Making a burger= Rocket science

[Rawrk]

I'm incredibly lactose intolerant, and it's like pulling teeth to find a place that just serves burgers.. not cheeseburgers, just plan friggin burgers. Eating cheese won't kill me, but it WILL make me want to die.

I stopped eating at McD's (and most burger places) because I find it to be a chore to have to double-check my food every damned time, and go back to the counter at least half the time because someone screwed it up.

If it's had cheese on it, was cooked on a grill that (eggs or) cheese were cooked on, or came into contact with cheese at some point, I'm totally screwed, so it's kinda important that they listen to the 'no cheese' part of my order. Yeah, I may have gotten spit in my burger at some point for being insistent on the lack of cheesy condiment, but at least I didn't feel like rabid weasels were clawing their way outta my guts.

This, pretty much. I can cope with the "it's been cooked on the same grill", but if I have cheese in my burger I cannot eat it. I get fed up of going up to the counter so many times to say that there is cheese in the burger that I specifically asked for without cheese.

Or I stick with McYuck's chips. Nom.

[Mytical]

I swear sometimes when people order something not 'stock', the order takers can pull a Blue Screen of Death. I've gotten so many odd looks like "Wait, what?" because I didn't want 'everything' that comes on it. I am not fun of onions (except on white castle hamburgers) or tomatoes (but love catchup, etc). Having them hold the onions and tomatoes just fries some of their brains

[notlovinit]

This post is so weird to me. My store must be exceptionally good with special orders or something. I would say 90% of the orders that we take have something special about them. Of course, we have the occasional brain burp, but nothing like what is being described in this post. The only time we have serious confusion is when the customer wants to change every single thing about the burger until it isn't recognizable at all.

[KabeRinnaul]

I once got a cheeseburger at McD's where they forgot the burger...

A coworker once did that when I worked at Burger King, but it was with chicken. Ray (working the specialty grill) had sent out a Grill Chicken Whopper and gone out back for a smoke. While he was gone, the customer brought the sandwich back up. Bonnie (the manager) called him over,since he came back in from his smoke break just then.
B: Hey Ray, what goes on a chicken whopper?
R: Uh... Lettuce, mayo, onion..?
B: And?
R: *pause of at least 10 seconds* ...chicken?
B: Good job, Ray! Now fix this.

Is there really a huge number of people who order a cheeseburger without cheese rather than a hamburger?

You'd be surprised. I heard it a few times in the BK drive through, usually along the lines of "I want a cheeseburger without the cheese." Though the most confusing went about like this:
Customer: I need two junior cheeseburgers.
Drive Through Cashier: You mean Whopper Juniors with cheese?
Customer: No, no cheese.

I am not fun of onions (except on white castle hamburgers) or tomatoes (but love catchup, etc). Having them hold the onions and tomatoes just fries some of their brains

Same for me, actually. I'm mildly allergic to tomato, so eating actual tomato hurts my throat, but for some reason ketchup is fine.

Though the worst I deal with is Shouting Redneck Guy at a nearby Wendy's (which I've gradually come to dislike anyway - is it just me or has their food gotten horribly salty?). He always seems to be working the drive through when I go there, and is prone to rushing me through as fast as possible while shouting my order back to me.
SRG: Helaa an' welcome ta Wendy's can I take ya ordah?!
Me: Can I get a bacon classic with-
SRG: Bacon classic's thatta combo?!
Me: Yes, but no-
SRG: Fries fer ya side?!
Me: Yes, and no-
SRG: What ta drink?!
Me: And no onion or tomato on the burger!
SRG: I got that what ta drink?!
Me: Dr Pepper.
SRG: Five sixta firs' winda!

Inevitably there's onion and tomato on the sandwich.

[EricKei]

Double cheeseburger, only ketchup.

At some other McDonalds I've went to, that means "only onions", "everything on it" "NO ketchup".........it's irritating.

A CS'er after my own heart ^_^ I have very seldom had problems saying Only Ketchup. It's invariably been either what I wanted, or done with everything on it, which means that the dude making it just didn't feel like reading that day.

OT: SINGLE KETCHUP PICKLE!
Me: excuse me, did you order that with ketchup and pickle? Why would you do that when I just said it wanted it plain?
OT: (bored expression) most people want that
Me: (WTF?)

Yeah, but you did not. Good thing you caught it in time ^_^ This is why I NEVER use the word "plain" when ordering food; it seems that every chain has its own definition of the word, and there will be variations within any given store. If I only want ketchup (which is most of the time), I say Ketchup Only. 90% of the time, this works. I would like to mention that Wendy's Drive thru's are a notable exception to this rule. I refuse to get anything more complex than fries or frosty's via the Window if I can help it, as the accuracy rate of the local ones is 40% IF they're lucky, in my experience. It climbs up over the standard 90% if i'm ordering inside.

Burger King, back in the 1970s. Maybe into the 1980s, can't remember.

Definitely in the 80's, probably before and possibly since.

You'd be surprised. I heard it a few times in the BK drive through, usually along the lines of "I want a cheeseburger without the cheese."

Well....it depends on the current status of the place's dollar menu -- I have seen them, more often than not, where a cheeseburger or double cheese IS on the el cheapo menu, but the plain burger is not, thus making it CHEAPER to order a CB sans cheese than a plain burger.

[Pezzle]

@Kabe:

Your shouting redneck guy sorta reminds me of the awesome dude we have at our Wendy's here, Willie.

Willie: A-WELCOME to my Wendy's can I take y'order today?
Me: Blah blah Nuggets!
Willie: And will BARBECUE BE your SAUCE?
Me: Om No BBQ
Willie:Will coke BE your DRINK!?
Me: Urp Slurp Coke
Willie: Can I get you ANYTHING else on this LOVELY day?


He's awesome. Always makes my day happy

[Setsunaela]

There's several mcd's to choose from in my area, all with reputations.. Dale by dennys? Drive thru is decent, don't go in if you don't want workers with bad attitudes.. Across from mall? Not if you don't speak spanish.. Featherstone? Check your bag before you leave

Edit: one across from the mall is fine if they understand your order.. But I worked there and was literally one of two people fluent in english

[Andara Bledin]

A CS'er after my own heart ^_^ I have very seldom had problems saying Only Ketchup.

One thing to consider is that "only" and "no" have the same vowel sound to them, so over a bad mic, they can sound the same. I tend to say "just ketchup" instead.

^-.-^

[MadMike]

One thing to consider is that "only" and "no" have the same vowel sound to them, so over a bad mic, they can sound the same. I tend to say "just ketchup" instead.

I say "ketchup only" for that reason. I figured out a long time ago that "only ketchup" could be mistaken for "no ketchup", but who's going to say "Ketchup no?"

[EricKei]

One thing to consider is that "only" and "no" have the same vowel sound to them, so over a bad mic, they can sound the same. I tend to say "just ketchup" instead.

^-.-^

Indeed....But that's why I wait until I see the order posted to the video screen and they tell me to drive up before I move the car ^_^

PS, I wasn't kidding about the Wendy's down here. I've even had them f*** up "small frosty and large fries" once. Truly sad.

[firecat88]

As I've probably mentioned before in another thread, I have this weird issue with onions. If they're in pieces that I can tell that I'm very obviously chomping down on 'em, my throat will, within minutes, start to hurt really badly. Thus, I'm constantly having to say 'no onions' when we go out for burgers and the like. *Usually* people are good about not putting the onions, but it has happened to me once or twice that they put 'em on anyway even after I've said 'no onions'.


'course, this is part of the reason why, as far as fast food goes, I pretty much only stick to Chick-fil-a anymore. Saves me the trouble.


I'm reminded, though, of something that happened to my dad when he was driving...somewhere. I forget where, but he'd stopped for breakfast at some fast food place. He very specifically ordered a sausage-egg-and-cheese biscuit, but asked for it sans sausage (at this place, they didn't have just an egg-and-cheese or egg only biscuit). What did he get? A plain ol' biscuit. Nothing else. Apparently, it wasn't even cut in half.

[Racket_Man]

Yes. Yes there are.

^-.-^

oh yeah. i get that all the time " i want a hamburger with cheese"....isnt that a CHEESESBURGER?! "oh yeah, huh?" "yep, sure is!" "heres your sign!"

back at BurgerChef (now defunct chain bought out long ago by Hardees) someone insisted on ordering a cheeseburger hold the cheese. that is a hamburger --- wash. rinse. repeat several times.

so we just cooked up a hamburger and put it in a cheese wrapper and charged them for a cheese burger.

[slavetotheman]

PS, I wasn't kidding about the Wendy's down here. I've even had them f*** up "small frosty and large fries" once. Truly sad.

OK, I'll bite. Did they seriously screw it up or just reverse the sizes, giving you a large frosty and small fries?

[Treasure]

I order:
A Bacon-Cheese-Burger with ONLY Lettuce, Tomato and Mayo

this is how I always order it, no matter where I go - few places eff it up... once though a Sonic did - and I ordered a Sonic Bacon Cheese Burger - it only comes with mayo/lettuce/tomato - I don't have to change it - and the damn thing came with pickles (eww!) and onions (extra eww!) I have not ordered anything more complicated than a cherry-lime from that location since...

[Ghel]

Hubby tells the story of going to the Hardees drive-through (before it closed and got bought by Arby's) to order the new (at the time) Frisco chicken sandwich. It was prominently displayed on the sign.

Hubby: I want the Frisco chicken sandwich.
DT: Chicken sandwich?
Hubby: Frisco chicken.
DT: Ok, pull ahead.

So he pulls ahead, sees the sign for the Frisco chicken sandwich on the window, pays, gets his food, and pulls ahead and out of the way. He checks his food, and they gave him a regular chicken sandwich.

(Here's where he gets a little sucky.) He parks, takes his sandwich inside, rips the sign off the front of the register, and holds up the sign next to the sandwich. "This looks absolutely nothing like this!"