what are you doing with this I'm eating you cannot eat fast food why not every industry
has things they want kept hush hush and the fast food business is no exception so let's
pull back the curtain on 10 Secrets fast food companies don't want you to know we need to
keep it a secret watching and listening at the drive-through I mean did you misunderstand what
drive-through Matt how do fast food employees know when to greet you at the drive-through they're
notified with a sensor and video of cars pulling up this means they can both see and hear you while
you're in front of the speaker most drivers don't realize this and it came as a shocking
realization when a Starbucks employee started posting Tick Tock videos of drivers reactions
to her singing to them as they pulled up to the drive-through speaker the comments were filled
with people's reaction to realizing that they could be seen while placing their orders much
to their embarrassment I embarrassed myself my family the employees can even hear you before
you've been greeted or drive away so everything you say in that time can be heard in their speaker
and typically there's more than one person wearing a speaker headset so be careful about what you say
and do while you're in the drive-through lineup you never know what the employees are seeing and
hearing the ice cream machine at mcdee's isn't broken oh the ice cream machine's stuck again
why is it that whenever a McFlurry craving hits the machine isn't working you make your way over
to the closest McDonald's ready to satisfy your craving only to be told the machine isn't working
right now it's heartbreaking and seems to happen way too often but why does it happen it could be
because the McFlurry machine requires a daily four hour long cleaning cycle that's a long
cleaning cycle so it's all about timing rather than something being broken if you show up during
one of those four hour cleaning Cycles you'll be out of luck and unable to enjoy your McFlurry
I can't enjoy myself admittedly this isn't a secret about fast food places in general but the
secret behind McDonald's McFlurry machine needed to be shared and McDonald's isn't the only fast
food place with machines that need to be shut down for proper cleaning soda machines and ice machines
operate like this too though they don't require four hours they can still impact how quickly
your order can get to you and even though these cleanings can be inconvenient it's much better
than the machine's not being cleaned because the germs that can accumulate are pretty gross upgrade
that burger for free do you ask for extra sauce because I always ask for exercise most sit-down
restaurants are able to customize meals based on your preferences or even food sensitivities and
here's a little secret about fast food Outlets you can customize your meal there too all you have to
do is ask customizing is a way to easily upgrade your meal without adding too much to the price
how fast food menus often have a few different Burger options with the only differences being
the toppings that are placed on the burger what does this mean for you that you can easily upgrade
a cheaper Burger to look and taste a little more like the more expensive one adding things like
sauces lettuce tomato or whatever you're craving is often as simple as asking and doesn't include
an extra cost come on man hook me up don't worry just avoid saying the word extra though as this
is a clue to Cashiers to add on an extra price at McDonald's it can be as simple as ordering a value
menu burger and asking to have it like a Mac this gives you the unique Big Mac toppings combo at a
lower price and in this case with a smaller Patty since it's a value menu item these customizations
are also how things like secret menus come about secret menus take advantage of these
customizations to create an item that isn't listed on the menu the secret menu is a particularly big
thing at Starbucks where the drink combinations seem endless before we reveal more if it's your
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ask cut the foreplay just ask me who doesn't love hot and freshly made french fries it's the perfect
side and Standalone item to satisfy that salty craving but sometimes you'll get fries from your
favorite fast food place and feel disappointed that they aren't hot fresh or perfectly crisp
this happens because fries are often made in large quantities ahead of a rush to help keep
service times fast after all it is fast food this can mean that your fries might start to lose their
freshness while they sit under the heat lamps waiting to be delivered to you been waiting long
all my life baby but did you know there's a simple and free way you can get freshly made
fries you can just try asking for freshly made fries it's not uncommon for the employees to
do this for you but of course be prepared for a longer than usual weight to get your order
because asking for a freshly cooked item takes up more time and adds extra work for their employees
easy tricks like these aren't common knowledge who knew all you have to do is ask this little secret
hack could be the key to enjoying your fast food meal even more most flavors are recreated cake
flavored Pizza Pizza flavored cake fast food restaurants are often open about where their
food is produced or sourced but when it comes to the food processing details it seems like things
become more secretive the process of creating fast food items is intensive but it's what allows fast
food to be delivered quickly and live up to the fast part of the fast food name the drawback of
this processing of food is that it can remove many of the flavors and smells of the items fast food
companies fix this by recreating the smell and flavors using chemicals these help deliver that
mouth-watering scent of things like fries chicken nuggets and burgers these also help to enhance
the flavor to make sure your meal is delicious and will keep you coming back for more will you
come back and visit what's surprising is that even simple fast food items like french fries are made
with a bunch of ingredients to get that perfect fry look taste and quick frying time McDonald's
french fries have as many as 18 ingredients to deliver uniform delicious fries and of course
things like chicken nuggets need to be processed for quick cooking time and they're also made up of
several ingredients for this reason of course most fast food places don't advertise this to
you because somehow saying things like come enjoy our french fries made with 18 ingredients doesn't
sound quite as appealing as saying golden fries the clock is running at the drive-through no
oh I don't have time so employees can see and hear you at the drive-through but did you know
that they also time your order if you've ever been asked to pull forward or park in the parking lot
to wait for your order that ticking timer is part of the reason it means you've ordered something
that's going to take a little longer to prepare causing the service time to increase and slowing
down getting orders out to other people at the drive-through asking you to pull forward allows
workers to continue to meet their order times for other customers while still working on your order
this timer is also why it's more likely that mistakes in your order will be made when you
go through the drive-through you just can't keep up with it employees are encouraged to keep orders
under a certain time and so they're working as quickly as possible to get food from the kitchen
to your hands so they can meet their service time goals and avoid upsetting customers with long wait
times unfortunately the speed they're working at can increase the chance of errors on your
order a simple way to avoid a wrong order or a missing item in your order is to take a quick look
through your takeout bag before leaving this way if something's missing you can ask for it right
away or ask for the proper order while you may not be aware of it having a timer keeping tabs
on how long it takes to fulfill your order is secretly impacting customer service and the fast
food experience in a variety of ways burgers are mass produced this is probably a machine that mass
produces them it's no secret that fast food items are highly processed to make them faster to cook
and to get them into your hands more quickly but did you know that this process can mean that there
can be meat from hundreds of cattle in a single burger patty when you start to think about it
though this reality becomes less shocking the beef patties are mass produced and this means that all
the ingredients are mixed together and processed in large quantities the more food the better this
means that the number of cattle in a single beef patty goes up quite a bit in this process it's
fair to assume that a similar increase happens for other meat-based products like chicken nuggets
and fish fillets McDonald's is rumored to have acknowledged this but for the most part fast food
chains would prefer to keep these food processing secrets to themselves soft serve technically isn't
ice cream please never say soft serve ice cream again who doesn't love a soft-serve ice cream
cone or Sunday especially on a hot summer day it's what gets us all heading out to the nearest
Dairy Queen or McDonald's to indulge in a cool and refreshing Blizzard or McFlurry but did you
know that the soft serve desserts served at these places technically aren't considered ice cream
sure they contain dairy and their creamy ice cold and delicious but they're made with low-fat milk
content five percent so these frozen treats can't technically be called ice cream well technically
yes sure they contain dairy and their creamy ice cold and delicious but they're made with
low milk fat content five percent so these frozen treats can't technically be called
ice cream to be considered ice cream these frozen treats would need to contain at least 10 percent
milk fat but all that being said soft serve cones Sundaes blizzards McFlurries and any other creamy
fast food frozen dessert you can think of still delivers on taste many many lawsuits it's way
too much it's just too much seeing warnings on hot drinks that say things like careful hot has
always been rumored to have started because of a lawsuit against a fast food chain by someone who
burnt themselves on a hot drink but did you know that most fast food places have been sued and not
just for things like the hot drink incident but for things like false advertising and putting
too much ice in drinks there's something about becoming a large fast food chain that puts a
Target on your back places like Wendy's Subway McDonald's Burger King Taco Bell and Starbucks
have all found themselves in legal disputes with upset patrons and even upset ad viewers I'm
very upset false advertising tends to be the most common dispute with places like subway being sued
for their foot long not actually being a foot long it's just 11 inches McDonald's for not delivering
on the advertised size of a burger patty and Taco Bell for not delivering on their advertised prices
while some of these disputes make headlines it seems that for the most part fast food companies
try to keep these things to themselves your meal won't look anything like the picture I mean
in the commercial the commercial was a lie it's no secret that advertisers use tricks to make
products look more interesting and enticing but what you may not realize is that this
is also true of fast food ads and the photos on menu boards the photos are carefully edited and
crafted to make the meal look as delicious and mouth-watering as possible those grill marks on
the photos of burgers are fake there's even claims they're drawn on with eyeliner they're added to
create the illusion of a flame grilled Patty made just for you when in reality they're mass produced
the photo of the burger is airbrushed and each topping even the bun is carefully selected to make
the burger look like its absolute best I gotta get dressed for my photo shoot Burgers aren't the only
items dressed up like this every photo of menu items and meals have been carefully crafted to
capture and Intrigue your senses but the reality is when that same Burger is actually being made
for you time is of the essence so your burger is put together more quickly and with less emphasis
on how it looks the good news though is that the taste is still there even if the Aesthetics are
not enjoyed this video then you should also check out 10 Shady Secrets McDonald doesn't want you to
know or 10 secrets you never knew about KFC were even more fast food secrets are unveiled