Dirty, Greasy Scabby (McDonald's)

Member Name: VOODOO MAN

Product:	McDonald's
Date:	06/10/01 (1090 review reads)
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Advantages: Popular

Disadvantages: Disgusting

What could be better than a trip to McDonald’s, well I can think of many, but my point, McDonald’s is just not got me and for various dirty greasy reasons. McDonald’s is one of the world’s most well known brands, and is the premier destination for fast food lovers all across the country, and probably the rest of the world too. Wherever you are there is likely to be a big Golden Arch sign near to you, there’re so many branches of the chain in the country!! But I hate it, and they’re everywhere, ARGHH!!!

McDonald’s provide a service - all their food comes in pre-packed and frozen, so it’s all prepared at the actual “restaurants”, behind those fake brick walls, but it’s nothing special. Burgers – ‘Big Mac’s”, chicken nuggets, fries and so on, you can get soft drinks here, from a range of iced out coke, making it tasteless, flat orangeade drinks and sprite and chicken fat infested milk shakes, it’s a greased out haven for junk food maniacs, it’s not my cup of tea at all.

I have eaten at McDonalds, and I didn’t get food poisoning, which is always a good sign, but the burger was lop sided, the accompanying ‘garnish’ consisting of two slices of pickled cucumber/dills, and the roll was soggy. Not hot at all, and really a waste of money. As for the fries – here’s something you may not know, but have you ever wondered why the fries packet always seem to be half full when you buy it? Fairly obviously the staff don’t put as many fries in as they should, through methods of squeezing the packets or just being blatant. Complain and you’ll be thrown out and stared at by a heard of over-fat families relishing in their chosen place of eating. Not that everyone eating here are fat, just there seems to be a high proportion.

Pricing. Right. Why does a half full packet of dry fries cost from 90pence, surely there̵
7;re no more than two average sized potatoes in there. But then you pay this at most places, but from a fish and chop shop you usually get larger, fuller flavoured chips, not twig thin crisped out fat sticks. The burgers cost from around 60p to £1.50, and there are usually a range of special products being sold – whether they’re claiming to be promoting an Italian range, a Mexican range or a Chinese range – it’s usually just a piece of spicy chicken with salad enwrapped in what may as well be cardboard. They’re promotions are very ‘fake’, in my opinion.

But it’s all about the kids! How many times have you seen a child or two pleading, or threatening their parents to get a McDonald’s “Please can we go to McDonald’s Mum! I’ll hate you if we don’t! Dad? Can we go?” – that sound familiar? Whenever your within a 50metre radius of the dreaded grease infested hungry people magnet, you tend to hear those annoying and bewildering pleas to be taken to McDonald’s for a meal out. Wonderful. The drinks are just the biggest rip-offs though, if you want something that resembles what you remember it to taste like then tell the staff member that you don’t want ice.

Why are they so popular then? Are the customers more intelligent than the staff and so flock back there to feel good about their cleverness? Not that all McDonald’s staff have a low IQ, but I have met some very dopey people, working here, but let’s face it, the job cannot be overly mentally demanding, staff quit all the time because they hate the boring work and rates of pay, but anyway, McDonald’s is popular, there is a range of ‘food’, non of which can be described as exquisite or impressive, because it isn’t, but when you compare them to burger king, their prices seem a lot more reasonable.

The competition may well include Burger King, but McDonalds rule
the market, it’s far more popular than BK, and the atmosphere is a little more vibrant in their than the other imported fast food chain, but I would strongly recommend going to Pizza Hut instead of McDonald’s, it may take more time, but the All You Can Eat deal on weekday lunchtimes will be under £5 and almost instant, with far nicer tasting food and it’s a lot healthier too.

Why is it that McDonald’s in the United States give 10% of their profits to the IRS*? I doubt it goes directly to them, but surely this cannot be a good thing!!!

Overall, 2 stars, I hate it!!

VOODOO MAN

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