The final days of McDonald's?

McDonald's experience can be awful, but never great. Chick-fil-a experience can be great, but it's never been awful for me.

 

The on-campus CFA location at my university sucks. The food is as usual, which is fine, but they absolutely cannot keep up with demand during peak times. Further, they have all these little policies -- one packet of sauce per sandwich, for example -- that totally screw up service. Drives someone in my line of work crazy.

 

Do you know if it's run by CFA, or if it's run by the campus food service operator -- like Sodexo or Aramark -- under license?

Sometimes that can make a big difference.

 

Aramark ... Very different from your run-of-the-mill CFA franchisee, I know.

 

The worst part of McDonald's during the last 20 years is the moronic ad campaign that follows each menu change. There's no need to portray every change as the solution to fast-food dining. Just promote the product without all the bluster and let the customers handle the rest.

 

If I wake up at 4 p.m. and have a hankering for breakfast, I sure as hell ain't going to McDonald's.

 

Waffle House? Egg Platter?

 

Waffle House is a tasty upgrade from McDonald's any time of day, I think.

 

McDonalds runs its drive-thru much faster than CFA. McDonalds has very sweet and tasty sweet tea for just 1 dollar back in Texas that I was somewhat addicted to. On days when I would fight the urge, I'd pat myself on the back for having 'won the calorie battle' but that was not often. The stuff in the morning such as sausage biscuit with cheese or breakfast burritos are very inexpensive and tasty to me. Invariably, though, I'd find myself on a commode within 30 minutes of having eaten them. Morning french vanilla iced coffee at McDonalds was something I loved, too, but if it was not mixed right it was horrid (must be on the blond side if it's done right) and you can tell right away when it's mixed incorrectly. Having moved to Europe, I sort of miss the sweet tea but I've lost about 8 pounds that I trace directly to not using the drive-thru several times a week back home. NOTE: They do have McDonalds here but I have been maybe twice in 6 months. They don't serve the main thing I liked - the sweet tea. ALSO: places like Waffle House are indeed better-produced but it takes longer to sit down and you pay more when you add the tip.

 

A McDonald's drive-thru usually goes faster than CFA, but how much of that is just sheer volume? Chick-Fil-As here have to use traffic cops during lunch rush to keep the drive-thru organized. At off-peak times, I've never experienced any significant delay.

 

I'll go McD's for lunch occasionally. I get the grilled chicken wraps. That's it. No fries. No soda.
The chicken chili wrap is very good.