I forgot how I used to order McDonalds at the counter, and wait in front of the register I paid at until I got my food (because it only took moments).

Now I order, leave with my receipt, and come back when they call my number, a procedure I used to associate with "trendy" places.

> Every time I end up at McD's, I wonder why the hell I bothered.

when their spicy mcchicken stops being good, i'm gone

where is this? In CA, almost all payment terminals seem to work in retail for me. Businesses would not stay in business easily if their payment accepting device was broken.

(And for McD's, it's not too difficult IMO to select & checkout via their native iOS app.)

They're no longer the cheapest option, and the salads are no longer available. There's something going wrong there. I can get cheaper, healthier, better food at e.g. my local Subway, and many other places.

It is still reasonably fast (although not super-fast). Unique to my location, the service is excellent.

Approximately what percentage of the readers of this site would you estimate are laboring under the assumption that eating at McDonald's is healthy?

It turns out that it's not strictly necessary to constantly lecture other people about things like this.

When I made Big Macs in the late 80s, they were made of two "10 to 1" patties (i.e. 10 to the pound, 1.6 ounces each). That's still the formula, according to their web site.

I did see a Reddit post that claimed that the product was physically bigger from 1972-1975. It doesn't show the ingredients, and it looks from the picture as if it is bigger bread rather than more meat. (You can't see any meat in the photo of the bigger sandwich.)

I recall a time when the Big Mac was the gold standard of "this product has too many calories", and articles would decry things that somehow managed to have more. Now, it's hard to find anything with a mere 500 calories.

>Every time I end up at McD's, I wonder why the hell I bothered.

I feel the same everytime i open my burger box and see a smashed pile of crap that is nothing like the burger in my mind or on the ad. Marketing is strong. Fortunately I maybe go to BK or McD once a year, but always disappointed.