Brad McConahay

In 1984, I decided that I would never again eat at McDonald’s. I wanted a Big Mac with only cheese, ketchup, and mustard, and they flat-out refused to make it. And so started my official personal boycott list of companies that piss me off. Yes, I realize that nobody cares about this list but me, but that’s okay. It’s just a matter principle and it exists for my own satisfaction. It’s not a list that’s written down and there aren’t very many companies on it. But with few exceptions, it’s a list I stick to.

So today, the wife and I were trying to decide what fast food we might get for lunch. Normally we would choose from Burger King, Arby’s, Gold Star, White Castles, Frisch’s and a few others – but never McDonald’s.

While discussing who has the least offensive fries, we agreed that McDonald’s always had some of the better fries in the realm of fast food. Then I mentioned how much I loved their strawberry shakes … long story short … we decided to get McDonald’s. I threw my arms up ceremoniously and declared them officially removed from my boycott list. My wife snickered, “I’m sure they’ll breathe a sigh of relief.”

Here’s how it turned out. The following picture shows two things:

1) I ordered a Big Mac with cheese only, and

2) the order is double-checked by them for accuracy. I’d assume that the sticker is placed on the box only after it’s inspected. Pretty damn impressive!

Now, here’s what was actually in the box.

Argh! The cheese is there, but so is what I assume is “special sauce” with scary looking green crap in it. Foul stuff. It was on both layers, so there was no salvaging the sandwich. And to top it off, they totally forgot to include the order of fries! I can only guess that this order wasn’t in any way actually double-checked.

For good measure, here’s photo of how small the McDonald’s meat patty has become.

That’s really sad.

Wow, less than an hour after lifting their 21-year boycott, McDonald’s found their way right back onto my list. “Ba da ba ba bahhh… I’m hatin’ it.”