Mildly Interesting - People

[AndyD]

Good for them.
But McDonald's sucks. Plasticky food in inadequate buns with salty fries.
Vanilla milkshakes being the exception, slurp slurp.

I had my first taste of their food(I use the word loosely) in my late 20's and it has always been my least liked takeaway.
I usually try their 'special' burgers...
so Thursday evening having been out, we roll into the drivethru, to be told the heatwave means their shake machine ain't working(?) so I get a Big Arch.
Arrives looking a pale shadow of the photo and after a couple of bites turns to mushy cheesy bits ensuring my shirt, trousers and car all need a wash.
I just wanted a cold vanilla milkshake.

Thankfully MrsA usually prefers KFC. We get a boneless bucket, and I repeat my joke about the bucket coming in useful if the food makes us feel icky.
We don't go often. So many better options on which to spend your £20.
Burger King

[CHAS]

Coffee was usually not bad back when I was drinking coffee.
"Quarter Cheese" was the order in my student days.
The local Mc is not easy to get to and there are better alternatives near it.

[AndyD]

Starbucks is my go-to on journeys and as a tourist. They're all over England now. Large mocha with 4 sugars keeps this driver alert

[wtg]

@AndyD said:

Large Grande mocha

FIFY

[AndyD]

Si Señora.

[wtg]

@AndyD

Oops. Turns out I'm behind the times. Grande used to be Starbucks' biggest size, but now...

The history of Starbucks drink sizes:

https://www.dictionary.com/articles/starbucks-trenta

[jon-nyc]

My understanding is you can still order a short it’s just not on the menu. I haven’t tested that in about 15 years, but that was well after they introduced the venti and took the short off the menu.

Once I ordered a grande and the woman didn’t hear me well and said ‘venti?’ I said ‘no, sedici’. No one but me laughed.

[AdagioM]

Short tepid nonfat latte used to be my SBUX order of choice. I tried that in NYC and the young woman behind the counter didn’t know what tepid meant.

[AndyD]

So they're of Italian origin (mea culpa, wrongly assumed American Spanish influence).
You know how we Brits are with languages. Nearly everything here including Starbucks uses small/medium/large.

Seems McD only do small. Small chips, small packets of chips, small buns. Smaller burgers too.
It's shrinkflated.
Still, got to love the golden arches logo.

[AndyD]

@AdagioM
Never realised the coffee machines did anything other than frothy hot or icy cold.