• auzy1
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    4 days ago

    McDonald’s is selling paper thin beef and costs more than your local cafe here in Australia

    The standard has dropped a lot. I only go on a long car trip

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      I don’t even go when on a long car trip anymore. I’d rather pay just as much for a less american chain

      hell even McDonald’s closes the doors after 11pm now and is drive through only. the last thing they had going for them was that they had a washroom available when driving at night. now I’ll still go to the less american chain since there’s literally nothing McDonald’s offers that they don’t. well, nothing good anyways

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        Funny you mention that, the last time I was driving late (I think about 1am) I needed to fill up on the way home and noticed people pulling up at the McDonalds across the parking lot even though the drive trough was on the other side of the building. I watched people get out, try the doors, shrug and then put their asses to the window and do their business. The funny part to me is that there is staff in side and these people had to know it, but did it anyway.

        So in a way they do have facilities after 11pm.

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          ngl I considered pissing in the trees. “open 24 hours” means open 24 hours, not “open during the day but you can order pick up at night”. I’d had to piss for the last half an hour and I’d already given my body the ok to prepare to relieve itself in a few minutes when I got off the highway. that was a hard one to hold in.

          I have absolutely no problem with businesses having schedules. I absolutely have a problem with false advertising and lies.

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            In this case I think it was done with spite, since the gas station I was at had the buzzer system bathrooms I believe. But I do get why its bull shit to be “open” but then not be open. Its odd since as I get older there seems to be less and less 24 hour things, something that I did not think would be my “yells at cloud” thing would be getting a hot meal at 3 am.

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        For me, it’s generally when I travel up to hotham (a 4hour trip). As I need fuel too and always tend to stop at the same servo.

        But yeah, I remember my first big Mac probably 25 years ago. It was incredible. Now it’s a limited edition