My McDonalds milkshake really was too thick

[AlmostChristmas]

Yes. Not a. AIBU but following some thread I read a few months back about looney customer complaints.

One was that the milkshakes in McDonalds were too thick- met with many sniggers.

Today I bought one and oh my I gave myself fish face and burst an eye vessel in the process. Took me 45mins of full on suck power

I didn't however complain...

It was Vanilla, it was hard work, it was hard work. 'Teas worth it

Happy 2018 all!

Should I have asked for a calibration of the shake kind?

My husband would tell me it’s good practice!

I thought that was the whole point. I haven't had many but can hardly get them up the straw without virtually passing out.

I had a very nice spiced cookie latte from McDonalds though, no problems with them.

The 'recalibrate the machine' poster, on that thread, was my favourite of 2017.

Cool as fuck.

I remember that thread vaguely, so much angst about a fast food milkshake.

trick is to let it melt a bit

Can someone confirm as i havent been back to UK for years, are the milkshakes called thickshakes there or just milkshakes?

Where i am here in Oz theyre called thickshakes and couldnt for the life of me remember if they called that back home.
Yes im a saddo.

Just milkshakes AFAIK Return.

I cannot remember a time in the last 10 years at least where the milkshake machine was working in McDonald's so it hasn't been a problem for me.

The ingredients are not great. No pork fat but a few E numbers.

www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/food/dairy/are-mcdonalds-milkshakes-made-with-pork-fat.html

I loved the sporadic ongoing bickering that ran through that thread re the milkshake machine.

It's a rare treat for me but boy did I get some practice this morning

Surely they would have to 'recalibrate' the machine for each customer depending on their thickness preference. The bickering was v funny.

Catched in all seriousness, no.

My DD found it amusing though apparently I sounded like a snuffly pig

Mmmm...... McDonalds fries dipped in vanilla milk shake, 'tis the food of the Gods.

oh my I gave myself fish face and burst an eye vessel in the process. Took me 45mins of full on suck power

I'm dying

Not tried that, fishybits, dunked in vanilla flavour?

When I was a teen we used to go to a milkshake bar and ask for a thick milkshake or a thin one.

One time dm offered to buy me something from McDs drive thru as a treat-I think the only time she took me to McDs as a child. So I asked for a thick chocolate milkshake. She repeated it through the speaker, and we got to the desk to find SIX chocolate milkshakes lined up for me.
The were really good about it and didn't charge us.

I know it’s in the past but if you just ask them to recalibrate the machine .......

That's a serious health and safety issue which you should have complained about OP.

5 customers sucking on their milkshakes at the same time, could have caused the windows to cave in.

I remember reading that thread and being in the minority that think that when you can't physically suck the drink out through a straw there has to be a problem with the machine! I don't have many McDonalds milkshakes but I do know that I've had some pleasant drinkable ones and some very unpleasant ones as OP has described!

I'm glad I'm not the only one annoyed by the dismissal of non-drinkable milkshake being a machine and not user issue

Witchend does your mum have a lisp?

I reckon you could get one of those horrible McFlurrys up a straw no problem. They melt as soon as you look at them.

The only time I had a McD milkshake was in 1996, with an already gippy tummy. No idea why I fancied one - I hate anything thick & slimy (ahem!).

10 minutes later, I was copiously sick. Ugh.