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Refused Service!
This is amazing. I was just going out for a burger and yes I was refused service at McDonalds. I had gone through the drive thru before and served but not this time. It was at 12:00 at night - I really wanted a burger - when there were no customers and they still refused to serve me. I am not much on vengeance but what can I do about this or is there nothing to do
Thanks,
Jonathon
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Talk to management in the morning. Meanwhile read the super jumbo thread on the topic found with a simple search
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ght=drive-thru
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ght=drive-thru
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I've tried to go through the drive thru at Jack in the Box, when then lobby was closed, due to lack of employees, so I went to the drive thru, and they said that bikes werent allowed in it
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We are cyclists, what are you doing eating that greasy stuff? I haven't eaten any fast food (McDonalds, Burger King) for many, many years. On my biking commute I do pass by a few McDonalds and Burger Kings and other fast food restaurants and I can't help look inside and feel pity for those in there.
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Originally Posted by KeithA
I won't even eat there after seeing the movie Super Size Me.
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It's so scary that both my daughters -teenagers at that- now refuse to eat fast food now, except for an occasional In 'N Out burger with no cheese.
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Originally Posted by KevinmH9
We are cyclists, what are you doing eating that greasy stuff? I haven't eaten any fast food (McDonalds, Burger King) for many, many years. On my biking commute I do pass by a few McDonalds and Burger Kings and other fast food restaurants and I can't help look inside and feel pity for those in there.
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your best bet is to write a letter to the regional manager. the local mcdonalds crew will have no say in it - they are just following the rules and doing their job.
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Originally Posted by jon1978
This is amazing. I was just going out for a burger and yes I was refused service at McDonalds. I had gone through the drive thru before and served but not this time. It was at 12:00 at night - I really wanted a burger - when there were no customers and they still refused to serve me. I am not much on vengeance but what can I do about this or is there nothing to do
Thanks,
Jonathon
Thanks,
Jonathon
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Originally Posted by ctyler
Given that it was McDonalds, they were doing you a favor!
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I won't even eat there after seeing the movie Super Size Me.
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Originally Posted by KeithA
I won't even eat there after seeing the movie Super Size Me.
If he had an egg sandwhich for breakfast with coffee, a burger for lunch with fries and a soda, and a burger for dinner with fries and soda he would have been fine. It might not be healthy but there is a big difference between that and 2-3x that.
The movie was laughable, at best.
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Get in your car, and have a friend bring another car. Drive in (while your friend's car blocks other cars from entering the drive-thru), order $300 worth of food, then back out and drive away. If you time it right, they'll try billing the next car through with your bogus order.
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I recently was reading the bike laws of my state (R.I.). I found that it is illegal to carry anything in your hands that will interfere with operating the bike. If this is the case in that state or town, they will probably not hand you two things like a drink and a bag when you are on a bicycle. If someone rides into the street and has an accident they may sue.
I'm not addressing if this is wrong or right, or if a cyclist can handle this maneuver. If it is the law this is beside the point. My bike laws were on line.
I'm just addressing the legal aspects. That's what the restaurant would consider first probably. They should not hand you that if it is illegal. We sometimes have to live with laws that were made for people less coordinated than ourselves.
TITLE 31
Motor and Other vehicles
CHAPTER 31-19
Operation of Bicycles
SECTION 31-19-9
§ 31-19-9 Carrying articles. – No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation of the bicycle. A person operating a bicycle shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.
I'm not addressing if this is wrong or right, or if a cyclist can handle this maneuver. If it is the law this is beside the point. My bike laws were on line.
I'm just addressing the legal aspects. That's what the restaurant would consider first probably. They should not hand you that if it is illegal. We sometimes have to live with laws that were made for people less coordinated than ourselves.
TITLE 31
Motor and Other vehicles
CHAPTER 31-19
Operation of Bicycles
SECTION 31-19-9
§ 31-19-9 Carrying articles. – No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation of the bicycle. A person operating a bicycle shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.
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Originally Posted by phillydcbiker
I don't understand. For one of his "meals" he had a few cheeseburgers, 2 super size drinks and 2 supersize fries (or was it three?) My point is, for each of his meals he ate 2 or 3 times what is eaten. If you eat 150 grams of fat and 5000 calories a day, obviously its going to do harm to you.
If he had an egg sandwhich for breakfast with coffee, a burger for lunch with fries and a soda, and a burger for dinner with fries and soda he would have been fine. It might not be healthy but there is a big difference between that and 2-3x that.
If he had an egg sandwhich for breakfast with coffee, a burger for lunch with fries and a soda, and a burger for dinner with fries and soda he would have been fine. It might not be healthy but there is a big difference between that and 2-3x that.
I think you're blowing the numbers out of proportion.
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Originally Posted by 2manybikes
I recently was reading the bike laws of my state (R.I.). I found that it is illegal to carry anything in your hands that will interfere with operating the bike. If this is the case in that state or town, they will probably not hand you two things like a drink and a bag when you are on a bicycle. If someone rides into the street and has an accident they may sue.
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Originally Posted by 2manybikes
I recently was reading the bike laws of my state (R.I.). I found that it is illegal to carry anything in your hands that will interfere with operating the bike. If this is the case in that state or town, they will probably not hand you two things like a drink and a bag when you are on a bicycle. If someone rides into the street and has an accident they may sue.
I'm not addressing if this is wrong or right, or if a cyclist can handle this maneuver. If it is the law this is beside the point. My bike laws were on line.
I'm just addressing the legal aspects. That's what the restaurant would consider first probably. They should not hand you that if it is illegal. We sometimes have to live with laws that were made for people less coordinated than ourselves.
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I'm not addressing if this is wrong or right, or if a cyclist can handle this maneuver. If it is the law this is beside the point. My bike laws were on line.
I'm just addressing the legal aspects. That's what the restaurant would consider first probably. They should not hand you that if it is illegal. We sometimes have to live with laws that were made for people less coordinated than ourselves.
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Sorry but that doesn't hold water. There is such a thing as personal responsibility.
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Originally Posted by KeithA
It's so scary that both my daughters -teenagers at that- now refuse to eat fast food now, except for an occasional In 'N Out burger with no cheese.
Oh, how I long for an In-N'-Out burger. That is the only fast food I will ever eat again,if I can ever get back out to Cali. again Yummy!
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Originally Posted by digger
There is such a thing as personal responsibility.
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Originally Posted by phillydcbiker
I don't understand. For one of his "meals" he had a few cheeseburgers, 2 super size drinks and 2 supersize fries (or was it three?) My point is, for each of his meals he ate 2 or 3 times what is eaten. If you eat 150 grams of fat and 5000 calories a day, obviously its going to do harm to you.
If he had an egg sandwhich for breakfast with coffee, a burger for lunch with fries and a soda, and a burger for dinner with fries and soda he would have been fine. It might not be healthy but there is a big difference between that and 2-3x that.
The movie was laughable, at best.
If he had an egg sandwhich for breakfast with coffee, a burger for lunch with fries and a soda, and a burger for dinner with fries and soda he would have been fine. It might not be healthy but there is a big difference between that and 2-3x that.
The movie was laughable, at best.
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I'd never eat at McDonalds, but I'd do a one biker sit-down demonstration in the drive thru if I wanted to and were refused service. They'd probably serve you eventually...
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Originally Posted by randya
I'd never eat at McDonalds, but I'd do a one biker sit-down demonstration in the drive thru if I wanted to and were refused service. They'd probably serve you eventually...