Posted on 05/20/2021 9:00:37 PM PDT by be-baw
Yahoo News is posting a ad for mcDonalds masquerading as news while their web page itself is awash in ads. It’s like a meta ad.
Saw a sign at McDonald’s, Food made fresh for each order during non rush hour.
“I’d like a burger that’s about to expire!”
“Sorry, everything’s fresh!. Your order will take about ten minutes.”
“That’s okay. I’ll wait.”
I want a fresh salad.
...or ask for them without salt.
I’ve been getting fresh fries at McDonald’s for years.
When you as for them without salt, they make a fresh batch.
I worked fast food in the 80s. This was known back then. It’s nothing new. The thing is, this “hack” makes extra work for employees, who have to clean out the fry areas, to ensure there’s no salt on the fries.
Instead of asking for “no-salt” fries, customers with integrity could instead simply ask for fresh fries. That’s a whole lot more honest, and a whole lot simpler to make.
Even though that is the company policy, it probably still depends on which McDonalds you go to. Some cashiers will happily comply, where I can imagine others giving you a dirty look and rolling their eyes when they turn away from you.
I’m thinking of the common scenario where “The Ice Cream Machine is ‘Broken’, sorry!” Meaning, none of the staff have the time or the will to take that machine apart clean each part and reassemble it. I still like their burgers and fries once in a while. It’s usually fresh enough for me.
Yep.....no telling what little ‘extras’ you might get, for asking for fresh fries.
I’d be afraid they’d spit in my food for asking them to work extra hard and make it fresh. So I’ll continue to get my warmed over Big Mac, I guess, but I just don’t trust service workers these days.
No problem here? I never eat their food, or is “crap” more appropriate?
Oldest trick in the book. If you want a fresh Quarter Pounder, just order one with ketchup only, or without onions, whatever. They used to be not too bad that way, a long time ago. I don’t know about now.
And in certain "urban" areas, if you are not of the same ethnicity of the workers, you will get a fresh order - an order with some fresh spit in it. After all, they are just following the customer service Jesse Jackson gave when he worked at a fast food restaurant.
This used to be the “I want fries with no salt” hack. What you’re really doing is gumming up the line to feel special by getting minimum wage workers to cater to you briefly.
All you are to McDonald’s corporation (and every other public facing corporation) is a wallet with a dollar bill hanging out of it. They’re always trying to figure out new ways to fish that dollar bill away from you. Corporate promises profits to their shareholders, and there are a lot of middle managers who have to keep justifying their positions every quarter by showing results.
Once the “make it fresh” hack starts showing up as a red mark on a spreadsheet in corporate, it’s going to be gone. Oh, they’ll find a way to spin it with a “always fresh” marketing gimmick, but it’s going to be gone and your stale fries will be deemed fresh because it’s best for business. You may win for a few meals, but the Clown always wins in the long run.
VOICE heard over speaker-box: “Can you please pull ahead to the parking spot marked ‘awaiting order’”.
The ‘hack’ I used when coming in from nightschool to McD’s after 10 PM and I didn’t want to wait - I would LOOK to see what was up there ALREADY on the ‘warming’ trays and order it ... I could give a flip if it was ‘garden-fresh’ at that point that late at night ...
Modern journalism is amazing.
Crap is more appropriate, at least for people with a modicum of taste.
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