McRib is returning!

[TheRobSJ]

I understood completely about the importance of the freshness with In n Out in this situation. As a work from home person and chronic delivery service app fiend, I wish I could just get some delivered to my door.

It's still hard to wrap my brain around it a bit though. Their concern is freshness but with their drive-through lines always backed up, what's the difference between somebody picking up an order and delivering it over someone picking it up in the drive through to bring home?

The difference is that they know that what is being handed to the customer is the freshest possible product. You’re encouraged to consume it right there. Do you know of any other fast food chain (other than Sonic whose food is such trash it really doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or not) that asks “will you be eating in the car today” when you order at the drive thru? They know they have to do to go orders to stay in business, but they will make sure that you are the one in control of how fresh it is. For example, I have actually watched on the little map of a Doordasher make the pickup 1/4 mile away (yes I was that lazy) and instead of coming right to me, they took a little tour of the area. Presumably making stops for other orders. All the while my order was getting cold

So I imagine In & Out wants to eliminate this wild card of are you first or last on your delivery person’s loop situation. They only want to deal directly with the customer. They gave it to you fresh. If your drive home took 45 minutes and your double double is now just a gelatinous mound of yellow and brown substance, that’s on you and you can’t blame a delivery service that sort of was acting as their agent.

 

[Kurosaki]

The difference is that they know that what is being handed to the customer is the freshest possible product. You’re encouraged to consume it right there. Do you know of any other fast food chain (other than Sonic whose food is such trash it really doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or not) that asks “will you be eating in the car today” when you order at the drive thru? They know they have to do to go orders to stay in business, but they will make sure that you are the one in control of how fresh it is. For example, I have actually watched on the little map of a Doordasher make the pickup 1/4 mile away (yes I was that lazy) and instead of coming right to me, they took a little tour of the area. Presumably making stops for other orders. All the while my order was getting cold

So I imagine In & Out wants to eliminate this wild card of are you first or last on your delivery person’s loop situation. They only want to deal directly with the customer. They gave it to you fresh. If your drive home took 45 minutes and your double double is now just a gelatinous mound of yellow and brown substance, that’s on you and you can’t blame a delivery service that sort of was acting as their agent.

Again. I get it. I didn't need you to mansplain it to me after saying I already researched it. I'm not mad at them for their position. They're justified in their position.

 

[Abacinator]

Boom! Suck it you filthy SPAM eaters.

That looks so unappetizing

 

[Eldritch]

I understood completely about the importance of the freshness with In n Out in this situation. As a work from home person and chronic delivery service app fiend, I wish I could just get some delivered to my door.

It's still hard to wrap my brain around it a bit though. Their concern is freshness but with their drive-through lines always backed up, what's the difference between somebody picking up an order and delivering it over someone picking it up in the drive through to bring home?

Who goes to a drive through and waits till they get home to eat the food?

 

[berth]

Who goes to a drive through and waits till they get home to eat the food?

That's about all I do nowadays.

Either drive through or pick up. It's more rare that we eat in the car than take it hone.

Part and parcel to this is striving to choose meals that travel well

Outside of pizza (simply because I mostly have a low expectation of delivered pizza), I don't have anything delivered. I have no faith in the 3rd party delivery agencies. The fact that restaurants are adding "tamper indicators" to their packaging is telling enough.

I have enough problems simply getting my order messed up even when I pick it up myself, I don't need a 3rd party taking their sweet time with my order or worse as well.

 

[Eldritch]

That's about all I do nowadays.

Either drive through or pick up. It's more rare that we eat in the car than take it hone.

Part and parcel to this is striving to choose meals that travel well

Outside of pizza (simply because I mostly have a low expectation of delivered pizza), I don't have anything delivered. I have no faith in the 3rd party delivery agencies. The fact that restaurants are adding "tamper indicators" to their packaging is telling enough.

I have enough problems simply getting my order messed up even when I pick it up myself, I don't need a 3rd party taking their sweet time with my order or worse as well.

Sure, I mean no one has been able to eat in a restaurant in 9 months, take out is kind of the rule, but for drive through food? Like, Fast Food is sketchy enough without waiting for it to congeal before you eat it.

I guess part of it depends on how long it would take you to get home from the drive through, but there is no drive through food I can get home in less than 15 minutes.

 

[TylerW]

Who goes to a drive through and waits till they get home to eat the food?

I hate eating in my car. I pretty much don't like doing anything in my car but driving in it.

I've had a weird and frustrating issue with contactless delivery lately: food will be delivered in a no-contact manner, even when we request it or not. What's worse is that the delivery is made with no knock, no doorbell, no phone call or app notification. I eventually check the porch and the food is there in the snow, for who knows how long - and it's completely cold at that point.

 

[TheRobSJ]

That looks so unappetizing

To each their own. But there’s more to food than just how it looks. About 5 years ago in Vegas I went to some super nice restaurant (at the top of the Rio I think). One the the few Michelin starred restaurants in town. And maybe the only Michelin starred place I’ve ever been to. Order some massively expensive lobster dish. And yeah there was a lobster tail there. On a bed of some mushy potatoey stuff with lots of other components all around it in some kind of sauce. Quite honestly it looked like someone barfed up a lobster tail into a plate. And it didn’t even taste that good. Thought the whole time (silently to myself) through dinner that McDonalds would have been a more satisfying meal that night.

Besides, you guys in here have been talking about SPAM. That shit looks about as appetizing as eating a cinder block.

 

[TheRobSJ]

Who goes to a drive through and waits till they get home to eat the food?

People who have nice cars and want to keep them that way.

I frequently get vehicles in the shop where the owners think that we’re going to warranty some button on the center console that doesn’t work. Sorry but warranties don’t cover buttons when they get all clogged up with crumbs and sticky remnants of spilled beverages.

 

[Eldritch]

I hate eating in my car. I pretty much don't like doing anything in my car but driving in it.

I've had a weird and frustrating issue with contactless delivery lately: food will be delivered in a no-contact manner, even when we request it or not. What's worse is that the delivery is made with no knock, no doorbell, no phone call or app notification. I eventually check the porch and the food is there in the snow, for who knows how long - and it's completely cold at that point.

Yeah, I'm with Berth on Zero Trust for Delivery Services. I do not use them. Ever since DoorDash, etc they have been a complete mess.

People who have nice cars and want to keep them that way.

I frequently get vehicles in the shop where the owners think that we’re going to warranty some button on the center console that doesn’t work. Sorry but warranties don’t cover buttons when they get all clogged up with crumbs and sticky remnants of spilled beverages.

Eww. What are these people doing with their food?

 

[bikewanker]

Boom! Suck it you filthy SPAM eaters.

Now that I’m properly motivated should I go with the standard McRob or the 2020 McBaconRib? I’m guessing Rob doubled up to avoid dealing with the sauce less bun top. Hope they’re on the menu long enough to get all of Rob’s options.

 

[TheRobSJ]

The bacon one is seriously the best variant so far. I’m gonna do two of those in another hour or so here.

 

[eBay Mike]

In the drive thru at McDonalds. Damn the line is long. One of the biggest annoyances ever is when someone is behind you, gets into the other ordering lane and comes out ahead of you because the driver in in front of you in your lane was slow.

Next time I will block until the next ordering menu opens/clears.

 

[eBay Mike]

3 bites and I’m throwing the McRib in the garbage.

The sauce isn’t my type and there’s too much of it. The meat isn’t bad as I thought.

Good thing I ordered a backup double Big Mac and some nuggets.

 

[Kurosaki]

I haz 2 MrRibz delivered right now. Will report back.

Who goes to a drive through and waits till they get home to eat the food?

Me? Especially since I'm usually on my bike. Not drive through but pick up and ride home. Even in my car, I wait til I get home. Manual transmission doesn't really jive with eating in the car.

 

[Kurosaki]

I hate eating in my car. I pretty much don't like doing anything in my car but driving in it.

I've had a weird and frustrating issue with contactless delivery lately: food will be delivered in a no-contact manner, even when we request it or not. What's worse is that the delivery is made with no knock, no doorbell, no phone call or app notification. I eventually check the porch and the food is there in the snow, for who knows how long - and it's completely cold at that point.

What directions are you putting in on whichever app you're using? Even without specific directions, I always get a text or notification from the app, usually both letting me know my order was dropped off, with a picture to confirm. I get one letting me know my order was confirmed, one saying the dasher is on the way, one saying it's been picked up, one saying they're near, and the last one saying it's been dropped off with picture.

If it's alcohol, they have to call me to check my ID, obviously.

Yeah, I'm with Berth on Zero Trust for Delivery Services. I do not use them. Ever since DoorDash, etc they have been a complete mess.

The issues you guys are having might be area specific. None of my friends have complained either. Not denying your personal experiences or necessarily 'defending' them. Any service industry is going to have human error. Like, I've never had a bad Lyft experience but I've heard some rideshare app nightmares for sure. Just curious because I don't normally hear these problems with the food apps.

The only problem I've had with DoorDash is some dashers calling me from the garage. (Townhouse. Garage and front door are on opposite sides. The street address is actually where the garage is.) Some are too lazy to figure out the front door is on the other side. But that's it. Orders are always fine.

Well, I had some issues when traveling to Selma for work but there's like 2 people working food apps in that ghost town.

 

[TylerW]

What directions are you putting in on whichever app you're using? Even without specific directions, I always get a text or notification from the app, usually both letting me know my order was dropped off, with a picture to confirm. I get one letting me know my order was confirmed, one saying the dasher is on the way, one saying it's been picked up, one saying they're near, and the last one saying it's been dropped off with picture.

If it's alcohol, they have to call me to check my ID, obviously.

The first time it happened, I didn't leave any instruction, because contactless delivery had gone fine in the past. The second time, I opted out of contactless delivery, because of the first failure. They did a contactless delivery anyway.

If there is a third time, I will explicitly tell them in the driver instructions to please knock, ring the doorbell, and call me simultaneously when the delivery is made.

 

[Kurosaki]

Verdict! The McRibberz is not bad. I wish the bun was a little more sturdy. Sandwich was pretty floppy. If it was a dollar or so cheaper, I'd probably put it in the category of weekend late night drunk food order. Then again, late night drunk food ordering is never a rationale decision.

The first time it happened, I didn't leave any instruction, because contactless delivery had gone fine in the past. The second time, I opted out of contactless delivery, because of the first failure. They did a contactless delivery anyway.

If there is a third time, I will explicitly tell them in the driver instructions to please knock, ring the doorbell, and call me simultaneously when the delivery is made.

Are sure you're not on some food delivery shit list?

But yeah, that's weird, man. Again, maybe specific to your area. I understand not trusting mothafuckas with your food though.

 

[Eldritch]

I haz 2 MrRibz delivered right now. Will report back.



Me? Especially since I'm usually on my bike. Not drive through but pick up and ride home. Even in my car, I wait til I get home. Manual transmission doesn't really jive with eating in the car.

I have done it. There are a couple of key factors.

1) You have to get stuff that is road consumable. Anything that drips won't work. In&Out simply won't work, those burgers drip grease. McDonlads basic cheeseburger or Chicken nuggets are perfect for no trace eating.
2) You need to get your layout right on the passenger seat before you start eating so you can drop the food if need be.
3) Road eating is freeway only. City streets are too much busy driving.

My car now is automatic, but the same rules apply on my rare fast food run. I think for me part of it is like, the only reason I get fast food is because I am rolling, pressed for time, and need to eat something.

As I write I think I am realizing that is part of it. I think it is hard for me to imagine a world where I would get that food if I had time to go take it home and eat it.

Not to say that some of it isn't very tasty, it is, but I am too old to eat that shit casually, I know what is in it.

What directions are you putting in on whichever app you're using? Even without specific directions, I always get a text or notification from the app, usually both letting me know my order was dropped off, with a picture to confirm. I get one letting me know my order was confirmed, one saying the dasher is on the way, one saying it's been picked up, one saying they're near, and the last one saying it's been dropped off with picture.

If it's alcohol, they have to call me to check my ID, obviously.



The issues you guys are having might be area specific. None of my friends have complained either. Not denying your personal experiences or necessarily 'defending' them. Any service industry is going to have human error. Like, I've never had a bad Lyft experience but I've heard some rideshare app nightmares for sure. Just curious because I don't normally hear these problems with the food apps.

The only problem I've had with DoorDash is some dashers calling me from the garage. (Townhouse. Garage and front door are on opposite sides. The street address is actually where the garage is.) Some are too lazy to figure out the front door is on the other side. But that's it. Orders are always fine.

Well, I had some issues when traveling to Selma for work but there's like 2 people working food apps in that ghost town.

I assume it is a tool for eaters in population dense areas. I live in a pretty large spread out suburban area now, bordering on rural, but even if I order a pizza from the place like 3 blocks away from me, since they changed from their own driver to DoorDash it takes an hour + and the food is dead cold when it arrives. I complained to the pizza joint when I went in there to pick up and they said it is because the drivers are stacked up with massive order loads from multiple restaurants spread around the City. It probably works good if you are in Oakland or Daly City or some shit, but not so much out in the sticks.

 

[Kornholio]

...(other than Sonic whose food is such trash it really doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or not)...

No one who eats 30+ McRibs in a month should be allowed to state that Sonic's food is trash. The fuck is wrong with you, Rob?

Cherry limeades, popcorn chicken and cheese sticks FTMFW.

Who goes to a drive through and waits till they get home to eat the food?

I hate eating in my car. I pretty much don't like doing anything in my car but driving in it.

This.

People who have nice cars and want to keep them that way.

Yep. It honestly doesn't even have to be a "nice car". There's nothing wrong with wanting to keep your dining to where it belongs. A vehicle is not a dining area same as your bedroom should only be for sleep and relations.