Comments on: Open letter to McDonald’s Germany GmbH & Co. KG

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:13:26 +0000

I once asked for extra pickles and they wouldn’t give it to me.
I have to pay 20 cents for a sauce…

Has anyone noticed they don’t have smiles (free) on their menu???

By: Florian Blaschke

Florian Blaschke — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:54:07 +0000

OMG! It took me until TeeTotallyNot’s posting until it finally dawned on me that all the talk about “hash browns” was NOT just a strange joke because I believed all along that what you guys meant was brownies made with hashish! LOL!!!

To my shame, however, even after reading the article on Wikipedia I still don’t get the Oreo joke. Anyone care to explain? A German perhaps?

Daniel-Bremerhaven: Actually it’s “… frißt er nicht”, using the verb normally appropriate for the peasant’s animals and thus expressed in a rather vulgar manner

Sabine: Perhaps because Develey is German and not British?

By the way, I’m really not that picky with my food, especially when I’m ravenous, but even then McD’s burgers just taste awful. Any other American fast food franchise I can tolerate, but not this one.

By: Sprachsynthese

Sprachsynthese — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:10:27 +0000

Ketchup is free in McMenüs.

By: captain complaino

captain complaino — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:53:50 +0000

have to say that i despise mcdonald’s, but what’s the deal with charging for ketchup in germany? it’s tomato, sugar and water…just ridiculous.

By: Brynhild

Brynhild — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:16:21 +0000

Genau, supersize yourself in your own kitchen.

By: Mrs Gossenhauer

Mrs Gossenhauer — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:35:47 +0000

Maple sirup … that makes me wanna puke!

By: edelbabe

edelbabe — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:22:34 +0000

Heya!

First up, I’ve had breakfast at McD’s both in the US of A and Germany and I can say that you are absolutely right: what the hell were they thinking when they started compiling that piece of plastic they call breakfast here in the sauerkraut country?

No maple sirup, no buns, no bagels, no donuts (most of the time)… I always feel like I could as well go on a diet before thinking of eating there for breakfast again.

Furthermore, why the hell does a burger-shop like McD’s refuse to sell me a Big Mac or anything else from the regular menu before 10:30? Are they nuts? I digged the times when (after a good night out) I could shove a burger and a coke into my little thummy at 7 in the morning. Now, I would starve if I’ld wait for them.

Bah, and now it’s “monopoly” time over here in Germany and woaw, I won an “instant gift” - a Jochen Schweizer Handytasche (which translates to “a bag for your mobile phone from Jochen Schweizer) - and guess what: they are not able to hand it out… for weeks!!! (Please feel invited to check out my German blog in the “Qualitätssicherung” category if you want the full story.)

Anyway… I’ve got something I promised myself for 2010: I will not buy anything from McDonalds in Germany, I won’t eat anything from McDonalds in Germany but I will get on their nerves all year long.

Bah, it’s time for another trip to the States - at least they know what a burger should look like and when to serve it! And for breakfast, I can dive into an all-pancakes-you-can-eat breakfast with ample of maple sirup!!!

Until then, I think I’ll visit my kitchen where I create my own superb burgers. And the ketchup is free too!

By: Daniel-Bremerhaven

Daniel-Bremerhaven — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:05:58 +0000

First off, I’m german and this site is great for both nations. A lot things here stay the same out of sheer habit. We even have a proverb “Was der Bauer nicht kennt, isst er nicht” which translates to “what the peasant doesn’t know, he won’t eat”, which in turn fully applies to this post.
As posted here befor, we now have the McGriddle over here. It’s like nothing we have over here, it’s like a little piece of food with every taste possible, from sweet to salty! it’s amazing and altough I don’t eat breakfast at McDonald’s very often, I’d have a McGriddle every time. It’s true, what’s the use of having a McDonalds, if all you can get there are ‘germanized’ products? Why call a quarter pounder with cheese a McRoyal? I wouldn’t be surprised if they would start to serve something like McWeißwurst…

By: TeeTotallyNot

TeeTotallyNot — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:13:02 +0000

What, no hash-browns?!?!
Next thing you’re gonna tell me you can’t get coffee at McD.. Oh.

By: Paramantus

Paramantus — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:41:33 +0000

biscuits? what the f…?! don’t know anyone who likes this food from hell…