# Do I need to ASK FOR MEAT???? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 22, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499 "2001-08-22T05:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/21 "2001-08-22T23:24:06Z")
Oh… pezpunk, I didn’t mean I couldn’t understand why someone would want a vegetarian sandwich. It just sort of mystifies me why somebody would go to McDonald’s if they want such a thing. Granted, some people might be with groups of friends, or with the family, and not have much choice, but I’ve definitely seen people on their own come in and order these things. I guess they just like the taste (?!). Personally, if I were vegetarian, I’d rather get a veggie sub from the deli at the gas station than a veggie Big Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/22 "2001-08-22T23:47:29Z")
Around my company a McBurger or Whopper type thing ordered “hold the meat” is called a McHindi. For some reason we have a good dozen or so Hindus who seem (inexplicably) to actually like the taste of a fast-food burger minus the cow meat which, for religious reasons, they are not supposed to be eating. And a McHindi is probably better for you than a deep-fried fish sandwhich or Mystery McNuggets, which are also deep fried. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/23 "2001-08-23T00:01:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezpunk \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by MsWhatsit \* > > \*\*I’d just like to point out that in my two years of working at McDonald’s, it was not terribly uncommon for people to order either 1) A Big Mac, no meat, or 2) a cheeseburger, no burger. I am not kidding. In the first case, they wanted a “veggie Big Mac” (god only knows why), and in the second case, they basically wanted a grilled cheese sandwich. > > \*\* > > Just to fill you in we vegetarians are somewhat limited on our fast food choices. Burger king actually offers a “veggie whopper” whereas mcdonalds does not. You have to custom order it and get charged as if there were meat on it. Basically I order this way if Im hungry and there’s nothing else around. \*\* Here in NYC at least, some of the McD’s have a McVeggie Burger. It’s very salty, but decent (I was about to say “not half bad,” but in the context of this thread that would pose A Problem). I’ll sometimes order one to atone for my shake. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/24 "2001-08-23T02:52:19Z")
About 9 years ago I went through the KFC drive through in West Bend, Wisconsin. I ordered a 4 piece dinner. As I drove away from the pick up window I noticed there were only 3 pieces in the box:mad: I stormed into the counter area and confronted the dope who served me at the drive through. I showed him my receipt for a purchase of a 4 piece dinner and then pointed inside the box, exhibiting that there were only 3 pieces of chicken. The mother fucker reached into the box, and pulled out the smallest piece!:eek::mad::eek: “Oops. Hey, we gave you one too many!”:mad::eek::mad: I want to have a stroke just thinking about this story! ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/25 "2001-08-23T04:02:04Z")
Confession time :eek: I’m a flesh-eater now, but spent 2 of my college years as a vegan – during which time I had occasion to go to TGI Friday’s with my mom and order “a Philly Cheesesteak please… hold the steak, hold the cheese”. 🙂 Basically, I just wanted an onion & pepper sandwich with ketchup, but it took 4 waiters to bring it out and see what kind of freak would order such a thing. I must say however that Wawa makes really good lettuce, onion & tomato subs – don’t know where I would have been without them (and they’d only charge me 99 cents for them!) It’s also worth mentioning that the first time I met my then-future in-laws, I wouldn’t eat meat and dairy and they struggled to find things to feed me. The next time I visited, they had all sorts of fruit/etc. ready, but to their astonishment, their son had already converted me back to meat, and I was giving the Atkins diet a try (i.e. ONLY meat and dairy). I will never live that down! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/26 "2001-08-23T04:28:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*I blame the vegetarians. 😃 \*\* Tit for tat. Once I asked for a veggie burger at BK and was served up a veggie burger without the veggie patty – just the bun and trimmings. I blame the carnivores. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Christina25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@Christina25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christina25)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/27 "2001-08-23T13:26:14Z")
Ms Whatsit posted: "I’d just like to point out that in my two years of working at McDonald’s, it was not terribly uncommon for people to order either 1) A Big Mac, no meat, or 2) a cheeseburger, no burger. I am not kidding. In the first case, they wanted a “veggie Big Mac” (god only knows why), and in the second case, they basically wanted a grilled cheese sandwich. I can totally see some bored drive-thru employee standing there at the end of a long shift, hearing “McRib, sauce only”, and thinking, “Huh, another weirdo who wants the bun with no meat. OK, whatever.” However, the employee probably should have confirmed first. I am with everyone else who finds this somewhat hilarious, though" I have had similar experiences in my 4-5 yrs at Mc’D’s, but when faced with a vegetarian, in my experience, they are always extremely specific. They would alwasy ask for the mgr ini charge and actually explain what they wanted. The drive thru person was the one who knew what i wanted… I saw the grill order on the slip and it was correctly placed. There is a key on registers that can grill order without meat. Anyway, so grill person comes up to the drive-thru window after I had come back around and (he seemed pretty wired or high) says…'I just figured sauce man and I hooked you up!" I told him if I didnt want meat I would have indicated that and that the meat is imlpied unless they ask for it off specifically. Yes i did go back wanting to make him feel like an idiot, but I left lauging my butt off at the whole thing. It was simply too funny for words, annoying but hilarious as all hell. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@coffeecam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/28 "2001-08-23T14:38:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > Here in NYC at least, some of the McD’s have a McVeggie Burger. It’s very salty, but decent (I was about to say “not half bad,” but in the context of this thread that would pose A Problem). I’ll sometimes order one to atone for my shake. \*\* cool, I sure hope they get that out of testing, it would be nice to eat more than fries or Mexican from Toxic Hell when I get fast food. Cameron ---
**Author:** ![AuGratin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AuGratin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuGratin)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/29 "2001-08-23T20:18:00Z")
I place the blame for this squarely on the shoulders of the driver doing the ordering for the car I was in, but nonetheless I was pretty grossed out when my “Del Meat burrito with extra cheese and sour cream” (the Artery Health Express, I used to call it) turned into a “cheese with extra cheese and sour cream” burrito. Ugh – a flour tortilla wrapped around a solid two-inch diameter column of shredded cheddar cheese with a drizzle of sour cream running through it. Completely inedible. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/30 "2001-08-23T20:52:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Completely inedible. I most heartily disagree. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/31 "2001-08-23T21:53:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by trikas \* > \*\*Ugh – a flour tortilla wrapped around a solid two-inch diameter column of shredded cheddar cheese with a drizzle of sour cream running through it. Completely inedible. \*\* I agree with Munch’s disagreement. Take out the sour cream, add some fajita-sliced peppered beef or chicken, microwave for 40 seconds, and I’ll take two for lunch… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/32 "2001-08-23T22:59:57Z")
I think I got you beat. I go to the local corner deli, New York City, one Saturday morning when me & affiliated Huntess-person were in a mood for take-out breakfast. Sign says: > [@](#): > > BREAKFAST SPECIAL EGG ON ROLL $2.10 > > CHEESE, BACON, SAUSAGE OR HAM, ADD 35¢ “Two breakfast specials, with bacon and cheese, well done” I get home, set the bag down, pour coffee, and settle down a a memorable breakfast of… bacon and cheese on a roll. No egg. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/33 "2001-08-24T12:43:29Z")
A whole thread about drive-through problems, and not one of you quotes Joe Pesci from ‘Lethal Weapon’?!? Hello! Wake up! “They screw you at the drive-through… They know you’re going to be miles away before you figure it out, so they screw you at the drive-through. Who gets screwed? Leo gets screwed…” -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/34 "2001-08-25T04:46:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Christina25, I hope at least you bellowed out a full-on Clara Peller imitation when you looked down at your empty buns! \*\* Shouldn’t this be in the [Funny things said during love making/intimate moments…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24960) thread? :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![John487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@John487](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John487)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/35 "2001-08-25T09:35:07Z")
what gets me, is when you order something via the drivethru - yet end up with someone else’s order. happened to me 3 times in a row once, at three different food joints. and i didn’t make the discovery until after i was far far away. …then i changed my schitck now i always make a check (of the bag contents), before i vacate the premesis. if i get lucky, i get to intimidate some putz to the fact that they fucked my order up… it’s one of those subtle joys in life, like splattering cockroaches on pavement with my “big ass” boots. ---
**Author:** ![hashiriya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@hashiriya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hashiriya)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/36 "2001-08-25T11:48:41Z")
two pieces of bread and wish you had something to put in between 'em. ---
**Author:** ![DJScherr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DJScherr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJScherr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/37 "2001-08-25T16:19:36Z")
Speaking from a former fast food employees point of view… I actually had someone yell at me cause they wanted a cheesburger with out the ketchup, onions, etc… including the cheese! I suggested they just get the hamburger instead as it is cheaper… they refused to take the darn hamburger, I figured to hell with it, it aint my money. After a couple times of people complaining when you try to interpret their order, you just give up, and give em what they ask for. They’ll learn to be more specific. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/38 "2001-08-25T18:42:13Z")
Everybody knows you **don’t** go to McDonald’s if you want to have meat!😃 ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/39 "2001-08-25T18:44:01Z")
Sort of reminds you of the scene in _Five Easy Pieces_ with Jack Nicholson and his chicken sandwich, don’t it? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-ask-for-meat/77499/40 "2001-08-25T18:46:30Z")
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