New McDonald’s ad campaign: You’d humiliate yourself for three bucks’ worth of fast food

Hot Air ^ | February 4, 2015 | Allahpundit

[C19fan]

Could the act of ordering a “McMuffin” be less dignified than it already is? Yep, says Kate Batchelder. Significantly less.

[C19fan]

I value my self-respect more than a $7 dollar meal.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

McDonald's cashier wanted me to pay with love, defined as a happy dance. Good god, woman, I'm a wasp, we don't do that. Paid the usual way

This sounds like a really bad idea.

[W.]

Ready to spread

Da love!

[Alex Murphy]

I value my self-respect more than a $7 dollar meal.

I love my mother enough not to call her and announce that I'm ordering a 20-piece McNuggets (1140 calories including the BBQ sauce), large Coke (310 calories), and medium fries (380 calories) for lunch at McDonalds.

But I would call her and tell her that I'll be ordering the Chick-Fil-A spicy chicken sandwich (440 calories) and medium waffle fries (400 calories) with a Coke Zero (0 calories) any time.

[Jonty30]

If I’m traveling through an area, I might be willing to do this. It’s free food and nobody knows me.

[Irenic]

Good grief. Just let me pay for the food and get on the road. How irritating.

[WKUHilltopper]

Dance for your poison and chemical meal...serf.

[Clay Moore]

That’s the good thing about being out of town. No one in line is allowed to record you and put it on Youtube. (^;

[camle]

they don’t need gimmicks, they need GOOD FOOD! more like they used to have, esp fries

[nuconvert]

Dance? NO. Hug my spouse or child & say “I love you”...Sure

[xp38]

Well that got me to wondering that no mention has been made of the drive thru. Maybe the promotion doesn’t apply there but the possibilities if it does I imagine could be even more humiliating.

[bgill]

After the first pole dancer, they’ll stop this insanity.

[cyclotic]

Sorry y’all, I think it’s great marketing.

A friend got chosen the other day and she had to hug her teenage son. She loved it.

[Gamecock]

Best part about my new job? It takes me less one minute to walk to the nearest Chick-Fil-A.

[WayneS]

My mother died 7 years ago. If they offer me free food for calling my mother, I will break down in tears at the counter, become completely inconsolable, and then sue McDonalds for $50 million.

My mother would get a kick out of that.

[McGruff]

calling McDonald’s menu food is an insult to food. More like a laxative.

[Alex Murphy]

My mother died 7 years ago. If they offer me free food for calling my mother, I will break down in tears at the counter, become completely inconsolable, and then sue McDonalds for $50 million. My mother would get a kick out of that.

If they offered me free food, I would promptly change my order to 10 of everything on the menu. I'd spend the next hour giving out free meals to everyone in the parking lot and drive-through. Imagine the effect that would have on their revenue!

[PapaBear3625]

My daughter and my wife were at MacDonalds a couple of days ago, and this happened. So my daughter gave her mom a hug and got a free meal. Big deal.

[AxeofCrom]

You want to bring in more customers? Extend breakfast all day instead of this 10:30 a.m. SS curfew.

“Can I get a sausage and cheese biscuit please?”

“NEIN! Ve do not serve dis after 10:30 a.m.! Gehen sie weg! Schweinhund! Dis ist die McReich!”

[discostu]

Makes me extra glad I got out of that place. I’d just be mortified to be at the cash register and have to tell the customer “if you hug your kid it’s free”. I grew up in a world where PDAs are tacky and I like it that way.