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Someone should have told me I could do this before now

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ishouldhaveknownbefore · 02/04/2025 12:11

I recently visited McDonald's with my clearly more knowledgeable kids and watched them order burgers stripped down of everything bar the burger, bun and ketchup. But then I noticed there was a plus sign to add on as well as a minus to remove.

This was even where there were already onions and pickles on the burger so it means you can have EXTRA onions and pickles to the ones already included.

Why did I not know this? My mate who was with us did not know either which makes me feel a bit better but how long have I been missing this trick???

Am I being unreasonable to think my kids should really know they need to tell me these things

Someone should have told me I could do this before now
Someone should have told me I could do this before now
OP posts:
Tugsfh · 02/04/2025 16:24

Boycott McDonalds

StyleSiren · 02/04/2025 16:23

Hear hear! Is it too much to think we all might be able to live without this American crap while their administration is bullying the rest of the world?

TicklishReader · 02/04/2025 16:16

ishouldhaveknownbefore · 02/04/2025 16:15

My son has just come in and I've tried telling him all the tips I've learned off here today and he has totally deflated me - he knew every one and when I tried to tell him the chicken select tip he interrupted me and told me what I was about to tell him 😂

Ground him!

Original poster
ishouldhaveknownbefore · 02/04/2025 16:15

My son has just come in and I've tried telling him all the tips I've learned off here today and he has totally deflated me - he knew every one and when I tried to tell him the chicken select tip he interrupted me and told me what I was about to tell him 😂

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TicklishReader · 02/04/2025 16:14

Megifer · 02/04/2025 12:23

Yabu I couldn't possibly manage extra items, I'm already full after merely inhaling the aroma from outside.

You inhale?! Tisk. I am full at the very thought. I shan't eat my big salad now.

Threeboystwocatsandadog · 02/04/2025 16:10

Both my older boys worked in MacDonald’s while at university so I thought I was pretty “up” on the menu but I didn’t know that either.

Regretsmorethanafew · 02/04/2025 16:08

FrenchandSaunders · 02/04/2025 13:20

I didn't know this either! Is this using the screen in the store? Presume you can't face to face? Saying that, not many maccies have face to face ordering now.

They all have it. There's nowhere that is screen only.

HappiestSleeping · 02/04/2025 16:08

TeenToTwenties · 02/04/2025 12:13

YABVU to want pickles.

If yours are going spare, I'll have them 👍

purplecorkheart · 02/04/2025 16:06

I wonder does it vary between country and branch. Recently went to McDonalds (only option available at the time to answer the food police). I got a hamburger and was delighted to be able to remove the tomato sauce and get mustard instead but could only add 1 extra pickle and 1 extra onion on the screen. I did also order one sweet and sour packet and got two of those and three barbecue sauce.

Januaryclouds · 02/04/2025 15:57

In the happy meal burgers you can add cucumber which is a really good combo imo - I really wish you could do that to burgers without having to order a happy meal!!

nomas · 02/04/2025 15:55

clary · 02/04/2025 13:33

I have this and have never been charged extra. Are you sure? Are you in the UK?

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Yes UK! I will try this.

lovemycbf · 02/04/2025 15:54

Megifer · 02/04/2025 12:23

Yabu I couldn't possibly manage extra items, I'm already full after merely inhaling the aroma from outside.

🤣

Theredfoxfliesatmidnight · 02/04/2025 15:52

You haven't mentioned the best bit which is that if you order extra pickles and onion it is FREEEEEEEEEE

Extra ketchup on the burger is also free, whilst ordering it seperately can be 10 p

Another "add on" I like is adding another sausage patty to the "single mcmuffin and drink" deal which is normally £2.79 (London.) This turns it into a double mcmuffin but you get to keep the deal for only a little extra (I think it is £3.49 total)

OneTC · 02/04/2025 15:52

Certainly since at least bk did "you got it your way" you've been able to take stuff out of burgers for years at bk and maccas.

Adding stuff only happened relatively recently

Tigergirl80 · 02/04/2025 15:50

But I do remember ex’s daughter asking for a plain cheeseburger. So I’ve always known you could ask for it without. But didn’t know you could add anything else extra other than cheese.

Tigergirl80 · 02/04/2025 15:46

I only know from ordering on the touch screen. They changed the recipe about 10 years ago and found they are a trigger for ds cluster seizures. So it’s usually nugget or a wrap.

RunAwayTurnAwayRunAwayTurnAway · 02/04/2025 15:45

GreatGardenstuff · 02/04/2025 12:46

You used to be able to double up the mcplant burger, but then they stopped it. Not been for months as a result.

I doubled the McP last week. Check again, it might be available again in your store.

clary · 02/04/2025 15:41

XxSideshowAuntSallyx · 02/04/2025 14:48

If you ask for extra, or without, anything you tend to get a freshly made burger. So I always ask for bacon and cheese with my Whopper at Burger King for instance.

Mcds I know for sure is always made fresh. The brand is battling the idea that it isn’t as a lot of ppl customise to get a fresh one but there’s no need.

skyeisthelimit · 02/04/2025 15:40

I love the customisation because I remove the pickle, onions and mustard, although the last couple of times I have been in, there has been onions :(

The funniest thing was when I had a free double cheeseburger with points, so I claimed that and removed 1 patty. Somebody came to my table and asked me if I wanted no patties. I said no, it comes with 2 and I removed 1 so it should have 1. it turned up and had 0 patties in it.

The next time I had the same offer, I removed 1 patty and again they gave me just a bun with ketchup and cheese in it.

Hoggyhoghog · 02/04/2025 15:22

I’ve always customized my burgers because I know it’s at least a bit. Not in the UK. The McDonalds in the UK is bad really bad!

IKillUnkillablePlants · 02/04/2025 15:13

I went to grab a cheeseburger last week, overheard a staff member saying a woman had asked for no sauce, onion or pickles on her cheeseburger, but was coming back in 5 minutes to collect it. Not long after, my cheeseburger arrived, as I went to eat it, discovered no sauce, onion or pickles, the best bits! I took it back explaining they must have given me the wrong one, they gave me another.

All good, except, they then rewrapped the burger I had manhandled and popped it in a bag ready to hand over to the correct woman 🍔😶

Jujujudo · 02/04/2025 15:11

They do this to me with my iPhone! They know all these cool tricks that are so useful but I obviously don’t know about! Like, why aren’t you showing me all this!!??!!

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 02/04/2025 14:55

Fucking love their pickles.

UnderHisEeyore · 02/04/2025 14:54

BoredZelda · 02/04/2025 14:43

I think it used to be the case when they had a load of stuff prepared that sat on a warming plate. Nowadays every order is “freshly” made. They take the pre-cooked burgers, load them up and heat them through.

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We used to be told to make them from scratch, due to allergies, in the 90's. So yes it would have been fresher at our store but I can't say across the board. I find it is a lot slower these days as you have about 1/3 of the staff, and they all look half dead, so the old "3min turnaround from order to customer" we all had to adhere to is well and truly dead now.

Spangers · 02/04/2025 14:52

The customise feature is great, I remove the ice from my Diet Coke as they always put too much in.

One of my DC prefers a plain cheeseburger too.

The best McDonalds trick is to order a vanilla milkshake and an espresso, mix together = coffee milkshake