Today at lunch, I came up with a eureka of a website. PeopleofMcDonalds.com. You know, like peopleofwalmart.com, but not. My eureka came while I was innocently enjoying my #8 - Grilled Chicken Club, no tomato and a Diet Coke. Yes, that's how I ordered it, because its McDonald's and they're all the same. Being the same is also their claim to fame - if you're in another state and have a Big Mac attack, it will taste the same as the McDonald's down the street. This brings me to McDonald's advertising. If you've missed it, you must be living under a rock or in an old bomb shelter or something. Even if you don't intentionally pay attention to their advertising, they advertise so much that inevitably, you learn through osmosis. This brings me to my website.
As I was eating my lunch, I couldn't help but overhear a woman inquiring about the Angus burgers. Her first question, "What is an Angus burger?" The manager's response was "Its a bigger, better piece of meat". Great. So the lady asks, "Is it better for you?", to which the manager replies, "yes it is." Side note - who doesn't know what the Angus burger is? And if you didn't, could you not figure it out by the vibrant and large pictures on the menu? I digress. So the lady proceeds to order the Angus burger, since its obviously made of prime cuts of meat versus asses and tails. Personally, I think that calling it an Angus burger is silly, since likely all burgers are made of Angus meat, its just a matter of how big the patty and what part of the cow. So maybe Angus is made of the butt versus the butt hole. Personally I think that its crazy, its like Steak and Shake calling their burgers "steak burgers". If you really think about it, all burgers are made of steak. Just sayin'.
Shortly after she orders her Angus burger, she comes back up to the counter, stepping almost behind it, rocking back and forth. Ok last time I checked, McDonald's wasn't self-service. You stand at the counter and wait until you are waited on by someone who could give two shits. So she's walked onto the tile area, borderline running the drive thru, before someone comes to see what the heck she wants. Turns out, she wants a fork and a knife. As I went to refill my Diet Coke, I see her, daintily enjoying her Angus burger with her fork and knife, happy as can be.
Second McDonald's observation. Who in the hell orders a McRib sandwich? Things that are wrong with this sandwich:
1. Its a RIB sandwich. Who wants to eat that?
2. There are no ribs in this sandwich, but its RIB-SHAPED
3. Somewhere, there is a factory that makes rib-shaped sandwiches
Finally, I was witness to a soft drink caper. As I was waiting for my order and while the manager's back was turned, I saw the person in line behind me flop herself over the counter and steal a cup. Really? Who steals a cup? Who doesn't know that you can ask for a cup for water and go hog wild at the pop machine? Apparently this lady, because she just helped herself to the cup dispenser, behind the cash register. Perhaps this is really a self service McDonald's and I missed the memo? Either way it was an entertaining lunch, even if I was eating grilled chicken instead of an Angus.
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Classic =)
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