McDonald’s in a hospital waiting room

[Schuyler]

AIBU to think I don’t care how hungry you are, you don’t eat McDonald’s in a hospital waiting room? There are 2 adults eating it, so surely one can pop out and then they swap.

P.S. do you think I can ask for a chip?

I had to sit in an antenatal clinic waiting room while a couple tucked into their kebabs! 🤢

I’ve eaten in outpatients. I had come straight from work in the morning for a clinic at 12:30. The consultant got stuck in surgery so I got some lunch.

When I was a child people wouldn't have dreamt of eating smelly food in a hospital waiting room, it is anti-social, disgusting and rude - and if that makes me sound like an old fart well, that's fine by me
This, and I was born in 1991 so not exactly "an old fart" yet.

It's not ideal but only because it will make everyone else grumpy and jealous
Seriously, they might be on a tight schedule. They might have had to travel. They might need to eat regularly because of their illness/condition.
I really want a McDonalds now

When I was in early labour following an induction, the woman in the next bed who had also been induced had a McDonald’s brought in. She vommed it all back up on the ward floor during a contraction.

The next day, following us both giving birth (her having had an emcs in the end) she ended up in the bed next to me again. She had another McDonald’s brought in! The midwives refused to let her eat it, she was only just back from surgery!

Her and her family were a massive pita for other various reasons, I nearly cried when she got put next to me on the postnatal Ward

Most hospitals have a takeaway that's opened near the entrance, because unlike the good old days they no longer have an affordable canteen.

@Schuyler

What hospital is it?

I sometimes get a burger at the station and eat it on the train so YABU!

I was once sat in a walk in centre and two elderly ladies brought burger and fries along with them, laid it out and had a picnic 🧺

I regularly eat while in outpatients, it’s either a eat a proper meal at certain times or eat something that will have a negative effect on my blood sugars. It I forgo food I can end up in a diabetic coma, which would also cause me to loose control of my bladder and bowels in the waiting room.

@littlehappyhippo

I don’t feel comfortable saying as it’s a relatively small hospital. There is no McDonald’s within the hospital, just a coffee shop and a canteen.

I have dinner but I’m tempted to just get a McDonald’s now! 😂

@FreeStar

Eh, I don’t care about public transport but today, the food was a bit smelly in a small, hot space and there were unwell people there. Not quite the same as a bus or whatever.

I had HG and McDonald's burger and fries were one of the very few foods that I could eat so my DP would bring it in for me as hospital food would have come straight back up.

@Schyler

Oh no worries if you don't wanna name it. I just wanted to make sure I went there next time I needed to go to hospital.

YABU though (IMO,) as I don't think it's too bad!

There's (almost) always a cafe/restaurant in a hospital, and they often have hot food; toast, teacakes, sausage and bacon butties, various desserts, egg and chips, and all sorts.

It's a McDonalds, not an abattoir.

@littlehappyhippo

In the interests of super important research, the nearest McDonald’s is about 2 miles away. Unfortunately, it’s in the opposite direction to my home so I couldn’t justify it and I needed to get back but I’m seriously considering a Big Mac, large chips and a chocolate milkshake for dinner. Thanks to you, I now also want a bacon butty!! Diet saboteur!!

Are there hospitals with the popular fast food places on site these days? I remember a Burger King in a massive university hospital but I’d say this was over 20 years ago and also Burger King is not great compared to the greatness that is McDs or Nando’s!

YANBU. Smelly or noisy food should not be eaten in these sort of circs.
It is just polite.

2 miles away!?
Silly people. It would have been cold.
For that alone yanbu.

Thankfully one of the hospital I go has one on the opposite side of the road.
The other one, it's at the bottom of the hill you have to walk up to get to the hospital There are some very handy pubs as well on the way up that hill.

When I was induced I was nil by mouth (I think most are?) I begged my mother to phone my father and get him to bring me a Chinese takeaway. She refused and I was quite rude to her insisting that I HAD to have it.
Half hour later I was throwing up and she whispered to me 'are you still wanting that chinese?'

Given that the food in our local hospital's cafe is awful a macdonalds would be very welcome!!

I missed the dinner round having DS1, my first meal from the midwife was a prepackaged tuna sandwich and hot chocolate. Felt like the best dinner I'd ever had

The none hill hospital also have subway, Nandos, pizza, kebab, Chinese etc.
It's great. Canteen and hospital shop close at 8. Which is good, unless you've been admitted after this and not had a thing since breakfast.

Curry in the bed next to me ,literally an hour after I gave birth ,I couldn’t keep my toast down because of the smell

Pringlesfortea does curry usually make you vomit?