Wednesday, September 10, 2008

MacDo's... observations

So I spend a lot of time at Macdonalds here, simply because they offer free internet (although most of the time Sher and I are considerate enough to actually pay the ridiculous price for a bottle of water), and each time I notice some new interesting fact about MacDo's in France. I'm just going to keep adding to the list as I go along.

1. Other than the ordinary repulsive smells of fake food, the place is actually nice. Tables set out nicely, you can eat outside on the terrace... it doesn't really have the traditional cheap feel of Macdonalds in Canada.
2. Along with your Perrier, you can also buy beer. Yup, if a big mac and beer is your thing then just head to MacDo's and you're set. I have no idea if there's an age limit or what, I mean, this is France after all.
3. For the washrooms (free public washrooms are very hard to come by in France!), there's a code that you have to enter which is written at the bottom of your receipt. ie: buy something to get the code and then you can use the washrooms. Ya but, you really only have to ever buy something once, or maybe twice to get the gist of it, because the code is always the same. And not exactly easily forgotten either: 1234. So in case you find yourself in France, needing a washroom and not too far from a Macdonalds.... I wouldnt be surprised if it was the same in all of the locations lol.
4. They bring your food to you. Yups, service at a Macdonalds... what?! I'm not saying it's fine dining or anything though obviously... kind of reminds me of 60's diners where they'd be on rollerskates and bring your food up to your car or whatever.

3 comments:

Shannyn said...

wow... you really make it sound so high class... I could NEVER see macdonald's having free internet and good service! WOW! lol.

megs099 said...

ya I know eh?! By the way, I know you had told me how to do this last year but I JUST figured out how to open up the comments thing to anybody.. oops!!! PS that means you all should write comments cuz I miss you!!!

Anonymous said...

Hey Meaghan! Wow..MacDonald's in France is like Pizza Hut in China. Such great service. It's like a fancy upper class hangout place for young people. Hehe you should try buying some beer and see if they actually check for ID or not. Keep posting on your blog! it's interesting to read about all your adventures.

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