# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 360
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7182 "2025-06-19T12:54:23Z")
I don’t eat fast food often enough to have a usual way of dealing with that. But i picked up a dinner at McDonald’s on my way home from O’Hare on Tuesday. And i didn’t notice that they’d given me a single fillet in my order of a double fillet-o-fish until i was seated on the plane and we’d left the gate. So i ate it. If they’d given me a burger, instead, i would have thrown it out. Returning to fix the problem was obviously impractical. But if I’d noticed before boarding, i would have done that. Maybe this just wasn’t a question for people who don’t eat fast food regularly. It just bothers me that i can’t really answer because it _just_ happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7183 "2025-06-19T13:08:36Z")
There should have been an option for “_I always double-check the bag before driving away, because you just cannot trust those places._” ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7184 "2025-06-19T14:02:34Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Maybe this just wasn’t a question for people who don’t eat fast food regularly. Which was part of the reason I didn’t answer. The other part of the reason is that I might do either of two things listed, depending both on what the error was and what mood I was in: I might park and go inside to try to straighten it out, or I might just eat what they gave me. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7185 "2025-06-19T14:24:30Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > or I might just eat what they gave me To a person my age, what they are currently charging for ~~shit~~ fast food is enough for me to create a kerfuffle about their FUs. I get that I am ranting at people at the bottom of a messed up hierachy, and the assholes at the top end will not even notice, but I still want what I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7186 "2025-06-19T14:27:43Z")
I’ll order fast food from a drive through once or twice per year. The most common mistake (less common these days) is putting condiments on a burger I ordered plain. I might scrape off the crud, but more likely I’ll toss it. I’m not going to check it when they hand me the bag. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7187 "2025-06-19T14:54:36Z")
Yes, i eat fast food 2-3 times a year, always when I’m traveling. I haven’t gotten many wrong orders. My gut feeling is that I’d likely toss it, but in this particular instance, when it was impossible to complain, and the order was just less of what I’d paid for, i ate it ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7188 "2025-06-19T15:33:47Z")
I voted for my most likely response which is to go inside and get the order fixed. But sometimes it’s just too late for that and I deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7189 "2025-06-19T15:45:04Z")
I can barely remember the last time I bought fast food at a drive-through, but I kind of feel like there’s an implicit sort of “you rolls the dice and you takes your chances” attitude necessary in that situation. When I did so more often, I would just take a quick look in the bag to make sure I had the right number of the right type of items, _e.g._ “Okay, looks like two sandwiches and two orders of fries to me. Let’s go.” Any problems beyond that were likely not worth going back to correct. They gave me onions? I can pick them off. I got a chicken sandwich instead of a burger? Oh well, I like chicken too. The only exception might be if I’d ordered chicken for my wife (who doesn’t eat red meat) and got a burger instead. I might have to go back and swap that out. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7190 "2025-06-19T16:55:52Z")
If I noticed it, and it was significant, I’d go inside. Otherwise, I would contact them and ask for a credit. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7191 "2025-06-19T17:03:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > When I did so more often, I would just take a quick look in the bag to make sure I had the right number of the right type of items, _e.g._ “Okay, looks like two sandwiches and two orders of fries to me. Let’s go.” Same here. I’ll also take note of whether it looks like items are the right size. I mean, if I ask for a Whopper, it’s because I’m hungry enough to eat a Whopper-size portion of stuff. Don’t be giving me no damn Whopper Jr. But if it’s some other Whopper-size sandwich, I can deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7192 "2025-06-19T18:11:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > And most of the bar stools I have seen include a ring that you can rest your feet on. For people with short legs like me, those rings are never high enough. So, I avoid bar stools. They’re hella uncomfortable for me. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > OTOH, Roy was married to **Teri frickin’ Garr**!! Go home to your wife, who was a lifelong celebrity crush of mine!! Wasn’t it Melinda Dillon he was married to? I rarely go for fast food these days, but occasionally I’ll be inexorably pulled into the In-n-Out drivethrough line. Almost did it on the way home from my cardiologist appt on Monday…but I resisted! And I can’t even remember any mistakes that happened to me. Just lucky, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7193 "2025-06-19T18:29:44Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > To a person my age, what they are currently charging for ~~shit~~ fast food is enough for me to create a kerfuffle about their FUs. To a person of my age and budget, what they’re currently charging for fast food (that I mostly don’t like anyway) is enough for me to just not buy the stuff. > [@eschereal](#): > > I get that I am ranting at people at the bottom of a messed up hierachy, and the assholes at the top end will not even notice, but I still want what I wanted You’re entitled to get it. But don’t rant at people at the bottom of a messed up hierarchy, OK? Just ask them politely for what you actually ordered. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7194 "2025-06-19T19:59:00Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Wasn’t it Melinda Dillon he was married to? > > I rarely go for fast food these days, but No, MD was unmarried in CE3K and was the mother of Barry, the kid taken by the aliens. Dreyfuss was married to Teri Garr. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7195 "2025-06-19T20:05:51Z")
I never use a drive through, queues are huge and you usually need to check the menu to decide what you want. Easier to just park and walk in. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7196 "2025-06-19T21:18:36Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > I never use a drive through, queues are huge This seems to be a common observation in other areas. In our area, I never notice a line of any significance. It would dissuade me if I saw one, though. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7197 "2025-06-19T22:49:32Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > I never use a drive through, queues are huge and you usually need to check the menu to decide what you want. Easier to just park and walk in. It depends- Taco Bell? hardly any drive thru line. In&Out? Huge long line, so I walk in to see almost no line. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7198 "2025-06-19T23:11:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > In&Out? Huge long line, so I walk in …and out? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7199 "2025-06-20T01:03:24Z")
Taco Bell? I think might have et there once, but we have a chain in this area that is like _why would I bother with Taco Bell?_ Just like, if you are in the Portland area hankering for a burger, there is one place (small chain) to go to, everything else is just a waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7200 "2025-06-20T02:50:56Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > and out? Snort. small chuckle. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7201 "2025-06-20T14:51:28Z")
I definitely use klutz, but more as a factual description then as a term of derision, and mostly for myself. I use schmaltz only as a factual description of chicken fat. I recognize most of the rest of them, but don’t use them routinely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=359) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=361)