Taking the McMicky?

Have to say I was a little surprised this morning when I found myself in McDonalds ordering a breakfast. There was a time when I'd happily have a double sausage and egg mcmuffin without thinking about it. I'm trying to loose weight but ended up in there anyway. I decided to order a muffin only and an orange juice.

I was asked for £2.88.

If I had ordered their 'meal' which includes a hash brown, individually costing 59p, I could have had the whole lot for £2.69.

Initially I thought I'd been miss heard and was going to get everything. When I didn't, I totted up the prices and was amazed.

I could have had the hash brown, not eaten it and donated it to a homeless and been 19p and a warm charitable glow better off.

I didn't expect to save the whole 59p by not ordering the HB, but to be charged 19p extra for the privelage seems a bit rum.

(I know it serves me right for going there in the first place)

Or am I just not up to date with the way things are in credit crunch Britain?

I think you should write a letter to the Daily Mail about this. Make sure to include all the facts in detail.

ALAN: You could take it up with Watchdog, but frankly I think they've got bigger fish to fry.

We have a few fast food places here where the pricing is all cattywampus. McDonalds' value meals are usually not a value when you do the math.

However if you get a Happy Meal you get a toy!!!!!!!!

Therefore, well worth it.

P.S. Cattywampus. That's going in my dictionary.

Yes, and the general opinion in my house is that McDonalds has the best toys.

The toys are always top of my mind whenever I consider eating fast food, too.

Quote: SlagA @ July 4 2009, 9:46 PM BST

The toys are always top of my mind whenever I consider eating fast food, too.

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Yes, but we all know that the top of your mind is filled with uni-cyclists, jugglers and a large fat man playing 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' on a tuba.

Everyone loves a happy meal!!!

I'll have a cheeseburger, fries, and a strawberry milkshake please!

Oh and a girls toy and a fruit bag for later!

Quote: roscoff @ July 4 2009, 10:00 PM BST

Yes, but we all know that the top of your mind is filled with uni-cyclists, jugglers and a large fat man playing 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' on a tuba.

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Uncanny. And The Swan on a tuba played by Herbie Flowers is even closer to the truth.

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ July 4 2009, 10:19 PM BST

Oh and a girls toy and a fruit bag for later!

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Are these South Coast euphemisms?

McDonalds is a last resort, not a treat. They serve inadequate portions of unhealthy crap to lazy cheapskates [no offence intended].

They do have phenomenal marketeering skills but the allegations that they once funded terrorist activities is a deterrent to many.

Give me a Burger King anyday!

Quote: steve by any other name @ July 3 2009, 1:18 PM BST

Have to say I was a little surprised this morning when I found myself in McDonalds ordering a breakfast. There was a time when I'd happily have a double sausage and egg mcmuffin without thinking about it. I'm trying to loose weight but ended up in there anyway. I decided to order a muffin only and an orange juice.

I was asked for £2.88.

If I had ordered their 'meal' which includes a hash brown, individually costing 59p, I could have had the whole lot for £2.69.

Initially I thought I'd been miss heard and was going to get everything. When I didn't, I totted up the prices and was amazed.

I could have had the hash brown, not eaten it and donated it to a homeless and been 19p and a warm charitable glow better off.

I didn't expect to save the whole 59p by not ordering the HB, but to be charged 19p extra for the privelage seems a bit rum.

(I know it serves me right for going there in the first place)

Or am I just not up to date with the way things are in credit crunch Britain?

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I VERY briefly worked in a fast food place as a student and that is common practice to have the meals cheaper than two items. What we used to do is if someone didn't want a drink we'd give them larger fries because not buying the main and the fires as a meal only saved 1p so the extra fries means we could put it as a meal, saving the customer 31p. I tried to explain this to a guy who thought I was planing to over charge him. So I gave him the regular and the difference. He asked where the rest of it was and I said "That's it, 1p. If you had actually listened instead of treating me like a con man you would have had 31ps worth of extra food free but you were too busy talking to me like shit". He quickly left feeling stupid!

They should have mentioned this to you though. That is bad practice not to so you could rightfully complain. They don't have to offer you extra but they should have at least told you, that is their job.

I was only there a couple of weeks but I can honestly say I could never work at a place like that again because the customers treat the staff so badly, it's disgusting. Makes me very sympathic to anyone working in retail or service. Apart from clothes shops, those women are evil.

Did any one know what the diference was between their last taste of America burgers?

Quote: steve by any other name @ July 3 2009, 1:18 PM BST

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I understand your annoyance here but could I politely suggest you don't refer to someone as 'a homeless'. That could be any one us in the future depending how our lives pan out and if it happened to me I'd prefer not to be pelted with unwanted hash browns thanks.

I do find it a litle unethical though (not that we should expect anything else from these companies) when they push more food onto people who, as you were doing, are trying to eat a reasonably sensible diet. I generally end up paying more for these meals as I don't have the fries. In fact I've often asked for smaller portions of food generally eg Chinese Takeaways. I tell them I'm happy to pay full price rather than waste food or eat more than I need but that seems to be too impossible a concept for most!

JP