For those in Australia, Red Rooster have a very generous rewards card that is worthwhile! And there is an excellent chance that McDonald's will have a secret meal that is heavily discounted that you won't find on the menu, but can ask for. More than likely this secret meal will only cost $5.00 and will be a burger, small fries and small drink.
If you want to have fresh food from a fast food place: please, please, come inside. Also if you have a huge order call it in as well. You have no idea how annoying it is to be in a rush and have someone come in wanting 20 or 30 something burgers. Also please understand that if you are ordering fresh food that it does take time and a few thing may not be coming straight from the frier. Most hamburgers take 3-5 minutes, chicken 6 or more and the cashier will more than likely drop extra fries for you when you make your order. Without the burgers having a timer (being either a griddle top with a press or the charbroiler of burger) it's hard to guess that when it'll come up for meat on your sandwich. On the timers of the drive thru, the BK I worked at had 2 minutes 15 seconds for drive. We were always pushed for under 1 minute during non-peak hours. If you want to check your food pull up in front of the building, there's usually a door right by the drive thru that if something comes up wrong you can step inside real quick and it'll be fixed. Sometimes if something's wrong when you get home call the store the same night/day you made the order and they may take your name down and you can get the order corrected the next day or later on.
I can confirm the drive thru timer thing, my GM used to yell at me like "what's going on at the window" and I'd be like "they're checking their order". As they should because our packers were known to fuck up. But still you get the point.
Bruh relatable except they never said shit to me once I started putting headset on and doing window at the same time. That was hectic on the weekends. But I got fired because I went to work cooked and I was working table and my manager said pick up the paste and I stg was going fast as hell and I got so mad and cussed her out lmao. Good times!!!
I worked for Macd's and I know for sure that the Drive-thru gets preferential service ahead of walk-in customers because the drive-thru line is almost always long and local bylaws prohibit engines idling while waiting in line
I stopped going through the drive thru years ago. Back when I did go, majority of the time they would get my order wrong-anywhere. Plus, I find it just as quick to go inside to order and I can watch them put my food together.
“I’d like that _fresh_ please” *suddenly your car is surrounded by employees, screaming insults at you* (your lip trembles) “I wasn’t expecting it to be THAT fresh...”
@@angel.feathers People know this stuff is bad for them. It's their choice what they choose to eat/what they put in their bodies no one else's. Quit pushing your values onto others. You're not informing people, you're just being annoying to stroke your own ego.
Never go thru the drive-thru if you're ordering a meal with a drink. If you do, you'll get a cup of ice with your drink in the cracks. One thing to do with drinks if you're taking the meal home is to ask for the drink without ice. You can add ice at home and you get more drink.
Im tired of these secret menus like these places have them locked away . If they have the ingredients at the store then you can mix and match any way you want. No secret about it
I completely empathize with decent, hard working industry employees because of videos like this (yes, such people exist!) The entitlement that is attached to the phrase "restaurant hack" is depressing.
Must be a regional thing. Some places (McDonalds and Wendys for sure) prioritize drive thru time. It's always faster to go through the drive thru...to the point that we don't eat Wendys anymore because we got tired of watching the drive thru customers order, pay AND get their food before anyone bothers to come to the counter to take the orders of the people inside.
That whole timer thing and your boss giving you a hard time if you go over the number they want on average is how every fast food place with a drive thru works. It sucks because they always have unrealistic expectations for the number. My bosses would want 30 seconds or less. And this is why we tell people to park when it’s going to take extra long to make their food. It helps keep the timer number down.
Agreed, I went Wendy's and the Drive thru wrapped around the building and there was no one inside. I walked in and had to wait About 10 minutes just for the cashier to take my order.
As a fast food (Burger King in Prague) worker, I can confirm the special offers thing. 1/5 of our recipes have a code for our website. If you'll answer a few questions, you'll get a Free Whopper JR. It's easy but people still don't do it.
I once was at a tim hortons drive through after a long day, and asked for a frosted cinnamon roll and coffee. They said okay that will be however much money. So I pull up to first window, pay. Pull up to second window, receive order, and in the bag was another donut, I told them I ordered the frosted cinnamon roll, they said "we don't sell those here". So I asked "well how come you charged me for it then, and didn't tell me before I paid you didn't sell them?". So they switched it for a donut I actually enjoyed, but the difference between their donuts and the cinnamon rolls was like $1, so I asked for my change, and it took like 10 minutes to get the change. Just as I was about to leave they finally gave me the change, and I looked behind me and there were over 30 cars in the drive through (it was on a highway rest stop). I felt silly, but if someone orders something you don't sell at that location, you can't charge them for it and then give something else and expect them not to notice. It's reasons like that Tim Hortons is going out of business in Canada.
In the "olden days," a receipt was always handed to you automatically. Nowadays, the default action-- especially at the drive-thru-- is to NOT get the receipt. It's as if you've emerged from the 9th circle of hell just to inconvenience and hassle the cashier.
A Big Mac always costs more than two cheeseburgers, which it essentially is, minus one bun. When you get a Big Mac you are essentially paying twice as much to get a wilted piece of lettuce and a shot of ranch dressing. Always order your soft drink WITHOUT ice at fast food places -- especially if you're going through the drive through. The drinks are already cold without ice, ice just takes up room in the cup so you get less soft drink, and drinks already have the most over-inflated prices of any item on the menu.
The worst mistake is not ordering the food HOT and FRESH. Most places like A&W or KFC will serve you food that's been sitting around in a warming tray.
The drive thru timer thing is very true. Even if the manager isn't freakishly obsessed over that, the store/franchise owner most certainly will be - even the ones that usually doesn't appear to give a you-know-what with daily store operations. Drive-thru times are one of the things that fast food corporations are super strick about, right after making sure that their stores don't have any noticeable health violations or deviations from the set standard menu.
Yeup. At Jack in the box you have 2 minutes to get your whole order out whether it's 1 item or 100.. and no parking either. We served 120 tacos in 15 minutes. Our owner was MAAAD
@@Loachie90 Generally it goes something like this: 1) Maintain food health and quality standards to industry standards. (Hard for some stores in certain Fast food chains to actually do - I.e. Incompetent management). 2) Keep local franchise menu in line with regional and corporate's set menu, prices are (mostly) inflexible and cannot be below or above a certain amount. 3) Maintain customer satisfaction - most fast good restaurants claim this is their number 1 (to the customers) but that is usually a bold face lie. It's important but not number 1. 4) Manage drive thru times, preferably below industry wait times amd definitely at or below the maximum wait time allowed by corporate.
Went to Carl's Jr. the other morning and wanted a sausage, egg and cheese biscuit which was $3.39, noticed a sign in the window that you could get too egg and cheese biscuits for $2.50 and asked for sausage to be added to them. It came out to $3.29 so ended up paying ten cents LESS to get two sausage, egg and cheese than I would had I just ordered one normally.
They closed my Hardees which is a sister (brother??) chain to Carl's Jr. Use to work there (3× 😄) and sure do miss the food. Cheap too!! And those "hidden" 2 for the price of 1 bargains come up quite often if you take the time to watch and do the math.
I worked in fast food for a long time. I know times matter to the employee, but as the customer, I do not give af about your drive through times. I don't want to take the chance of having to come back around or come inside because the order is wrong. Make sure my food is right and clarify it to me when you hand it to me, so I don't have to open up my burger to make sure there's no mustard on it at the window.
I always get my burgers plain (just meat and cheese), it's always a lottery to see if they made it plain or not. I always open the burger to make sure it's plain, as 50% of the time they all the condiments and stuff on it.
There seems to be 5 people waiting in line when the drink refill is behind the counter. At Hardees add lettuce and tomato to a chicken biscuit and it adds 60 cents to your bill. So when they have the two for $4 sale its $1.2 extra. When planning to get a chicken biscuit I just take my own lettuce and tomato in a plastic baggy. Tightwad I know.
Did Mashed really imply that I shouldn't check the accuracy of my drive-thru order to pacify a manager's drive-thru timetable? Um, sorry, not happening. People sometimes make mistakes, so I always do a quick check on dark soda's and bag item counts.
In my country mcdonalds is expensive af (no.8 on the big mac index) but here is what I do to bypass the scam. A big mac and fries (which does not fill u up) is about $12, but for the same amount you can have 4 kids burgers. I measured the patties and the kids burger is just a tiny bit smaller. So for a lower price I get stuffed with 4 different burgers. Works a charm for me
So what am I supposed to do when I check my order after I've pulled away, and it's wrong? Wait back in line? Go inside, which is what I was trying to avoid in the first place? No, thanks. I'll take the 10 seconds to make sure it's right before I pull away.
You may take 10 seconds, but SO MANY KARENS take literally minutes to check everything, open the sandwiches and make sure they have the exact amount of onions they want...it's stupid.
My tip if you see a long line in drive thrus and no ones inside the building. Go inside, its way faster and your not sitting in line for almost an hour. Also i miss the volcano menu from taco bell
I work at a KFC and the way mine is set up is they try their best to get faster at the drive thru window. They do it really well too. However if they see an easy order up front they fly through it sometimes before customers even finish at the register which really puts a smile on diners faces when they say wow that was quick
Thats why I Loved working at Smashburger. I was a manager there and ALL FOOD WAS MADE TO ORDER. They would butter the grill, season the burger along with the hot toppings. The only thing that we had ready were the vegetables that we had sliced for the day, and the meat that had been weighed out and portioned "not frozen patties." I of course cannot say the same for Burger King. They had their patties precooked and kept in a warmer sometimes we would keep them past their time so as to not have waste. Their toppings were pre-cut all we had to do was simply assemble your food. ALWAYS ORDER YOUR FOOD FRESH!!!
In most McDonalds in Sweden nowadays, they cook all burgers to order, you order and pay in a machine, get a number and when it´s ready you go and get it at the counter if you chose take-away, or they come to your table.
minimum wage workers working with cheap ingredients and people expect super fast service and five star quality food, you shouldn't have such high expectations, i was at a new york fries and this middle aged woman was getting pissed off because she had to wait 2 minutes for her burger, i was so annoyed with her, i felt sorry for the kids making the food, i wanted to tell her to shut up, i wanted to tip the workers there but their debit machine doesn't offer a tip function
McDonald's Charges for Lettuce. But, they Don't Subtract Cost when you Remove items, they'll charge you extra to have items added. #unfair Take this for Example: McDonald's charges 0.60¢ for Cheese, 0.30¢ or 0.50¢ for bacon or 0.30¢ for Tomato and Lettuce. I order a Bacon Double Cheeseburger, remove the Bacon and Cheese should now cost me $1.20 less for the $2.00 Menu Sandwich. I'd gladly order a Double Burger for 0.80¢
They don't even have bacon available at mcdonalds here o: $2 for a double bacon cheese burger would be awesom! It's $2.19 for a mcdouble (only 1 slice of cheese).
Here where I live at McDonald's you just say you want a " Dayton Double " which is a double cheeseburger with Mac sauce. I think it taste better than the regular Big Mac.
When I was 6 I had a cheeseburger from my happy meal and to make a Big Mac I just asked my sister if I can have her meat and then put that In my cheeseburger XD
Sadly it do not apply to my local McDonald cause crew won't accept custom orders unless you use cashier machine, but after all you have high chance getting regular burger without changes. And almost each time first expression when you open burger box is "salad everywhere". Once time waiting for order spotted how one of employees is making a burger by throwing ingredients into a box, then close it, give it a shake and done, put on the shelf. After two times of food poisoning after weirdly tasting burger I gave up making orders for food there, currently taking only drinks from there like coffee or milkshake. Also always I am wondering why "Fanta" is always spilled and you have to handle with sticky dripping cup.
If I want a fresh burger I just ask for no pickles. Years ago they used to be sneaky and just pull the pickles off one that was already sitting there, but I can taste that shit so I'll know if it's fresh or not. Also I never go in the drive through, always inside. 9/10 times it's quicker because all the other dummies wait in line outside thinking they are beating the line lol And I ask for little ice in my drink. It doesn't last long enough for the ice to melt anyway. And large fries are a joke, they always underfill them so you end up paying essentially for medium. I've taken them back and request they refill it to the proper level. Basically they count on people being too fucking dumb to notice the difference. But if you are on the ball you can actually get what you paid for.
"Go inside because it's faster." I haven't timed it either way, so I don't know what kind of time difference there may be, but I always go inside because eating while driving is distracting and dangerous. Then there's the small detail that it isn't even a choice for me for eight months of the year because I don't have a car when I'm at college.
I ALWAYS order my burgers, "EXTRA WELL-DONE" and get fresh made. BTW, I'm very grateful to be able to go to In-N-Out once a month with my grandchildren; fave there: Protein Style burger, we'll done, extra sauce, extra produce, grilled onions - YUMMY!!!!!!!!
Which Wich has rewards on the receipts, but the next time I go to Which Wich, it is most likely expired. Also, the reward is usually a cookie or drink. I frequently drink water. I’m thin, lean, and slender. I don’t eat fast food frequently, so the rewards are not worth the time.
The MC Donald's Mc Double hack doesn't work most of the time. Since they have a button on the register for Like a Mac. That can be anywhere from 15 cents extra to $1
McD app & receipts have scored me so much free food. Used to eat McD breakfast 2x/week for a few years. Never paid for more than 1 EggMac any visit if I did the receipt survey from a prior visit (if I was in the mood for them). Saved me $100's!!!
Dunno about the U.S., but here in Sweden several of the McD's have changed so along with doing your order at a computer terminal (or register if you prefer), there are no more warming trays (not counting fries). So no pre-made burgers, they make them to order. With less people on registers, they can have more actually getting food made, and they're the fastest McD's in Sweden now. The ones that still do things the old way with only register orders and lines of pre-made burgers sitting under heating lamps are actually slower on top of being less fresh.
If there's still a Mc'Ds franchise that STILL uses the fully-assembled sandwich, sitting in a warmer tray method, I'd be surprised that they're still in business!
Where I'm from down in Louisiana we dont have potatoes after breakfast at taco bell I used to work their it hurt my feeling when they took my favorite potato griller off the menu and lava sauce is gone too
If the workers get mad because I run up their time at the drive-thru it's because they have a history of screwing up the order. You want your time down? Then don't screw up so much. You also want $15 an hour? Earn it and don't scew up so much!
It would help if you SPEAK CLEARLY when you come up to order, actually KNOW what you want BEFORE you order, DON'T make it complicated, and DON'T ask for extra stuff as you are paying the order. As well, DON'T be rude to the cashier/service person. We do at times put first-time employees at that position (though never without a crew trainer or a manager nearby), and even if the person has been at the job for years, they can still have bad days just like YOU. Common sense is all that's needed to help make your experience go smoothly when you visit one of our restaurants. Also, if we feel the job we do is WORTH a pay raise at the Federal Level, then who else but the people that actually WORK at our job should know that we should get a raise? It's nothing more than YOU would demand for your own job.
The last (nugget) tip isn’t true in the UK. The opposite is true. 4 nuggets only come in a £2.99 happy meal. 6 nuggets are £3.19, 9 are £3.39 and 20 are £3.99 so I always feel compelled to order 20 - but I can’t eat that many so I need to try to get my friends or family to share them. I’d rather give my son some along with tap water (it’s good here) and a 99p large fries. Also, I have a special card with discounts to a bunch of retailers - one of which is a Big Mac and fries for £1.99 - or a mcchicken sandwich and fries. So, a Big Mac, medium fries and 20 nuggets for £5.98 is pretty good.
I do not buy/eat "fast food", ever. I idea of fast food is to buy a whole cooked chicken and add my own sides; I can feed a family of four for the less than a "value meal" and it is more nutritionally sound. Plus, I am convinced that fast food ground beef will ultimately be responsible for allowing "mad cow" disease into our food chain.
For those in Australia, Red Rooster have a very generous rewards card that is worthwhile! And there is an excellent chance that McDonald's will have a secret meal that is heavily discounted that you won't find on the menu, but can ask for. More than likely this secret meal will only cost $5.00 and will be a burger, small fries and small drink.
you dont say you want fresh food you say i want burger without pickles and they will have to prepair it fresh for you you might wait a bit but you will get it good and great hah
Did you know many Southern McDonald's still serve biscuits and gravy? If you're traveling through the Deep South and stop for MceeDees breakfast ask em for Biscuits and gravy, you won't regret it.
It is all dependent on the setup of the restaurant I worked at Burger king and their setup made it impossible to have fresh food. If anything we were expected to cook a batch and we had warmers where we would wait for a customer to order and then simply assemble the food. Not at Smashburger tho, we didn't even have warmers. All food was made to order but they were set up differently so that was easy to do and was expected. It's up to the company to place their standards and set ups to make it possible to do this. No employee getting minimum wage will go out of their way to make one by one. Not even me and I have standards!!
Also try asking for a steamed bun on your hamburgers and cheeseburgers at McDs. Sooo much better 🍔 You don’t have to use your mouth to wet the bun. Nice
Nah if they fuck up your order go inside. Don't spend 2 minutes checking your order. If we fuck up then we can refund you your money. But for the love of everything don't risk everyone's ass because you think we fucked up. It isn't just an "upset boss" it's upset owners who lose money for you sitting there.
Ill stick with the mcgangbang or jacks taco ina jumbojack..n my ultimate hack, wait til closing time, order 1 cheap item n ask if anything is getting tossed for the night, 1/3 of the time ill have a surprise in my togo bag
Jordan Flores it used to be 4 for $1 and 6 for $2.49 yeeeeears ago. Like, almost 10 years ago lol. So it was stupid of Mashed to choose that one specifically because McDonald’s doesn’t do that anymore
@@bostongaystoner Yeah but unless I'm mistaken they said that a 4 piece was $1 and a 6 piece was $1.49 and still they suggested that you were paying less for piece with 2 4 pieces than for a 6 piece, it is idiotic 3 4 pieces is $3 and 2 6 pieces is $2.98.
Folded and scrambled eggs are real eggs. They're just not fresh cracked like the Egg McMuffin. In the 80s, the folded and scrambled eggs were fresh cracked too.
They said that because the beef is fresh (not frozen) where most McDonald's is frozen (in there words not fresh) though now I believe the quarter pounder patties are fresh at McDonald's now and surprisingly there really is a taste difference
What tips do you have to share for fast food adventures?
Don't go
Yes don't fuck yourself up with the drink machine I do not recommended getting a refill but if you do plz pick the same drink or you will understand
For those in Australia, Red Rooster have a very generous rewards card that is worthwhile! And there is an excellent chance that McDonald's will have a secret meal that is heavily discounted that you won't find on the menu, but can ask for. More than likely this secret meal will only cost $5.00 and will be a burger, small fries and small drink.
If you want to have fresh food from a fast food place: please, please, come inside. Also if you have a huge order call it in as well. You have no idea how annoying it is to be in a rush and have someone come in wanting 20 or 30 something burgers. Also please understand that if you are ordering fresh food that it does take time and a few thing may not be coming straight from the frier. Most hamburgers take 3-5 minutes, chicken 6 or more and the cashier will more than likely drop extra fries for you when you make your order. Without the burgers having a timer (being either a griddle top with a press or the charbroiler of burger) it's hard to guess that when it'll come up for meat on your sandwich.
On the timers of the drive thru, the BK I worked at had 2 minutes 15 seconds for drive. We were always pushed for under 1 minute during non-peak hours. If you want to check your food pull up in front of the building, there's usually a door right by the drive thru that if something comes up wrong you can step inside real quick and it'll be fixed. Sometimes if something's wrong when you get home call the store the same night/day you made the order and they may take your name down and you can get the order corrected the next day or later on.
I work at subway & those who order “for here” get taxed almost a dollar more. So choose “to go” instead to save $1 every time. It adds up
Lava sauce hasn't been on the Taco Bell menu for almost 3 years
Not checking your order after you get it, is a bad idea since (realistically ) 80% of the time my order is wrong
I can confirm the drive thru timer thing, my GM used to yell at me like "what's going on at the window" and I'd be like "they're checking their order". As they should because our packers were known to fuck up. But still you get the point.
Bruh relatable except they never said shit to me once I started putting headset on and doing window at the same time. That was hectic on the weekends. But I got fired because I went to work cooked and I was working table and my manager said pick up the paste and I stg was going fast as hell and I got so mad and cussed her out lmao. Good times!!!
I worked for Macd's and I know for sure that the Drive-thru gets preferential service ahead of walk-in customers because the drive-thru line is almost always long and local bylaws prohibit engines idling while waiting in line
I stopped going through the drive thru years ago. Back when I did go, majority of the time they would get my order wrong-anywhere. Plus, I find it just as quick to go inside to order and I can watch them put my food together.
“I’d like that _fresh_ please”
*suddenly your car is surrounded by employees, screaming insults at you*
(your lip trembles) “I wasn’t expecting it to be THAT fresh...”
Take the Panda Express survey and you get a free entree one of the best values.
blackflash400 thanks for the info, I never knew that. I’ll have to order some, I love their food.
Except that servings are TINY!
The mistake people make when ordering fast food is ordering fast food
Ugh....beat me to it
Ooo so edgy and hilarious. 🙄
wishbone346 it's not meant to be funny. Obesity is a serious issue
@@angel.feathers People know this stuff is bad for them. It's their choice what they choose to eat/what they put in their bodies no one else's. Quit pushing your values onto others. You're not informing people, you're just being annoying to stroke your own ego.
You’re a fatty
Never go thru the drive-thru if you're ordering a meal with a drink. If you do, you'll get a cup of ice with your drink in the cracks. One thing to do with drinks if you're taking the meal home is to ask for the drink without ice. You can add ice at home and you get more drink.
Or just ask for easy ice....
I'll drink my icy drink while I'm driving. I'm not that cheap Haha
No ice and "May I have a cup of ice?" is my system
@@devodavis6747 genius
More ice is always better. Who wants to drink lukewarm soda?
Im tired of these secret menus like these places have them locked away . If they have the ingredients at the store then you can mix and match any way you want. No secret about it
Not to mention, is it really a secret when everyone already knows about it and it's posted on Reddit?
I completely empathize with decent, hard working industry employees because of videos like this (yes, such people exist!) The entitlement that is attached to the phrase "restaurant hack" is depressing.
I think of the offers on the receipts as apologies for getting my orders wrong 😂
Must be a regional thing. Some places (McDonalds and Wendys for sure) prioritize drive thru time. It's always faster to go through the drive thru...to the point that we don't eat Wendys anymore because we got tired of watching the drive thru customers order, pay AND get their food before anyone bothers to come to the counter to take the orders of the people inside.
That whole timer thing and your boss giving you a hard time if you go over the number they want on average is how every fast food place with a drive thru works. It sucks because they always have unrealistic expectations for the number.
My bosses would want 30 seconds or less.
And this is why we tell people to park when it’s going to take extra long to make their food. It helps keep the timer number down.
As a postmates driver I can say that going inside is definitely NOT faster.
Agreed, I went Wendy's and the Drive thru wrapped around the building and there was no one inside. I walked in and had to wait About 10 minutes just for the cashier to take my order.
Only at chick-fil-a. But that place is on another level at peak times
McDouble hasn't been $1 for at least 10 years
I was getting them for $1 last year. Now they're 2 for $3.
Facts
That's how inflation works.
@@CharliMorganMusic No shit. They shouldn't spread false information in the video then.
As a fast food (Burger King in Prague) worker, I can confirm the special offers thing. 1/5 of our recipes have a code for our website. If you'll answer a few questions, you'll get a Free Whopper JR. It's easy but people still don't do it.
I once was at a tim hortons drive through after a long day, and asked for a frosted cinnamon roll and coffee. They said okay that will be however much money. So I pull up to first window, pay. Pull up to second window, receive order, and in the bag was another donut, I told them I ordered the frosted cinnamon roll, they said "we don't sell those here". So I asked "well how come you charged me for it then, and didn't tell me before I paid you didn't sell them?". So they switched it for a donut I actually enjoyed, but the difference between their donuts and the cinnamon rolls was like $1, so I asked for my change, and it took like 10 minutes to get the change. Just as I was about to leave they finally gave me the change, and I looked behind me and there were over 30 cars in the drive through (it was on a highway rest stop). I felt silly, but if someone orders something you don't sell at that location, you can't charge them for it and then give something else and expect them not to notice.
It's reasons like that Tim Hortons is going out of business in Canada.
Always ask for your receipt. Always!
In the "olden days," a receipt was always handed to you automatically. Nowadays, the default action-- especially at the drive-thru-- is to NOT get the receipt. It's as if you've emerged from the 9th circle of hell just to inconvenience and hassle the cashier.
Can I ask why??
A Big Mac always costs more than two cheeseburgers, which it essentially is, minus one bun. When you get a Big Mac you are essentially paying twice as much to get a wilted piece of lettuce and a shot of ranch dressing.
Always order your soft drink WITHOUT ice at fast food places -- especially if you're going through the drive through. The drinks are already cold without ice, ice just takes up room in the cup so you get less soft drink, and drinks already have the most over-inflated prices of any item on the menu.
The worst mistake is not ordering the food HOT and FRESH. Most places like A&W or KFC will serve you food that's been sitting around in a warming tray.
jarednil69 A&W?
Root beer?
false, my parents are franchisees for AW everything is made fresh
Maybe so at theirs, but it's not at all locations.
@@magacop5180 I also love their cream soda
The drive thru timer thing is very true. Even if the manager isn't freakishly obsessed over that, the store/franchise owner most certainly will be - even the ones that usually doesn't appear to give a you-know-what with daily store operations. Drive-thru times are one of the things that fast food corporations are super strick about, right after making sure that their stores don't have any noticeable health violations or deviations from the set standard menu.
Yeup. At Jack in the box you have 2 minutes to get your whole order out whether it's 1 item or 100.. and no parking either. We served 120 tacos in 15 minutes. Our owner was MAAAD
@@Loachie90 Generally it goes something like this:
1) Maintain food health and quality standards to industry standards. (Hard for some stores in certain Fast food chains to actually do - I.e. Incompetent management).
2) Keep local franchise menu in line with regional and corporate's set menu, prices are (mostly) inflexible and cannot be below or above a certain amount.
3) Maintain customer satisfaction - most fast good restaurants claim this is their number 1 (to the customers) but that is usually a bold face lie. It's important but not number 1.
4) Manage drive thru times, preferably below industry wait times amd definitely at or below the maximum wait time allowed by corporate.
First time I have ever heard of someone substituting potatoes for meat to have a vegetarian option.
not me
Went to Carl's Jr. the other morning and wanted a sausage, egg and cheese biscuit which was $3.39, noticed a sign in the window that you could get too egg and cheese biscuits for $2.50 and asked for sausage to be added to them. It came out to $3.29 so ended up paying ten cents LESS to get two sausage, egg and cheese than I would had I just ordered one normally.
They closed my Hardees which is a sister (brother??) chain to Carl's Jr. Use to work there (3× 😄) and sure do miss the food. Cheap too!!
And those "hidden" 2 for the price of 1 bargains come up quite often if you take the time to watch and do the math.
You don’t have to ask them to make it fresh in Japan, that’s standard. Also, 99.9% of the time, your burger looks just like the menu pic. すごい。
that's because Japanese work ethic is insanely high. I've been amazed by it.
I worked in fast food for a long time. I know times matter to the employee, but as the customer, I do not give af about your drive through times. I don't want to take the chance of having to come back around or come inside because the order is wrong. Make sure my food is right and clarify it to me when you hand it to me, so I don't have to open up my burger to make sure there's no mustard on it at the window.
I always get my burgers plain (just meat and cheese), it's always a lottery to see if they made it plain or not. I always open the burger to make sure it's plain, as 50% of the time they all the condiments and stuff on it.
Right and if employees care about time. Then they need to not waste people's time by consistently getting them wrong.
“Everything extra is free...
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“...except meat and guac.”
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@@deshawn2326 bruh nah u can literally get extra anything except for meat and guacamole.
@@deshawn2326 Lmao true. Just call them out, not like they can spit in your food Haha
The Burger King app is a godsend. So many great coupons on there. Can't beat $3 for a double cheeseburger meal. A quick and cheap lunch.
McDonald's app does the same thing
@@katiatannus3146 Good to know. 👍
BK 👑🍔🍟 is nasty. 🤮. They no longer use fresh high quality beef in any burger. Any size. 🙄. All frozen, bad service too...
@@DavidLLambertmobile The ones near me are great. Much better than McDonald's at least. Sucks that the ones in your area have fallen so far.
@@DavidLLambertmobile There is nothing wrong with flash frozen beef
Title: "Huge Mistakes Everyone Makes When Ordering Fast Food".
Me: this video.
There seems to be 5 people waiting in line when the drink refill is behind the counter.
At Hardees add lettuce and tomato to a chicken biscuit and it adds 60 cents to your bill. So when they have the two for $4 sale its $1.2 extra. When planning to get a chicken biscuit I just take my own lettuce and tomato in a plastic baggy. Tightwad I know.
Did Mashed really imply that I shouldn't check the accuracy of my drive-thru order to pacify a manager's drive-thru timetable? Um, sorry, not happening. People sometimes make mistakes, so I always do a quick check on dark soda's and bag item counts.
In my country mcdonalds is expensive af (no.8 on the big mac index) but here is what I do to bypass the scam. A big mac and fries (which does not fill u up) is about $12, but for the same amount you can have 4 kids burgers. I measured the patties and the kids burger is just a tiny bit smaller. So for a lower price I get stuffed with 4 different burgers. Works a charm for me
What country do you live in? I would never eat fast food at that price! But I rarely do that anyway!
So what am I supposed to do when I check my order after I've pulled away, and it's wrong? Wait back in line? Go inside, which is what I was trying to avoid in the first place? No, thanks. I'll take the 10 seconds to make sure it's right before I pull away.
You may take 10 seconds, but SO MANY KARENS take literally minutes to check everything, open the sandwiches and make sure they have the exact amount of onions they want...it's stupid.
My tip if you see a long line in drive thrus and no ones inside the building. Go inside, its way faster and your not sitting in line for almost an hour. Also i miss the volcano menu from taco bell
I work at a KFC and the way mine is set up is they try their best to get faster at the drive thru window. They do it really well too. However if they see an easy order up front they fly through it sometimes before customers even finish at the register which really puts a smile on diners faces when they say wow that was quick
Ask for a McDouble with lettuce , tomato and the special sauce. . I've done it .
Special sauce? What's that? I think you mean the Big Mac Sauce. We don't have any special or secret sauce.
Thats why I Loved working at Smashburger. I was a manager there and ALL FOOD WAS MADE TO ORDER. They would butter the grill, season the burger along with the hot toppings. The only thing that we had ready were the vegetables that we had sliced for the day, and the meat that had been weighed out and portioned "not frozen patties." I of course cannot say the same for Burger King. They had their patties precooked and kept in a warmer sometimes we would keep them past their time so as to not have waste. Their toppings were pre-cut all we had to do was simply assemble your food. ALWAYS ORDER YOUR FOOD FRESH!!!
In most McDonalds in Sweden nowadays, they cook all burgers to order, you order and pay in a machine, get a number and when it´s ready you go and get it at the counter if you chose take-away, or they come to your table.
minimum wage workers working with cheap ingredients and people expect super fast service and five star quality food, you shouldn't have such high expectations, i was at a new york fries and this middle aged woman was getting pissed off because she had to wait 2 minutes for her burger, i was so annoyed with her, i felt sorry for the kids making the food, i wanted to tell her to shut up, i wanted to tip the workers there but their debit machine doesn't offer a tip function
McDonald's Charges for Lettuce. But, they Don't Subtract Cost when you Remove items, they'll charge you extra to have items added. #unfair
Take this for Example:
McDonald's charges 0.60¢ for Cheese, 0.30¢ or 0.50¢ for bacon or 0.30¢ for Tomato and Lettuce.
I order a Bacon Double Cheeseburger, remove the Bacon and Cheese should now cost me $1.20 less for the $2.00 Menu Sandwich.
I'd gladly order a Double Burger for 0.80¢
They don't even have bacon available at mcdonalds here o: $2 for a double bacon cheese burger would be awesom! It's $2.19 for a mcdouble (only 1 slice of cheese).
Here where I live at McDonald's you just say you want a " Dayton Double " which is a double cheeseburger with Mac sauce. I think it taste better than the regular Big Mac.
I’ll stop checking the orders when they stop missing items 50% of the time.
I always check my orders.
They always check the money, don't they?
When I was 6 I had a cheeseburger from my happy meal and to make a Big Mac I just asked my sister if I can have her meat and then put that In my cheeseburger XD
If I ask for a lot of ranch and I only get 1 I’m staying in the drive through an extra 60 seconds
Sadly it do not apply to my local McDonald cause crew won't accept custom orders unless you use cashier machine, but after all you have high chance getting regular burger without changes. And almost each time first expression when you open burger box is "salad everywhere". Once time waiting for order spotted how one of employees is making a burger by throwing ingredients into a box, then close it, give it a shake and done, put on the shelf. After two times of food poisoning after weirdly tasting burger I gave up making orders for food there, currently taking only drinks from there like coffee or milkshake. Also always I am wondering why "Fanta" is always spilled and you have to handle with sticky dripping cup.
If I want a fresh burger I just ask for no pickles. Years ago they used to be sneaky and just pull the pickles off one that was already sitting there, but I can taste that shit so I'll know if it's fresh or not.
Also I never go in the drive through, always inside. 9/10 times it's quicker because all the other dummies wait in line outside thinking they are beating the line lol
And I ask for little ice in my drink. It doesn't last long enough for the ice to melt anyway.
And large fries are a joke, they always underfill them so you end up paying essentially for medium. I've taken them back and request they refill it to the proper level. Basically they count on people being too fucking dumb to notice the difference. But if you are on the ball you can actually get what you paid for.
I work at chickfila and hate people who do curbside... so annoying.
"Go inside because it's faster."
I haven't timed it either way, so I don't know what kind of time difference there may be, but I always go inside because eating while driving is distracting and dangerous. Then there's the small detail that it isn't even a choice for me for eight months of the year because I don't have a car when I'm at college.
Gets a cravings box at taco bell:
add flat bread and 3 cheese to my taco = gordita crunch. For a .70 upcharge its worth it sis.
i work at mcdonalds, and we are now told that the only way to get mac sauce if you order a big mac so people cant get the "poor mans big mac" anymore
I’ve had my order messed up too many times to not check the bag haha...
Never go to a restaurant an hour before closing .
Receipt offers? I absolutely beat those to death at Wendy's and McD's FTW. I never like to pay full price for anything.
*in this video we teach you how to get an employee to spit in your food*
I ALWAYS order my burgers, "EXTRA WELL-DONE" and get fresh made. BTW, I'm very grateful to be able to go to In-N-Out once a month with my grandchildren; fave there: Protein Style burger, we'll done, extra sauce, extra produce, grilled onions - YUMMY!!!!!!!!
Which Wich has rewards on the receipts, but the next time I go to Which Wich, it is most likely expired. Also, the reward is usually a cookie or drink. I frequently drink water. I’m thin, lean, and slender. I don’t eat fast food frequently, so the rewards are not worth the time.
The MC Donald's Mc Double hack doesn't work most of the time. Since they have a button on the register for Like a Mac. That can be anywhere from 15 cents extra to $1
McD app & receipts have scored me so much free food. Used to eat McD breakfast 2x/week for a few years. Never paid for more than 1 EggMac any visit if I did the receipt survey from a prior visit (if I was in the mood for them). Saved me $100's!!!
Dunno about the U.S., but here in Sweden several of the McD's have changed so along with doing your order at a computer terminal (or register if you prefer), there are no more warming trays (not counting fries). So no pre-made burgers, they make them to order.
With less people on registers, they can have more actually getting food made, and they're the fastest McD's in Sweden now. The ones that still do things the old way with only register orders and lines of pre-made burgers sitting under heating lamps are actually slower on top of being less fresh.
We still keep the ingredients ( burger patties ) warm around here. Just not the whole assembled burger. Still better than it was.
If there's still a Mc'Ds franchise that STILL uses the fully-assembled sandwich, sitting in a warmer tray method, I'd be surprised that they're still in business!
Where I'm from down in Louisiana we dont have potatoes after breakfast at taco bell I used to work their it hurt my feeling when they took my favorite potato griller off the menu and lava sauce is gone too
If the workers get mad because I run up their time at the drive-thru it's because they have a history of screwing up the order. You want your time down? Then don't screw up so much. You also want $15 an hour? Earn it and don't scew up so much!
It would help if you SPEAK CLEARLY when you come up to order, actually KNOW what you want BEFORE you order, DON'T make it complicated, and DON'T ask for extra stuff as you are paying the order. As well, DON'T be rude to the cashier/service person. We do at times put first-time employees at that position (though never without a crew trainer or a manager nearby), and even if the person has been at the job for years, they can still have bad days just like YOU.
Common sense is all that's needed to help make your experience go smoothly when you visit one of our restaurants.
Also, if we feel the job we do is WORTH a pay raise at the Federal Level, then who else but the people that actually WORK at our job should know that we should get a raise? It's nothing more than YOU would demand for your own job.
I love this fast food resturant
the difference in the eggs are that the round eggs are steamed and the folded eggs is cooked on a flatop similar to an omlet or a crepe.
The last (nugget) tip isn’t true in the UK. The opposite is true. 4 nuggets only come in a £2.99 happy meal. 6 nuggets are £3.19, 9 are £3.39 and 20 are £3.99 so I always feel compelled to order 20 - but I can’t eat that many so I need to try to get my friends or family to share them. I’d rather give my son some along with tap water (it’s good here) and a 99p large fries. Also, I have a special card with discounts to a bunch of retailers - one of which is a Big Mac and fries for £1.99 - or a mcchicken sandwich and fries. So, a Big Mac, medium fries and 20 nuggets for £5.98 is pretty good.
Um, prices change, so always check the current prices to make sure that "deal" Mashed suggested is still actually a deal.
Here's what I do with available options, Jersey Mike's---Firehouse Subs---Jimmy John's---Arby's---Publix Deli (wraps)---Subway
Fast-food workers might respect your special request if it's not busy, but if it's really busy I doubt they will.
And that's bad customer service. I get it, your busy but yet that's a great example of customer service.
I do not buy/eat "fast food", ever. I idea of fast food is to buy a whole cooked chicken and add my own sides; I can feed a family of four for the less than a "value meal" and it is more nutritionally sound. Plus, I am convinced that fast food ground beef will ultimately be responsible for allowing "mad cow" disease into our food chain.
DENNY CRANE.😉
Costco chicken is only $4.99
The app coupons are awesome
How to get spit in your fast food free of charge
Never seen it but never washed by hands when I had a Saturday job in fast food work.
I second this motion. 😂
@@TheRealHumanPodcast are you drunk?
For those in Australia, Red Rooster have a very generous rewards card that is worthwhile! And there is an excellent chance that McDonald's will have a secret meal that is heavily discounted that you won't find on the menu, but can ask for. More than likely this secret meal will only cost $5.00 and will be a burger, small fries and small drink.
When you ask for your food to be fresh they say "Our food is always fresh".
But, you know it's not.
I always go inside. I always use the apps. Burger King has good coupons often.
Huh. Nice list, Mashed! Some good points here especially on mobile order-ahead.
you dont say you want fresh food you say i want burger without pickles and they will have to prepair it fresh for you you might wait a bit but you will get it good and great hah
Did you know many Southern McDonald's still serve biscuits and gravy?
If you're traveling through the Deep South and stop for MceeDees breakfast ask em for Biscuits and gravy, you won't regret it.
I want more of this video
Where is this $1 McDouble still available
In Uranus
This is when I realized they dont do any research for their videos.
McDonalds app
2 for $3 now
In Malaysia
You should never have to ask (or ax) for your food to be fresh. It's supposed to come fresh already!
I see you don’t know how it feels only making minimum wage with hundreds of customers coming each day , it’s very tiresome
Yea because a busy fast food restaurant is only going to cook one item at a time 🙄
It is all dependent on the setup of the restaurant I worked at Burger king and their setup made it impossible to have fresh food. If anything we were expected to cook a batch and we had warmers where we would wait for a customer to order and then simply assemble the food. Not at Smashburger tho, we didn't even have warmers. All food was made to order but they were set up differently so that was easy to do and was expected. It's up to the company to place their standards and set ups to make it possible to do this. No employee getting minimum wage will go out of their way to make one by one. Not even me and I have standards!!
Also try asking for a steamed bun on your hamburgers and cheeseburgers at McDs. Sooo much better 🍔 You don’t have to use your mouth to wet the bun. Nice
Sorry, I'm still checking my order before I leave the window. I don't care how pissy their boss gets.
Nah if they fuck up your order go inside. Don't spend 2 minutes checking your order. If we fuck up then we can refund you your money. But for the love of everything don't risk everyone's ass because you think we fucked up. It isn't just an "upset boss" it's upset owners who lose money for you sitting there.
Bitch
IKR!?
Good god you’re one of those people 🙄
Surprised your name isn’t Karen
1. wasting an entire hour saying “UUUMMMMMMMMM....”
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS COMING OUTTA MY MOUTH
I always ask for fresh and I watch them too
Good god you’re one of those people 🙄
If there are more than 4 cars in line when you pull up to the drive-thru, walk inside
another tip to guarentee fresh is to have one certain ingredient removed, for example the pickle
Would you like extra spit with that
as much as mcdonalds get my order wrong, i will take my time and check my order at the window
As a McDonald's worker, you're the asshole we all hate.
@@abbydehaven1059 yeah but we dont care, you work there, deal with it
Dee Jay That’s why I always go inside to order. I check my order as soon as I get it.
@@abbydehaven1059 And as a customer we also hate this type of person
@@reasonablecowboysfan7205 That's bad customer service too.
All I love is McDonald's burger king, and Wendy's😀😃😄
I love how all the sources are from reddit, honesty is rather get my sources from Wikipedia
With Taco Bell phasing out potatoes, it’s back to beans as a meat sub. (30+ year vegetarian who has eaten at a lot of TBs over the decades)
They will claim fresh but just recook in the microwave
Not how it works
Champion Fzgkw Oh. But it is.
Well obviously the mcdouble is going to taste the same as the big Mac it's the same meat and sauce.
No the big mac has different sauce. The macdouble has ketchup and mustard and no lettuce. Thats why the video said add lettuce and swap the sauce.
carpenter dude he was talking about when the dumb broad said that the mcdouble dressed like a big mac taste like a big mac.
I hate Mac sauce, though.
I mix mayo and ketchup and it's *WAY* better.
"In larger quantities" Went from a 4 piece nugget to a 6 piece lmfao.
at the mcdonald’s i work at drive thru is always priority
Ill stick with the mcgangbang or jacks taco ina jumbojack..n my ultimate hack, wait til closing time, order 1 cheap item n ask if anything is getting tossed for the night, 1/3 of the time ill have a surprise in my togo bag
My meds app says 4 nuggets are 2.29 and 6 is 3.59? Why you try to make me feel dumb all this time for going bulk
Jordan Flores it used to be 4 for $1 and 6 for $2.49 yeeeeears ago. Like, almost 10 years ago lol. So it was stupid of Mashed to choose that one specifically because McDonald’s doesn’t do that anymore
@@bostongaystoner
Yeah but unless I'm mistaken they said that a 4 piece was $1 and a 6 piece was $1.49 and still they suggested that you were paying less for piece with 2 4 pieces than for a 6 piece, it is idiotic 3 4 pieces is $3 and 2 6 pieces is $2.98.
pinkfreud62 haha yeah I tried those but they tasted kinda soapy🤢
Folded and scrambled eggs are real eggs.
They're just not fresh cracked like the Egg McMuffin. In the 80s, the folded and scrambled eggs were fresh cracked too.
I agree with the mobile ordering.. chick fil a mobile app is super clutch...
I've just been walking up to the cashier and giving them my order... Don't I feel stupid now.
I THOUGHT WENDY'S ALREADY MADE FRESH FOOD SO WHY IS WENDY'S TALKING ALL THAT BEEF TO MCDONALDS
They said that because the beef is fresh (not frozen) where most McDonald's is frozen (in there words not fresh) though now I believe the quarter pounder patties are fresh at McDonald's now and surprisingly there really is a taste difference