[Closed] Fast Food places - tidy or leave, walk and go?

I was always taught as a child to tidy up after myself....

Do you do this when you go to posh eateries, with metal knives and forks?

I feel your pain, I don't even have a lowly Waitrose to shop at. There is a new Supermarket being built nearby but it's a bloody ASDA peasant hole, I'm not shopping in one of those Cathedrals of tink.

I miss Waitrose, they did build an M&S food supermarket not too far from here. But it's basically just full of crisps, cake, and pizzas with a few token offerings of fruit and veg.

I miss Booths - a proper supermarket (except the terrifying one at media city full of BBC types)

I once made the mistake of accompanying the OH to the Primark store, when it first opened in Cambridge. What amazed me was the percentage of stock just strewn on the floor. It seems the Primark etiquette is to take an item of the rack to look at it and then just drop it on the floor if you don't like it. I really very glad we have places like Primark as it provides a sort of social segragation for people with no manners and means I never bump into them in normal shops.

You do your own shopping? How quaint.

reply to the OP; Tidy up my own mess, goes without saying. It's good manners, and due to having endured various similar drudge work in my youth I feel a compassion for the underpaid and generally hard working staff who work there. (not enough to pay more for my big mac though; there are limits!) This also extends to having told off groups of teeenagers who have gone to leave without tidying up; not sure how wise this was in hindsight, but I have always got away with it.

reply to the MD naysayers; Do you have any concept of how daft, snobbish and small minded your posts make you look? Only I'm fairly sure this isn't the effect that you are going for. Food is food, and nothing in moderation is going to hurt. It's fuel, at the end of the day, and if it tastes good, bonus.

I go to McDs most days, at least 5 times a week but only for a loo stop.

When I do eat there, I do clear up the tray after.

If my mate is with me, I put the lot in the bin, tray and everything as his face is a picture of embarrassment.

McDs trays were always good fun on my younger days. We used to " obtain " a few at a time, reverse the rear wheels of the car onto them, handbrake on, accelerate hard, then steer quickly and it was like doing an handbrake turn without wearing the tyres out.

Only in a front wheel drive car in a controlled environment.

As a general rule, I'll clean up after myself. Why wouldn't you? However, if I've just been massively fleeced (for example, motorway service stations) then I figure for the money they've taken from me they can damn well pay someone to keep the tables clean.

reply to the MD naysayers; Do you have any concept of how daft, snobbish and small minded your posts make you look? Only I'm fairly sure this isn't the effect that you are going for. Food is food, and nothing in moderation is going to hurt. It's fuel, at the end of the day, and if it tastes good, bonus.

Honestly I find it hard to catogorise it as food. Savoury food with more sugar than should be able to carry. Too much of a lab creation as opposed to a kitchen. Sorry to sound like a snob but it's the cheapest crapest bits machined into something with less than a passing resemblance to the advert photo.

reading a freinds facebook status the other day - she went to pound land - she dropped a pound - and the person behind her picked it up and said thanks finders keepers .... she said what - are you joking ? and he just ignored her.....

that is unreal - a real class act.

threads like this serve to remind me just how narcissistic and self-centred your average person in the street is.

Honestly I find it hard to catogorise it as food. Savoury food with more sugar than should be able to carry. Too much of a lab creation as opposed to a kitchen. Sorry to sound like a snob but it's the cheapest crapest bits machined into something with less than a passing resemblance to the advert photo.

have you never had a Hangover?

I am currently suffering a hangover. This thread has led to my wife going to the drive-thru for me. Large Big Mac meal with vanilla milkshake and an apple pie should sort me out! I'll have foie-gras for tea!!! 🙂

(Awaits questioning regarding use of tea instead of dinner........)

it's the cheapest crapest bits machined into something with less than a passing resemblance to the advert photo.

Tidy up and enough of the food snobbery from some - it's tiresome and boorish.

I absolutely love threads like this. Where the type of [s]insufferable snob[/s] person who has probably used the word artisan, when referring to a loaf of bread, gets to assert their [s]breathtaking level of gullibility[/s] utterly superior good taste through their choice of supermarket/sandwich emporium, under the patently ridiculous idea that anybody cares, let alone be dazzled and impressed, as the poster clearly imagines the obvious result to be.

In reality, the only people taking any notice are the marketing departments, who literally wet themselves with glee as they see you coming! Then whack the word Organic on to some faux authentic packaging and double the price!

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McDonalds is an interesting place to observe cultural differences. In the UK people are generally polite and usually clear their own tables, in Belgium you have to pay to use the toilet there (as is customary in Belgium) - went to relieve myself after a meal there and got accosted by some old dear who I initially assumed to be begging.

In Japan I tried to clear my own table but never got more than 2 meters before a waiter / waitress legged it across the room to intercept me and grab my tray.

Served all burgers with Wasabi source as well which was a shock when not expecting!

Cheers

Danny B

In reality, the only people taking any notice are the marketing departments, who literally wet themselves with glee as they see you coming! Then whack the word Organic on to some faux authentic packaging and double the price!

All I would advocate is quality food from sensibly sourced ingredients an an appreciation of where it comes from.

I distinctly remember an article from the BMJ stating that cow ears, lips and arseholes could definitely form part of a balanced diet 😆

Always clean up after myself in a place where it's set up do to so. Normally return glasses to the bar as well, for similar reasons.

I go to McDs most days, at least 5 times a week but only for a loo stop.

A McPoo/McPee in there was much cheaper than in the station. But then they got wise and locked the back door.

In most of EU, you're sposed to file the tray and its contents in a rack. It's hardly an effort, especially as everything is already on a tray. It's not like there's a whole load of plates and cutlery to clear away. They prolly do the rack thing to make it look like they're recycling, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it all goes straight to the incinerator like the UK bins.

Don't think I've ever seen a McD's wrapper in a bin. Plenty on the street and in hedges, though. Charge £10 for the meal and give £8 back when you scan the carton into the bin.

Do businesses whose customers generate litter issues off their premises pay extra business rates to contribute to clearing it up? We have a McD's drive through in our nearest town and the hedgerows within a 3 mile radius have regular deposits from their more inconsiderate users. Same goes for chewing gum manufacturers and retailers I guess.

I distinctly remember an article from the BMJ stating that cow ears, lips and arseholes could definitely form part of a balanced diet

See how your lips move about? They can do that cos they are made from muscle, just like other meat. I bet a lot of those simply fabulous artisan sausages people eat are made from cheek, lip and ear. And so what? Who the hell cares? I can't see much ideological difference between eating a lip and eating a leg.

Some people REALLY need to get over themselves, seriously. You may not like McDs, but it's still food.

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You may not like McDs, but it's still food.

I can easily switch between food snob and food slob, so I feel qualified to comment 😀

Coffee is great, I buy one every morning prior to my travels.

Food? Varies. However, I never feel that fish and chips/pizza/kebab 'dirty food' satisfied; just a kind of burpy, and still hungry unsatisfied.

Their breakfast being case in point. It's not anything, and doesn't have a patch on a layby bacon sarnie.

Food? I dunno...your body probably doesn't think so, but then to make derogatory comments about it is silly; it's a bloody McDonalds!!

Their breakfast being case in point. It's not anything, and doesn't have a patch on a layby bacon sarnie.

Disagree; I could eat a sausage and egg breakfast bagel every day; I love them! I have to limit myself to one a month or two, they are seriously calorific...

Honestly I find it hard to catogorise it as food. Savoury food with more sugar than should be able to carry. Too much of a lab creation as opposed to a kitchen. Sorry to sound like a snob but it's the cheapest crapest bits machined into something with less than a passing resemblance to the advert photo.

Have you bothered to find out what goes into a McD burger before writng that or is it an off-the-shelf rant?

The irony is that the people slagging maccy D's food off are probably basing that on assumptions 20 years out of date. Its baggage! as a father of a 6 and 9 year old i find myself there once every couple of weeks. As fast food goes, with regard to content, I'd say they're infinitely better than a lot of stuff you'd eat without question because they have a better manufactured corporate image, or you just wouldn't question it because they appear 'nice'

I never thought I'd end up defending Macdonalds, but in the big bad tax-avoiding world, if you have a look at what they do, they're really not that bad! They pay full UK Tax for a start! As Molly said: some of you REALLY need to get over yourselves, and try the mozzarella dippers! they're bloody great! 😀

And I always tidy up after, obviously

tbh , most of europe have mcdonalds far superior to that of the uk.

based on experiance of mcpoops in germany/france/holland/ukraine - they even manage to make it look like the pictures :O and fresh chips that are not cold.

the uk ones tend to be pretty awful imo.

coupled with pia clientele and staff.

I've no real problem with McD's - I have a sausage and egg muffin once or twice a month.

I did stop eating them and felt a bit guilty after reading this:
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But I've pretty much forgotten the details of the book, so I don't feel as guilty now.

I always clear up.

But then again I always steal the newspaper, a couple of packets of sugar and a huuuuge pocketful of napkins to use as tissues in the car, so I reckon I'm about even on the McKarma issue.

assumptions 20 years out of date

Can't speak for others, but I'm basing it on the last time I went to one. Last year mid July.

That and the nutritional value info provided by the McDonalds website. http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/product_nutrition.sides.236.cheese-melt-dippers.html

Do I need to get over myself, really? No, not a chance. Sorry, but it's not the sort of food I want to eat.

Do I need to keep my opinions to myself for fear of offending someone. In this sort if scenario, no. If such an act was really that heinous sites like Tripadvisor should be hounded off the net.

You can eat there, go for it. But don't expect me to agree that it's good food, nor keep quiet about it.

Do I need to get over myself, really? No, not a chance. Sorry, but it's not the sort of food I want to eat.

Do I need to keep my opinions to myself for fear of offending someone. In this sort if scenario, no. If such an act was really that heinous sites like Tripadvisor should be hounded off the net.

You can eat there, go for it. But don't expect me to agree that it's good food, nor keep quiet about it.

In what respect is it not the sort of food you want to eat? Because it is meat? Because it is mass marketed?
I don't think anyone is arguing that it is good food, maybe just making the point that it is not particularly bad.

Did anyone actually say that it's good food? It's just that admitting you eat junk food occasionally seems to be in the same moral bracket as shitting in your grannies handbag for some people.

Oh and Molly. Please stop being so uptight. Trust me, it's good for you. And everyone else 😉

Yummy McDonald's cheesburgers mmmmm

Delicious, delicious food. Feel sorry for those who don't like it.
Tasty and cheap along with super-quick service.

Curiously you get the option of viewing the nutritional percentages for either a child or woman, but not a man.

In what respect is it not the sort of food you want to eat? Because it is meat? Because it is mass marketed?

Quality and nutritional value.

But then again I always steal the newspaper...

Actually, I've just got back from an easy tea with the kids at my local maccies; nice warm food, clean tidy restaurant, clean high chair (seriously; so many places fail on this point) to keep the little one from wandering off, friendly staff that helped carry the food to our table, free balloons for the kids brought over, and asked if everything was ok with the food by staff before we left. Couldn't ask for more for a low stress, low cost treat for the kids and me.

Did anyone actually say that it's good food? It's just that admitting you eat junk food occasionally seems to be in the same moral bracket as shitting in your grannies handbag for some people.

Ah, wasn't trying to imply that. (although I did refer to ASDA as a peasant hole, which wasn't serious)

Did anyone say it was good for you? I Must have missed that bit. Is anyone really that naive? Having a burger and chips is hardly going to be that! But if you think that because you've eaten at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen instead of Maccy D's, then it's better for you, and paid 4 times as much, which must surely reinforce the assumption, then you're delusional,

Much has changed in McDonalds in the last twenty years.

But the Fillet Of Fish is exactly the same. I think it may actually be twenty years old.

Quality and nutritional value.

Ok, so,it has little nutritional value?
You will have to unpick 'quality' a little, you mean taste?

I don't eat burgers

Yes, taste will do it. And the smell, I think the last thing I ate was a McMuffin of some sort. I'm guessing bacon and egg.

Ok, I'm scouring the available foodstuffs for options.

I'm going to make an up to date first hand evaluation tomorrow.

Hey that McDonalds nutritional info website is quite interesting;

All our burgers are made from 100% beef, supplied by farms accredited by nationally recognised farm assurance schemes.
Only whole cuts of beef from forequarter and flank go into our burgers, with nothing added but a pinch of salt and pepper after cooking.