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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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 Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: McDonald's ran out of everything; almost |
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Fast food rant. I visited my local McDonald's at the Changwon Homeplus store and it was out of everything, except bulgogi burger, shrimp burger, fries, and ice cream. No Big Macs, no chicken sandwich, no big tasty, and no cheeseburgers. I suspect that the young woman was too lazy to cook some more up, but I didn't press the issue. Instead, I ate some kimbap with green tea.
Is it common for Mcdonalds to run out of the beef patties and cheeses used in Big Macs and bacon cheeseburgers or might they just not want to prepare it?
This is during lunch time, but this McDonald's is only busy on weekends and never on weekdays unlike those in big cities like Busan and Seoul. |
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renzobenzo1
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Suji, Yongin
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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My McDonalds intake has increased markedly since I arrived in Korea.
Sadly with no Burger King in my area, a refusal to eat supposed beef burgers from Lotteria that taste like pork, and not wanting to fork out 13,000 won every time I want a burger from TGI's, my post Supersize Me watching boycott of McShit has been lifted...
However to answer your question...do you mean they were out of ingredients or wouldn't get off their ass to make any new food? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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It's Korean planning. The Dunkin Donuts near me (in Nowon) was always out of donuts Friday night by 8 pm. They are open until 11 pm. It never occurred to anyone "hey, stock up Friday night. Instead of selling them a coffee, we can sell a coffee and two donuts."
What I ended up doing, since I knew I was going to hit that DD after work Friday night, I bought my friggen donuts at another DD at lunch time, threw them in a bag, went to the Nowon DD, ordered a coffee, and pulled out my damn donuts.
WHERE'D THAT ROCKET SCIENTIST GET THE DONUTS! |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Mindmetoo is right. As hard as it is to believe, it's just poor planning. You will see it quite a bit if you look. I must admit, I don't know how this country works sometimes... |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: McDonald's ran out of everything; almost |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
Fast food rant. I visited my local McDonald's at the Changwon Homeplus store and it was out of everything, except bulgogi burger, shrimp burger, fries, and ice cream. No Big Macs, no chicken sandwich, no big tasty, and no cheeseburgers. I suspect that the young woman was too lazy to cook some more up, but I didn't press the issue. Instead, I ate some kimbap with green tea.
Is it common for Mcdonalds to run out of the beef patties and cheeses used in Big Macs and bacon cheeseburgers or might they just not want to prepare it?
This is during lunch time, but this McDonald's is only busy on weekends and never on weekdays unlike those in big cities like Busan and Seoul. |
I wouldn't put up with that kind of nonsence. I consider the inside of any McDonalds restaurants, American soil. Just as if I'm standing in the American Embassy. Its seems like all they had was Koreanized rubbish.
Whoever was serving you was right out of line to allow that to happen. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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My grudge against McDonalds is that they bloody stop serving breakfast at 10.45, when they aren't supposed to stop until 11. EVERY SINGLE FUKKING TIME we went there at around 10.40/45, they'd tell us that breakfast was over. I was like WTF?
In HK and the UK, they'd serve until 11.15 or so!  |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| It's Korean planning. The Dunkin Donuts near me (in Nowon) was always out of donuts Friday night by 8 pm. They are open until 11 pm. It never occurred to anyone "hey, stock up Friday night. Instead of selling them a coffee, we can sell a coffee and two donuts." |
Nevermind 8pm. The Crown Bakery near my place runs out of fresh bagels by 8am... and won't make any more! "Look, making 6 bagels a day is just not enough". |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:15 am Post subject: |
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Homeplus changwon is lazy...the always have the stuff, just don't want to cook.
just tell them what you want, they will cook it.
KFC is better anyway....oh tower burger.  |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
It's Korean planning. The Dunkin Donuts near me (in Nowon) was always out of donuts Friday night by 8 pm. They are open until 11 pm. It never occurred to anyone "hey, stock up Friday night. Instead of selling them a coffee, we can sell a coffee and two donuts."
What I ended up doing, since I knew I was going to hit that DD after work Friday night, I bought my friggen donuts at another DD at lunch time, threw them in a bag, went to the Nowon DD, ordered a coffee, and pulled out my damn donuts.
WHERE'D THAT ROCKET SCIENTIST GET THE DONUTS! |
Guess you're right, I went to a Dunkin Donuts in Daegu one morning around 9am and drank one cup of coffee. When I asked for more, they said they were out of coffee. No more. Sorry. So I made my 1 hour journey to Starducks. |
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Optimus Prime
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
My grudge against McDonalds is that they bloody stop serving breakfast at 10.45, when they aren't supposed to stop until 11. EVERY SINGLE FUKKING TIME we went there at around 10.40/45, they'd tell us that breakfast was over. I was like WTF?
In HK and the UK, they'd serve until 11.15 or so! |
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:34 am Post subject: |
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My girlfriend and I always get the exact same thing at McDonald's: 2 Happy Meals with 2 extra Hamburgers on the side. (Not each, folks)
The other day, she surprised me at work with our standard fast food meal, and three of the four burgers were "hamburgers" with bulgogi burger patties.
Vomit. |
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Billy Pilgrim
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
My grudge against McDonalds is that they bloody stop serving breakfast at 10.45, when they aren't supposed to stop until 11. EVERY SINGLE FUKKING TIME we went there at around 10.40/45, they'd tell us that breakfast was over. I was like WTF?
In HK and the UK, they'd serve until 11.15 or so! |
McDonalds breakfast is foul. They are trying to help you out here. |
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renzobenzo1
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Suji, Yongin
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: |
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KFC customer service is absolute crap in my area.
The food is crap too
They serve luke warm chips...
Also one time they expected me to wait 8 minutes for 2 chicken tenders. I mean just give me a goddamn breast instead. I took the money and stormed out. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:08 am Post subject: |
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I've had the "sorry we're out" routine more times than I can count in Korea. It's a weird thing. Basically I just expect whatever I want to be out of stock and plan ahead for an alternative. One time I was told at TGIF that they were out of hamburgers. How do you run out of hamburgers? Sold all the meat, bread and vegetables in the whole damn restaurant or what? (ahhhh prefab shaight restaurant.. that's right..)
| tzechuk wrote: |
My grudge against McDonalds is that they bloody stop serving breakfast at 10.45, when they aren't supposed to stop until 11. EVERY SINGLE FUKKING TIME we went there at around 10.40/45, they'd tell us that breakfast was over. I was like WTF?
In HK and the UK, they'd serve until 11.15 or so! |
And they start serving it at like 4 in the morning! Unbelievable. I had a really late night at work last week. I mean like you know.. it was 3:45am when I left to go home. Drove 40 minutes, figured McDonald's was the only thing open besides nasty kimbap heaven, and walked inside. Sorry, only breakfast.
I was too delirious at that point to care, but it is weird. But this drunken ajoshi who ordered after me was absolutely crestfallen. He tried to order every burger on the menu with the cashier explaining each time that there is only breakfast food. I felt bad for the guy. It's McDonald's--where the FISH are the hamburgers!? is what he must have been thinking. |
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lucas_p
Joined: 17 Sep 2007
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Consider it a blessing.
I know I will get flamed for this, but you guys shouldn't be eating that crap here OR back home... |
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