COMPLUSIVE EATING DISORDER (McDonald's)

Member Name: jingles

Product:	McDonald's
Date:	27/09/01 (121 review reads)
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Advantages: Crunchie McFlurries

Disadvantages: Ronald McDonald

Most people are opinionated on McDonalds - you are either for them or against them. Either you are a Big Maccer or a Whopper – unless of course you are a veggie and neither floats your boat!

McDonalds in Northern Ireland is only a fairly recent phenomenon – having only been around perhaps only over the last 10 years or so. Of late though, they seem to be appearing on every corner – breeding like rabbits they are!

I think lm a McDonalds ‘lover’ – l do however use this term loosely! Its trash food and you need to be in the mood for it. I prefer McDonalds to Burger King – why l don’t know – l just do!

McDonalds are well known for gimmicks and with each gimmick comes a new TV advert. Here’s a small sample few for you to recall:

 HOT DOGS – ‘Hot Dickity Dog Dickity – see what you do to me…’ a recent and annoying ad. The young guy orders and received his hot dog, takes a bite and the restaurant turns into a 1950’s scene – all singing all dancing!
 THE MCFLURRY ELECTION CAMPAIGNS – ongoing this year in the lead up to our own June elections – a party political broadcast style advert. Choose between Bounty McFlurry and Caramel McFlurry.
 ITALIAN/INDIAN MEALS – meal deals which have – either an Italian or Indian theme!
 THE VIZZ STYLE TOP TIPS – the one that springs to mind would be the money saving carpet squares attached to your feet – or of course you could buy a money saving McDonalds meal instead!
 HAPPY MEALS – A kids gimmick. Ads shown at times feature Big Ronald McDonald himself! They consist of burger etc, french fries a drink and a toy. Coinciding usually with a new movie release the toy is then related. Kids love them!

I generally visit the drive thru at Glengormley in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. Customer servic
e to be truthful is generally hit or miss. I have found service to be slow and staff quite cheeky! In my KFC op l accused staff of being the living dead – well l don’t find this true in McDonalds. Staff – usually students – have a don’t care attitude (although l cant blame them really!) and when you request your orders them seem to look horrified at being asked to help – it’s as if you have just requested they hand over their life savings!

Generally, the restaurant and its facilities are quite clean. Some poor mug that gets paid a pittance has the joy of being constantly out on the floor having to clean, mop and empty bins. It’s not a job ld envy!

Food is fast. Its nothing special – so why then am l addicted to the Sausage and Egg McMuffins? Food is cheap and it keeps hunger at bay. I think they add addictive E numbers to the food to draw customers back – l wish l knew for sure!

Perhaps my strange love for Micky Dee’s dates back to my drunken student days. Ah l remember it well – piling out of the Crescent (the local dingy student disco) pissed as a newt, we all made a beeline for the McDonalds at Shaftsbury Square in Belfast. It was a cattle market outside on a Thursday night/Friday morning! If you had not pulled on your night out and you didn’t pull at McDonalds you really had problems!

So l have a perverse liking for McDonalds food – l stand here and admit that in front of you all – perhaps now l can start on the road to recovery!

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