what are you doing uh we we don't do
that here
while any dietitian will probably tell
you that eating fast food is a mistake
we're not here to be a debbie downer so
let's all put our fast food egos aside
and check out these
10 huge mistakes everyone makes when
eating fast food
forgetting to ask for it fresh i want
the fresh baked buns
i want the fresh baked buns this one is
so simple
and that's what makes it so awesome
there are so many different fast food
hacks out there with people suggesting
all kinds of ways to play the system in
order to get your food as fresh as
possible
from timing your order to certain times
of the day to pick restaurants that are
busier with the idea being that they are
constantly making fresh food to keep up
with all the orders
then there are those people who will
tell you to ask for no pickles when you
order any sandwich that normally comes
with pickles
where are those pickles pickles pickles
some of these may work
and some may not but the only real way
to guarantee your food is fresh
each and every time is to just ask for
it all you gotta do is ask nicely
according to a former wendy's employee
the wendy's that they worked at would
always give fresh
anything if it was requested and this
was backed up by a mcdonald's employee
who said that at their location whenever
people ask for fresh food
they honor the request it may mean that
you have to pull up and wait extra time
for your food
but it doesn't matter much to the staff
so if you're willing to wait a little
longer
just be honest and ask for fresh
buying one instead of multiple smaller
items
i want 30 sliders 5 french fries and
four large cherry cokes
this one sounds obvious now but
sometimes it's not so
obvious when you're in the midst of
ordering off the spares displayed menus
at most fast food restaurants
prices in fast food joints usually vary
depending on the location of the
restaurant but a lot of people have been
pointing out on social media that
ordering
multiple smaller items could be more
cost effective than getting a larger one
i got the whole me right here let's take
mcdonald's mcnuggets for example
instead of getting an order of a 10
piece mcnugget check out the price of a
six piece
you may just realize that purchasing two
six-piece boxes ends up being cheaper
than the price of that one box of ten
and even better than that you would be
getting two more mcnuggets
by saving money wow that sounds like a
really good deal
and if the math doesn't work there you
can always try with three boxes of four
pieces
you get two again and you save money yes
it involves doing a wee bit of math and
let's face it when we're hungry math is
the last
thing we feel like doing but it does
sound like a pretty sweet deal to save
money and get exactly what you want
and sometimes even more it's just
something to think about next time
you're contemplating your next meal
options
eating the food as it is why don't you
just eat it okay
you go to a fast food restaurant you
order your food and eat it
that's pretty much how we all do it and
we aren't telling you that doing it that
way is
wrong but if that's the only way you
ever do it
let us tell you that you are missing out
on some really delicious possibilities
a krispy kreme donut is great on its own
but have you ever tried cutting it in
half like a bagel and using those halves
to make a sandwich
it's a donut sure it might sound crazy
but trust us on this one
or at least trust chef cassie faust who
once said
in an interview that for the best
grilled cheese sandwich of your life
slice a donut in half and fill it with
deli ham or bacon
and cheese butter a skillet grill your
sandwich on both sides
and enjoy next you can take a bowl of
wendy's chili and mix it with some
homemade mac and cheese for what chef
lewis donald calls a
yummy chili mac dish mac and cheese
chili pizza on a bun these days you can
get a big mac with bacon but before the
chain added it to their menu
or if they ever take it away frying up
your own bacon to add to the burger is
also a great option
providing you don't eat everything you
order on the drive home
which let's be honest is really a 50 50
proposition to begin with
getting a chipotle burrito or taco what
i wouldn't give for a big
mess of tacos right now
like most of the list this particular
faux pas isn't a mistake because it's
bad per se
anyone who's ever had a chipotle burrito
or taco knows how amazing they are
there's no arguing that however if you
don't mind just a little assembly work
on your own
there is a way to get more of the
delicious stuff all you have to do is
order a bowl
bowl and yes you might think why would i
order a bowl
unless i'm on some kind of eat less
bread diet well
because when you order a bowl you get
more food it's as easy as that
employees are able to scoop more
chipotle goodness into the bowls than
into the tacos or burritos
but then you have to forsake the burrito
right
wrong when you order a bowl at chipotle
you are
also allowed to ask for a taco shell or
a tortilla
for free yes nothing is better than free
food
now all you have to do is assemble your
own mexican sandwich sure that means a
little more work to do after you sit
down at the table but it seems well
worth it to us
and you'll also have extra food on the
side of your burrito
something you don't get when you have
the folks behind the counter
make it for you ordering soup at panera
bread
stop that soup we know that few things
go together as well as soup and a
sandwich
even on its own soup is often a great
meal option
that is unless you happen to be a panera
bread we don't want to throw total shade
at the chain because we do enjoy many of
their food offerings and hear good
things about most of the menu as well
except for the soup an ex-employee even
confessed how the soups are actually
made and how over-hyped they are
the employee explained how all the soups
were frozen in a bag before being
shipped to the restaurant
they would saw them out using a
re-thermalizer
which is basically a sink full of
heating elements to boil water
apparently that sink wasn't cleaned
regularly
if ever and bags of soups were often
opened with
office scissors which is not the most
hygienic the only good news is
it sounds like the problem doesn't come
from the soup itself but
more from the way it's served to you so
if this kind of grosses you out but
you're still a fan of the soup you can
always purchase the prepackaged panera
at home soups which you can probably
find at your local grocery store
that way you won't have to say goodbye
to your precious beloved soup
only ordering from one restaurant did
you get fries from across the street did
you bring jimmy pesto's fries into my
restaurant
think fast which fast food restaurant
has the best fries
which one makes the best coffee which
one has your favorite hamburger what's
the chain with the best chicken burgers
and who makes the best salads they're
all so different
unless your answer to each of those
questions was the same then
you've probably never experienced the
most perfect
fast food meal you can have let's say
you love a whopper but
acknowledge that mcdonald's makes the
best fries and who doesn't love a side
order of kfc
popcorn chicken now doesn't that sound
like one amazing fast food meal
so next time you have a craving for fast
food why not make your way to multiple
restaurants to create your perfect meal
we are going on a road trip and yes this
may involve a little extra time and
travel around but
probably not that much in most cities
you can find multiple fast food joints
in close proximity to each other
and with the various food delivery
services it's even easier each item will
be brought to you
and you won't even need to leave your
couch even if it isn't something you
would do
all the time the perfect fast food combo
meal is something
everyone needs to try at least once and
if you do it once
we are pretty sure you will do it again
getting your drink with ice you ask for
a couple of ice cubes in your drink
unless the drink is cheap whiskey or a
below average quality rum
you shouldn't be getting it with ice so
when it comes to the drink portion of
your fast food meal
make sure to always request it without
ice
small coke no eyes small coke no ice the
most obvious reason for this is that the
amount of space the ice takes up in the
cup means less room for the soda
which means you aren't getting all that
you paid for but that's just
one reason not to get your fast food
drink on the rocks
you don't have to have the mind of
sheldon cooper to know what happens to
ice when it melts
and where does all that melted ice water
go
right into the cup further diluting your
drink
if you've ever wondered why your coke on
ice doesn't taste as good at the end of
the meal it is likely because
by the end you are drinking
coke-flavored melted ice water
and yet another reason not to have ice
in your drink because
for most of us if there's ice in the cup
we are going to end
up chewing on pieces you want some ice
it'll keep me cool and while chewing on
ice is fun
and does bring with it some odd
satisfaction
it is also a very bad for your teeth so
if you keep the ice out of your cup it
is much easier to keep it out of your
mouth as well
the good news is that these days many
fast food restaurants have
self-service drink stations and they
just provide the cup
this means you don't even have to
remember to ask the worker serving you
to not put any ice in it
and you can take care of it all by
yourself
ordering from the secret menu is that on
the menu
it's on the secret menu secret menu
items should generally be avoided when
it comes to fast food restaurants the
first reason is that they often don't
actually
exist yes there are some fast food
places that have specific items they
will make that aren't listed on the menu
however most restaurants don't offer
such items now how about a beer in a
baked potato
ah that sounds nice we don't serve baked
potatoes and asking about them
and especially insisting on them won't
do anything but piss off the people
serving you
as well as the other people waiting in
line behind you
also while it might make you feel cool
knowing about some special meal no one
else knows about
there's a good chance that not every
employee at the restaurant
knows about it either which means they
haven't really been trained in preparing
it
i can't put a patty on a bun with
lettuce cheese onions tomatoes ketchup
mustard pickles and top bun together in
that order
and that usually doesn't bode well for
the quality of the item
in question so in general it is
recommended that you just stick to what
is actually on the menu or simply to
tell the employee the exact
recipe you want without calling it by
its secret menu name
that way you get what you want without
confusing the workers
checking your order at the drive-thru
and they forgot my pico de gallo
we've all had the experience of ordering
fast food via the drive-through
grabbing the bag and driving off only to
find out when you are already home
that there is something missing from
your order where's my mac and cheese
at that point most of us are too hungry
and lazy to bother
driving all the way back so we of course
understand the desire
and need to check one's order before
driving away from the restaurant
however for the sake of the employees
that work there please
check your order in the parking lot and
not while sitting at the drive-through
window
as one former fast food restaurant
employee pointed out on reddit a lot of
people don't realize that there are
timers installed in the drive-through
and once those times get up to about 60
seconds
the boss starts flipping out on the crew
because they aren't working
fast or hard enough the timing standards
were confirmed by
multiple other ex-employees and even
managers
failure failure you are behind schedule
wow that's fun
working at a fast food joint is already
hard enough let's all do what we can
to not screw them over by messing with
their time numbers when we don't have to
asking for fries without salt and i said
no though
no thought you might have heard about
this hack a few years back and even
today people will still tell you that
the best way to guarantee some hot and
fresh fries at a fast food joint is to
ask for them without
salt since most fast food places salt
their fries directly in the bin it would
make sense that by ordering some without
any salt they would need to make a new
batch just for you
oh for me technically it's true and we
aren't saying it doesn't work
but as it turns out there is a much more
effective way to get fresh
salted fries this is going to sound
crazy but
just ask for them to make you a fresh
batch
one mcdonald's fry cook said online that
there's a 90
chance that people read some life hack
on reddit that says to get fresh fries
just ask for no salt all you need to do
is just
ask for fresh and they're more likely to
give them to you
it's that easy you have to ask me nicely
again asking for no salt could also work
but another employee explained that the
fry person will then need to wipe down
the station
the fry scoop and clear the area to keep
salt from contaminating the new batch
the fry person might not even fill up
your container as
full due to this fuss continuing to say
that if any
fries fall out of the bag or container
they won't put more in because the rest
of the fries may have already been
salted
so the moral of the story just ask for
fresh fries
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