# Fast Food Burgers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507 "2003-07-14T23:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WIZLOCK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@WIZLOCK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIZLOCK)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/1 "2003-07-14T23:17:07Z")
How hard can it be to put the burger and cheese in the middle of the bun. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/2 "2003-07-14T23:21:58Z")
Surprisingly hard. You usually put the burger on the bottom of the bun, and then the cheese on top of that, and then the top of the bun. It’s much easier than just trying to put it all in the middle straight off. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/3 "2003-07-14T23:56:08Z")
Also, the workers involved have a matter of seconds in which to produce a cheeseburger – I forget how many, but there’re a few here who would know. ---
**Author:** ![macabresoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@macabresoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/macabresoul)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/4 "2003-07-15T00:03:18Z")
Takes me like 5-10 minutes to cook the burger on my own grill. Not to mention preperation, which acounts for, lets say, 15 minutes. Then you gotta make a few at a time so as to serve the whole family, and depending if people want seconds. Or you could spend 3 minutes in a drive through. That, my friend, is 3 minutes of quality. ---
**Author:** ![Maria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Maria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maria)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/5 "2003-07-15T00:10:10Z")
With McDonald’s “regular” burger, the question is more whether you’ll get meat on the first bite. And that’s with the patty centered! ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/6 "2003-07-15T03:23:21Z")
Wendy’s 99 cent Texas Double Cheeseburger is my messiah. That’s all I have to say. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/7 "2003-07-15T04:19:48Z")
McEmployees® have 35-50 seconds to make the sandwiches, from the time the order comes on the screen ---
**Author:** ![WortMeWorry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@WortMeWorry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WortMeWorry)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-burgers/188507/8 "2003-07-15T05:24:45Z")
It’s not a matter of difficulty, it’s a matter of self-preservation. I rarely see 1 sandwiches on the screen at a time. There have been times when I’ve seen 24 to 40 sandwiches on the screen, and that’s only 4 orders at a time. When it comes to that much business, presentation is the least of my worries. It would be especially easier if people Didn’t make up their Own sandwiches. Let’s be honest about this. How many extra seconds per sandwich are you willing to wait .Now multiply that by the number of sandwiches before yours. Don’t tell me that it doesn’t matter. If you had that much time you would go to a sit down restaurant, not a fast food joint.