The only reason I would go to McDonald's was when I was traveling late at night and it was the only food place open and I hadn't eatin in hours. Their burgers usually make me feel sick after eating them and I feel just as hungry after eating them as before. Plus, they expensive as fuck for such low tier food. Their fries and smoothies on the other hand are pretty good, just wish I got more smoothie for the price I pay for it though. I do love five guys though, but it's so expensive and rare to find that I tend to go other places unless I'm craving it badly.
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Reuters: Will McD customers accept longer wait for non-frozen patty Quarter Pounders?
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I agree, especially if the food ends up tasting the same anyways.
Mushroomer25
Member
The sooner McDonald's realizes that they will absolutely never win a fight when it comes to quality, they'll leapfrog back into public relevance.
Give me a burger that is cheap, consistent, and delivered at a startling speed. That is why people come to McDonald's, and boosting those traits is the only way forward.
Give me a burger that is cheap, consistent, and delivered at a startling speed. That is why people come to McDonald's, and boosting those traits is the only way forward.
BobTheFork
Member
You know why Wendy's patties are square?
Because THEY don't cut corners.
Checkmate Clown!
Because THEY don't cut corners.
Checkmate Clown!
That's a minefield there. It seems like Burger King they enforce really loose restrictions on franchisees. A Rally's on side of town can be clean and amazing with great food. Another not 20 minutes away will be a cesspool with the most disgusting slop that can be had for under $5.
peteykirch
Member
Nothing worse than waiting a long time for food, and getting absolute trash.
Not McDonalds, but we went to Sonic and waited close to 10 minutes off to the side of the drive thru line and received this;
Not McDonalds, but we went to Sonic and waited close to 10 minutes off to the side of the drive thru line and received this;
Stripper13
Member
Wow. This is an interesting response.
I mean. I think we can all agree that it's junk food with little nutritional value. But I eat it somewhat frequently because I am time poor, not because of some weird disgusting mentality. Also, quarter pounders taste pretty good.
FallingEdge
Member
Let me live the disgusting life as their price to protein ratio cannot be beat.
Dreadnought
Member
If you wait longer than 4 minutes for your mcdonalds you are now news worthy.
The article says 70% of theior customers rely on fast service.
Let's assume that metric is true. Why piss off established customers to get those who want higher quality.
At the end of the day this means McDonalds has reached their ceiling and shouldn't alienate the majority of their customers to prevent the loss of those who can wait longer for better food.
They should focus on making their food faster because lagging behind Wendy's who still makes better burgers in less time is a joke.
They could do a lot of other things instead of going after chains like Five Guys and In and Out.
perfectchaos007
Member
Nothing worse than waiting a long time for food, and getting absolute trash.
Not McDonalds, but we went to Sonic and waited close to 10 minutes off to the side of the drive thru line and received this;
Yeah that doesn't look cooked at all. I got one like that at JitB before. Was lucky I didn't get salmonella
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Yeah, two drivers in the cab. On longer hauls drivers are not legally allowed to do the run in a single drive. Once they run out of hours they are required to stop, so two drivers keeps the load moving constantly. Obviously automation will solve this problem making over-the-road shipping much more efficient. And cheaper since trucks can always be running.
Yeah it's only double the price
BattleMonkey
Member
Pre cooked beef is typically how chili meat is done, it's nothing "gross"
It's close to made to order, the window of cooked meat to assembled sammich is alot smaller than at places like McD and BK who cook and leave the meat in warming trays. Wendy's typically keep the meat on the grill after main cookie for a while before the meat is stored away for use in chili or thrown out. Wendy's has there shit a bit better managed really while the others go for the easy cheap route of just making the meat ahead in large amounts and having it sit around. At BK they will often because of this will microwave the burger after applying the cheese to melt it and warm up the cooled off meat.
No guarantees, but at peak times, you have a higher chance of getting a fairly fresh burger at Wendys
blame space
Banned
i just wish i could somehow have a big cheeseburger in my face right now
Five minutes is considered an annoyance. A McDonalds drive-thru experience should realistically be .5-1 minute tops.
blame space
Banned
the only thing I've ever ordered at McDonald's for the last ten years is the iced coffee when it's $1. and it sucks.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Even then I place my order with the app before I leave to go get it. But I still have to wait for the fries.
Does McD's app have an online ordering system?
They don't. That would fuck their shit up.
During peak times a lot of places take less than a minute. Though sometimes there are items that take longer to prepare - like Taco Bell if they don't have any "chalupa" shells already fried.
Now during late night as people are going home from drinking, that's a different story. Because at that point there's usually only 2 people inside working and there will be 10 cars all at once full of drunk people getting lots of food.
Their coffee is a joke. It's like shit tier cream with a splash of coffee.
WaterAstro
Member
We should just stop eating beef.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
NA, NANI!?!!I don't wait at Wendy's.
PulseONE
Member
I've waited in drive throughs for 20 mins + lol
That's crazy fast and people get angry for it, that's interesting haha
Of course. Hot McDonald's fries >>> Five Guys
Dark Ninja
Member
There is no way Mcdonalds customers will be able to wait. I expect assaults and fights in Mcdonalds to increase with this addition.
Having worked at a Wendy's behind the grill, the fact that they're starting to grill the patties right when a customer orders is crazy. It takes 3-5 minutes for a patty to cook to servable temperatures, so we constantly loaded the grill up with new patties and staged them at regular intervals. We always had a bunch of patties in different stages of cooking so there would be ones ready whenever a customer ordered.
Different times of the day, you have different numbers of patties grilling - mid afternoon you might have a pretty light grill, but during dinner or lunch rush hour, the grill is fully loaded. If no customers ended up ordering a burger in time for a patty before it got too well done, we just shifted it off to a heated drawer to chop up later for "chili meat". I guess McD's doesn't have chili, so they don't have that natural recycling method for the unused patties, but they get enough volume that it shouldn't be a problem during rush hours. Just seems like a poorly thought out system.
Been a decade since I worked there and different franchisees have different policies, but making customers park to wait for food was the biggest no-no when I worked there. If something went wrong and we had a hold-up at the drive-thru window, we would often run food back to the cashier window or send an employee outside with the food if they're between windows for the previous orders so we could keep the rest of the line moving, but making a customer park was considered timer-dodging and grounds for termination.
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In the UK we regularly wait like 5 to 10 minutes for a McDonald's. It's pretty normal.
polyh3dron
Banned
Yes. I will.
The new Quarter Pounder with the fresh patty is definitely better.
Wendy's really knows how to do this well though. Always has patties cooking on the grill and then once they get cooked past the point of being suitable to be served as a burger, they become chili meat.
The new Quarter Pounder with the fresh patty is definitely better.
Wendy's really knows how to do this well though. Always has patties cooking on the grill and then once they get cooked past the point of being suitable to be served as a burger, they become chili meat.
goldenpp72
Member
And pay 20 bucks to get what you can get for like 8 at Mcdonalds yeah, while the food is better it's pretty expensive for what it is.
Trumplestiltskin
Banned
Am I the only one who buys a Qtr Pounder because it tastes like a Qtr Pounder?
I can make a burger, any jerkoff can make a burger. But I've never eaten anything that tastes quite like it.
I can make a burger, any jerkoff can make a burger. But I've never eaten anything that tastes quite like it.
Because I want to be out as short as possible. At wendys checkers, sonic you're going to be in line for a while. Especially at Wendy's where the dive thruwlines are usually packed. At mcdonalds I can do a 5 minute round trip and be back home
blame space
Banned
waiting 5 minutes for fast food doesn't give you an excuse to treat people poorly. if your time is that important maybe think about not going through a drive thru.
Dash_Riprock
Member
Been a regular customers at Wendy's for over a decade and I have NEVER had to pull forward and wait to get my food. Its just doesn't happen there.
McDonald's, on the other hand...
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