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Topic: McDonald's-Pay With Lovin (video)
Posted By: aka ron
Subject: McDonald's-Pay With Lovin (video)
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 8:08am

I guess I'll post this here, until our fearless leader sets up the new Super Bowl thread.

I can see it now, random people being chosen to get free food, if you want to call it that.
Here is the headline: Brawls breakout at McDonald's across the country because employees are choosing who gets free food.
I'm hatin it.




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Posted By: peachblossom666
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 8:41am
So, a priest, a rabbi and a black guy walk into a McDonald's on Valentine's Day, and ...




Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 8:44am
LOLLOL
Call your mama, uh, she's dead.
Do I still get a free sammich?


Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 2:01pm

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"Here comes your free milkshake!"




Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 2:18pm
LOL
I didn't know snausages were on the menu.


Posted By: Snesgamer
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 2:43pm
So that means I can hire a hooker, turn her over on a table in front of everyone, and do the nasty and get a meal?

Seriously, though, I can see them being really stingy with this - the average will probably only be 2-3 "love" payments per day, and some franchises probably won't (or will only if forced) be participating.


Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 5:01pm
This screams, "Fake, fakkity, Mcfake" to me. The Mcfake is no pun intended.....

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Posted By: Ad nauseous
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 7:29pm
Originally posted by Donathan Donathan wrote:

This screams, "Fake, fakkity, Mcfake" to me. The Mcfake is no pun intended.....


I absolutely agree with you Donathan! This "lovin" crap is authentic as a three dollar bill!

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Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 9:06pm
Thank you, Ad. Even if this is real, it has been mentioned that it will be a very bad idea to give some customers free food, and make other customers pay. For example, let's say Sally orders a Quarter Pounder meal(roughly $7.00) and Kate orders a two double cheeseburger meal (roughly $5.00) the Cashier tells Sally to sing, The Star Spangled Banner," song, and she does. Sally gets the Quarter Pounder for free. The cashier tells Kate that she owes $5.00 for the cheeseburger meal. Kate rips the Cashier a new one for letting Sally get the Quarter Pounder meal for free just for singing, and charging Kate the full price, even though Sally's food cost more. " "So, you gave her free food and I have to pay for my food? It doesn't work that way. I need my food for free too."

You can see how resentful the customer would be if a real life Cashier did this.

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Posted By: Snesgamer
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 9:40pm
Originally posted by Donathan Donathan wrote:

Thank you, Ad. Even if this is real, it has been mentioned that it will be a very bad idea to give some customers free food, and make other customers pay. For example, let's say Sally orders a Quarter Pounder meal(roughly $7.00) and Kate orders a two double cheeseburger meal (roughly $5.00) the Cashier tells Sally to sing, The Star Spangled Banner," song, and she does. Sally gets the Quarter Pounder for free. The cashier tells Kate that she owes $5.00 for the cheeseburger meal. Kate rips the Cashier a new one for letting Sally get the Quarter Pounder meal for free just for singing, and charging Kate the full price, even though Sally's food cost more. " "So, you gave her free food and I have to pay for my food? It doesn't work that way. I need my food for free too."

You can see how resentful the customer would be if a real life Cashier did this.


I bet you anything they limit it in most cases to dollar-menu cheapskate purchases to avoid losing too much in sales.


Posted By: peachblossom666
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2015 at 11:13pm
So now they're telling us sales are so bad, they're giving it away for free?  LOL


Posted By: usmaak
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 5:52am
What is it with McDs lately?  First the signs commercial, then this pile.  If I went in to get some food and they told me to pay by calling my mother and telling her that I love her, my response would be something to the effect of, "Don't tell me what to do.  Just fk off, and give me a price in dollars and cents so that I can leave and NEVER come back to this sh*thole!"


Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 3:15pm

I'd have to tell whoever answered my parents' phone that I loved them.  My parents are dead and the number's probably been reassigned.  I just hope my new mother speaks English.




Posted By: usmaak
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 4:38pm
This actually makes me want to go to McDs even less.  Now I'm afraid that they'll tell me to make a phone call or do some stupid dance to get the food that I'd normally pay for with CASH.

But I agree with what you say, and I can't actually see them doing this.

McD's minimum wage worker: "This will cost you one phone call to your mom, to tell her that you love her."
Customer: "Well, my mom's dead, but thanks for bringing up a painful memory, you a**hat twirp!"

Seriously.  Just serve the lukewarm slop that you're known for, and take my money, like a normal "restaurant".


Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 5:11pm
Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:


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"Here comes your free milkshake!"


ConfusedI...I...I think I know her! Yea! She got a few free shakes from me, too! Well, maybe they weren't free...


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Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 5:19pm
I haven't been following Micky-Dees closely, but I heard on the radio that the CEO is leaving (for performance issues, etc..).

The new guy is their Chief Brand Officer.
Wonderful - the guy (mostly?, partly?) responsible for their current crappy brand image is going to take the top reigns? WTF?

So, again, my advise is: ditch the clown (publicly, and permanently).
Then, stop catering to the lowest common denominator.
It's OK to have a few inexpensive items, but not the whole damn menu. It only puts you into a death spiral (quality, price, lack of profits).

Maybe what M-D's should do is offer a "decent" burger (like Five Guys?), even though it will be more expensive. I mean, their cokes and fries are OK - the burgers suck.

At least that way, a trip to M-D's isn't nixed because one individual in a group can't find anything on the menu worth eating.

Oh, and ditch this "lovin'" crap IMMEDIATELY.
People don't come to Mickey-Dees for a rub-and-tug.
This has to be the most idiotic slogan idea since "I'm lovin' it".
Love doesn't sell burgers. Quality, price, and getting the order correct at the drive thru does (and preferably in under a few minutes).


Posted By: sgtrock21
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 5:25pm
Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:




I'd have to tell whoever answered my parents' phone that I loved them. ย My parents are dead and the number's probably been reassigned. ย I just hope my new mother speaks English.




Another thing we share (I am no longer surprised). I've been an orphan since 2000.

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Posted By: PaWolf
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 6:03pm

^Maybe I'll go to McD's for this one. I'll go at a busy lunchtime. I'll find a cute young cashier.

I'd simply love to have her ask me to call my wife, just so I could call directory assistance on the speakerphone and ask for the number for some cemetary...and tell the cashier the wife has taken up dirty habits and she just can't get off her back enough to push the lid open, anymore, but, well...HEY! Yo! doncha know - this cahier? she's kinda cute and I'm kinda horny...and, well...would she like to be my wife for the afternoon? I bet I could get a 'Happy Meal' for a move like that.  


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Posted By: ThatNerdInPhilly
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 7:47pm
Forget the simple annoying stomach issues I'll have after eating a Quarter Pounder, with my luck I'll probably hug a McDonalds employee with early stage Measles. 

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Posted By: aka ron
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2015 at 7:56pm
I worked fast food when I was young, Churches Chicken, you come home smelling like the food you made.
Let's hope they all wash their hands when they should.


Posted By: crainbebo
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 4:28am
What in the f--k is this?! McDonald's is trying to discriminate customers this way! I will probably never go back to McDonald's after this. 
They are trying everything they can to get customers and get crappy food into their stomach. 

-crainbebo


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Posted By: Snesgamer
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 7:04am
I just can't wait until the first brawl is recorded and uploaded to Youtube.

It's gonna make Super Saiyan Chicken McNuggets Lady feel like child's play!


Posted By: EMCEE
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:01am
Originally posted by crainbebo crainbebo wrote:

What in the f--k is this?! McDonald's is trying to discriminate customers this way! I will probably never go back to McDonald's after this. 
They are trying everything they can to get customers and get crappy food into their stomach. 

-crainbebo

Exactly.  What if you were raised by your father?  Or your mother is dead?  Or you HATE your mother?  McDonald's needs to stop whatever it is they are trying to do here.


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Posted By: usmaak
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:48am
I don't want to go there again, because I'm afraid they'll ask me to do something stupid and embarrassing.  Just give me my sludge, let me pay, and let me leave.  Idiots.


Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 2:18am
I bought a sausage biscuit at McDonald's, and those Fiends made me pay for it! LOL.

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Posted By: usmaak
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 2:20am
Originally posted by Donathan Donathan wrote:

I bought a sausage biscuit at McDonald's, and those Fiends made me pay for it! LOL.
Could have been worse.  They could have made you pay by hugging an unwashed stranger.  No McDonalds product is worth that.  Well, maybe McFlurries, but other than that... Wink


Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 2:50am
I love the McFlurry! Oreos and M&Ms together in Vanilla ice cream is pure heaven!

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Posted By: MrTim
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 4:57am
McD's has another, little known, customer appreciation/reward contest they're running:  You walk in wearing a funny mask, show them your hand stuck in your jacket pocket, and they give you all the money from the register...!  LOL

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Posted By: Angry McPisseron
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 5:58am
Originally posted by aka ron aka ron wrote:

I worked fast food when I was young, Churches Chicken, you come home smelling like the food you made.
Let's hope they all wash their hands when they should.

 
I worked at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in the 1980s, and I too came home smelling like chicken (which I hated)...though the dog loved it!!! LOL


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Posted By: purple rose
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 6:56am
I'm not going to make an ass of myself for a crappy $5 McDonalds lunch.
I wouldn't mind if Ruth's Chris tries this though.


Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:22am
Originally posted by MrTim MrTim wrote:

McD's has another, little known, customer appreciation/rewardย contest they're running:ย  You walk in wearing a funny mask, show themย your hand stuck in your jacket pocket, and they give you all the money from the register...!ย  LOL


Oh my God, Mr. Tim! Sad or funny thing, (Leaning more towards the sad side), a cashier in another state gave all the money in the register because a robber pointed his thumb and finger at them, like a gun....

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Posted By: Tom Servo
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:08pm
So, the local news has shown a couple of these taking place, which made me wonder:
 
-1) If this is supposed to be random, how come the news channel was there to film it? (It was professional footage, not cell phone footage)
 
-2) In one segment, a lady had to go over and high-five a random customer that was already sitting down eating.  He did not look too happy that she came over and used him to get free food while he had to pay for his.
 
You all that said this will end in a discrimination suit are spot on.  Someone is going to be very upset that they weren't chosen, but were used so that someone else could get their food for free.


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Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:28pm
Tom, I knew backlash was going to happen, with choosing which customers get free food, and which customers have to pay. This was a disaster waiting to happen.....

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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:32pm
Originally posted by Donathan Donathan wrote:

Tom, I knew backlash was going to happen, with choosing which customers get free food, and which customers have to pay. This was a disaster waiting to happen.....

It's random, but I doubt it's being decided by humans.  It's probably being decided by the cash register.  So much for "lovin'".




Posted By: Tom Servo
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:50pm
Originally posted by Donathan Donathan wrote:

Tom, I knew backlash was going to happen, with choosing which customers get free food, and which customers have to pay. This was a disaster waiting to happen.....
 
Yep, it's just a matter of time.  I like the idea behind this (random acts of kindness), but they will soon find out that being selective about who you show the kindness to in front of others not receiving said kindness, is not such a good idea.
 
Me personally, I wouldn't care if the person in front of me got free food and I didn't.  But human nature being as it is, someone out there is going to to get very upset about it.


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Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:51pm
Was this at a McDonalds?

If so, no one ever claimed their staff was particularly bright.
Hell, if a cashier can correctly tell the difference between a bag of french fries and an apple pie, they become instant candidates for management!!

The bar is pretty low.


Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 1:57pm
Originally posted by Tom Servo Tom Servo wrote:


Originally posted by Donathan Donathan wrote:

Tom, I knew backlash was going to happen, with choosing which customers get free food, and which customers have to pay. This was a disaster waiting to happen.....

ย 
Yep, it's just a matter of time.ย  I like the idea behind this (random acts of kindness), but they will soon find out that being selective about who you show the kindness to in front of others not receiving said kindness, is not such a good idea.
ย 
Me personally, I wouldn't care if the person in front of me got free food and I didn't.ย  But human nature being as it is, someone out there is going to to get very upset about it.


Not to mention, it puts the customer-facing employees in the direct line of fire. I can almost see a situation where an uncomfortable cashier is unwilling to deny the next person in line their free shot at food. It will then be like a game of dominoes, with one customer after the next expecting, and receiving, free food.

This has disaster written all over it.

And again, people don't visit McDonalds for "love". They visit because they are hungry.   Note to MD's senior mgmt: Those are TWO VERY DIFFERENT feelings.

Need proof?
You don't see eHarmony hawking free hamburgers !!


Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 2:14pm

^  The winner is not determined by anyone behind the counter.  It seems to be determined and applied somehow based upon what time the person enters the McDonalds.

Also, I can't see the next person in line becoming upset by someone in front of them having won a $5 meal.

http://www.mcdonalds.com/pwlrules/" rel="nofollow - http://www.mcdonalds.com/pwlrules/  




Posted By: Snesgamer
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 6:06pm
Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:


^  The winner is not determined by anyone behind the counter.  It seems to be determined and applied somehow based upon what time the person enters the McDonalds.

Also, I can't see the next person in line becoming upset by someone in front of them having won a $5 meal.

http://www.mcdonalds.com/pwlrules/" rel="nofollow - http://www.mcdonalds.com/pwlrules/  




You have much more faith in the average McDonalds customer than I do.


Posted By: Snesgamer
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2015 at 6:09pm

On a related note, anyone else kind of wary of going to a McDonalds during February just in case you get put on the spot?


Posted By: usmaak
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2015 at 8:19pm
I was forced to sit through the extended version of this turd, last night.  Watching it actually made me feel uncomfortable, for some reason.


Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2015 at 3:24am
I laughed when the woman begun cursing the cashier out, and ranting like a drug addict, But I went when she started to jump through the window and started beating him up! I did laugh when the manager and the cashierclosed the window on her hand as she she screamed like a deranged lunatic.....

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Posted By: ThatNerdInPhilly
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2015 at 1:22am
Posted on YouTube yesterday.
I think this former McDonalds employee needed some lovin', maybe just a nice hug.





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Posted By: madwoman
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2015 at 3:40am
Originally posted by ThatNerdInPhilly ThatNerdInPhilly wrote:

Posted on YouTube yesterday.
I think this former McDonalds employee needed some lovin', maybe just a nice hug.





Yup. A real nice, long hug, with one of those coats with the extra-long sleeves that fasten in the back.....


Posted By: usmaak
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2015 at 5:23pm
I went to McDonalds last night.  All of the people behind the counter were wearing shirts that said, "We love you more than our sauce".  I swear, I thought that the guy behind the counter was going to come out and give me a hug.  It was weird.  

Not making this up.  It happened. Shocked


Posted By: Anduril
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 11:02pm
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Well folks - You saw it here first on CIH. !!
Looks like the clown ain't gettin' no lovin'.

Sales are PLUNGING!!!
Could of seen that coming a mile away.
Oh yeah, that's right. We DID!!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/03/09/mcdonald_s_sales_plunge_the_rise_of_chipotle_is_the_decline_of_fast_food.html



Posted By: Snesgamer
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2015 at 12:54am
Originally posted by Anduril Anduril wrote:

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Well folks - You saw it here first on CIH. !!
Looks like the clown ain't gettin' no lovin'.

Sales are PLUNGING!!!
Could of seen that coming a mile away.
Oh yeah, that's right. We DID!!

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/03/09/mcdonald_s_sales_plunge_the_rise_of_chipotle_is_the_decline_of_fast_food.html



I know I personally avoided McDonalds for the entire month of February out of fear I would get called on. What McDonald's failed to take into account were all the people who just wanted their goddamn food without having to make fools of themselves in public, free food or not.

Some of those people have probably moved on to other fast food joints. Good for them


Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2015 at 1:06am

All this?  For 5 dollars worth of McDonalds food??  And then, to have to watch as the McDonalds employees pretend they're excited about it??  Ewwww.  It's just not worth it.




Posted By: Donathan
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2015 at 2:21am
Originally posted by Snesgamer Snesgamer wrote:



On a related note, anyone else kind of wary of going to a McDonalds during February just in case you get put on the spot?





It seemed weird as hell to me that the Cashier told the customer that they didn't serve McNuggets at 10:30 AM, even though Lunchtime actually does start at 10:30, so the McNuggets would be available at 10:30, meaning that the Cashier would be lying.

Second of all, look how absolutely dark it looks outside. What 10:30 in the morning in the US looks so damn dark? 10:30 AM should be bright. Turns out, it is revealed in another video about this that the 10:30 AM was actually dubbed, and it was really 6:30 AM. Ah! Now the chicken McNuggets not being available makes sense. Why not just leave the original 6:30 AM in and not dub in 10:30 Am?

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Posted By: i8acannibal
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2015 at 2:29am
Originally posted by ThatNerdInPhilly ThatNerdInPhilly wrote:

Posted on YouTube yesterday.
I think this former McDonalds employee needed some lovin', maybe just a nice hug.




LOL  I am still wondering about their little impromptu fashion show, though...


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Posted By: A Millennial
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2015 at 10:15pm
I was working as a cashier at mcdonalds when the Pay with Lovin' campaign week happened. They gave us cards with random time stamps on it so customers wouldn't know when we gave them free stuff. I actually enjoyed doing this, i know -- you found someone who likes their mcdonalds job! 

Around that certain time when a customer pays, you tell them to make someone smile, give me a fist bump, call someone and tell them you love them, etc. i always loved to see the look on a poor parents face (who would've paid in mixed change) when they ordered like 3 happy meals and they don't have to pay. I went for the big orders as opposed to wasting it on someone with a $1 pop.


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