to not understand why people consider McDonalds to be a "treat"

[TalkinPeace]

if I want a family "treat" meal I go somewhere with fresh, favoursome food made especially for us.

Why do people take their kids somewhere that sells the lowest common denominator of food and call it a "treat" ?

"Full of fat, poor people. On benefits"

That you know this implies that you have visited the place on more than one occasions, because otherwise it would be very foolish to imply you know who McDonalds customers are by glancing in its general direction once.

So which one are you? Fat, poor, on benefits or foolish?

Fwiw I was in McDonalds this morning. I am a size 10 and was getting breakfast on my way to work

That kinda blows your well thought out theory out of the water doesn't it? Given that most of the people in there were getting breakfast on the way to work.

I have never been in one.

I like MacDonalds much more than DS does - he only likes the toy.

I like Ikea too but I always have the meatballs and chips - I doubt that's any healthier than a Big Mac tbh.

I've promised mine McDonald's tonight if they tidy their rooms, I think last time we went was last summer. To them, it's a treat.

Doesn't the fat duck have free salmonella at the moment anyway?

I forgot, we are bikers and sometimes stop there for their mcmuffins and coffee before heading off somewhere, it's a good meeting place.

I like McDonalds now and again.

I'm not poor. I do also appreciate "quality" food having eaten in Michelin starred restaurants. But sometimes you just fancy a Big Mac.

And their fries obv. Love the fries.
I love BK as well mind you, could murder a Whopper right now.

I ain't poor and I occasionally treat myself and the dc to a mcds

Our local mcds have a play area and I love their milkshakes

My dc also love a wide range of fruit and veg.

They get regular excercise and fresh air.

Its all about balance innit

I'm 30 and love a trip to McDonalds!!

Me and DH class it as our naughty treat when we just can't be arsed to cook!!

FWIW - I had something to eat at Ikea a few weeks ago and thought the whole designated eating area was vile and the food wasn't much better.

Juniper

"Sometimes, when I'm really hungry, and the baby is asleep in the car, what I really really want is a quarterpounder, fries and a strawberry milkshake with all the yummy grease and chemicals and badness that comes with it. I can get it in the drive thru, settle down for half an hour and eat my dirty lunch while surfing on my phone and the radio in the background and the baby is still asleep."

amend to a quarter pounder with cheese and that's my choice too. DD is all over the nuggets and sauce.

P'raps i should have included a rather than a , as my sarcasm did not seem to carry well!
And yes, i do know: i go now and again, am a little overweight, definitely poor, and receive benefits....

"I've just been to lunch in Ikea.
Less than £5 a meal.
Real food (smoked salmon, salad and extra bowl of salad)

the kids meals are even cheaper - and NOT stuffed full of fat, salt and sugar"

Well done you.

But the kids meals in Ikea are most certainly stuffed with fat, salt and sugar.

Average kids meal in Ikea:

meatballs made from shit untraceable meat (horse meat was found in Ikea meatballs) high in fat and sodium (a portion contains the daily allowance of salt), covered in sweet sauce, and high-fat French Fries.

It is NOT, absolutely NOT better than McDonalds.

And not only that, but Ikea is located in a massive warehouses that depend on the use of a car to get to, and the café exists purely to go in and get you to buy shitty flat pack furniture.

Ikea is not a restaurant, it's merely a promotional tool in a furniture shop, and it's not accessible to most of the population in the way that McDonalds is.

"I've not eaten in McDonalds for over 30 years"

Bully for you then.. the menu and the quality has changed considerably in the last three decades, so really, you are just spouting condescending nonsense.

For some people, being able to take their kids out occasionally IS a treat for them all, and the food in McDonalds is no worse than anywhere else. There is this thing called a MENU, and on it are lots of options.. they do not automatically force feed salt laden fries and a double cheesburger down the throat of every customer.

No it's not 'weird' and liking McDonalds isn't 'weird' either.

What is weird, is that you don't seem to understand the concept of different people liking different things.

Some people see a spa weekend as a treat

Personally I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than have someone massaging me and rubbing potions and lotions into my skin.

Yet even I get the fact that people have different tastes.

Oh yes sorry. The melty orange cheese is important isn't it? Binds it all together.

people pay a lot for that worra.........or so i hear

I don't think McDonalds is particularly wonderful, but we went there on Sunday, we were hungry, stuck in traffic on the M4, did a drive-through and got some food.

What was our alternative? Stop in the petrol station and buy a disgusting sandwich for £4.50? Or a shitty pig-arse pastie?

This thread has made me want a Big Mac...

"Shit in my hands and clap" - ha ha ha ha! I love this and am stealing it.

My friend and I go for lunch once a week. The only place within walking distance from work is maccys. So we have a happy meal each (£2.50). The butty man that delivers charges £3.10 for a sandwich abd crisps AND we'd have to eat in the canteen surrounded by the people we're trying to get away from. (And I like it, bonus!) OP, yabu.

We were in a hurry the other day, so I fed me plus three hungry pre-teens for $21 in McDonalds. That's just over 12 quid. No sarnie shop round here could have matched the price.

Sadly Ikea is 250 miles away otherwise obv horsemeatballs would have been my first choice.

hell yeh me too i wanna speed to the nearest maccdees and order a supersize meal each with extra fries and apple pies all round for afters....

I'm with you OP. I just don't see that eating a soggy burger out of a cardboard box can ever be considered a treat. Plus the smell of the place turns my stomach a little. There is a lot of other cheap tasty food available.

Cos it's bloody lovely. A quarter pounder with cheese (maybe two!) and chips and a diet coke would be my last meal. It is so juicy and salty and fucking tasty

This has nothing to do with money. I would firmly be in the middle class in any test of income bracket, education, location etc.

It has nothing to do with health either. I eat extremely healthily and run daily.

If me and DH have a bad week or go through a difficult time he usually says to me "would a quarter pounder help?" And you know what? It always does!