Could have something to do with it costing as much as a sit down restaurant used to while tasting like it came from back water gas stations.
Boo-fuckin-hoo. You vote and support like a fucking idiot then you should suffer the consequences.
I can only speak for myself, but the reason I don’t eat at McDonald’s is because their food is just very low quality. Their coffee is good, but everything else is just crap.
If I have a good session in the gym, I’ll hit McDonald’s for a couple mcdoubles and a coke. Shit hits so hard post-workout
Finally when we cut quality so much it hurts the amount of quantity you can sell. This is what people talk about when they say balance too bad piece of shit greedy pigs cant comprehend this humanity.
mcdonalds is shit food, if you’re charging more than a dollar for a sandwich, then it’s way too much.
This is an interesting topic, I’ve just started learning more about this myself.
There’s anti-American sentiment at home too
Nah, that’s anti-fascism sentiment.
It’s the fact we love what America was and can be again that sets us apart from them.
Also they eagerly price gouged people for their crap food, so no one is really hankering to go there anymore
A little over a decade ago I was a pizza dude. I remember getting off work at about 11pm and craving pretty much anything but pizza, so every so often I’d stop through McDonald’s on my way home since they were pretty much the only place open, fork over about 5 bucks from my night’s tips, and get a couple McChicken and/or mcdoubles, fries, and a drink, and get change back.
That same order now costs over $10.
I think I remember back then that I averaged out to a bit over $10/hour after figuring in tips. I’m no longer a pizza dude and I’m making a bit over $30, so I’ve beaten the McDonald’s inflation rate by a bit and can afford to spring for it if I find myself really craving it, but everything else has also gotten more expensive and $10 isn’t as easy to justify for some junk food.
But your average pizza dude today probably hasn’t beaten that rate. They’re tipped employees so all the bullshit that comes with that means they’re probably still only making around $10/hour. I think there’s been a bit of a delivery boom since then so maybe they’re doing a little better than that but I doubt many are making the over $20/hour they’d need to be able to afford a late night McDonald’s snack with the same ease I used to be able to.
Also, at least around me, they’re not even open late anymore since COVID. I still work a weird night shift so that’s something else I’m up against. My only options when I get off work if I want a snack is gas station/convenience store food.
I did food delivery as a second job for about 20 years. In the late 90s and early 00s I averaged $20 an hour thanks to tips. I finally quit in the mid 10s because the tips had been steadily dropping, and I was only averaging $12 an hour. Given your experience, I would guess that delivery drivers are making less than $10 an hour these days.
As on old fart living down under, I am not anti American. I am anti current American government and toxic big corporation. Hating McDonald’s does not equal broadly hating the American people.
Thanks friend! I promise there are still some good ones left here 🥲
*Maccas
‘Anti-American sentiment’…
You stupid fuckers, the bigger problem is the Anti-McDonalds sentiment that’s everywhere, because your food is shit, your prices are outrageous, your restaurants are fake and ugly, and you don’t give a flying fuck about your customers or your employees!
I like to get my burgers and milkshakes from the small, locally-owned, independent, place near where I live. It is real food, cheaper than mcdonalds, a much wider selection, and just as fast. It is also a cozy, relaxed, and welcoming environment; rather than sterile, corporate, hostile, and rushed.
I grew up with and worked at McDs in high school and college. It used to be a family place (play places, fun colors) it used to be a friendly place (you could have birthdays there, cashiers were nice, you’d run into people you know), it used to have prices that were reasonable/cheap.
It is none of those things anymore. Why on earth would I go there when there’s a burger place right across the road thar costs maybe $1 or $2 more and is actually good?
I think that has to do with them not being able to advertise to children anymore
Right? The McDs I remember growing up was a themed one. It was trying to be like a 50s soda shop. They had a model (or actual?) grill for a retro 50s car coming out of the wall. There were neon light decorations around the place and pictures of Elvis. They played rockabilly music instead of top 50 recent hits or whatever.
McDs these days reminds me of airport bathrooms.
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Maybe they shouldn’t have let a fascist use their brand image to appear similar to the working class?
They’ve had a fucking decade to distance themselves from trump, but they loved having him serve their trash in the White House…
Now they’re shocked people don’t like fascists?
Someone on Lemmy mentioned that he eats McD’s on the regs mainly because he’s less likely to get poisoned. If there’s millions burgers at the ready, more chance of catching a good one than a bad one
The ironic part of that is, the more you consume fast food, especially McD’s, the faster it poisons your body. If we could only convince him to eat 3x more of it, the world could be happier soon.
Preserving yourself for when you die. Maybe he’ll be museum ready
Maybe we should look at their corporate donations and tell them to go fuck themselves when we see who they donated to.
Yup. Am canukian, avoiding American however and wherever possible. Including McDonald’s
Well, McDonald’s let Trump do a photo op there. Oh well.
Shouldn’t have supported nazis
Wait, nobody ever told me about the ‘find out’ phase.
If this had been made clear I would never have fucked around!?!
Have you seen the price of McDonalds recently? I’d rather miss a meal than get scammed like that. Fuck them.
Ain’t worth the squeeze. The food is real cheap and real expensive. Like, just get some ready-made meal at the grocery store it’s a better value and better for you.
