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Personally I don't like McDonald's food. The service and the rest is Ok but I don't like to eat there. But apparently most of the world likes the food from there. Can I know why?.

Many people, including myself really love the fries here more than any other fast food chain. McDonalds is also everywhere (generally speaking), so it is quite easy to find. Personally, though, if there was an Arbys and a McDonalds next to eachother, I would go to Arbys.

i actually prefer Burger King.
they have better fries ^_^
so i've never really understood it myself.

It sucks. I saw a movie called 'Super Size Me' and it's awful! They use suger in everything except for the fries and a few other things, which probably means they use sugar in salads! Don't let me get started on the McNuggets..*shudders*

I dont like any fast food at all, but McDonalds is deffinately the worst! I dont see how everyone likes it so much, maybe people should stop being so lazy and cook their own meals instead of going to fast food all the time.

Quote by joycevI dont like any fast food at all, but McDonalds is deffinately the worst! I dont see how everyone likes it so much, maybe people should stop being so lazy and cook their own meals instead of going to fast food all the time.


I heard on the SuperSize Me movie that some people have a regular diet of fast food! It's pretty scary, and awful. ;3

Yeah I saw that movie. but with me it is the nearest to home so it is quickest sometimes.

Quote by joycevI dont like any fast food at all, but McDonalds is deffinately the worst! I dont see how everyone likes it so much, maybe people should stop being so lazy and cook their own meals instead of going to fast food all the time.

Sometimes one only has the time and money for fast food. I am in college, and am usually on the run. I also have little to no money, and the only place to stop on the hour and 15 minute drive home is McDonalds. I do not stop by often, but when I am hungry I either go there or a gas station. I only get maybe a fry (dollar menu) or some water usually. Believe me, I would much rather cook at home or go out to a nice, healthier sit down restaraunt, but I can not always do so. I also do not always have enough food to bring with me to school for lunch and other.

it's cheap, you get what you see and it doesnt have to look good in order to taste good enough that you can eat that stuff. besides, when you're very hungry and there is no other alternative you'd pick mcdonalds, too, but to be honest, there are alternatives like burger king (in germany) or wendy's (in america) which are better i think because the food doesnt smell/taste like plastic. (but my all time favorite is doener kebap/dueruem doener, that stuff is really worth it's money, for those who dont know what it is, i included a few links to pictures at the bottom of my post.)

one thing i dont agree with is that mcdonalds sells salad with the massage "we have also healthy food in our assortment" as if mcdonalds is a fast food chain for people who'd like to make a diet, i mean come on ... mcdonalds would be the last place i'd order a salad and a bottle of water ...

and whats up with the coke, it tastes like water because they put too much ice in it. now if you live in america that's not a real complain because there you can refill your drink for free and you can decide how much ice you want to be in it, but in germany you buy a coke and you get a water-ish kind of substance. the fries are too salty of course so you HAVE to drink something. i hate those marketing strategies.
and for the kids it's fun, you get a toy, so going to mcdonalds is like christmas ... at least when i was a kid mcdonalds was one of my favorite restaurants.

but like i said, it is cheap and if you arent a fatass one meal should make you full, guess that's all to it.

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doener kebap: http://www.kardesler.de/assets/images/doner-3.jpg
dueruem doener: http://www.kardesler.de/assets/images/doner_durum.jpg

the first looks like as sandwich the second like a taco but the taste is a thousand times better.

now that's about the picture you should have in mind when thinking of a good doener: http://www.agahd-g.cidsnet.de/rap/doener.jpg (it's that thing on the left side of the picture)

for those of you who dont know i want to mention that doener as you can see it in the first picture is a german invention, in it's original form tho it comes form Turkey but there they serve it differently. but this doener got so popular here in berlin that every 10 minutes you have a doener restaurant so you can imagine in what kind of paradise you find yourself in. :D ... well on the other hand we have a very high turkish population so that could be seen as a sideeffect. but i dont really mind that so much ...

well you get the point ^^.

Quote by mahkohimeMany people, including myself really love the fries here more than any other fast food chain. McDonalds is also everywhere (generally speaking), so it is quite easy to find. Personally, though, if there was an Arbys and a McDonalds next to eachother, I would go to Arbys.

Also they are pretty cheap and have a wide variety of stuff on their menu. I personally hate McDonald's food. The fries are always soggy and sometimes seriously burnt. (yuck) But like you said they are everywhere and easy for people on the run.

I would prefer a subway sandwich although more expensive they are healthier and it is fun to watch ppl making ur food :P I've also heard scary stories about the food in Mcdonalds, i was told there was a lizard in a burger once, and there was shop where the teenagers working there would pee in the frying oil! (Sorry if i put you off but i just want you all to know the risk)

Quote by daosIt sucks. I saw a movie called 'Super Size Me' and it's awful! They use suger in everything except for the fries and a few other things, which probably means they use sugar in salads! Don't let me get started on the McNuggets..*shudders*

I never liked mcdonalds, but since I saw supersize me...I find it even more disguisting than before.

well its decent and its on the go...i perfer sonc but if im running alil short then micky ds here i come

Quote by cheungygirlI would prefer a subway sandwich although more expensive they are healthier and it is fun to watch ppl making ur food :P I've also heard scary stories about the food in Mcdonalds, i was told there was a lizard in a burger once, and there was shop where the teenagers working there would pee in the frying oil! (Sorry if i put you off but i just want you all to know the risk)

I haven't died yet, have I? I have not gotten ill off of fast food, either. The things that happen at McDonalds generally happen at other food chains as well. People are people and will be stupid sometimes, no matter where they work. I may like McDonalds/fast food to an extent, but I don't agree with how things are done sometimes. If I had a choice, yeah, I would go somewhere healtheir, but as I said in my earlier post, I can not.

Quote by GOMFbut like i said, it is cheap and if you arent a fatass one meal should make you full, guess that's all to it.

Cheap? Not here. A burger with cheese cost 2 pesos and in other restaurants for 50 more cents I get a burger with cheese, ham and it's bigger than the McDonalds hamburger.

their cheap and the food is good and tasty XD

I would like to state that, Macca's over here(here is New Zealand) isnt as bad as what it is in America, I tryed it in America, and I still know it tastes like crap. Its pretty decent here(as far as I know, they use real ingredences), but nothing special, I only go there because I find there not that bad, but I dont go there everydamn day, maybe once or twice every three weeks.

I have the same opinion as WMagnus. I don't like to eat at McDonalds but I don't know why do much people love it. I actually worked there for a while ago but I still don't like to eat there.

everyone is diffrent. you don't like them, i do. our dna is diffrent, so our our tast buds differ aswell.

*shrugs* Eh, it's convenient. We have a McD's on our campus as well as a Little Caesar's and Subway. Now, being a poor college student, I only go to Subway if I have the money to spare, Little Caesar's if I'm not sick of pizza, and McD's when I'm tired of caf. food, or it's closed. McD's is quick, cheap, and convenient. Prime things that are practically a necessity in American culture nowadays. Plus, generally, the food isn't too bad, as long as you don't think of how they made it and all its processed fattyness.

yea the food is very small and i dont have enough whe i eat that food

Quote by WMagnusPersonally I don't like McDonald's food. The service and the rest is Ok but I don't like to eat there. But apparently most of the world likes the food from there. Can I know why?.

Well to answer your questions, most people go there for convenience. You never have to wait more than 5 minutes to get your meal. If you really know what it's made of, you'll know that it's disgusting. There is so much preservetives in there that it's not even funny. I try to eat it as less times as possible. Although the food is pretty good, I don't like to think about what I'm eating. Did yuou know a large coke contains 47 teaspoons of sugar? That's really disgusting to me. Anyways, McD is doing the public a favour. In March 2006, they will start putting labels on their food packages to tell the customer how much fat, carbohydrates, etc.. are in each serving. Although it will dirve a small number away, most people will still go for convenince. I think they did that because the 'Supersize Me' movie was released.

Sorry for the explaination to be longwinded ^^"

I eat at mcdonalds because i like there food. i eat a lot of fast food i probably
eat at mcdonalds at least 3 times a week and other days i go to wendys or sometimes i eat at home. the only bad thing about mcdonalds is that the
food can give you high cholesterol. my cholesterol is probably threw the roof from all the fast food i eat ^_^' but that one thing about mcdonalds making
you fat is is a lie i eat it all the time and i only weigh 112 pounds :p

Why? I don't have a clue. Personally I don't eat fast foods cuz it would destroy my training. And if I do, it's not from McDonalds or any other thing like that. It's a fresh pizza/hamburger from a local place :D

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