# So I was at McDonald's... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749 "2000-11-04T23:49:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/1 "2000-11-04T23:49:14Z")
I went through the drive thru and ordered a cheeseburger with NO mustard and a medium strawberry shake. The person there reads the order back to me; a cheeseburger with NO mustard and a medium strawberry shake. Okay. So I pull to the first window to pay. Done. I pull to the second window, get my shake and a small bag, and I leave. I taste the shake. It’s not strawberry. It’s raspberry, which is actually okay because A) I didn’t even know they had raspberry shakes, and B) It tasted pretty good. I grab my cheeseburger. Right now, I’m about 2 blocks away from the building. I open it, almost positive I’m going to find mustard. Nope, no mustard. **But there was no burger either!** So I pull onto this little trail thing, turn the car around, and go back. And I go through the drive thru again. I was just laughing my ass off because I couldn’t believe it happened. I pull up to the first window. I handed her the cheeseburger and the following conversation took place: Me: There’s no burger on this. Her: You said cheeseburger no meat. Me: No, I said no mustard. Her: No, you said no meat. Me: Why the hell am I going to get a cheeseburger with no meat?! Her: ::look of confusion:: Me: Well? Her: Pull forward to the next window, please. So I pull forward to the next window, still laughing my ass off. After about 5 minutes, I get my cheeseburger with NO mustard. What a waste of time. The first thing I thought? This is unbelieveable. No, really. No one’s going to believe this. My second thought? I _have_ to post this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/2 "2000-11-04T23:58:49Z")
Reminds me of the commercial where the guy orders two big macs with no onions . . . I swear, they should have you type your order. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/3 "2000-11-05T00:16:36Z")
We had a similar problem last night at Wendy’s. I love Wendy’s, but the help at the local ones here is the worst of the worst. I don’t understand it. Waiting for the next employee turnover doesn’t help, either. They keep hiring bad help. As a result, I haven’t eaten at the local Wendy’s for over a year, until last night. I decided to give them one more shot. We checked our bags before we left the drive-thru, and everything seemed to be there (that’s the problem we have–they either forget something or put something in that we didn’t ask for). We get home, and once again, everything still looks right. We were pleasantly surprised, until my husband took a bite of his burger. He had asked for no mayo, and there was mayo on it. Sigh. Well, at least we actually _got_ everything this time. They’re getting better. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/4 "2000-11-05T00:17:23Z")
Bwwwaaahahaa! “I’d like a cheeseburger without the burger. And an order of onion rings but leave out the onions. And a diet Coke, but make it a coffee.” I’d have liked to have seen that conversation, Silver Fire. You should have asked her how many burgerless burger orders they get a day. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/5 "2000-11-05T00:26:12Z")
“Please get me a burger with no hamburger.” “I want french fries but hold the potatoes.” “I want an Egg McMuffin but only the muffin forget the Mc.” “I would like a salad shaker but hold the lettuce.” “A tea with no ice, in fact just forget the drink I want the cup.” LOL Silver that is truly a unique fast food story! I mean I have ordered (at a non-fast food restauarant) a burger without the bun but the bun without the burger??? OY! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/6 "2000-11-05T00:27:37Z")
ROFL, Brachy!! I have to point out that I did not even know you could get a cheeseburger with no meat. Also, who would actually do that? Anyway, I got an apple pie for free. So it wasn’t a complete loss, I suppose. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/7 "2000-11-05T00:31:24Z")
I swear, I hadn’t seen brachy’s post before I posted mine…really!!! \< shuffles to the corner now \> ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/8 "2000-11-05T00:33:33Z")
I can’t help but giggle even more since their lastest ad campaign is “We love to see you smile.” Apparently they gave Silver a damn good giggle. Truth in advertising I guess! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/9 "2000-11-05T00:36:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > \*\*I swear, I hadn’t seen brachy’s post before I posted mine…really!!! \*\* Suuuuuure. Whatever. 😉 Anyway, I didn’t see your post before I posted, otherwise I would have ROFL at you, too. You people crack me up. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/10 "2000-11-05T00:46:50Z")
I’m waiting for someone to start a thread in the Pit any minute now… _“So I was at work tonight and some idiot came to my drive-thru and asked for a cheeseburger with no meat…what kind of jerk asks for a cheeseburger with no meat?”_ 😃😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/11 "2000-11-05T00:51:31Z")
I can’t let this go, this is too funny!!! I guess she thought you ordered the **Grilled McCheese** with pickles, onions and ketchup. (blech) You’re on to something! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/12 "2000-11-05T00:57:48Z")
Kinsey, wouldn’t that be something? I’m laughing so hard that my whole family packed into this room, standing behind me all, “What’s so funny?” ROFL!!! ::wipes away the tears:: ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/13 "2000-11-05T01:17:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > I guess she thought you ordered the **Grilled McCheese** with pickles, onions and ketchup. (blech) They’d probably cook the cheese on the burger then slide it off…yikes! Or they could really confuse the order and combine the burger-no bun with the bun-no burger and give you an empty McBag. ::snort, Kinsey!:: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/14 "2000-11-05T01:30:46Z")
McBag… Hehehe. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/15 "2000-11-05T01:56:17Z")
Don’t they sometimes make a cheeseburger sans meat for vegetarians? ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/16 "2000-11-05T01:57:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Or they could really confuse the order and combine the burger-no bun with the bun-no burger and give you an empty McBag. err, would like fries with that? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/17 "2000-11-05T02:02:46Z")
I sometimes eat sandwhiches with cheese, onions, ketchup and mustard…it has the taste of burger when I need a quick snakc. I call it the mock-cheeseburger. ---
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/18 "2000-11-05T02:03:51Z")
I used to work at a burger place and sometimes a vegetarian will order a burger with no meat. The policy was to put two pieces of cheese in place of the meat. However, the person who served Silver Fire didn’t say anything about this. So I think she was not-too-bright, or her brain was numb from working all day at McD’s. ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/19 "2000-11-05T02:10:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Or they could really confuse the order and combine the burger-no bun with the bun-no burger and give you an empty McBag. Wouldn’t that get you a McBag with just the condiments in it? Like just a glop of mustard, mayo and ketchup and some onions and pickles? eeeww. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749/20 "2000-11-05T02:18:44Z")
Heheh, if that happened to me I would have told them to lick my MCbag, _lol_. Years back I worked at Burger King and people would order these veggie whoppers (whoppers w/out da meat). I thought it was a joke at first, but prolly _one_ out of every _thirty_ whopper orders was for a veggie-whopper. Strange. I dunno what it is, but a cooked cow guts just taste so good. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-at-mcdonalds/39749.md?page=2)