Fast Food Burger Shootout

[oldskool]

I've only gotten iced capps from Tim Hortons. They're pretty OK, same frozen coffee-like beverage offered anywhere, really.

 

[Lord of The Curry]

My gf works for Starbucks, pretty sure I'd have the pussy get cut off if I ever drank Tims. And seeing as how she gets a free pound of coffee a week why the fuck would I?

 

[Incandenza]

Will this increase the Tim Hortons footprint in the US? As far as I can tell they're only in the northern part of the country. (Not that I'm itching to try what appears to be the Canadian Dunkin Donuts.)

 

[vivisectvi]

The two most disgusting food places around, what a perfect marriage.

QFT

 

[Lord of The Curry]

I'm pretty sure Tims locations in Toronto only survive because of tourists and the homeless. With all the independant coffee places and Starbucks everywhere they're few and far between.

 

[vivisectvi]

I will just completely go without coffee if Tim's is the only option. Mainly because it's swill.. but also, fuck them for not carrying lactose-free milk.

 

[Incandenza]

Dunkin Donuts coffee is basically water, but it's popular because it's cheap. Same for McDonald's coffee, though I think the stuff they serve is even worse.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

There's a Tim Horton's in my hometown and every morning during early rush hour the drive through line is backed up almost out of the parking lot.

 

[starvenger]

Dunkin Donuts coffee is basically water, but it's popular because it's cheap. Same for McDonald's coffee, though I think the stuff they serve is even worse.

McDonald's coffee is better now that they went with the McCafe concept. It's better than Dunkin' for certain. I remember when I was living in Houston my coffee options (in order of taste) were Starbucks, coffee shop in the building, office coffee, everything else. The options really sucked.

And yes, Houston really does have a Starbucks across from a Starbucks.

There's a Tim Horton's in my hometown and every morning during early rush hour the drive through line is backed up almost out of the parking lot.

Which I never understand (with any restaurant). If there's a long lineup at the drive thru then why not get out of your car and go into the store instead?

 

[oldskool]

There's a Tim Horton's in my hometown and every morning during early rush hour the drive through line is backed up almost out of the parking lot.

Which I never understand (with any restaurant). If there's a long lineup at the drive thru then why not get out of your car and go into the store instead?

The thought is that several others have had the same idea & you'll just end up standing in line instead of sitting in one.

Plus a lot of places prioritize the drive-through so 3-4 cars go through before one guy standing at the register gets his order. It's backwards but they figure once you've parked and walked in, you've committed vs. a guy in his car that can just turn the wheel and go at any time.

 

[Fall of Epic]

I don't drink coffee but I'd probably go with Dunkin' over all the choices mentioned here. Honestly though, I'd just go to a local deli.

There's a few Tim Hortons' here but I've never been inside one. Don't really feel the need to.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Had an amusingly irritating experience at a McDonalds today. Stopped there in between the breakfast rush and the lunch rush. It looked like it was the manager, an employee at the counter, and an employee in the back and they were all running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Some old dude stole my food, manager realizes this five minutes later and apologizes then gives me the wrong order. I was so tired/hungover that I didn't really care. Also some dude behind me ordered a half dozen breakfast burritos even though it was 11 A.M. There's got to be some sort of semblance of order, Topsham McDonalds!

Would not recommend the Crispy Chicken Bacon Clubhouse Sandwich. It was McDonalds attempt at a slightly higher end chicken sandwich but I honestly would have rather had a McChicken. Combination of Mac Sauce and carmelized onions is somewhat surprisingly no good.

Also I ate an Extra Value Meal for the first time in a good half decade and now I feel like I want to die. I did it so I could get Monopoly pieces but then realized halfway through the meal that I didn't give a shit about McDonalds Monopoly. FML.

 

[Precious Roy]

Some old dude stole my food

lmao

you really need to go into more detail here

like, it was on the counter for you and you were wandering around hungover and some old man creeped up stole your food and ran off?

we need to get to the bottom of this shit

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Well, big thing is manager messed up both our orders. Old dude ordered the Crispy Chicken Club for there and I ordered a Grilled Chicken BLT to go. Basically, manager said "Grilled Chicken BLT for here" and old dude just power walked up and grabbed it before I got there. And I was like "uh...? Whatever. Hopefully, mine's coming."

Wait a minute.

Manage is like "you ordered a crispy chicken and a large fry?" And I was like "No." Then he was like "Oh just the large fry." And I was like "No! Ordered a Grilled Chicken combo!" He was like "Oh yeah". Three minutes passed and he was like "OK. Here's your order!" (no apologies btw) and I was like "Whatever. Fine" Got in the car and opened the bag and drove off and saw it was the wrong order and was like "Eh. Fuck it. I'm not going back into that McDonalds."

My last two experiences at McDonalds were horrible. I was in one in East Bumfuck near my camp three weeks ago just to use the bathroom and we weren't allowed to use the bathroom or have fountain sodas because of some pipe burst in the town. If you're not allowed to use the water in the town, I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to have the restaurant opened!

Anyway, I should complain about this and try and get an ArchCard.

 

[Precious Roy]

demand a bunch of McNopoly cards and some sweet LBJ promo swag

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Yeah, I filed a complaint on McDVoices.com. Will not rest until I get some unused 1992 USA Dream Team commemorative cups from the vault!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Looking at my receipt, thing that bothers me is there were order numbers on it. None of this would have happened if someone had taken a half second to say "Hey. This is your order number. We'll call it out when your food's ready." MADNESS!

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

This story sounds remarkably similar to Saints Hood Fan's tale of chicken.

 

[The Metal Maniac]

I've been to some McDonald's where they actually asked for my name to write it on the receipt; I wondered why, and now I have the answer: Cranky old people.

 

[SFH]

Which member of TRTSM is next to get screwed over at a fast food establishment!? The world awaits!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I'm gonna go with Roy.

 

[Fall of Epic]

My worst fast food screw up was surprisingly at a KFC back when I was in high school. I was having a pretty shitty day and it was raining outside so I decided to eat my feelings away and get a bunch of greasy, slimy chicken. They screwed up half my order and I didn't check before I left (which admittingly was my fault). If I had Facebook around 2003, I would definitely have written a status damning KFC to hell.

 

[Lord of The Curry]

KFC doesn't have the most expansive menu. What did they mess up?

 

[Fall of Epic]

I can't remember specifics since it was over a decade ago but I do remember ordering a lot of food and only getting half of it and what I actually got wasn't even what I exactly wanted.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

http://youtu.be/SEncvN_TWAE

This is the first commercial on youtube (Xbox app doesn't have adblock, smartasses) I watched all the way through without hitting X to skip after the 5 second minimum.

 

[Precious Roy]

I'm gonna go with Roy.

Nah, but I kind of got screwed at a convenience store today. Red Bulls are supposed to be 2/$4 and I got charged $2.39 each. Outrage!

 

[JHawk]

Since when do convenience stores count as fast food?

Since when does convenience store food count as food, come to think of it?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Some mom & pop convenience stores have legit really good food.

7-11 and stores of that ilk? Only when I'm incredibly hammered and only breakfast sandwiches/burritos for some reason. Maybe a a slice of cheese pizza.

 

[Precious Roy]

lots of convenience stores have a legit deli and shit like rotisserie chicken, soups and other stuff like that. Especially in New York City, there's places everywhere that are like one stop mini-grocery stores with a full blown ready to eat quick prep menu over on one side of the place

for your more standard convenience store, the one that's always freaked me out is the rolling hot dog + sausage roaster machine with like a bread box with buns in it next to it and a little condiment area. that's too weird for me. I'll do the deli for a sandwich at a convenience store every once in a while, but other than that I cut it off at hot coffee

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Also when mentioning mom & pop convenience store food (and calling back to the earlier discussion of fried chicken), I can't forget to mention Chester Fried Chicken. It's probably on level of KFC or Taco Bell. But when you're a little bit buzzed and you walk into some dank gas station in rural Maine at 10 P.M. on a Tuesday and there's Chester Fried Chicken, it is a delight.