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The Plight of the McDonald’s Dollar Double Cheeseburger
Has anyone else noticed the malevolence McDonalds has subtly petered onto the American public? Now I’ve always been a closet BK fan, but I loved Mickey-D’s image, so I chose to go there instead. I am a cheeseburger freak. It is my heroin. I love almost all cheeseburgers, and even though the Big Mac is the only burger on the planet that has thus far made me vomit, and as having said before truly being a BK fan at heart… McDonald’s prepared the godfather of all burgers, the proverbial burger light acting as a beacon that all other burgers should strive to be like… the double cheeseburger, but even more poetic: the dollar double cheeseburger. For one single greenback you could be the proud owner of a McDonald’s double cheeseburger. Arguably the best tasting burger and most ingenious marketing ploy ever. Two simple patties, with two slices of cheese with ketchup and pickles on a bun. It’s simplicity was it’s magic! Delicious in all it’s horrific high calorie glory. I would polish off three of these with every meal I had at the golden arches. I found myself craving them like drug addict. And I certainly wasn’t the only one!
All across America, people were learning the sad truth… first that the dollar double cheeseburger was no longer a dollar:
What happened to the once great McDonald’s? Have they gotten so rich and powerful that they feel they can just toy with our emotions and randomly yank menu favorites away from the public? I’m not just talking about the dollar double cheeseburger; remember the exquisite barbeque McRibwich sandwich? A meal so delicious and publicly demanded after it’s removal from the menu that it even actually inspired an episode of the Simpsons! The quality of McDonald’s food isn’t exactly noteworthy, but is it possible that the standards have been lowered even more? I’ve succumbed to my fast food fetishes and easily and comfortably restrain myself to Burger King, even though I really avoid fast food altogether nowadays in the struggle to eat and live healthier. But what about the corporate devils who sit high atop the arches and sneer at the public that put them there, is there no justice for them? Will they eventually throw their double cheeseburgers at the masses like stones at an adulterer as in the days of yore? Even if they do, I wouldn’t buy it... even for a dollar.
Has anyone else noticed the malevolence McDonalds has subtly petered onto the American public? Now I’ve always been a closet BK fan, but I loved Mickey-D’s image, so I chose to go there instead. I am a cheeseburger freak. It is my heroin. I love almost all cheeseburgers, and even though the Big Mac is the only burger on the planet that has thus far made me vomit, and as having said before truly being a BK fan at heart… McDonald’s prepared the godfather of all burgers, the proverbial burger light acting as a beacon that all other burgers should strive to be like… the double cheeseburger, but even more poetic: the dollar double cheeseburger. For one single greenback you could be the proud owner of a McDonald’s double cheeseburger. Arguably the best tasting burger and most ingenious marketing ploy ever. Two simple patties, with two slices of cheese with ketchup and pickles on a bun. It’s simplicity was it’s magic! Delicious in all it’s horrific high calorie glory. I would polish off three of these with every meal I had at the golden arches. I found myself craving them like drug addict. And I certainly wasn’t the only one!
So like a junky constantly needing a fix, I returned to the king of all fast food joints when what to my wandering eyes should appear on the dollar menu? Or rather, what doesn’t appear on it!? The dollar double cheeseburger! No longer is the heavenly tasting burger about the Washington, now it has climbed to $1.29!!! Okay, so call me a cheapskate. “30¢ Dave, is it really gonna’ break you?” In a word; YES! Many, many, many a time have I driven by the arches, scrounging through the ashtray where I keep my change for tolls in desperate hope of finding a dollar to feast upon such a delightful snack! Besides, it’s the principal of the matter! One dollar, one cheeseburger! Simple math, simple marketing, simple happiness. But now that was gone! Of course, how long can an addict resist? And so I forked over my $1.29 for one solitary lonely cheeseburger. I unwrapped it from it’s wax papered home and looked lovingly upon that cheap bun on top, prepared myself for bliss and sunk my teeth in. Wait a minute… the taste… this cheese, it tastes like the powdered stuff you put in Macaroni and cheese! The pickles are stale! The meat is dry! What evil is this!? And as my mind went into a panicked frenzy, I did something I’ve never done before… I threw away my cheeseburger.Docnzhoss said:
All across America, people were learning the sad truth… first that the dollar double cheeseburger was no longer a dollar:
And second that it started to taste like crap. I was open minded though, I went back several times to sample the double cheeseburger, only to find out time and again that it really didn’t taste right ever again. Was it because it was no longer a dollar? Did that small fractional increase in price ruin the taste? Perhaps all was not lost, when one day my wife and I were watching television and a commercial for McDonald’s came on proclaiming the return of the double cheeseburger to the dollar menu! We were overjoyed, and come lunchtime the next day, we headed over to our local Mickey D’s to return to dollar double cheeseburger delight. But we were met instead with a slap in the face. The double cheeseburger had in fact NOT returned to the dollar menu, but rather sat in it’s semi-new and awkward home on the regular menu for $1.29! I contemplated falling for the bait that evil b****** Ronald McDonald laid out for us, but instead left the drive-thru and headed across the street to Wendy’s.KermieBaby47 said:
What happened to the once great McDonald’s? Have they gotten so rich and powerful that they feel they can just toy with our emotions and randomly yank menu favorites away from the public? I’m not just talking about the dollar double cheeseburger; remember the exquisite barbeque McRibwich sandwich? A meal so delicious and publicly demanded after it’s removal from the menu that it even actually inspired an episode of the Simpsons! The quality of McDonald’s food isn’t exactly noteworthy, but is it possible that the standards have been lowered even more? I’ve succumbed to my fast food fetishes and easily and comfortably restrain myself to Burger King, even though I really avoid fast food altogether nowadays in the struggle to eat and live healthier. But what about the corporate devils who sit high atop the arches and sneer at the public that put them there, is there no justice for them? Will they eventually throw their double cheeseburgers at the masses like stones at an adulterer as in the days of yore? Even if they do, I wouldn’t buy it... even for a dollar.