r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 11d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/xelop 11d ago

It's not even that to me. I haven't had McDonald's in 4 years. I'll go home and make a PB and J before I stop there. I'd stop at a gas station and get a prepacked sandwich before mcds lol

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u/Jesus__Skywalker 11d ago

I'd stop at a gas station and get a prepacked sandwich before mcds lol

that's going too far. McD's aint what it was, but those gas station sandwiches are dangerous looking

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u/Mountain_Frog_ 11d ago

Depends on the gas station. In some parts of the country it is common for gas stations to cook and serve relatively fresh burgers, chicken sandwiches, and other hot food

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u/KeepingItSFW 11d ago

On a roadtrip we were in the middle of nowhere and stopped through the drive thru and everyone got a unHappy Meal.

For like $6 a person you get:

  • 6 nuggets (which were fine)

  • a cup of ice with a shot of Coke in it

  • 7ish french fries

  • a bag of apples floating in chlorine?

  • a chunk of plastic “toy” that literally does nothing besides take centuries to break down in a landfill.

Forgot to beg for my fries instead of apples, and they didn’t ask. Was a really disappointing $20ish spent for 3 people.

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u/xelop 11d ago

Yeah one of those frozen prepack burgers at a gas station is like twice as big and I think like 3 bucks. The microwave is free. Or one of those frozen burritos, or a hot dog. Literally anything a gas station has would have a better cost to taste ratio. I'm unsure why anyone eats McDonald's at all still. Even as a desperation you have better choices than mcds lol

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u/Chimie45 11d ago

Tornadoes are a fucking treat. Gas Station food can be really fucking good. I worked at one in HS (granted, ...20 years ago... fuck) but we had fresh salads, fresh breakfast burgers, and all kinds of sandwiches... shit was dope.

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u/xelop 11d ago

Sounds like a Sheetz or a Wawa. I'm not sure what the West Coast version would be lol.

But I also worked at a place like that but those aren't everywhere so I was just talking standard across the board available everywhere. Lol those tornadoes are great. The Southwest Chicken is what it's called in my area, with some ranch is the best

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u/Chimie45 11d ago

It was a Meijer Gas Station in Ohio lol.

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u/xelop 11d ago

I have friends from Ohio and they mentioned that place all the time when they first moved down lol

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u/Chimie45 11d ago

It's a Michigan staple. Meijer is the best thing.

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u/RedWhiteAndJew 11d ago

The food at QT and WaWa surpassed McD’s years ago. I downright have cravings for QT Tornadoes and hot dogs.

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u/score_ 11d ago

Holy shit is a happy meal actually $20 now‽

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u/KeepingItSFW 11d ago

$20ish spent for 3 people

I could see how that could be misread but I spent $20 total for 3 people

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u/score_ 11d ago

Ah I see, I thought yall just split a happy meal 3 ways, hence the "unhappy meal" Lol. Haven't been in a very long time don't even remember what comes in those things.

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u/KeepingItSFW 11d ago

It felt like we split it with how many fries we got, the fry container is like something from American Girl, the 6 nuggets each were good but the rest sucked.

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u/MercantileReptile 11d ago

Everyone loves the smell, apparently. "Yay, fries". It's deeply unpleasant to me. But they had great (and cheap) coffee. Standing at a train station at the crack of dawn, options were limited.

Now even that reason is gone, as they're no longer cheap.

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u/xelop 11d ago

I will admit their coffee is good