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Tommy Siegel | Bluesky
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Single panel comic
Illustration of a highway with 3 billboards for fast food chains. A bridge is visible in the background, as are power lines running along side of the service road.
Each billboard has a chain logo, with secondary text below.
Wendy’s
McDonald’s
Burger King
I haven't been out to eat since the pandemic. And, the more I read about how much it's changed for the worse, including how ridiculously expensive it's become, I don't think I'll ever eat out again.
Whoa nellie.
I mean, I guess it depends on your area and such, but there still great places to eat out if the situation allows for it. Of course groceries are cheaper, but some places are still affordable.
I wouldn’t touch any of the comic’s chains though. I think I went to a McDonald’s once since the pandemic, for a quick breakfast while on the road, and it was indeed disproportionately expensive. But (as an example) taco Tuesday at Rosa’s Cafe is still reasonably priced here.
There's a major fast food place near my office that is 100% app-ordering only. They have locker lined up like PO boxes on the outer wall where you pick up your order, and you can't talk to anybody. They call it a "Digital Kitchen".
You're allowed to tell us the name of the fast food chain
Not in this case. I'm already uncomfortably close to doxxing myself with my comment history, and that last detail would probably absolutely nail who I am.
I went to Mc’dicks after seeing this. The fuck is wrong with me?
Run everything in a sandbox ftw. Nothing touches the host ever. No apps talk to one another and you have total control of data going in and out of each sandbox.
Or just eat real food.
I was more so going at this from a general point of view as it's not just fast food apps with that behavior. In the age of data mining it's safe to assume the vast majority of apps/services are doing this..
No app, no food? no money.
Yeah if a place is app only, I'm not eating there.
Whenever I order stuff at McDonald's, it's been over a femtosecond since my last visit, so the app has logged itself out. So I always need to sit down and re-login. With mandatory 2 factor authentication. No TOTP, of course, it sends the code to email.
Welcome to McDonald's. Papers please.
Can we talk about the Taco Bell app that was updated last week and looks so absolutely vibe coded that it broke nearly everything and now it takes like 10x times to find or order anything because you get to see pictures of everything that take 45% of the screen real estate ?
Vibe coded by the CEO himself
McDonald is the only one that I’m aware of which won’t let you order without an app. For this reason I do not eat there.
EDIT: I mean advance ordering. You can’t place an order for pick up without their app.
You also pay more for food without the app.
You cant buy McDonald's now without an app?!?! What?
Ive seen a McDonald's where they have touch screens inside and you need to use those, do you mean that as well? Those are gross too with the shared screen.
You can 100% buy mcdonalds without an app. Not sure what OP is on about.