McDonalds soft drinks

[Rye Miles #13621]

Mickey Ds has their summer drink special, any soft drink any size $1.00

So on the way home from the shoot today I pulled in the drive thru and I ordered a large iced tea. The girl said that’ll be $2.50. I said I thought all soft drinks were $1.00 it says so right on this menu! She said “ iced tea is not a soft drink”. I said Really?? What is it? She said it’s iced tea! I ordered a large coke!!!
So my question is don’t you think iced tea is a soft drink?? 
Apparently not according to Mickey D’s!!🙄

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

Also not according to dictionaries:

 

soft drink
noun
: a usually carbonated nonalcoholic beverage
especially : SODA POP

[Rye Miles #13621]

16 minutes ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said:

Also not according to dictionaries:

 

soft drink
noun
: a usually carbonated nonalcoholic beverage
especially : SODA POP

Okay 👍🏻 It does say “ usually  carbonated” . I mean how much would it cost them to include iced tea on their special?

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Wonder what they charge for water.

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

They probably mean carbonated drinks that's what they make their money on

[Rye Miles #13621]

Well you can get hot or iced coffee for a buck too! That’s not carbonated. Read down to the third paragraph in this link. What’s different about iced tea?

https://www.mashed.com/190582/the-real-reason-all-mcdonalds-soft-drinks-are-only-1/

[Yul Lose]

Yer gettin off easy, Mickey D’s iced tea out here is nearly $4.00.

[Warden Callaway]

Cutting out as much sugar,  I almost never drink soda. I can't stand diet cola.  I've been away from it so long I can't stand any of it. I drink a lot of tea. Brewed or instant.  Mary has been buying me unsweet Pure Leaf tea for convenience when we are on a drive. But they don't stock it with lemon.  In any case, it's a lot cheaper by the 6 pack in store than one at a time out of a convenience store. 

 

I did succumb to temptation and bought a Coke made in Mexico with real cane sugar. It tasted like I remember Coke when I was a kid. The regular crap now is awful.  I understand McDonald's get a special mix of Coke. Supposedly,  it tastes better.  

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[Rye Miles #13621]

54 minutes ago, Warden Callaway said:

Cutting out as much sugar,  I almost never drink soda. I can't stand diet cola.  I've been away from it so long I can't stand any of it. I drink a lot of tea. Brewed or instant.  Mary has been buying me unsweet Pure Leaf tea for convenience when we are on a drive. But they don't stock it with lemon.  In any case, it's a lot cheaper by the 6 pack in store than one at a time out of a convenience store. 

 

I did succumb to temptation and bought a Coke made in Mexico with real cane sugar. It tasted like I remember Coke when I was a kid. The regular crap now is awful.  I understand McDonald's get a special mix of Coke. Supposedly,  it tastes better.  

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I hardly ever drink coke or Pepsi but after a long day at the shoot and an hour ride ahead, I wound up with a Coke at McDonald’s and it was pretty tasty! 

[DeaconKC]

Just go inside, order a large Coke, then go over to the fountain and fill it with Iced Tea.

[Rye Miles #13621]

4 minutes ago, DeaconKC said:

Just go inside, order a large Coke, then go over to the fountain and fill it with Iced Tea.

Never thought of that. 🙄

[J.D. Daily]

3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Mickey Ds has their summer drink special, any soft drink any size $1.00

So on the way home from the shoot today I pulled in the drive thru and I ordered a large iced tea. The girl said that’ll be $2.50. I said I thought all soft drinks were $1.00 it says so right on this menu! She said “ iced tea is not a soft drink”. I said Really?? What is it? She said it’s iced tea! I ordered a large coke!!!
So my question is don’t you think iced tea is a soft drink?? 
Apparently not according to Mickey D’s!!🙄

Order at the counter.

[Rye Miles #13621]

9 minutes ago, J.D. Daily said:

Order at the counter.

Yea I was tired after shooting and didn’t want to get out of the car. I had an hour drive ahead of me.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

40 minutes ago, DeaconKC said:

Just go inside, order a large Coke, then go over to the fountain and fill it with Iced Tea.

 

35 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Never thought of that. 🙄

It may not have made it to Ohio yet, but in a lot of places they are removing the "Fill it yourself" fountain because they're doing away with free refills.

[Rip Snorter]

Mickey D's food is so poor, I dropped them several years ago.  The only fast food I use now is DQ they seem to be relatively unchanged.

[Rye Miles #13621]

1 hour ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

 

It may not have made it to Ohio yet, but in a lot of places they are removing the "Fill it yourself" fountain because they're doing away with free refills.

I’ve heard something about that. I think it’s coming soon!🙄

[Pat Riot]

McDonald’s doesn’t cost me a dime. 

[Rye Miles #13621]

I go there occasionally, their $5.00 meal is a great quick lunch. Double cheeseburger or Chicken sandwich, small fries, 4 nuggets and a drink. 

[Matthew Duncan]

On 7/20/2024 at 9:29 PM, Rip Snorter said:

 The only fast food I use now is DQ they seem to be relatively unchanged.

Respectfully disagree.  Their hamburgers are smaller and don’t taste like then did in the 1970s.

[Rip Snorter]

Just now, Matthew Duncan said:

Respectfully disagree.  Their hamburgers are smaller and don’t taste like then did in the 1970s.

We're talking Montana things move at their own pace here.  Anyway, in Franchise world there is variation.  I eat fast food maybe half a dozen times a year.  Have yet to be dissatisfied at this particular location, except once for stupid service.  Will wait till I get home to eat before I patronize the others.  

[watab kid]

the on;ly thing soft drinks /sodas /pop do is add weight i pass [even tho i could add a few pounds these days ill drink beer 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Tea, hot or iced, is still tea.

Coffee, hot or iced, is still coffee.

Soft drinks are usually carbonated, but "-ade" beverages - usually citrus juice mixed with water and sweetener - are soft drinks.  
"Sparkling Cider" is a soft drink, as opposed to "Cider" or "Hard Cider" which are alcoholic.