Im going to set a scene… do your best to follow. Chicago airport. Ohare. Viewing the vendors list on the big illuminated sign, I notice nothing listed about fast food. Hungry, having two hours to board my plane, I eat a what appears to be the most inexpensive restaurant in the atrium. Scanning the overpriced menu, I decide to eat a turkey club with fries. After paying my $17 dollars for my meal that was not good, nor good for me, I pass a Mcdonalds on my way to my gate. I know exactly what I would have received from Mcdonalds. Also not healthy, but it would have tasted good, and it would have cost $6. That is why I love Mcdonalds. Mediocre, yes. But its that promised mediocrity that is consistently available for a fair price wherever I go, even if its as a last resort.
And they have hot mustard.
js
That’s what’s also sweet about America in general, if you think about it. A coke is a coke and a McD’s burger is the same if you’re a random kid or Relient K’s guitar player.
It’s no Brown’s Diner…
I ate McDonald’s in O’Hare before a recent trip to Africa. Why? For all the reasons you just listed. Plus, before going to Africa, that’s the best dang mediocrity you can get!
I have been fortunate to have pretty good luck finding decent food in airports, but it’s never cheap and not always fast. $17 is crazy, huh?
Mcdonals sucks!