<![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast" - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast" - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @RINO-Marty: Seconded.

jook

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> it's not even a quarter. You probably wasted more money with the electricity it took to call them, email consumerist, and internet access.

If I got all huffy about every time I had a not so pleasant experience and a store, consumerist would have double their postings every day.

Fortunately, that is not the case.

smackswell

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> My solution would be: If the clerk hands you a cup that's 2/3 the size of what you ordered and calls it a breakfast large...hand him 2/3 the money the large costs and tell him it's breakfast money.

Difdi

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> More than two years ago (when I used to drink soda) I ordered a super-sized Diet Coke every morning from McDonalds and never had any problems.

PinkNightmare

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit:

"Wtf bitch, waste my Consumerist time with your coke story!?

Go buy your Coke at one of the other 1,000,000+ fast food store!"

Seriously, what the fuck is this? People who post here usually have real problems. No one gives a shit about you getting jobbed out of 4oz of sugar water.

If you're hot you'd better post us all some nude pics to make up for this, unless you're a minor of course. BTW, that last sentence wasn't perverted at all...really.

gomakemeasandwich

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @lincolnparadox: That explains why sodas at McDonald's taste nasty and watered down.

FLConsumer

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> And this is why there's so many people in this country who weigh 450lbs.

synergy

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @chicagocooper: Wow, as a Coke connoisseur myself, I have to respectfully disagree. I don't know if it's just the McD's around me but it has the absolute worst Coke I have ever tasted. I have complained a couple of times to manager. One time it tasted so horrible I parked my car (I had gone through the drive-thru) and went in and told them they must have given me Diet Coke by mistake. They gave me another Coke and it was just as bad. So then I asked them to use a different machine thinking maybe the syrup in the machine was low. (I really wasn't purposely trying to be a jerk and i apologized to them for being a pain) The Coke from another machine was just as bad.

After a few other visits resulted in the same nasty Coke I stopped ordering it. I buy my food at McDs and drive across the street to Popeyes for my Coke. (Which has the best Coke for a fast food IMO)

Lambasted

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> actually, howie, it does if you have diabetes.

anyhoo, what i wanted to say was, this very sweet lady at the mcdonald's where i live rang up my small diet coke with my order, but handed me a large size cup, telling me in a conspiratorial manner that they ran out of small cups. i promised that a) i wouldn't tell, and b) i wouldn't fill it up all the way. she just smiled and gave me a wink. they aren't all evil.

kittenfoo

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I was once refused by a McDonalds employee because I wanted pop at breakfast time and according to her, "We only sell juice and coffee for breakfast."

lasciate

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Barbarisater: The Honey Mustard is for the Chicken Selects and therefore bigger than the BBQ which is for the chicken nuggets.

BugMeNot2

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @chicagocooper: Not true. Friendly's Restaurant has the best fountain Coca-Cola in the USA. (I almost said 'on earth' but the real-sugar stuff is pretty amazing too.)

HungryGrrl

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @headhot:
There's this thing called high fructose corn syrup... It's bad for you.

tweemo

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Time to get one of their $1 small drinks.

"Excuse me? I would like to exercise my option to get a free refill. *gulp gulp gulp* Um, I would like a free refill. *gulp gulp gulp*. Um, I would like a free refill. *gulp gulp gulp* What do you know? You could have given me the large I asked for and charged me more money, you dumb f***!"

course, I can't guarantee you won't get sick trying this.

crazydavythe1st

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Televiper:

All I wanted was a pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me. Just one Pepsi.

Jericho114

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Four words: Seven Eleven. Big Gulp.

bwcbwc

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> If the person wants a large Coke at breakfast, what is it to you?? It's not about the .24 cents, it's about the size of the drink. These stories are hilarious, as you couldn't make this stuff up on TV. Not the OP, but the employees reasoning.

MrBill38

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @generalhousewifery: She told you exactly who needs a large pop at breakfast time. Someone that wants SOME pop at breakfast time and enjoys the fact that the large will last her the entire work day. Besides, what's it matter when she drinks it? It's still got the same amount of sugar and calories in it at 6pm as it does at 10am.

NinjaMarion

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I swear to Gawd, I wish I could run a website like this, trace down IPs, and just go beat the fook out the idiots who post stupid shit. What's funny is half the people calling other people fat, probably are fat themselves, it's just the internet disguises their identity, and they try to fit in with the cool skin kids online by acting like their one of the cool skinny kids.

Fook the cool skinny kids, their life is probably complete shit anyways =)

Have a nice day!

Phildawg

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit: Due what a fatty does, take a 2 liter in to work with you =) lol, I'm making fun of myself btw as I do this. I don't drink it all in one day, but usually it's gone within 2 days, worst case would be 3 days =) I say worst case cuz it gets kinda flat on the 3rd day.

Phildawg

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> A lot of dickheads posting on Consumerist today.

mgy

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Buran: my friend used to work at mcdonalds, this once happened to me too. he said it was because they sort of dial down the breakfast service once its 10am, so sometimes they run out of breakfast stuff a little early, but other times they have stuff that can last them till 10:45.

i never really thought about it, but know that i think about it, sometimes when i order breakfast combo with a soda (yes i have soda in the mornings lol) they give me a small cup and other times i get a medium cup. its not that big of a deal to me, but im sure if i said something they would give me the next size up.

pine22

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Televiper: INSTITUTIONALIZED!

My best interests? How do you know what MY best interests are?

FightOnTrojans

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Why does this remind me of the movie 'Falling Down' where Michael Douglas shoots up the place for not serving him breakfast.

JayDeEm

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @sam1am: Could you pleasew post your diet here so we can see a perfect example of what we should be eating and drinking on a daily basis? Oh, and your exercise regimen as well.

joemono

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @homerjay:

Actually, it's "Diabeetus"

LUV2CattleCall

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Televiper:

Me and your mom have been noticing lately that you've been having a lot of problems, you've been going off for no reason and we're afraid you're gonna hurt somebody, we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself.
So we decided that it would be in your best interest if we put you somewhere where you could get the help that you need.

trujunglist

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I'm going to have to agree with others - just stop drinking Coke. Seriously. It's like diabetes waiting to happen.

sam1am

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Rather than post here and get tossed into the "big festive box of agitated howler monkeys" (absolutely the quote of the week), why not take your complaint to McDonald's website?

I recently had an issue with poor customer service at a local McD's and I went and navigated through their site to the local manager's comment page, and left them my comment. Within four hours I had an email from a national customer service rep for corporate, and a response from the local manager. Both offered positive solutions to my issue, which was similar to this.

They can't retrain employees if they don't know what's going on.

scoosdad

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit: wtf? that's the very definition of being a complete dick, or a poor troll.

firesign

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]>

Yeah, I meant to post this pic: [www.flickr.com]

Alex Chasick

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I was under the impression that this was a consumerism website, not WeightWatchers. I guess I was wrong...

DrCrippen

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @twophrasebark: Haha, thank you!

@dotcomrade: And you too, for the video.

Moosehawk

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Coke might be interested in this story, considering this ad...

Alex Chasick

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @twophrasebark:
That scene was classic! Thank you!

Here's the video:

+ Watch video

dotcomrade

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @twophrasebark: I was having a shitty day but you just made my whole fucking week!!

Juggernaut

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Murph1908: Difference is, is that coffee doesn't casue weak bones.... soda does. OP really needs to reduce her cola intake...

rellog

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Myself, I keep a dozen small juice boxes, a box of granola bars and fruit cups around (at home *and* in my desk at work) in case I'm late out the door.

It's cheaper, it'll keep, and it's better for you/me.

P_Smith

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit: Right on!

Asvetic

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> There is nothing - NOTHING - better than an ice cold Coke the morning after the night before. Plus since you chug it so fast you get the meatiest burp to cheer you up.

JDAC

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @amyschiff:

You're asking me if nearly 3 cans of a coke is excessive? Yes, it is excessive. Just because you're drinking from one container doesn't constitute "one" coke. I can fill a garbage can with coke and I suppose it'd be just "one" can of coke too, right?

32 ounces of lemonade? Yes, that is also excessive. Stop it.

spince

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Sorry I'm late on this but for accounting purposes this would be a bad setup for this McDonalds. If the employees were instructed to hit the same key for a large coke at 10:29am and give out a 21oz cup compared for a large coke at 10:31am (after breakfast) for a 32oz cup it would make for a inventory nightmare. It would also be silly for the McDonalds to segregate a key for a breakfast coke since they are limited on the number of active buttons appear on an average POS system. This is either a undertrained counter person or a really dumb nickle and dime tatic I see at many independantly owned franchises. The places where the manager's bonus is solely dependant on the store's P&L for the period.

plustax

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I've been having a coke with my breakfast for years now. My mom thought It was bad, until my dad explained it to her like this: there's less syrup in the coke, than what's on your pancakes. If you can eat pancakes for breakfast, a coke, is actually not as bad as far as hfcs, or sugars.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Re: eat-in and take-out tax: I actually live in a jurisdiction where we have a special tax on restaurants (HRA="Hotels, Restaurants, and Amusements"), which is a municipal tax and funds our civic center. (Which was supposed to be self-supporting by like three years ago, but that's a different issue.)

Anyway, eat-in is always the HRA tax rate, but certain kinds of take-out are NOT the HRA tax rate but just the regular sales tax rate you pay on convenience foods at the grocery store.

I'm not really sure what the differentiater is (I pay HRA on take-out and drive-thru at McFood), but then I pay like five or six different sales tax rates, depending on if I'm in the city or out in the county, if it's "stuff" or "food and drugs," if it's HRA or not, etc. So sales tax is always a mystery surprise on the end of my bill!

Eyebrows McGee

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @cybercjh: Hey, hey. I must stand up for Coke addicts everywhere. Don't knock Coke for breakfast till you've tried it. In the summer, I often prefer a Coke over hot coffee unless I am eating something sweet. But with sausage, eggs or hashbrowns, I'll take a Coke over coffee any day.

I am surprised she couldn't get a large Coke. This is a first I've heard of McD's limiting drink sizes--even for breakfast.

Lambasted

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @ehlaren: And apparently it'd be okay with them just as long as she ordered a DIET Coke for breakfast. Which, incidentally, is my usual breakfast. Need the caffeine, can't stand coffee. I love the tasty, tasty chemicals that are Diet Coke.

Eyebrows McGee

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Ive been eating breakfast at McDonalds for years.. and its always been like this. Never thought it was a big deal.

ProjectGSX

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> INT. ROADSIDE CAFE - DAY

All four are seated at a booth. The women have
given their orders and a WAITRESS stands above
Bobby, waiting for his:

BOBBY
(looking at his menu)
I'll have an omelette, no potatoes.
Give me tomatoes instead, and wheat
toast instead of rolls.

The waitress indicates something on the menu with
the butt of her pencil.

WAITRESS
No substitutions.

BOBBY
What does that mean? You don't have
any tomatoes?

WAITRESS
(annoyed)
No. We have tomatoes.

BOBBY
But I can't have any. Is that what
you mean?

WAITRESS
Only what's on the menu...
(again, indicating with her pencil)

A Number Two: Plain omelette. It
comes with cottage fries and rolls.

BOBBY
I know what it comes with, but
that's not what I want.

WAITRESS
I'll come back when you've made up
your mind...

She starts to move away and Bobby detains her.

BOBBY
Wait, I've made up my mind. I want
a plain omelette, forget the
tomatoes, don't put potatoes on the
plate, and give me a side of wheat
toast and a cup of coffee.

WAITRESS
I'm sorry, we don't have side
orders of toast. I can give you an
English muffin or a coffee roll.

BOBBY
What do you mean, you don't have
side orders of toast? You make
sandwiches, don't you?

WAITRESS
Would you like to talk to the
manager?

PALM
Hey, mack!

BOBBY
(to Palm)
Shut up.
(to the waitress)
You have bread, don't you, and a
toaster of some kind?

WAITRESS
I don't make the rules.

BOBBY
Okay, I'll make it as easy for you
as I can. Give me an omelette,
plain, and a chicken salad sandwich
on wheat toast -- no butter, no
mayonnaise, no lettuce -- and a cup
of coffee.

She begins writing down his order, repeating it
sarcastically:

WAITRESS
One Number Two, and a chicken sal
san -- hold the butter, the mayo,
the lettuce -- and a cup of
coffee... Anything else?

BOBBY
Now all you have to do is hold the
chicken, bring me the toast, charge
me for the sandwich, and you
haven't broken any rules.

WAITRESS
(challenging him)
You want me to hold the chicken.

BOBBY
Yeah. I want you to hold it between
your knees.

twophrasebark

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Papagoose: if you can't handle coffee, green tea is a much better choice than diet anything. I know it's intimidating, but even in America not every beverage needs to be sweetened.

In the old days, sugar (not HFCS) soda was considered a "treat." Generally it was served in an 8oz real glass, and you would enjoy it not unlike Pimms cup, twirling your parasol and observing the river on a Sunday afternoon.

Presently, you have people with front butts waddling through the generous asiles of Wal Mart, gasping to the soda section, eager to mainline the closest 2 liter of diet Whatevs

(Hey, I blame society for my elitist rantings!)

richcreamerybutter

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Come on now. It's McDonalds. If you order a Big Mac and get a turd sandwich are you going to be surprised? She should be glad there weren't bodily fluids added to the coke.

Snullbug

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @howie_in_az:

I'd rather eat sugar than a chemical. Call me crazy ...

radleyas

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> McDonald's uses the words "eat in tax" and "take out tax" both to refer to regular sales tax. Notice there is no sales tax on the receipt?

This was in the news a few years ago and was discussed by McDonald's Corporation. And they use the same amount for both. It's just fancy wording, nothing different than what you'd normally pay if it said "sales tax".

thesabre

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit:
Exactly!


Derp

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @radleyas: Once you get used to the diet flavors it's really not bad at all. In fact, non-diet sodas taste entirely too sweet now that we've moved to diet soft drinks.

Then again, ordering McDonalds and a Diet Coke does not compute.

howie_in_az

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Wow, what the heck is "Take Out Tax"? Do we have to start ordering all our food "for here, and can we please have a bag?"

nytmare

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @Papagoose:

Yeah, it's nasty and full of fake chemical sweetener. Foul. I'd stick with HFCS and/or sugar any day of the week.

radleyas

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> You know, they do offer something called Diet Coke nowadays. No sugar in there or so I hear.

Papagoose

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Shoulda asked for a liter of cola.

Moosehawk

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Do you notice the receipt says "TO GO"

Then "To Stay"

Then "Take Out Tax"

chemmy

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @fostina1: and as for the cokes in the morning my mcdonalds gives me the senior discount on cokes and im only 30. lol.

Holy shit, I didn't know the premature aging due to McD products was that extreme.

richcreamerybutter

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Alright, I go to McDonalds maybe once a year so the question I have when reading this is: wouldn't it cause less confusion on both sides to charge accordingly for the "correct" size cup (e.g., a small cup=a small drink) and just not sell drinks like OJ in larger sizes?

Coffee would be exempt from this scenario because it comes in its own special cups, of course, but IMHO it doesn't make sense to sell a medium as a "large", etc. with drinks that use a regular soft drink cup.

SpaceCat85

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Whatever happened to "The customer is always right?"

Honey, I'm not in any way condoning what takes place in this "coffee" scene, but it always cracks me up when I see it--note--this video is NSFW--contains what some may consider offensive language and violence.


+ Watch video

Ethel.Mertz

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @edosan:
The posts are even more hilarious due to the fact that in the article she clearly explains that she buys a large coke in the morning and it lasts her THE ENTIRE DAY.

Seriously, is this place turning into digg or something were people just start posting their opinions without reading stuff?

ehlaren

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> You know, I was going to write into Consumerist about this very thing. I parked my car after getting this at the drive-thru and went in. I asked the person at the counter why I couldn't get an xtra large diet coke with breakfast. He said that I could and didn't understand why I the drive-thru cashier wouldn't change it. I'm guessing someone got some training about it.
Sometimes, I think that the drive-thru people don't want to interrupt the "machine" to fix a simple problem that puts a halt to the "machine."
Also, I'm kind of ashamed how many comments criticize the decision of getting coke (or diet coke like mine) for breakfast.

pezjohnson

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> To all the people saying why is she drinking soda in the morning? Well what if she works at night and that was her "dinner"? Should be able to get what she paid for regardless of time of day.

y2julio

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @sohmc:

I think you might be more observant than the average person. I don't think I ever even really look at the folks at any fast food places. Of course, I'm always going through the drive-thru, so my focus is usually elsewhere.

But, when I think of it, they all sorta look alike at fast food places. All the gals have their hair in a pony tail, the guys are clean shaven .. they're in uniforms. They're designed to not stick out.

radleyas

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I think the important think to note is that she didn't mention who was serving her. I know all of the people that work in McDonalds here. Not personally, mind you, but I know a new face when I see them.

My guess is that the person is new.

linus

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Lay off the broad for wanting a coke in the morning. BFD. If I can have a mocha in the morning, what would be the problem with having a coke? They're both caffinated and sugary. Does the delivery system really matter?

That being said, I think I would have ignored, and then imbibed it anyway. I don't have time to worry about that sort of shit in the morning.

radleyas

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I'd be willing to bet a large McD's coke is waaaaay healthier than 70% of the drinks Starbucks sells in the morning.

This complaint is probably just one employee who was new or just unfamiliar with the morning shift. If you go back tomorrow, I bet you'll get your large coke.

eelmonger

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Everyone's "nobody should drink Coke in the morning" posts are hilarious. If the story was "I wanted a Coke, they wouldn't sell me one" those same people would want to EECB McDonald's.

Anyway, sounds like a poorly trained employee rather than any sort of policy to me.

edosan

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @spanky: Awesome!

Post of the day.

Imaginary_Friend

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Here in Indiana McD's has been running advertisements claiming all sodas are a dollar regardless of the size. Didn't think the deal was region locked.

Ramrod

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Maybe you should have asked for the Venti.

backbroken

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @chicagocooper: @lincolnparadox:

McD's Coke also has reduced acidity.

Greasy Thumb Guzik

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @generalhousewifery: I do. I don't drink coffee, and hate all hot liquids. So a soda is how I get my caffeine in the morning. It sure made me fat and I've now cut back to only one soda a week, but I can absolutely see why someone would want a soda in the morning.

johnperkins21

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Everyone here only drinks coffee or soda? Where are all the tea-drinkers!?

*sip*

Balisong

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Sounds like your bowels need cleansing. Next time, order an Egg McMuffin with your Coke. I guarantee it will clean you out within 2 hours!

parrotuya

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Whenever some fast food place screws me out of a couple of cents and I'm faced with some blank stare or an obtuse manager, I continue to talk to them, just to keep their attention, but I make my way over to their condiments stand, where I grab four to six dozen ketchups, a couple hundred napkins, and as many straws as will fit into my bag, and then I smile, wave to them, and walk out.

Black Bellamy

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit: Officially banned! I just checked his profile. His ability to leave comments is diabled! :)

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @fostina1: All their soda is the best, because they clean the lines/pipes/whatever in the soda fountain once a week. Most other places hardly ever clean it, so their soda is full of crud.

At least that's my theory.

fakezen

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Nothing like 32 oz of flavored corn syrup to start the day!

pauljunk

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> i suggest requesting the breakfast-dinner medium beverage. its bigger than a lunch-supper medium, but smaller than a dinner-lunch large.

mammalpants

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> The McDs near our house has a new policy they won't sell small sodas with breakfast combos. You have to order coffee, OJ or medium or larger sodas. You can get small sodas with lunch combos (not that I've tried, I can only barely handle McDs "breakfast" anymore. Their lunch/dinner menu causes unpleasantness...)

I did speak with the manager and she confirmed it was policy (for at least that store). It's okay with me, just another excuse not to go back.

ctaylor

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I'll tell you who needs a large soda at breakfast(besides myself)- People whose only opportunity to obtain a soda is in the morning before work. We don't all enjoy sipping office coffee all day long, some of us like a good old fountain drink. Sometimes there are few things more satisfying, IMO.

OP- next time save yourself $.65 & a headache & just get a Big Gulp at 7-11.

kabuk1

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @ThinkerTDM: But sugar does cause di-a-beetus.

@Televiper: LOLs @ suicidal tendencies

ChuckECheese

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> It seems like just yesterday that the Consumerist was a place to go for consumer help. Today, it is a place to go for uneducated people to make fun of your food choices. Most of the comments turn out to be:
"It's your own damn fault for buying..."

Oh, and sugar doesn't cause diabetes.


ThinkerTDM

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Oh, good, I want to join in on the ridicule. What kind of idiot drinks Coke in the morning? ... There. That felt good.

smoothtom

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> LoL go buy a 2 Liter and a cup

jmschn

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> It seems that a lot of commenters missed this line: "and always order a large coke since it's really the only time during the day that I will be out... and it will last until it's time for me to go home so again, convenient..."

She's not drinking a large Coke all at breakfast, she's drinking it throughout the day.

That being said, I'm sure it's just a matter of bad training (confusing it with the juice policy).

Neophiliack

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> They once refused to sell me a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit because it was 10:25.

Excuse me? I want a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit when I want it, not when YOU think I should have it. And their sign said 10:30 was when breakfast ended.

Buran

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Consumerist, I'm calling BS on deedrit. That is outright abuse. He should be banned.

RINO-Marty

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @chicagocooper:
i agree. mcdonalds coke is the best coke.


fostina1

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> i had a large coke with my breakfast sammich just yesterday morning and the cup was so huge it coulkd barely fit into my cup holder. so ashamed.

wellfleet

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Gimme a liter o' Cola!

It's breakfast? Gimme a liter o' Cola, or I'll punchasize your face!

CaliforniaCajun

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> These comment threads just get more awesome all the time. It's like waking up Christmas morning and unwrapping a big festive box of agitated howler monkeys every single day!

A giant box full of angry, obese howler monkeys.

Yeah, I said it. You fat. All of you.

spanky

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> my mother in law drinks unsweet tea. she used to get it for like $.99, all of a sudden they started charging her 1.49. she went to complain after sometimes they charged her the old price and sometimes the new. it turns out that if you buy a sweet tea and hold the sugar you still get it for .99

and as for the cokes in the morning my mcdonalds gives me the senior discount on cokes and im only 30. lol. ohh and it pissed me off when they got the monopoly game and took the size of the 1.00 menu fries down to a small. man that made me mad.

fostina1

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @ the "Stop drinking so much soda" crowd.

She said this soda "Lasts all day". I know people in my office who down at least 2-3 "large sodas" worth of soda each day. Sure I'm as un-fond of watery-luke-warm soda as the next person, but go find a real soap box.

FTR: I drink the equivalent of maybe 1 can of soda per week on average.

TakingItSeriously

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @apotheosis: Morgan Spurlock is the worst thing to happen to free choice. All his self-righteous movie showed is that addictions are self-destructive and self-imposed.

WingZero987

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> filed under "choose your battles"...next to "who gives a shit"

BillyMumphry

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Happy happy flame war. Sheesh!

@chicagocooper: McD's went to Coke and asked for a special recipe that would only be sold at McDonalds. They use a special mix of HFCS and sucrose. Plus, the stuff is "made fresh" for them, so it doesn't contain any preservatives. But, this is true only for regular Coke. Diet coke and other drinks have the same sodium benzoate/potassium sorbate poison that you get everywhere else.

lincolnparadox

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I'm not going to criticize anyone's choice of morning drink. What you drink is your choice.

However, I noticed that you ate in-store. Just about every McDonald's in the country offers free fountain drink refills to customers that eat in-store. Why not just buy a small and fill it three times if you want that much soda? Yes, you should have been given a large cup and McDonald's was in the wrong for saying otherwise. However, I think as a consumer, you can make a better purchase by buying a small drink and refilling it.

thesabre

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> What about us people who work midnights? That coke at 7AM or so is NOT breakfast for us.

PS - soda for breakfast? Yuck. But if it's what you want - get what you paid for.

HalOfBorg

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I thought the clerk's explanation of "A breakfast large is really a medium" to be hilarious. However, the whole "blame the victim, she must be fat...because she drinks coke" is just crazy.

B

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Came to make fun of Mcdonald's pricing for soda, stayed for all the abject trolling.

highmodulus

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Here's the real issue.

Customer unhappy. Wants a large Coke. Cost to McDonald's: almost zero.

Answer: Give customer large Coke.

Problem solved!

twophrasebark

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> try another mcdonalds?

pine22

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Sweet the trolls have arrived.

rainmkr

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Now, you see, that's a problem. You order a large coke, pay for a large coke, and they give a medium coke and a lie. Bad move McDonald's. Then, you think you'll offset this by ordering a supersize drink? Bad move consumer.

If you think you've been cheated, you're not getting anywhere by accepting the price and then complaining later. You've still been cheated. Ask for a refund on the cup or the whole order, then go somewhere else or do without. If you really, really need that large coke from that McDonald's, and you're willing to eat the extra cost, no matter what the reason for it, then by buying it you have just told McDonald's that you think their price is fair. You get one or the other: the purchase or the complaint. Not both.

chrisjames

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Well their costs are most likely going up due to gas prices (as about any business' would be) and this could be there way of keeping steady. Those .24c could be a huge deal to them when many people attempt to buy morning cokes, that'd be really simple way of bridging the profit gap that was created.

So they're not 'padding their pockets'

sisedi

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> What is with all the comments implying that the McDonald's worker is basically doing Rachael a favor, since no one needs a large soda in the AM?

The fact is she's the consumer. If she wants a large soda in the morning, she should be able to have it. It's not fair for McDonald's to change the soda terminology throughout the course of the day. That's just confusing. A large is a large, a medium is a medium, and a small is a small.

How would you like it if your large coffee in the morning suddenly became smaller at night because McDonald's doesn't think people need caffeine before bed?

mike13241

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Oh the humanity!

snead

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit: You know, because you were forced to not only read it, but comment on it as well.

Luana Arrrr

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @snoop-blog: Calm down... There's no reason to bring donuts into this!

Shutaro

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> personally who gives a crap about if others chose to eat healthy. I'm glad some of you do eat healthy but it seems you now have a new disease: SMUG!

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Order a cup of water and fill it with soda for free.

edrebber

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Yeah have you ever had syrup on pancakes? Well there's syrup in coke so get off it with you doughnut eating asses.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I always get a Diet Coke in the morning (from my local 7-11 it's cheaper) but this would piss me off. Some of us prefer Coke over coffee.

Twilly

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I don't think it's any malicious intent to scam you out of pop. It just seems like the girl really didn't know better.

If you really want to save money, get a two-liter from a grocery store. At least by me, they're usually on sale for $1.25-1.50ish. It's probably the cheapest option out there.

juiceboxonfire

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @SkokieGuy: Truely hilarious! I laughed very hard at that one.

btw: I love an ice cold coke or MD in the morning! It's my "cofee". I just had this same bs experience this morning at bk but I just took it like a little bitch and drank the damn shit. I wish I was petty damn it!!!

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @chicagocooper: You know, now that I think about it, you're right.

Maybe it would be better with pure cane sugar?

AD8BC

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Large morning Coke.

Yeah, that's healthy.

Is this the part where we're supposed to feel bad for her or something?

bobblack555

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @amyschiff: A "large" Coke at most fast food places is pretty much excessive no matter how slowly you drink it, in my opinion. Now that I don't drink soda regularly, drinking more than 6 oz or so of that stuff starts to make me feel gross due to all the sugar.

johnva

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> McDonald's does have the best Coke. It's just better than the can or any other merchant. Sad.. but very true.

chicagocooper

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> To all those fussing about her buying a soda at breakfast.
First of all, so what? You don't have to drink it.
Second, are you condemning her as you sit with your ultra-large Starbucks next to you?

Some people don't like coffee.

However, I do agree this is a stupid thing to focus on.
One idiot employee on a random morning makes for a Consumerist article?
Sheesh.





Mariajl

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Come on people. Look at how many of you have missed the point of this post. It's not about the rights and wrongs of drinking soda, be it in the morning, super size, or at all. The consumer was wronged and you waste your comments. Suppose she ordered a large bottled water and got a small one? All you people would think about is that silly chemical in the plastic.

She lost 25 cents, plus tax probably. As a proportion to McDonald's sales, it is so close to zero it doesn't matter. But as a proportion to the cost of her meal, it is probably 7 to 10%.

So stop bitching about what people put in their body. She isn't complaining that she got a bellyache from the Coke and McDonalds should be held responsible. Let her put into her body what she will.

Keep your posts on topic, please.

AD8BC

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> When I used to live in CA, a large is a medium cup...however, now I live in TN and when I say a large OJ, they give me a large OJ.

And yes, I do get large sizes when I have the crave but I do burn it off when I get my daily exercise @ the office gym.

vlv723

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Please, more blame the customer posts.

Who cares at what time of day she wanted the soda, or how much she wanted? It's on the menu, and obviously she got shafted for the medium. Not a huge issue, but it would piss me off a bit too.

Wreckoner

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I had a coke this morning, and I'm not obese. Its call exercise.

Coke is my preferred form of caffeine. Some people dont like coffee.

Is a coffee in the morning filled with sugar and milk really that much better then a Coke?

@deedrit:

headhot

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I am a morning cola drinker. I find it humorous when the coffee fiends comment about my morning pop. They get their caffeine hot, I take mine cold.

Murph1908

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> WAIT! they don't have supersize anymore? after... GROOVY!

LucyInTheSky

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> probably someone who is dumb and decided to just mess with people. Unless the store was owned by an owner/operator and the just changed their policy randomly. If its owned by McDonalds, stuff doesn't just change. I would have asked for a manager and made a HUGE stink, especially if its a privately owned store.

chrissyq21479

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> To add to that, back in my high school days, I worked at a McD's.

One day I was in the back cooking and a manager came back and yelled at me for putting 2 slices of cheese on a double cheese burger.

I took him out to the front and showed him the picture, clearly showing 2 pieces of cheese offset by 45 degrees.

He still insist that it was one slice. I told him to go into the back and find me the 8 point slices of cheese. He then dropped it.

The point of the story is that to become a manager of a McD's all you need it the ability to not be able to find another job.

headhot

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Recent McD story: Order McNuggets, want Honey Mustard. That will be an extra 24 cents a pack but I can get the BBQ and not be charged. WTF?!

Barbarisater

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I pretty much hate soda (and coke in particular), but this customer is totally right: she was charged for a large, they should give her the fricken large coke. Or a refund for the difference.

I have a feeling if she stood there holding up the line, the cashier would've caved before she did.

Imaginary_Friend

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> deedrit:
Bitch? You've chosen to read this post and are wasting OUR time with your asshat post.

Go read another one of the 1,000,000 online posts that are more of interest to you.


SkokieGuy

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Yea they fucked up.
Soda is always the same size, OJ is one size smaller.

headhot

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Yay! Diabetes!!

homerjay

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Sounds like an confused employee to me. Like the complainant said:

A large OJ comes in a "Medium" cup.

A large COKE comes in a "Large" cup.

If you did indeed work at McDonald's, you would know the most effective means of conflict resolution is grabbing the person wearing a tie with no hat, commonly referred to as a manager.

Later,
Chrome...

Chrome

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @spince: Umm excessive quantities constitutes 1 coke over approximately a 9 hour period?

I would imagine that the same price issue would apply to all fountain drinks. So what if i REALLY wanted a LARGE lemonade (which would also be a fountain drink) in the morning? Then would you tell me to stop drinking excessive quantities of that too?

amyschiff

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> No, she saw how OBESE Rachael is and felt compelled to slow her eating rampage. Because someone who orders Coke in the AM has to be obese.

deedrit

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> "Could the extra $0.24 mean so much to them?"

Well, it means so much to YOU, so why not to them too?

sgodun

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> "Mom can I have a Pepsi" "No, YOU'RE ON DRUGS" "Mom... I just want a pepsi" "No Mike, You're on drugs"

Televiper

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I can't see this as being a real rule at McDonalds...Surely a dumb employee.

Gokuhouse

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> A large Coke @ breakfast. My stomach hurts just thinking about it.

cybercjh

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> No one needs a large size coke in the AM. Its funny people want McD's to take responsibility for their food and sizes, but then we criticize them for not serving large sodas at 10am.

ToniRockyhorror

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I think just employee error rather than penny pinching.

Asking for a supervisor probably would have resolved the issue if you had the time to doit.

eskimo81

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> @deedrit: Seriously?
You have taken blame the consumer to a whole new level.

Skrizzy

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Damn you, Morgan Spurlock!

apotheosis

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Here's your solution: Stop drinking Coke in excessive quantities.

spince

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Wtf bitch, waste my Consumerist time with your coke story!?

Go buy your Coke at one of the other 1,000,000+ fast food store!

deedrit

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I've found that McD's around me all have different "size versions" depending on the location and time of day. I've never been able to figure out the code (nor do I fight it--I don't have the time). Most of the time it's with OJ in the AM. Some give a large in a medium cup, others give a large in a large plastic cup. Sometimes they screw up larges later in the day too.

Munsoned

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> I really want to say "who needs a large soda at breakfast time" but it's her business if she wants one. Maybe a new/young employee? That's pretty awful though and I probably would have told them to remove the soda from the order. They make so much profit on the sodas that it's ridiculously silly to try and squeeze more profit from them.

generalhousewifery

]]> <![CDATA[McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"]]> Sounds like poor training to me, the employee is probably thinking of the juice (and coffee?) sizing.

fluiddruid

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