/22 "2006-12-22T18:04:08Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Plus I’ve eated honest-to-goodness raw ground beef on more occasions than I can count with no ill effects that I can remember. [/QUOTE] Ew. Why? Can’t imagine that would taste good. I like my steak medium and my roast beef not much more done than that, but ground beef squicks me out if it’s not DONE. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/23 "2006-12-22T18:06:10Z")
Steak Tartare, possibly. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/24 "2006-12-22T18:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=Ammonius Saccus] If you don’t to sell rare burgers, fine. But don’t lie and say I can get it my way. [/QUOTE] Wow, you really tore the lid off this marketing campaign, didn’t you? Where will you use your awesome powers of perception next, I wonder? The fact that some things that happen in Las Vegas don’t actually stay in Las Vegas? The Snickers you ate which did not in fact satisfy you? Injustice is all around us, and would swallow us whole if not for brave freedom fighters like you. Fight on, brave Internet revolutionary! ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/25 "2006-12-22T18:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=Book Monster] If you asked them to spit on your burger, they’d probably refuse as well. [/QUOTE] Get pissy enough about “I WANT IT MY WAY DAMMIT!” and they may just do that. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/26 "2006-12-22T18:51:39Z")
[QUOTE=Valgard] Get pissy enough about “I WANT IT MY WAY DAMMIT!” and they may just do that. [/QUOTE] I am sure most BK employees would be happy to chuck a loogie on your burger or wipe their ass with it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/27 "2006-12-22T18:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Did I miss a nostalgia flashback? Does Burger King still advertise “Have it your way?” [/QUOTE] They sure do, though not necessarily in those exact words. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/28 "2006-12-22T19:11:55Z")
[QUOTE=blinkingblinking] Why would anyone want a rare burger? [/QUOTE] My cat. Though they usuall just throw in it for free when I explain why I want a uncooked buger, no condiments, no lettuce, no tomato, no pickles, no bun. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/29 "2006-12-22T19:14:54Z")
[QUOTE=Ammonius Saccus] Burger King claims I can have it my way. But I can’t get a rare burger. WTF? If you don’t to sell rare burgers, fine. But don’t lie and say I can get it my way. [/QUOTE] Because, they cannot be compelled to commit a felon. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/30 "2006-12-22T19:19:18Z")
“Uh, yeah, vanilla shake…large fries…and a cheeseburger, no pickles, rare, extra cod liver oil, shaped by being pressed between Gina Davis’ thighs, and served on a bed of fresh $50 bills. Huh? Whaddayamean I can’t? But your advertising says…” ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/31 "2006-12-22T19:29:25Z")
They’ll make 'em rare for good, christian folk. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/32 "2006-12-22T20:08:49Z")
Meh, Wendy’s burgers are better, anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Ammonius\_Saccus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Ammonius\_Saccus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ammonius_Saccus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/33 "2006-12-22T20:23:42Z")
[QUOTE=blinkingblinking] Why would anyone want a rare burger? Surely everyone knows by now that hamburger meat must be well-done to avoid illness. Hamburger meat must be well cooked all the way to the centre. If not there is a significant chance that bacteria will survive to cause illness. There is always some yo-yo that thinks that a claim like ‘You can have it your way’ means a free for all. Did you ever consider that even a hamburger joint must obey laws ?! [/QUOTE] I got a rare burger at a restaurant last week. I feel fine. They didn’t seem to be prevented by any laws. I doubt there is such a law. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/34 "2006-12-22T20:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=Ammonius Saccus] I got a rare burger at a restaurant last week. I feel fine. They didn’t seem to be prevented by any laws. I doubt there is such a law. [/QUOTE] I think there are some such laws. Oddly enough not every jurisdiction has identical laws. I also think more often it is used to back up their own personal policy, that they don’t want to take what they perceive as the risk of you either suing, or the bad publicity they might get from you keeling over from a less than medium burger. That’s their choice, and they simply say it is the law to stop you bitching at them when they say it is company policy. I personally like my burgers medium rare, but I only buy them that way in a good place, or cook them that way at home when I am controlling the ingredients that go into them. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/35 "2006-12-22T20:58:07Z")
[QUOTE=Ammonius Saccus] I got a rare burger at a restaurant last week. I feel fine. They didn’t seem to be prevented by any laws. I doubt there is such a law. [/QUOTE] There’s a big difference between fresh hamburger served at a restaraunt and the flash-frozen crap served at BK (McD’s, Hardee’s, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/36 "2006-12-22T21:07:21Z")
[QUOTE=myskepticsight] …or wipe their ass with it for you. [/QUOTE] I don’t think that’s the kind of buns they mean 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/37 "2006-12-22T21:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] There’s a big difference between fresh hamburger served at a restaraunt and the flash-frozen crap served at BK (McD’s, Hardee’s, etc.) [/QUOTE] I would imagine so. A common burger cooker at a fast food joint is a roller: you put the frozen patties in at one end, the chain conveyor takes them through the oven, and they come out cooked. There’s not an easy way to adjust the cooking process for a single burger patty. It’s about efficiency, not quality. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/38 "2006-12-22T21:28:15Z")
[QUOTE=BayleDomon] you put the frozen patties in at one end, the chain conveyor takes them through the oven, and they come out cooked. [/QUOTE] Can you put a baby thorugh there? ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/39 "2006-12-22T21:32:14Z")
Stupidest thread ever. You can’t get a burger with arsenic in it, either. So fucking what? Do you want them to say: Have it your way …unless your way involves a risk of serious illness or death ? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-my-way-bullshit/385206/40 "2006-12-22T21:38:52Z")
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