Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Big Mac Attack!

This is not a salad!
    Say it with me:
    Two all-beef patties,
    lettuce, cheese,
    special sauce,
    pickles, onions,
    all on a sesame-seed bun (or something like that).
    Everyone knows what's on a Big Mac, right?  I mean, even if you can't quite remember all of the the "Big Seven" ingredients of your garden-variety Big Mac, they've got pictures smattered across the walls of every McDonald's on the planet where you can look and visibly SEE what's on the damn thing.  The borders are set, and there simply is no room for culinary whimsy at the hands of those who construct this sandwich. 
 
    Last night, I hit the McDonald's drive-thru in my town to pick up a Big Mac and some fries.  It's not something I usually do, but considering that the population of my fridge consists of a piece of cheese, half a lemon, a bowl of filberts and an unopened forty-ounce bottle of malt liquor, a Big Mac seemed like a healthy dinner. 
 
    So, I get home with my foodstuffs, open the little cardboard carton, pick up my Big Mac and immediately realize, Hey?  This thing seems pretty light for a Big Mac.  Why doesn't it weigh as much as it used to?  Have I been taking steroids?  Is this how it feels for Barry Bonds when he eats a Big Mac?
 
    I begin to investigate by pulling the sesame-seed bun apart.  Well...  There's the special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions...  wait a minute.  Where's the beef? 
 
    After poking around the Big Mac's innards a bit with my finger for a bit and finding no sign of anything resembling its cardinal ingredient, I hopped in my Jeep and drove BACK to McDonald's to confront those responsible for my NO all-beef patty Big Mac.
 
    I stormed into the store with the bag in my hand and approached the smiley-faced teenager oozing perkiness all over the counter.
    "Can I help you?" She asked. 
    "Yes," I said.  "I was just in your drive-thru, and I ordered a Big mac, and I drove home, and I opened it up, and you guys forgot to put meat on my Big Mac."
    "Let me see," she asked. 
    I thought that was an odd question, but I yanked the carton from the bag, opened it up, pulled the sandwich apart and showed her my lack of beef. 
    "See?" I said. "Where's the beef?  I have no beef.  Why did you not put two all-beef patties on this?"
    "I thought you ordered it 'meatless,'" she said.
    "Meatless?!?" I said incredulously.  "What kind of molar-grinding freak orders a meatless Big Mac?!?"
    "Some people do, sir," she replied.  "Vegetarians sometimes order them."
    "Trust me," I said.  "Rather than cough up two-and-a-half bucks for a meatless Big Mac, I think most vegetarians would choose from one of your many available salad options."
    "No, sir," she said oozing perkiness, "it's kind of like a salad you can eat while driving." 
    I spent some time trying to wrap my mind around this as she wandered into the back to get me a not-so-meatless Big Mac.  A salad sandwich...  just...  doesn't...  add... up... 
    "Here you go, sir," she said as she handed me a bag that felt like it had about twenty pounds of beef in it. 
    I'm so weak, I thought as I hefted the heavy bag.  I'm so feeble.  I'm so... HOLY CRAP!  What the hell's in this bag?
    As I was walking out, I opened the bag and saw a Big Mac carton, two Quarter Pounders with Cheese and a big, red bucket of fries. 
    "Have a nice night, sir," the girl said.  "Sorry about the mix-up."
    "Thanks," I said as I lugged my big bag of meat out to my car thinking that McDonald's customer compensation program seems a lot like attempted murder by plugging up the arteries of anyone foolish enough to voice a complaint. 

15 comments:

  1. well now thats a first ,you always have me laughing ,thank you

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  2. It is my contention that the Big Mac (and other McDonalds sandwiches) have been "meatless" for years. 'Course I still eat 'em.
    -Paul
    http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/

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  3. . . . meatless . . .

    A. Who the hell orders a big mac meatless?
    B. If she is working the inside counter how would she know how you ordered it that way in the drive thru?? Hmmmm?

    Have a good time working on that first heart attack!! :-D Watch out for that special sauce.

    Amanda :)
    http://journals.aol.com/trickeytricky/CountryMyKindaLivin





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  4. I can think of nothing else but two little old ladies in their Sunday best violently protesting: "WHERE'S THE BEEF?!  WHERE'S THE BEEF?!"  Oh - and I have to ask - how much of the bag-o-meat did you actually eat - in one sitting?  hee hee

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  5. Don't know, Miss Trickster.  But, she was the same girl who handed me my meat-free bag in the drive-thru.  

    -Dan

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  6. lol! ilmao! wow Danny!(eyes sprakle)(big smile) you relly have a way with those counter girls eh?
    Sheesh! Amanda has a point you gotta' heart attack coming Dude!
    natalie

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  7. Doesn't McDonalds offer some kind of "wrap" for those who want to eat salad while driving? You were juked Dan, the burger person was off pissing or something when it hit the assembly line. As for the freebies, I think someone there wants to see you again even if it means killing you in the process.

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  8. The mind boggles at the idea of eating a meatless Big Mac.  
    By the way, the jingle went, "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun."  Jeez, the stupid things that stick in your brain for years and years!

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  9. Thanks so much, Ftdate!  Now THAT'S going to be stuck in my head for the rest of this decade.  

    May you suffer a never-ending loop of "Elmo's Song" for the remainder of the year!  

    hehehe...

    -Dan

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  10. As long as we're talking about earworms. It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all.   Just for you. Just to help you get rid of the Mickey D's jingle.:-D I aim to please
    Have a great day!
    Barb  

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  11. yep with all that food she's trying to kill you. LOL. I hope you enjoyed all the extras.

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  12. This could ONLY happen to YOU!! LMAO!!
    Pam

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  13. ROFLMAO!  Now that was a cute story!  You are just full of it.....umm........them, arent' you?? lol

    Jackie

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  14. I'm surprised to live to tell the tale. Are there any vegetarians out there who will admit to ordering a meatless Big Mac?
    Kate.
    http://journals.aol.co.uk/bobandkate/AnAnalysisofLife/

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  15. I haven't been in one of those since I was a teenager....

    but I suppose if that happened, I'd have my husband pull up to the drive thru, grab the kid by the shirt, pull him halfway out the window, and mash the QP in his face, and be like "What the f*** do you think this is, you SOB!!!"

    As insane as it sounds, you don't want a guy managing your McDonald's if he doesn't give hub like a year's free McD's to avoid having that story hit the paper with the obligatory "Where's The Beef" headline that would come with the local police having to deal with an angry giant tearing apart a local eatery.

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