To not understand the queues?

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Costa and KFC drive throughs have opened in my city this weekend. The queues have been massive. Just why?

It doesn’t taste the same.

I miss costa coffee... We have also been craving double sausage and egg macmuffin (no muffin) and hash brown in our house... We normally have them once or twice a year but now on lockdown with out them We.want.one.now!

Leflic whys it pathetic? People have nothing else to do

Blimey, the definition of irony

Leflic blimey such a snob

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I live in Teford too haven't been to tesco as I imagine the queue would be mega..I work at asda and either pop back in after work(no queueing) or go to Morrisons as I live over the road from it and can see the queue

For those of you 'desperate' for Macdonalds and burger kings.....you've had a few weeks, surely you can get a few of those burger bap things, cheep burgers and plastic cheese squares and make them by now?

As I explained to my Mum when she said she could make fish and chips at home rather than have them from the fish and chip shop, they simply don't taste the same.

YANBU I dont get it either. ive never eaten anything from McDonalds or KFC, and have no intention of.
In my opinion its bad enough having to queue for access to supermarkets, although I understand the reason why. But I guess thats just my intolerance.

I suppose if you usually spend your money on the likes of McDonald's and KFC you might want to queue for a fix but to get in a long queue for a coffee is beyond my understanding. Each to their own.

Next tine you do get to go to McDonald's or Burger King, try this.......

Shut your eyes and try eating a few bites, actually taste and smell what you are eatjng, see what happens. Almost never fails

If I were to queue for KFC it would be to bring a bit of joy and novelty to DSs life as at age 14 being trapped in with us oldies hasn't been a bunch of laughs. But do feel free to sneer about junk food and doubtless berate me for giving it to a teen.

If you have school aged children, I’m sure they would be delighted if you queued to get them a KFC or McD. It’s not for you but to give fun and excitement to your DC’s.

Costa coffee - you can buy bags of in the supermarket, KFC and maccy d's - I like,bit no way I'm queueing for them, they ain't that great, and my kids can get what they're given.

*Next tine you do get to go to McDonald's or Burger King, try this.......

Shut your eyes and try eating a few bites, actually taste and smell what you are eatjng, see what happens. Almost never fails*

You obviously don’t have a child with hyper sensitive taste. He can tell when a trusted brand changes its recipie slightly (Quorn sausages I’m looking at you). He will eat KFC popcorn chicken & Birds Eye Chicken dippers but not McDonald’s chicken nuggets. He will eat McDonald’s fish fingers but not the ones from the local pub.

Although he will eat Burger King nuggets.

I will eat McDonald’s nuggets but not Burger King though.

@Comefromaway that wasn't what I was really getting at

It’s quite depressing how many people introduce fast food to their children at such young ages. I often wonder have they ever looked at the nutritional content of this ‘food’. Allowing a child to become accustomed to such textures and tastes especially if they have sensory issues is asking for trouble further down the line, when they lash out because they wanted McDs fries, BK nuggets and a KFC milkshake.

The argument of it being a treat baffles me too, if something is harmful for you, why would you treat yourself to it?

In my head it goes something like this- Here kids, this food is harmful for you in the long term, we’re sat in a dirty filthy restaurant being served by spotty teenagers with questionable hygiene, queues are a mile long, it stinks of fried food and there’s noise and chaos all around us, the table next to us has a pile of leftovers on it, our feet are sticking to the floor, but have a treat on mum and dad. 😦

You let your DC’s have a McD as it is a treat, something special and not a part of their normal diet. It doesn’t matter if it’s unhealthy - it happens irregularly and it isn’t going to wreak their health. The rest of time they can eat fruit, veggies, protein etc. It’s the same as adults having a G&T - it’s a treat not an every day event

I wouldn't queue for Costa or KFC. But my dd and I went for a walk by the sea on a lovely sunny day recently and we were both craving a pint of shandy and some chips in the pub garden on the cliff. And my dd would probably queue for a Costa latte.

Parker the G&T analogy is a good one, until you become an alcoholic.

Doesn’t it create the wrong mindset though? Why not treat kids with a bowl of incredible exotic fruit salad or homemade dish? To a child what they perceive as a treat is something adults consider as bad to be eaten in moderation. Once they can start making decisions for themselves they will surely gravitate to the ‘treat’ foods as they associate it with happy times or rewarding good behaviour.

There is no such thing as 'bad food'. Only food which should be eaten in moderation.

If you are craving a particular food, that's not a necessarily healthy sign though. So if you are madly queuing for a Maccers that's not a good sign.

In my head it goes something like this- Here kids, this food is harmful for you in the long term, we’re sat in a dirty filthy restaurant being served by spotty teenagers with questionable hygiene, queues are a mile long, it stinks of fried food and there’s noise and chaos all around us, the table next to us has a pile of leftovers on it, our feet are sticking to the floor, but have a treat on mum and dad.

Whispers There's this thing called 'drive thru' and 'table service'. Sounds like it's been a while since you've been in McDonald's.

As for hygiene, mess etc, McDonald's is one of the few places you can more or less guarantee clean toilets when you are out, so it really has some merit from this point of view.

McDonald's gets a bad press and its not necessarily worse than other restaurants which have a better reputation when you look at the nutritional value and calories. Places that don't necessarily have staff who are much different in nature to McDonald's staff.

There is definitely a real snobbery about takeaway and fast food which isn't born out when looked at closely.

There is nothing wrong with McDonald's as long as you aren't having it every week and you aren't addicted to it.

As it goes DS won't eat anything in McDonald's but the chips, which can be frustrating! So I'm certainly not in the McDonald's weekly club.

What's even funnier is several Michelin starred chefs list a Big Mac as one of their favourite foods, so it can't be that bloody awful.

McDonald's as 'a treat' is for some due to cost. Lots of people can't afford to take their family out for a meal elsewhere 'more upmarket'. So yes, eating out as an experience, is a legitimate thing and fair enough.

OnlyFoolsnMothers- blimey such a snob

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Don’t you think people should have more useful things to do than spend 90 minutes in a queue for fast food?

the G&T analogy is a good one, until you become an alcoholic.

Oh for godsake.

We best all live as monks and nuns because if we don't and we taste the forbidden fruits we will all be unable to control ourselves and become addicts and will forever eat junk food and alcohol.

Don’t you think people should have more useful things to do than spend 90 minutes in a queue for fast food? after 7 wks of lock down, all activities closed and unable to see family and friends...err no!

@Wehttam - my DC’s grew up eating salad and fruit and still do so but McD’s was their treat of choice and they had many birthday parties there when they were little.

McD’s isn’t bad - it’s fun if eaten as a part of a balanced and sensible diet

Allowing a child to become accustomed to such textures and tastes especially if they have sensory issues is asking for trouble further down the line, when they lash out because they wanted McDs fries, BK nuggets and a KFC milkshake.

Believe me, when you have a severly underweight child you will introduce them to anything they might eat. Ds would have been quite happy living off carrots, garden peas, grapes, apple, rice, plain pasta and cucumber but we needed to get some protein in his diet apart from milk and yogurt. I've been through the stage of making my own nuggets, fishcakes etc. He hates burgers and sausages so it's not like he only likes junk food.

We never treated McDonalds as a treat food. When we were on holiday, or out shopping it was often the only place we could get ds to eat. Fishfingers, carrot st