How come everyone hates McDonalds?

[alocurto]

I love it... but I haven't had it in years. Just because I am trying to be healthy.

 

[potato28]

I don't eat they're burgar's as I get fatally sick from them, but I can eat the deli sandwichs and they're pretty damn good...

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: marincounty
Did anyone see Supersize Me? All he eats is McDonalds for 30 days. He asked for nutritional info at a bunch of stores and some couldn't find it, or it was downstairs or it was hidden behind some promotional display. I'm not so sure they really want you to find it.
I happened to look at the In n out website, and couldn't find any links to nutritional info, but using their search feature managed to find it . Suspicious?

If you didn't cook it, it's bad for you. It's as simple as that. Every restaurant has to compete with flavor more than with health. McDonald's may offer a 3 lb. salad with 100 calories and no fat, but if it tastes worse than Wendy's 800 calorie small salad, they're going to lose business. Don't go out to eat and expect to be eating healthy.

Oh FFS, most of my overweight coworkers would be better off getting a cheesburger and a side salad from McDonald's every day for lunch than eat the nutritionally void crap they bring for leftovers. At least with McD's they would be portion size limited.

You guys make it sound like I'm going to instantaneously become obese and have my vitals drop like a rock just for having a fast food burger.

I'll wager that my burger and fry eating ass is in better shape and I have better vitals than most of the snobs that thumb their nose at fast food.

Not at all, I have a craving for some fast food right now. There's a guy in supersize me that has eaten something like 19,000 big macs - and he is fairly thin and appears quite healthy. But he admits he rarely eats the fries.
I'm just saying none of these places really wants you to know what you're eating.

 

[Shadowknight]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Their breakfast sandwiches rock, especially their McGriddles, it's just the rest of their menu is awful. Wendys > Burger King (which NEVER serves food that isn't cold, no matter what branch I go to) > McDonals > Hardees. Hardees used to be #2, but 9 years ago they changed their mayonnaise to a new formuls/brand that causes me uncontrollable vomiting; aside from the vomiting sucking in general, I LOVED their mushroom melts before the whole mayo thing screwed things up.

The fact that you like mayo on your burger disqualifies you from any food discussion.

How about... unless you ask them to make a burger for you while you wait, they throw whatever's already been made which, *GASP* already has mayo on it. If I'm going to a fast food joint, I want my food as quickly as possible so I can chow down and jet.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: xtknight

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
The food is poison, in both taste and health. It is absolute garbage.

The food is no more unhealthy than the same food cooked at any other resturant (in fact, healthier than many sit down places). It is also no more unhealthy than the same foods the average person cooks at home.

Gotta be kidding me there. McDonalds' workforce is on the low end in terms of cleanliness, and who knows where that meat comes from. Are you telling me that the staff at, say, the Holiday Inn restaurants or any of the other sit-down restaurants have the same or lower standards?

Fast food is inherently full of trans fat to increase shelf life and sodium to increase preservation. At sit-down restaurants the food is prepared much more carefully, hence why it takes longer to arrive. Also, ingredients and side dishes are generally healthier. For example you may get a side of green beans or cole slaw, vs. a side of a fat-ridden salad or lard-intensive fries.

BTW, my stance is the same for ALL fast-food restaurants. I don't agree that Wendys or Arbys is significantly, if any amount, better than McDonalds. I do believe that sit-down restaurants make higher-quality food from better and more natural ingredients.

I can just feel something in my gut that makes me sick after eating at those places these days. It really is amazing, but I feel quite a bit different after eating at a fast-food restaurant vs. a full-blown one. Additionally, eating a Subway or Quiznos (much fresher ingredients) not only tastes better, but is healthier (depending on what you get), and typically less strain on your gut. I had an Arbys the other day with large fries and I don't think I'll ever eat there again if you want to know the truth.

I can order something like Salmon at most sit-down restaurants, which is usually considered healthy due to Omega-3 fatty acids. Can I order that at McDonalds? No, there is practically nothing exceptionally healthy at McDonalds. There are maybe a couple remotely healthy things. There is the grilled chicken sandwich but personally it doesn't taste nearly as good as the grilled chicken I've had at sit-down restaurants.

No kidding at all. What you fail to realize is that, on average, the better it tastes, the worse it is for you.

McDonald's uses 100% beef for their burgers. Trans fats do not extend shlef life and sit down resturants have just as meny preservatives as fast food.

And you're a fool if you believe a salad is healthier at a sit down than at a fast food restaurant. They are usually bigger and the serving of dressing much larger.

As an example, compare any menu item at Chili's with the same type of food from a fast food place

They may taste better, and that I will agree with. But, on average, they have just as much fat (often times more), trand fats, preservatives and sodium as fast food.

 

[LongCoolMother]

whoah. i had no idea this would erupt into such a debate. usually my threads die very quickly. i tend to avoid religious/political type posts :Q!!

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: marincounty
Did anyone see Supersize Me? All he eats is McDonalds for 30 days. He asked for nutritional info at a bunch of stores and some couldn't find it, or it was downstairs or it was hidden behind some promotional display. I'm not so sure they really want you to find it.
I happened to look at the In n out website, and couldn't find any links to nutritional info, but using their search feature managed to find it . Suspicious?

If you didn't cook it, it's bad for you. It's as simple as that. Every restaurant has to compete with flavor more than with health. McDonald's may offer a 3 lb. salad with 100 calories and no fat, but if it tastes worse than Wendy's 800 calorie small salad, they're going to lose business. Don't go out to eat and expect to be eating healthy.

Oh FFS, most of my overweight coworkers would be better off getting a cheesburger and a side salad from McDonald's every day for lunch than eat the nutritionally void crap they bring for leftovers. At least with McD's they would be portion size limited.

You guys make it sound like I'm going to instantaneously become obese and have my vitals drop like a rock just for having a fast food burger.

I'll wager that my burger and fry eating ass is in better shape and I have better vitals than most of the snobs that thumb their nose at fast food.

My point was that no one goes to a fast food place with the expectation of having a healthy meal. You shouldn't be surprised that the nutritional information isn't very good.

 

[CryHavoc]

no one beats McDonalds Fries.

However, Jack in the Crack's seasoned curly fries are good.

I'd take a Wendy's Big Bacon deluxe cheeseburger, McDonald's Fries, and a DQ Chocolate or Vanilla Milkshake please.

 

[Isla]

Here's my take:

When I was little, I liked Fish Filets and I liked to dip french fries in my strawberry milkshakes. I also liked catsup on everything, including eggs. :disgust:

My tastes are a LOT more refined now. I won't drink crappy wine and I won't eat crappy food.

It is a matter of being more discriminating about what you put into your body.

 

[IEC]

Let me put it in two very simple analogies:

Garbage:smells good::McDonald's:tastes good

Animal fat:good for you::McDonald's:healthy

You can get much tastier (and healthier) food. McDonald's pretty much wins for being cheap and fast though.

 

[Jmman]

I like some of their breakfasts, but that is about it.......

 

[JackRipper]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
Okay, I know what you're all going to say, McDonalds serve the nastiest food under the heavens and you wouldn't stomach it for $10000.

But I think McDonalds is rather tasty, even delicious. Sure, the food is godly in how unhealthy it is, but let us just forget that for a second. Many of us can hardly rightfully claim that we eat healthy foods on a regular basis.

I personally love McDonalds. I hardly eat it, but that is not because I think the food is nasty. Heck, I prefer McDonalds over Inn 'n Out, to be honest. Taco Bell is pretty damn good too. So if McDonald's really is so disgusting, how is it so successful? All little kids love McDonalds. In my very honest opinion, McDonalds fries are extremely tasty.

Is the food served there REALLY disgusting? Or is it a 'fad' to hate on McDonalds simply because it is being different? And contrary to the other thread, most of the McDonalds that I have been too have been fairly clean and provide fast service. Much more so than the Carls Jrs around here. Of course, we have to keep things in perspective.... it IS a fast food chain. It is one thing to diss McDonald's because the food tastes bad, but it is another to diss them because it is unhealthy.

BTW. I don't have any affiliation with McDs besides the fact that I love an occasional double cheeseburger and small fries. I don't know anyone who owns/works at/operates/etc. at a McDonalds.

whut r u talking about... In & Out rox....

 

[Soybomb]

So if McDonald's really is so disgusting, how is it so successful?

As a country we love cheap nasty processed bland fast consistent food. its the reason why cheez wiz, american cheese, budweiser, hostess, and all the other crap people eat is popular. Popularity doesn't equal quality.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: JackRipper

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
Okay, I know what you're all going to say, McDonalds serve the nastiest food under the heavens and you wouldn't stomach it for $10000.

But I think McDonalds is rather tasty, even delicious. Sure, the food is godly in how unhealthy it is, but let us just forget that for a second. Many of us can hardly rightfully claim that we eat healthy foods on a regular basis.

I personally love McDonalds. I hardly eat it, but that is not because I think the food is nasty. Heck, I prefer McDonalds over Inn 'n Out, to be honest. Taco Bell is pretty damn good too. So if McDonald's really is so disgusting, how is it so successful? All little kids love McDonalds. In my very honest opinion, McDonalds fries are extremely tasty.

Is the food served there REALLY disgusting? Or is it a 'fad' to hate on McDonalds simply because it is being different? And contrary to the other thread, most of the McDonalds that I have been too have been fairly clean and provide fast service. Much more so than the Carls Jrs around here. Of course, we have to keep things in perspective.... it IS a fast food chain. It is one thing to diss McDonald's because the food tastes bad, but it is another to diss them because it is unhealthy.

BTW. I don't have any affiliation with McDs besides the fact that I love an occasional double cheeseburger and small fries. I don't know anyone who owns/works at/operates/etc. at a McDonalds.

whut r u talking about... In & Out rox....

In N Out is MUCH better then MCD's, and every In N Out I've ever been to has 2 drive thru windows, and both typically have long lines.

I'll go out on a limb and say if In N Out was a nationwide franchise like MCD's, it would be more popular.

In'N'Out has 5 things on the menu, burgers, fries, sodas, shakes, coffee and milk. If all MCD had was Big Macs and fries they would be done, they HAVE to have a huge menu to compete. Go to any In N Out during the lunch rush, or dinner, they will be packed to the max. They have never changed the menu and never will. In N Out is in a class of their own, and also their food is much more fresh.


and to soybomb, I dunno if that's the reason. MCD is the most expensive fast food, it's not expensive, but a quarter pounder combo will be over 6 bucks now, where most other fast food places you can get a better, half LB burger combo for less. Hell at Jack I can get a Ultimate Bacon Cheese Burger, which is 1/2 lb with curly fries and a huge soda for less then a 1/4 lb combo from MCD's.

 

[Lurknomore]

McDonalds is not even tasty anymore.

But the coffee is pretty decent for the price, much better than Starbucks overnutty, "burned" taste.

 

[Rogodin2]

Honesty? I don't give a fvck about more than 2 or 3 of you that post here-so go eat McDonalds.

Rogo

 

[AbAbber2k]

I don't hate McDonalds, I just think I can cook better food for the same price.

 

[vi edit]

In 'N Out is grossly overrated. Oh yeah...I went there. I've ate at two of them in Vegas, and one in Phoenix (well Chandler technically) and I just don't "get it".

The fries are nasty, they over grill their buns, and the burger itself is nothing to write home about. And the wait is usually horrible.

It's the Starbucks of the fast food world.

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: Soybomb

So if McDonald's really is so disgusting, how is it so successful?

As a country we love cheap nasty processed bland fast consistent food. its the reason why cheez wiz, american cheese, budweiser, hostess, and all the other crap people eat is popular. Popularity doesn't equal quality.

..:thumbsup:

 

[Tom]

i deserved a break today, so i got a country fried steak meal at KFC.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Their breakfast sandwiches rock, especially their McGriddles, it's just the rest of their menu is awful. Wendys > Burger King (which NEVER serves food that isn't cold, no matter what branch I go to) > McDonals > Hardees. Hardees used to be #2, but 9 years ago they changed their mayonnaise to a new formuls/brand that causes me uncontrollable vomiting; aside from the vomiting sucking in general, I LOVED their mushroom melts before the whole mayo thing screwed things up.

The fact that you like mayo on your burger disqualifies you from any food discussion.

How about... unless you ask them to make a burger for you while you wait, they throw whatever's already been made which, *GASP* already has mayo on it. If I'm going to a fast food joint, I want my food as quickly as possible so I can chow down and jet.

Well I hate repeating myself but since this thread is so long I can only assume no one reads the first page.

I already stated that McDonalds is the best of the fast-food burgers but I would avoid even them if there were a restaurant burger available.
McDonalds doesnt put mayo or special sauce on their burger.

I wont fault you for not reading because, frankly NOBODY seems to read these threads anymore. We all just post like mad-hatters and march hares.
I'm not sure which one I am. Just watched Saw 3 and maybe I'm like the little puppet dude now.

 

[Scooby Doo]

BLEH :disgust:

You get what you pay for... I don't care about the fat or callories, the taste alone is rarely good. Meats been sitting there for god knows how long. Although the fries aren't too bad as long as their fresh.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Scooby Doo
BLEH :disgust:

You get what you pay for... I don't care about the fat or callories, the taste alone is rarely good. Meats been sitting there for god knows how long. Although the fries aren't too bad as long as their fresh.

QFT

I dislike McDonalds just because I find the flavor of the food to be terrible.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

I hate McD's for several reasons...

1) The taste alone makes me wanna puke.
2) I HATE their stupid "I'm Lovin it" commercials
3) They stopped making cool Happy Meal Toys
4) Fries always come out soggy; however asking for unsalted fries guarantees a fresh batch
5) There's too many of them. Seriously. it's overkill. I feel like I live in PlayLand. There's more McD's than Starbucks here!

I don't really give a sh-- about whether it's healthy or not. I eat pure crap day in and day out. So I judge by taste, and for me... McD is so thoroughly and totally nasty that I can't help but shake my head when I see people in line for it. YMMV.

 

[dfuze]

I worked there for a few years (highschool). It's like the people who post on BestBuySux that have learned by working there all the crap that goes on in the background.