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[The Camel]

I used to be absolutely addicted to McDonalds. I ate there 4 or times per week.

In 2011 my Mrs bet me that I couldn't go a year without having food from there (I won't disclose the terms of the prize for winning or losing the bet!)

For a couple of months it was ridiculously tough, I almost felt like a drug addict having cold turkey.

But by the end of the 12 months it was no bother at all.

And I managed it. Decided to have a quater pounder with cheese sometime in January 2012 and walked in.

The smell, which previously I loved so much, was absolutely disgusting. I felt physically sick.

And walked straight out.

I occasionally still have a burger and chips (maybe once every 3 months) when I'm driving and that is the food offering from the service station I stop for a break or am with a group of mates who demand that's where we are going to eat.

Happy to say I am no longer addicted though.

 

[Hillian1]

You're mistaking 'cool' with 'sensible'.

If you don't know why people don't like them, you haven't been asking the right questions, nor bothered to find out for yourself.

In which case, what's your point?

Well, take a look at the post I quoted Al, which is rather a generalisation wouldn't you think?

But I suspect you're just after an argument and I can't be arsed.

 

[banjo]

Uncle Sam's for burgers. Like the MD breakfast though.

 

[Albumen]

Tbf most of the critics don't eat there that often and don't know much about the food they serve.

There's a reason for that I expect.

If they were really that bad would they be so successful?

It's like a pound sex shop - it's cheap, junk, but people seem to want to put it inside them.

 

[MattBackHome]

Sausage and Egg McMuffin, Hash Brown, Coffee.

Hangover cure.

And a coke if it's REALLY hurting

 

[MattBackHome]

I love Big Mac meals. LOVE EM.

 

[vegster]

Because millions of people enjoy the food.
It's used as a quick and easy option for a lot of families, a treat for kids at weekends, the quickest way to get a hot drink for people on the way to meetings.

McDonalds gets a lot of stick from the public which I think mostly is underserved. The food is a lot healthier than that found on burger vans, kebab shops etc and the amount of options they now provide gives you a decent choice if you want healthy. They are so heavily scrutinised and audited it really has to be.
A McDonald's kitchen is also usually one of the most hygienic places you will find that prepares food. Training is thorough and all staff have health and safety rules drummed into them from day one. They employ nearly 100,000 staff, mostly young people while they are in education and also provide genuine routes of progression through to management for all staff.

I worked at a franchised store for 2 and half years while I studied, and although it was never a permanent career choice for me, it is definitely a job that I would recommend to others looking for work. That and even after getting a free meal every day for those 2 and half years I actually lost weight, felt healthier and didn't die a painful obese death like people would expect....I still love the food too!

I can't agree with this. It is the typical of a francise operation, employ young people on or about the minimum wage and work them hard but offer the carrot of Career Progression. Why are they able to offer this progression to store management ? almost certainly due to burnout by the demands of the target led business to achieve year on year growth. Managers basically are run in to the ground and they are either forced out or leave due to stress.

 

[GOM]

Plenty of bland statements from the food snobs on here, but none of them have given a single reason why we should not eat there.
Please educate us.

 

[Nibble]

Plenty of bland statements from the food snobs on here, but none of them have given a single reason why we should not eat there.
Please educate us.

Eating there every now and again is fine I think, wouldn't want it every day though.

 

[GOM]

Eating there every now and again is fine I think, wouldn't want it every day though.

Don't think I'd want anything every day

 

[Nibble]

Don't think I'd want anything every day

Can think of a few things ;-)

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Nothing wrong with a Maccy Ds matey !

 

[vegster]

Plenty of bland statements from the food snobs on here, but none of them have given a single reason why we should not eat there.
Please educate us.

http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/product_nutrition.breakfast.126.big-breakfast.html

This is allegedly a Big Breakfast. I had one, once only of course, a round piece of tasteless sausage meat, a rubberised egg and an air filled toasted muffin. Is that really a breakfast ?

Sorry, forgot the best bit, the Hash Brown.

 

[Nibble]

People put far worse stuff in their bodies every day.

 

[GOM]

http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/product_nutrition.breakfast.126.big-breakfast.html

This is allegedly a Big Breakfast. I had one, once only of course, a round piece of tasteless sausage meat, a rubberised egg and an air filled toasted muffin. Is that really a breakfast ?

Sorry, forgot the best bit, the Hash Brown.

So, you don't like it. Hardly a reason for everybody to stop eating there.

 

[vegster]

People put far worse stuff in their bodies every day.

You are not referring to the 12" Anal Intruder are you ?

 

[vegster]

So, you don't like it. Hardly a reason for everybody to stop eating there.

Tried the " Fillet 'o' Fish once, that was awful too. In the last 10 years I think I have bought one coffee in there.

 

[GOM]

In the last 10 years I think I have bought one coffee in there.

Good current up to date knowledge

 

[desprateseagull]

Do McDs still call themselves 'restaurants'? Last time I ate out at a proper restaurant, there was table service.

 

[vegster]

Good current up to date knowledge

I was in a McDonalds last night actually, my friend who is diabetic had to eat something or he would have gone hypo. I watched him eat something. The menu certainly did not encourage me to eat with him.