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I hope I one day get to visit a Russian nationalized McDonalds; just to fully grasp what deglobalization means ...

by throwaway4good 5y ago

amelius 5y ago
I hope they get rid of the clown.
- cushychicken 5y ago
  And that terrifying living purple beanbag creature.
  - noworld 5y ago
    France?
    - cushychicken 5y ago
      Grimace.
- johannes1234321 5y ago
  Not sure "they" refers to "McDonald's" or whether it refers to some country and the "clown" leading the government. In case it refers to McDonald's: They already did. https://www.mashed.com/202684/the-real-reason-mcdonalds-got-rid-of-ronald-mcdonald/ https://www.mashed.com/202684/the-real-reason-mcdonalds-got-...
- JoeyBananas 5y ago
  Putin?
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otabdeveloper4 5y ago
It has been nationalized since 2014 in places like Crimea. (Not sure if Americans can visit the place. There are downsides to deglobalization too...)
Etherlord87 5y ago
Currently it's probably the same stuff as the original McDonalds. Eventually the quality will deteriorate due to lack of supervision - unless Russians will do an equal job in supervising, which I doubt.
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago
  >Eventually the quality will deteriorate What quality? Even in Austria, at some really busy McD's I've been to like the train station or airport, their finished burgers looked nothing like the ones in the menu. Often they had components like the cheese, lettuce and sauces missing and I got just a dry paddy between two barren pieces of bread as a burger lol. It was uneatable so I had to throw it away and buy a sandwich from the SPAR next door which has much better quality. The McD's I've had in NY weren't much better either. OTOH, McCafe's in Europe (the separate establishment, not to be confused with the coffee you can get from McD's) are amazing, coffee is always great, on par with even fancy hipster cafes and their pastry and cakes aren't bad either.
  - lordnacho 5y ago
    > looked nothing like the ones in the pictures This is surely too high a standard! Did Coke ever give you the satisfaction of the people in the Christmas adverts? Did you get girls after you bought Lynx? Did you score more goals with those Predators?
    - ChuckNorris89 5y ago
      Sure, not looking exactly like the menu/ads is one thing, that's just marketing for you, but being served a patty in a bare bread bun, missing the cheese, lettuce and other parts of the product you ordered, is an outright scam in legal terms if we're being pedantic. Sure, I get it, having underpaid and overworked people making your food is not a recipe for a great experience, but ultimately I paid in full, the company got their money and I didn't get the product I ordered, which is why I jusy stopped eating there, since I don't like being "THAT GUY" who ask for "the manager" in order to complain about overworked people on minimum wage that they got his order wrong and they need to redo the order while 10 more customers are waiting in line.
marbu 5y ago
But I guess that one aspect of this deglobalization trend is that you won't be able to travel there in the first place until the trend changes.
sdfgdf 5y ago
jmnicolas 5y ago
> just to fully grasp what deglobalization means Deglobalization means you can't travel to Russia ;)
- trasz 5y ago
  Sure you can, it's just limited - like with North Korea.

I hope I one day get to visit a Russian nationalized McDonalds; just to fully grasp what deglobalization means ...

amelius 5y ago

I hope they get rid of the clown.

cushychicken 5y ago
And that terrifying living purple beanbag creature.
- noworld 5y ago
  France?
  - cushychicken 5y ago
    Grimace.
johannes1234321 5y ago
Not sure "they" refers to "McDonald's" or whether it refers to some country and the "clown" leading the government. In case it refers to McDonald's: They already did. https://www.mashed.com/202684/the-real-reason-mcdonalds-got-rid-of-ronald-mcdonald/ https://www.mashed.com/202684/the-real-reason-mcdonalds-got-...
JoeyBananas 5y ago
Putin?

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otabdeveloper4 5y ago

It has been nationalized since 2014 in places like Crimea. (Not sure if Americans can visit the place. There are downsides to deglobalization too...)

Etherlord87 5y ago

Currently it's probably the same stuff as the original McDonalds. Eventually the quality will deteriorate due to lack of supervision - unless Russians will do an equal job in supervising, which I doubt.

ChuckNorris89 5y ago
>Eventually the quality will deteriorate What quality? Even in Austria, at some really busy McD's I've been to like the train station or airport, their finished burgers looked nothing like the ones in the menu. Often they had components like the cheese, lettuce and sauces missing and I got just a dry paddy between two barren pieces of bread as a burger lol. It was uneatable so I had to throw it away and buy a sandwich from the SPAR next door which has much better quality. The McD's I've had in NY weren't much better either. OTOH, McCafe's in Europe (the separate establishment, not to be confused with the coffee you can get from McD's) are amazing, coffee is always great, on par with even fancy hipster cafes and their pastry and cakes aren't bad either.
- lordnacho 5y ago
  > looked nothing like the ones in the pictures This is surely too high a standard! Did Coke ever give you the satisfaction of the people in the Christmas adverts? Did you get girls after you bought Lynx? Did you score more goals with those Predators?
  - ChuckNorris89 5y ago
    Sure, not looking exactly like the menu/ads is one thing, that's just marketing for you, but being served a patty in a bare bread bun, missing the cheese, lettuce and other parts of the product you ordered, is an outright scam in legal terms if we're being pedantic. Sure, I get it, having underpaid and overworked people making your food is not a recipe for a great experience, but ultimately I paid in full, the company got their money and I didn't get the product I ordered, which is why I jusy stopped eating there, since I don't like being "THAT GUY" who ask for "the manager" in order to complain about overworked people on minimum wage that they got his order wrong and they need to redo the order while 10 more customers are waiting in line.

marbu 5y ago

But I guess that one aspect of this deglobalization trend is that you won't be able to travel there in the first place until the trend changes.

sdfgdf 5y ago

jmnicolas 5y ago

> just to fully grasp what deglobalization means Deglobalization means you can't travel to Russia ;)

trasz 5y ago
Sure you can, it's just limited - like with North Korea.