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.
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.”