OK, I know it has taken me forever to post. I intended on confirming this myself first, but the truth is, every time I had the option to eat out, I ended up picking a different restaurant. This past weekend when Heather and I stopped for some Vietnamese Bún, the thought went through my mind "I really should go to McDonald's so I can finish my blog post". I don't believe that eating should ever be a chore and I don't want to keep people waiting until I get a craving for cheeseburgers, so I have decided to just share the secret now and let people try it out themselves to see if it works.
What do you call a Bacon Cheeseburger without Bacon?
Supposedly, there is some sort of glitch in pricing that makes a bacon cheeseburger meal without bacon even cheaper than a regular cheeseburger meal. My partner at work told me about this after an employee at a drive through window let her in on the secret. Apparently the difficult part is ordering because if you just go up and ask for a "bacon cheeseburger without bacon" they may just look at you and say, "oh, you mean a cheeseburger". You don't want them to just put in a cheeseburger, you want them to subtract the cost of bacon from your order.
I suggest that you either come right out and tell them why you are ordering it that way, or else you could order a bacon cheeseburger meal and after they have punched it in, add, "oh, and can I get that with no bacon?" Hopefully they will just hit the "minus bacon" button and you will get your discount.
Disclaimer: Your mileage may vary.
My partner does this all the time in NW Calgary and always gets the discount; however, I don't know if different locations are set up differently. It's possible that this glitch has already been addressed at the till nearest you. If you get the chance to try it out before I do, please let me know how it goes.
- C
4 comments:
Hmmmm that burger looks GOOD! I wonder if John would consider it worth it to drive to Lethbridge for me right now to test that theory out...?
I do something similar on a slightly larger scale. Every year when I decide it’s time to replace my windshield wipers I just go down to the local Honda store and tell them I’d like to buy a new Civic. They’re always so happy until I start listing all of the several thousand parts I won’t be needing.
As you know, buying parts separately costs many times what it does to buy them all together in a fully assembled car so by the time they get finished deducting the retail price of all the parts except of course the two wiper blades I end up walking out with free wipers and a cheque for about $100,000 dollars to boot.
But the icing on this very delicious cake is getting the obligatory Christmas card from the dealership every year thanking me yet again for purchasing another car.
You are so funny. I'll test it out sometime maybe, but you better believe that if I don't get the discount, I'll be coming after you to settle the difference! (Glad to know you City police are on top of such important matters!)
That.... was awesome Lorin
And Jewel, that's not all we do. Sometimes we catch moms who are speeding in their minivans.
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