Comments on: McDonald’s and Quarter Pounders http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rick C http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-449263 Rick C Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:02:48 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-449263 If I order something from McDonalds with no customization, I won't bother checking the order for correctness. If I order, say, "no mustard," then I will check it every time, because the failure rate is unacceptably high. If I order something from McDonalds with no customization, I won’t bother checking the order for correctness. If I order, say, “no mustard,” then I will check it every time, because the failure rate is unacceptably high.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-449103 Xrlq Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:48:13 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-449103 McDonald's workers screw up orders all the time. I didn't really think much of that in itself, nor did I think much of the fact that an equally low-paid flunkee at Wal-Mart did the same. My position is simple: screwups happen, no big whupp. What is a big whupp is when the company refuses to own up to their error. As for McDs, I figure that the intangible cost of unpackign everything they've just packed up for me, needlessly pissing off the guy behind me who has to wait, and then invariably failing to pack it back up as well as it was originally packed for me outweighs the cost of being 100% certain every time that what I got was what I ordered. Especially if I know I can trust the management to own their mistakes and make it right, effectively giving me back everything I lost by trusting them except the convenience of having gotten the meal I wanted at the time. It's a little different for my wife, who truly loathes mustard, making the .357 Magnum / .357 Sig analogy a lot more apt than a typical McDonald's screwup would be (where I'm buying for myself, and everything on the menu is at least marginally edible). McDonald’s workers screw up orders all the time. I didn’t really think much of that in itself, nor did I think much of the fact that an equally low-paid flunkee at Wal-Mart did the same. My position is simple: screwups happen, no big whupp. What is a big whupp is when the company refuses to own up to their error.

As for McDs, I figure that the intangible cost of unpackign everything they’ve just packed up for me, needlessly pissing off the guy behind me who has to wait, and then invariably failing to pack it back up as well as it was originally packed for me outweighs the cost of being 100% certain every time that what I got was what I ordered. Especially if I know I can trust the management to own their mistakes and make it right, effectively giving me back everything I lost by trusting them except the convenience of having gotten the meal I wanted at the time. It’s a little different for my wife, who truly loathes mustard, making the .357 Magnum / .357 Sig analogy a lot more apt than a typical McDonald’s screwup would be (where I’m buying for myself, and everything on the menu is at least marginally edible).

]]> By: Milhouse http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-449086 Milhouse Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:52:05 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-449086 Yeah, I got that the conversation didn't happen, but it's still strange that two stores messed up your orders in the same week. And may be evidence to support those who've been saying that you should always assume the worst and check their work as soon as they hand it to you. Yeah, I got that the conversation didn’t happen, but it’s still strange that two stores messed up your orders in the same week. And may be evidence to support those who’ve been saying that you should always assume the worst and check their work as soon as they hand it to you.

]]> By: nk http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-449048 nk Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:42:02 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-449048 Naah, that's <strike>Polish</strike> Lower Slobovian quality control. Naah, that’s Polish Lower Slobovian quality control.

]]> By: McGehee http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-449009 McGehee Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:30:36 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-449009 There's this factory where they run it on conveyors past a talking rabbit, who hits it with a mallet and, if it doesn't explode he marks it as a dud. He's only 30 years away from retirement. There’s this factory where they run it on conveyors past a talking rabbit, who hits it with a mallet and, if it doesn’t explode he marks it as a dud.

He’s only 30 years away from retirement.

]]> By: nk http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-449006 nk Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:19:58 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-449006 An interesting (to me, anyway) question: How do "they" dispose of dubious ammunition? Do they blow it up in a concrete pillbox; have little Chinese kids pull it apart and separate the components for recycling; ...? An interesting (to me, anyway) question: How do “they” dispose of dubious ammunition? Do they blow it up in a concrete pillbox; have little Chinese kids pull it apart and separate the components for recycling; …?

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-448997 Xrlq Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:05:22 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-448997 The literally true part is that as noted at the beginning, McDonalds really did screw up my order, and as noted at the end, the manager handled the problem appropriately as soon as it was called to her attention. The rest is not an account of what actually happened between me and McDs, but an account of what apparently <i>would</i> have happened if I had been dealing Wal-Mart instead. The literally true part is that as noted at the beginning, McDonalds really did screw up my order, and as noted at the end, the manager handled the problem appropriately as soon as it was called to her attention. The rest is not an account of what actually happened between me and McDs, but an account of what apparently would have happened if I had been dealing Wal-Mart instead.

]]> By: Milhouse http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-448936 Milhouse Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:48:27 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-448936 I mean, until the last line I thought this was just a retelling of the Walmart story, in terms some people might better be able to relate to. But the last line sounds like it's literally a true story. I mean, until the last line I thought this was just a retelling of the Walmart story, in terms some people might better be able to relate to. But the last line sounds like it’s literally a true story.

]]> By: Milhouse http://xrlq.com/2008/09/13/mcdonalds-and-quarter-pounders/comment-page-1/#comment-448935 Milhouse Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:47:34 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3691#comment-448935 You mean essentially the same thing happened to you twice in a week, at different stores? You mean essentially the same thing happened to you twice in a week, at different stores?

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