root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith) (04/15/85)
Mail to drutx failed so this is for you, whoever you are....
To: ihnp4!drutx!mas
Subject: Mac's Steak House and Grease Bar...
Lord
Thanks for the ego stroke. Now if I can just get everyone at work to
address me by this title. ;-) Not wise to make a habit of this though,
even when addressing a machine.
Being a former Mac's employee, it is a policy to "Suggest a
product" to the customer. Mac makes more off the QP with
cheese then without it, so it is to there advantage to try and
sale you one with cheese.
Ah.... but they never charge you for the extra cheese!
As for giving you a QP with cheese, politely ask to see the
manager and inform him of it, he will usually thank you for the
return of the QP with cheese and replace it with your ordered
hamburger...
Actually when I HAVE complained about things the managment has always
corrected the problem. Good customer relations. It just seems strange
that the same mistake should happen SO consistantly!
MacDonalds is your kind of place hamburger up your nose ..... :-)
I eat them... I don't smoke them. Smoking McDonald's hamburgers
is dangerous due to the high grease-content.
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And this from a fellow conspiracy theorist....
From: <seismo!hao!hplabs!tektronix!reed!suki>
Subject: ME TOO! (McDonald's)
ME TOO!!! I thought it was a plot to drive me insane! Boy,
am I glad it's not just me. They do it consistently--here in
Oregon, down in California, everywhere I go. At first I
thought it was a ploy to suck the extra ten cents or whatever
out of my wallet, but then I noticed that THEY DIDN'T CHARGE
ME FOR THE CHEESE! If they knew how much I hate cheese (their
cheese, anyway) on my hamburger, they wouldn't tempt fate!
"Do you want cheese on that?" "NO, NO CHEESE,THANK YOU!"
Bingo. A cheeseburger. Ever tried peeling the cheese off one
of those patties? Better to drive back to McDonald's and
create a nuisance.
Whew. I feel much better knowing that the conspiracy
isn't only directed against me.
Monica
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Or as Jabba the Hut would say, "Brrrruuuuuurrrrrrrpppppp!"root@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) (04/17/85)
Ok, just a strange theory maybe someone could verify... Problem: User(?) orders QP, gets QP+C, is not charged for C. Theory 1: They are pushing C to pull $. Argument: Not likely, they don't charge for C. Theory 2: QP+C much more popular than QP-C, during rush hours they make a bunch of QP+C and put under HL (heat lamp). User(??) comes in and orders QP...no QP left: Choice: Cook a new QP or Push a QP+C and don't charge. Anyone worked at a McD that can verify? I have worked fast foods, but not McD and pragmatism+speed was much appreciated by B(oss.) -Barry Shein, Boston University
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/18/85)
> > Anyone worked at a McD that can verify? I have worked fast foods, > but not McD and pragmatism+speed was much appreciated by B(oss.) > Don't know if it's an official policy, but it would make sense. They try to maintain a good response time during peak periods (i.e less than 90 seconds). Another thing you may have noticed is the little markers with the numbers that are set next to the burgers under the heat lamps. These indicate as to when the burgers are supposed to be trashed because they've been sitting around too long. The number corresponds to the position of the minute hand on the clock. For example, 4 means that burger died at 20 after. It's useful to know when they try to sell you that one at quarter 'til or when you catch them shuffling all the numbers up by 20 minutes. -Ron
daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS) (04/21/85)
> > Another thing you may have noticed is the little markers with the numbers > that are set next to the burgers under the heat lamps. These indicate as > to when the burgers are supposed to be trashed because they've been sitting > around too long. The number corresponds to the position of the minute hand > on the clock. For example, 4 means that burger died at 20 after. It's > useful to know when they try to sell you that one at quarter 'til or when > you catch them shuffling all the numbers up by 20 minutes. > Of course there was the time I was in the McDonalds and while waiting for my fries and soda the one guy, in response to a question from his co-worker, stuck his finger in the fish sandwich and said "It should be good for a few more minutes." I never went back to that scum-bag operation again. YUCK Doug Williams AT&T Bell Labs Reading, PA rduxb!daw1
alex@ucla-cs.UUCP (04/24/85)
[Here a Bozo, There a Bozo, everywhere a Bozo. At least on the net.] I am extremely tired of hearing everyone's favorite techniques for giving McDonald's employees a hard time. Their management tells them to ask you if you want cheese on your hamburger or fries with your meal, and not doing so will cost them their job. If someone's asking if you want something to drink with your meal sends you into painful convulsions, use the time you would otherwise spend posting news (informing us of how big an asshole you can be) to write a letter to McDonald's corporate management informing them of your opinion of their sales techniques. Or use the time to find another place to buy hamburgers (there are many). Or maybe even to grow up a little!
rxk@lanl.ARPA (04/29/85)
> If someone's asking if you want something to drink with your meal > sends you into painful convulsions, use the time you would otherwise > spend posting news (informing us of how big an asshole you can be) > to write a letter to McDonald's corporate management I disagree. I never eat at fast food dives and doubt that I ever will. But I have read most of the responses to this concern and must admit that I've enjoyed the discussion. I've learned a bit about how these places work and I think people have gotten things off their chests (on both sides). The response I liked best was ordering less when you're asked to order more. If done politely this is not a put down, gives one a little inner satisfaction (rather than the grin and bear it and get ulcers routine), and may even effect change, if done often enough. Few people are ever going to write to management. Who would know who or where to write, or if the letter will ever be seriously read? And it will always take longer to write a letter than to knock out a response on the net. I think actions tend to speak louder than words (written or otherwise).