I always order McDonald’s hamburgers, especially the Quarter Pounder, without cheese (lone exception: the Big Mac). There’s just something really gross to me about the taste of their American cheese combined with ketchup.
Odds of actually receiving a cheese-less Quarter Pounder when I order it?….Maybe 1 in 4. It just doesn’t fit their programming. They will repeat it back correctly, the receipt will show it correctly, and yet more often than not I still receive a Quarter Pounder with cheese. I just don’t think it registers in their brain, because the menu only lists it with cheese, and they’re probably selling one after another with cheese, all day long. Even Burger King (“Have it your way”) is no better at getting this right. You usually receive it “their way.”
I always order without cheese, too. to me, their cheese tastes like plastic. About half the time, I have to scrape cheese off with a napkin.
I order the double quarter with no cheese, extra onions. That way they actually have to make it fresh AND you’re not likely to get a mistake.