Mcdonalds

[Ken L]

I'm no great fan of the food at Mcdonalds and hate their presence in almost every city in every country on the planet. I do however confess to a weakness for their vanilla milkshakes even though I know they're loaded with fat.

As a company though, they do seem to have no shortage of horror stories about thir environmental record, their food hygene and their working practices.

So, what's the worst story that you know about Mcdonalds ?

I think that we'll stick with "story" because there's no way of verifying what is and isn't true but I am interested to know just how bad they get.

 

My favorite concerns the first drive through branch in Birmingham which opened up on the Bristol Road about 10 years ago. having taken on a bunch of new staff, they had the usual percentage of workshy idiots and decided to sack them. One guy was told that he was loosing his job and instead of escorting him form the premises, he was allowed to work the remainder of his shift.

Clearly feeling rather disgruntled, he went to the toilet, came back with a brown sewer trout and opened up the syrup container for the rootbeer (All the draft soft drinks in these places are made up as needed from syrup and carbonated water) and slipped in his little friend.

Rumour (and I believe the local paper) indicates that said rootbeer was served to over 30 customers before anyone complained......

[DavyR]

Similar stories are told (as you suggest, without much foundation) of every food outlet or processing plant the world over. I have heard it suggested that McDonald's milkshakes use wood-pulp to achieve the desired consistency, however:

 

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How does McDonalds make their shakes triple-thick?

 

 

 

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The operative word is "Stabilizers". In the case of Mickey D's and most of the rest of the fast-food outlets here's what you have: Stabilizers - guar gum, sodium polyphosphate, carrageenan and carboxymethylcellulose. (Can you figure out the relationship between the last one and wood-pulp AND the fact that it still stands upright when melted?)

[Steve Randles]

This is not a story, but an actual fact as the two lads involved where prosecuted for it which was published in the local paper for this town.

 

It involves a large tub of mayonaise and that is all I am going to say, I think thats all thats needed to be said.

 

Funnily enough, I'm right off eating burgers from anywhere unless I make them myself now.

[Scapanapper]

Clearly feeling rather disgruntled, he went to the toilet, came back with a brown sewer trout and opened up the syrup container for the rootbeer (All the draft soft drinks in these places are made up as needed from syrup and carbonated water) and slipped in his little friend.

 

From the one time I tried root beer I thought that was an integral part of the receipe

[Steve Walker]

From the one time I tried root beer I thought that was an integral part of the receipe

 

An improvement, surely?

[Guest Finepix]

Is Rootbeer the one that tastes like powdered toothpaste?? Dreadful stuff.

[Snatcher]

Sorry the worst I have heard could not repeat on this forum owing to the presence of junior members

[DavyR]

Is Rootbeer the one that tastes like powdered toothpaste?? Dreadful stuff.

 

That's the one! Taste has also been compared to Germolene...

 

Almost as bad is sarsaparilla, once extemely popular as a "health drink" in the UK, many years before the McDonalds invasion.

 

You used to be able to buy it by the glass (or jug-and-bottle in any quantity) at Baldwins the Herbalists in Walworth Road, South London in the 1970s...

 

Whoa - they still do it!!

 

http://www.baldwins.co.uk/perl/go.pl/shop/...ch-results.html

[Guest Finepix]

That's the one! Taste has also been compared to Germolene...

 

Almost as bad is sarsaparilla, once extemely popular as a "health drink" in the UK, many years before the McDonalds invasion.

 

You used to be able to buy it by the glass (or jug-and-bottle in any quantity) at Baldwins the Herbalists in Walworth Road, South London in the 1970s...

 

Whoa - they still do it!!

 

http://www.baldwins.co.uk/perl/go.pl/shop/...ch-results.html

 

Mmmmmmmmmmm, we'll all be queueing up for that then

[DavyR]

Mmmmmmmmmmm, we'll all be queueing up for that then

 

I could never understand why there used to be long queues of West Indian men lining up for it with gallon containers.

 

Then I found out that in Jamaica it's reckoned to be a powerful aphrodisiac...

Edited December 7, 2005 by DavyR