No, I won't. I don't eat that crap.
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2026
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Same here. But I'm afraid, things like and AI pricing will spread.
Let's boycott them all very loudly at the onset.
If restaurants follow suit (seems like Asian restaurants usually go the trch route) you can kindly leave feedback to the owners (if it's locally owned). They're people after all
So they have a financial benefit now in slowing down food delivery times?
I refuse to believe that making every single drive through order pull up and park makes the experience better for anyone. It's about artificially driving down wait time metrics by making us wait more inconveniently for everyone. Nonetheless, I'm sure they will be happy to install ad screens in their numbered parking spots.
I guess they do now.
Urrgh! Doesn’t it feel exhausting that they want to extract more and more from you, including your attention whilst you’re browsing the menu.
Its already annoying enough that the menu changes as you're looking at it.
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Haha. 'Next time'.
Don't you have enough fucking money, McDonald's?
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Late stage capitalism sucks
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Oh god. This is the future. The Disneyworld price structure at McD's.
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nope, fuck McDonald’s!
McDonald must be panicking a little bit after recent financial reports. They have lost a lot of business from their consumers buying something 'cheap and quick'.
I'm usually not going to spend $15-$20 on a McValueless meal when I can go somewhere else for that price. Let's not forget the everyday struggle McDonalds employees have when it comes to putting your entire meal and sauces in the bag at the drive through. Don't drive away and come back to tell them or you will have a manager interrogating you as if you're trying to steal some gourmet shit.
How about you train your employees better or take your job less serious because you're just another disposable employee to McDonald’s. This situation definitely didn't happen to me the last time I went there. I'm not salty about trusting McDonald's is competent enough to give me what I pay for without having to argue about it.
The fact that McDonald's is struggling is a symptom of the K-shaped economy. Let's be real, McDonald's is where the poors and middle class eat. If the poors and the middle class are doing worse financially, McDonald's is a discretionary expense that is going to get cut. If McDonald's wants to survive, they better figure out some new products and markets to expand into where people have disposable income to spend.
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This is desperation as much as saying water is wet. Fast food has exceeded it's peak and is crumbling. People aren't getting excited for fillers; and this goes to a lot of things like frozen food. I'm not sure what exactly is being used as a filler that makes pretty much everything taste and feel like putting a bar of soap in your mouth, but that will lead to their downfall. And it's not me; everything tastes great whenever I'm overseas... even the McDonalds.
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someday for some reason I will likely end up being at one and have forgotten all about this and be like. wtf
I haven't been to one in a literal decade
I definately was at them post covid and then when egg prices surged their breakfast sandwiches were a relatively good deal I think because of previous contracts they had. That I think was the last point where I was going to them. I actually remember after that I was running home while my wife was in the hospital to let the dog out before coming back and broke down as I needed something to eat quick. man I regretted it. should have just picked up a protein bar.
why on earth would I be at an american-owned fast food chain that is renowned for serving overpriced crap out together by somebody who couldn't give a half a fuck about the burger being even moderately presentable?
oh, and the drive thru? I haven't been in one of those in years. I'll walk inside, thanks, then bitch about how they're prioritizing drive thru customers over the one person literally standing in front of them
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Meh, I’ll stick with In-N-Out if I want a burger and fries. At least their employees are paid better, the food is better quality, and they don’t pull “make number go” up bullshit like this.
I don't know if it still applies, but back in 2008 when I still lived near one a double-double and fries was only a dollar or two more than a double quarter meal at McDonald's.
I've recently been to Five Guys for the first time and holy fuck, it was so much better than anything I've ever eaten at McDanooj. I'd say it's about as good as fast food can get even.
Don't get me wrong, it's still slop, but it's damn good slop.
Yeah, but they pay their workers worse than McDonald's.
They do? That's a shame
I went vegetarian almost fifteen years ago and aside from a brief stint of working there out of desperation, I've had no reason to go in one because there's nothing there I can eat (no McPlant in the US). I don't miss it. At all. And from everything I've heard their food has only gotten worse in that time.
I can't remember the last time I ate at McDonald's. It's been twenty years or more.
Why am I subscribed to this fucking community if all you're going to post is clickbait about advertising. Jesus Christ fuck this place.
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Everything we do, is going to be an advertisement.
Not if the companies that implement this suffer financially. I had already stopped going to McDonalds for other reasons, but this is just another reason to avoid it.
McSellout is going to be a banger.
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