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Cringe2793 ,

Wait you guys have free refills at McDonald’s?

BigMacHole ,

OBVIOUSLY they’re ALSO going to drop prices since they don’t have to give free refills now! THANK YOU Benevolent McJob Creators!

timmymac ,

Who goes there anymore. The only reason to go in the past was the price. That’s been jacked up so fuck them.

Aggravationstation ,

Never been a thing at McDonalds here in the UK.

BigTrout75 ,

Just like the good ole days

m13 ,

I boycott McGenocide months ago and it was surprisingly easy. There’s much better food to eat out there.

possiblylinux127 ,

McGenocide is definitely a new one. Honestly you probably shouldn’t be eating fast food more than once a month. It is a McGenocide to your insides.

thezeesystem ,

Why I now don’t ever go there. The one dollar drinks and the fries was something I went to for a treat every once in a while, now I just not go to any of the fast food or even restaurants

Besides in and out because I know they won’t change anything, they haven’t changed anything sense idk forever

semperverus ,
@semperverus@lemmy.world avatar

It’s amazing watching the language of people who don’t even realize they have an addiction.

ameancow ,

If I’m going to spend $20 - $30 for a burger and fries and a drink, I will go to a local diner and give the money to people who need it, and who care about their food, and what’s more, those burgers are almost guaranteed to be vastly superior in quality.

When I was young my friends and I would stop at a McDonald’s for value-menu snacks on the way to paintball or my family would stop there when traveling for convenience and cheap food.

Now that the “cheap” is gone, what exactly are they offering? For the price of one of their meals I can buy ground beef and make burgers for everyone. I’m so confused how institutions like this survive. Oh yeah, a population addicted to fast fixes of sugar and high-calorie carbohydrates.

MrQuallzin ,

Don’t have them in my area

RememberTheApollo_ ,

One of the things I haven’t seen yet is that this may push people to upsize their drinks so McD’s can charge more. If you know you can’t get a refill some may choose the larger drink.

Profit.

possiblylinux127 ,

Sodas tend to have a huge margin. It might cost you a dollar but it cost them like 7¢

Not that its that big a deal honestly. You aren’t going to not drink soda.

Johnmannesca ,
@Johnmannesca@lemmy.world avatar

Just make the drinks 75¢ and have certain hours where drinks are even cheaper to encourage sales. Corporations can find a way to make this work in more than just their favor. The last place anyone wants to get gouged is where they eat. I know it’s cheaper to cook at home, but after a year of working at a McDonalds I have concluded many people can’t cook, and thus have relied on automated means of foodservice. The modern drink dispenser at most stores is co2 powered mechanisms that automate almost everything down to just the push of two buttons, but the co2 is relatively cheap compared to the cost of plastic. They can cut corners because they already do, and the auto dispenser is a great example of why drinks should be cheaper because it’s faster to make them and no more refills should entitle us to lower costs as consumers. McD knows they messed this up, and it would be nice to see them lower prices and double down on some really cool automation tools, like an automated wrapping machine or maybe something even cooler that just does all our jobs so we don’t have to.

possiblylinux127 ,

There is some physiological reasons around making it a single dollar. The big money maker for them is the meal bundles where they can sell you a bunch of stuff for a lot more.

Asafum ,

it would be nice to see them lower prices and double down on some really cool automation tools, like an automated wrapping machine or maybe something even cooler that just does all our jobs so we don’t have to.

Corporations: “first part: lmao. Second part: we’re working on it, but you’re not going to benefit, just us. As is tradition.”

rottingleaf ,

So why is there no competition arising, simply with some fries, burgers, soda and without this bullshit.

Oh, I remembered, it’s all patented to hell. It’s practically illegal to open a fast food place not in one of these franchises.

Same with many other areas of life. The Web and computers are the most obvious.

Rats and cockroaches have conquered the kitchen. While many people in bureaucracies and everywhere were thieves and parasites, that still wasn’t socially acceptable. They didn’t like it, so now it’s almost official that the world is ruled by thieves and parasites and they are better than honest people. This IMHO also explains all the “geopolitical” stuff happening - it’s not to any practical end, the common thing between all (Western\Russian\whatever) policies is ideological, that decency should be murdered, dignity should be punished, and honesty should be poisoned. All the “rules” and “competition” and “civilization” stuff was (in the eyes of those people) being grown like livestock to be slaughtered for meat eventually.

300 years from now this time is going to be called the start of the new dark ages, or the end of the thaw (Soviet analogy here), or something like that.

ColeSloth ,

I rarely get McDonald’s, but one of these ones was built near where I live a couple years ago (replacing an old one). It is always a complete ghost town inside. No one eats there. They have all the parking and all the seats. Just none of the customers.

possiblylinux127 ,

Its terrifying when you go to the American south and west. People treat McDonalds like really food and they treat soda as a water substitute.

Gigan ,
@Gigan@lemmy.world avatar

Good, maybe people will drink less soda now

LeroyJenkins ,

but it affects innocent people who wanna drink soda for fun or protect themselves

GiuseppeAndTheYeti ,

No kidding. No one needs 64oz of soda with their meal. McDonald’s is actually one of the few fast food places that saw an increase in customers over the last few years and they’re planning on releasing a $5 meal soon.

Alenalda ,

So a happy meal with no toy.

PiratePanPan ,
@PiratePanPan@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Fuck you! I need my Sprite Deluxe with 200% flavoring!

derf82 ,

If that’s the goal, fine. But we know the real reason is profit. If people are getting less, they should pay less.

hark ,
@hark@lemmy.world avatar

That’s not the reason why they’re doing this, just like how eliminating the super size option wasn’t to have people eat less junk food. It’s not effective in achieving that. This is just to squeeze more profits out of people, on an item that costs them pennies.

bitwolf ,

My friend worked at McD in high school. Drinks are their profit, they don’t have good margins on food and expect people to buy drinks which have the bulk of their margins.

McD is definitely struggling (good riddance)

thefrankring ,
@thefrankring@lemmy.world avatar

That’s a good start.

But I’m assuming people going to McD are unhealthy in the first place.

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

this really only works if the business has a good relationship with the customers. we have a pizza place near us that has been around for like 50 years and they have a self serve soda machine but they also charge .25 cents for refills. it’s not much but it still helps them out and the majority of people have no problem with it.

Zorsith ,
@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

If they leave a dedicated water fountain I see no issues. You shouldn’t need employee assistance for freaking water.

Norgur ,
@Norgur@fedia.io avatar

Never travel to Germany with that mindset.

Zorsith ,
@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Yeah, I’ve heard getting water in restaurants is weird in several countries in Europe. Sparkling water is apparently default in some places (italy I think?).

stiephel ,

In Germany it is and you gotta pay for water.

atrielienz ,

It’s illegal to charge for water in the US.

Furbag ,

One of the only fucking things we’ve done right in this country, right up there with banning coin-op pay toilets pretty much everywhere.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

I remember my mom having to order “Leitungswasser” whenever we went to a restaurant when I was a kid. And ice in drinks isn’t a thing there, either (or wasn’t then, at least).

Norgur ,
@Norgur@fedia.io avatar

No, it's not. People will complain regularly about places like Burger King and McDonald's who throw ice cubes into drinks. I, personally, hate it as well. I don't want my water close to the freezing point, and I would rather not get bumped int the teeth by lumps of frozen water that dilute my drink and hurt my teeth.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Straws negate the ice bumping your teeth problem, but not the other things. It’s an acquired taste. I’m fine with either, personally.

meowMix2525 ,

What, do you bite the cup when you sip? You shouldn’t be bathing your teeth in whatever you’re drinking like that unless it’s just straight water

possiblylinux127 ,

That’s not surprising as it was likely to be abused on day one

cosmicrookie ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

European: you guys have unlimited drinks at mcdonald’s?

European 2: you guys still have self-serve?

lightnsfw ,

One of many reasons Americans are generally fat as fuck.

TseseJuer ,

yea so how about spreading awareness about health issues that arise from consuming garbage instead of trying to rip on a sick society numbnuts

your slave masters care as little about you as ours do about us

lightnsfw ,

I’m not a health expert. No one should take diet advice from me. There’s plenty of credible information available if they bothered to look. I don’t even know what the fuck you’re talking about with slave masters or what that would have to do with watching your diet so I’m not even going to try to respond to that.

TseseJuer ,

right because “information is available” really solves everything. we have ads for fast food instead of how to keep your mind and body healthy but yes blame the sick society and not their “slave masters”

lightnsfw ,

I didn’t say it solves everything. It’s the first step. After acquiring the information the next step is to exercise a modicum of self-restraint and make healthier choices. I blame the individuals because everyone is responsible for their own choices. Blaming advertising is just laziness.

TseseJuer ,

im not blaming anyone you are

lightnsfw ,

we have ads for fast food instead of how to keep your mind and body healthy

TseseJuer ,

how is me stating a cold hard fact blaming anyone?

noobnarski ,

Here in Germany some McDonalds and Burger King do have self serve drink machines with unlimited drinks, but they are not that many (I would guess 10-20%). Some other fast food chains are more likely to have them, like Subway.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

“Free ketchup, too??”

GreatAlbatross ,
@GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk avatar

Five guys do unlimited refills, but the cup is 5 fucking quid. Similar tale in Marugame Udon.

And that’s on top of a tenner each for the burger. At least they don’t police whos cup is whos.

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