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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by reaperducer on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:48PM (#25037403)
McDonald's already has the omnivore market. It's trying to bring in the herbivores, so McPlant makes it obvious.
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by elicash on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:15PM (#25037727)
There are omnivores like me that are excited about plant-based burgers yet feel silly ordering a "McPlant." I'm so self-conscious that if I'm at a Denny's I won't order a "Moon Over My Hammy." I'm aware the person taking the order doesn't care and hears these menu names a thousand times a day and still have that aversion.

Are there more than a tiny number of us? I don't know.

That said, this is another benefit of the kiosks.

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by caymanjim on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:37PM (#25038011)
I'm the same way. If a menu has "Eggs Benny" on it, I'll order "Eggs Benedict" because I can't bring myself to say cutesy things. I know it's my hangup. I'll change orders before I say something like that, most of the time.
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by abawany on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:41PM (#25038061)
I similarly refuse to use Starbucks' cute-isms for cup sizes (Venti, etc.) but I won't have any trouble ordering a McPlant - it might even provide me another reason to visit a McD beyond the wireless-for-the-price-of-a-coffee reason.
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by reaperducer on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:49PM (#25038164)
Starbucks' cute-isms for cup sizes (Venti, etc.)

Most people misunderstand Starbucks size names. They think they're all smart assuming that Starbucks calls a small drink "tall" because of marketing or whatever. But it's actually the too-cool-for-school crowd that is wrong.

"Short" is in the shortest cup. It's the small size.

"Tall" is the taller cup. It's the regular size.

"Grande" is the large size. "Grande" means "large."

"Venti" is extra-large. "Venti" means "twenty," and is used because the drink is twenty ounces.

Because Starbucks doesn't list the "short" size on the menu, angry people assume Starbucks is trying to hide something. But it's not. Just ask for a short. I've never been to a Starbucks that didn't have the short size.

When I order a "short," about 90% of the time the response is, "Don't you want a 'tall,' instead? It's the same price." My response is, "It's not about money. It's about portion control." And everyone goes about their business.

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by alistairSH on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:06PM (#25038416)
All true, but the names are still "cute". Small, regular, large, XL work just fine.

That said, I'm already order what amount to a liquid dessert with a silly name, so IDGAF. Venti Frappathingamajig with extra whip and a side of the 'beetus please.

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by hnick on Monday November 09, 2020 @05:15PM (#25040597)
Around here I'll often go somewhere and ask for "your smallest size of chips" or something, and they'll tell me they don't have small, only regular. OK thanks for that unnecessary interaction.
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by hombre_fatal on Monday November 09, 2020 @07:45PM (#25041736)
To be fair they are warning you that the portion size might be larger than you’d like.
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by abawany on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:20PM (#25038628)
Re. "short", I am the opposite - I am ordering the "largest". I appreciate the thought they appear to have put into the sizes and your associated explanation but I think using numbers (1-4?) would have been more intuitive but I guess then it would be less distinctly Starbucks?
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by JoeAltmaier on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:09PM (#25038462)
I thought it had something to do with the day they changed their prices by changing the names - what was a short became a 'tall', and the tall became a 'venti'. Essentially charging more for each size (charging the tall price for what used to be a short) etc.
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by nobody9999 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @01:08AM (#25043211)
>I similarly refuse to use Starbucks' cute-isms for cup sizes (Venti, etc.)

I don't go to Starbucks often, but I also dislike the naming convention.

As such, being someone with a sense of humor, if I do go to Starbucks, I'll often order a 'grande culo' beverage and see what happens.

It's amazing how few Starbucks barista are fluent in Spanish. :)

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by bigbubba on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:45PM (#25039004)
I absolutely hate all the cutesy trademarks businesses expect you to use. I don't want a 'Mc' anything, just give me a 'number 5 Burger.' And fuck all the bullshit terms these corporations use instead of small/medium/large. These are all attempts by their marketers to worm their corporate language into your brain.
Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by banana_giraffe on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:36PM (#25037998)
Last time I was at a McDonald's, it was easy, even preferred, to order from a giant touch screen, so perhaps there's less friction on silly names than there used to be.

(Reminds me of a report I read ages ago about the "Ziosk" on-table ordering devices causing customers to be more likely to order desserts and other "guilty pleasure" foods.)

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by walshemj on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:31PM (#25041267)
When my Local Mc Donalds screens broke down it was a disaster as most of the crew did no know how to work with out it.

I am actually surprised how bad many Mac Donald's are at Time and Motion - or maybe its the UK Franchises

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by topspin on Monday November 09, 2020 @05:48PM (#25040911)
> feel silly ordering a "McPlant."

Indeed. Why not something that suits our self image? McMindful perhaps.

> Are there more than a tiny number of us?

There are plenty.

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by manojlds on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:25PM (#25037857)
They already do that in markets like India