Nightfox wrote to Mortar <=-

Occasionally lately I've been getting food delivery, but sometimes I
still prefer to go pick it up myself. Sometimes, my delivered food
order is missing an item (which could be the fault of either the
delivery service or restaurant employees). Food delivery also adds
fees.. So going there to pick it up myself is less expensive, and I
can ensure the order is correct (especially if I go inside).

I miss the old days of having a drawer full of to-go menus, calling the restaurant and knowing there wasn't a middleman involved. Heard too
many horror stories of delivery companies gouging customers and screwing restaurants.



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Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-

I think Jack In The Box is a popular choice for people who like to make snack runs when they have the munchies, and the quality might not be as important as filling up on snacks (and some people might prefer it).

"Pot smokers". He means to say "pot smokers". :)



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Re: Re: I Don't Know Jack
By: Accession to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:34 am

The sausage & egg McMuffin is one of my favorite fast food breakfast items.

While I do enjoy those, they've also (finally, as it seemed to take a bit) adapted from the steak, egg, and cheese bagel and made a McMuffin version of it. It's wonderful. I've never really been a fan of bagels, so while that was a thing I was always like "man, they should make this on a muffin," which they eventually did!

Interesting.. I've tried McDonald's steak, egg & cheese bagel and I thought that was pretty good.

For me, I think their sausage & egg McMuffin is hard to beat though. I think McDonald's sausage is seasoned really well.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: I Don't Know Jack
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:05 am

I miss the old days of having a drawer full of to-go menus, calling the restaurant and knowing there wasn't a middleman involved. Heard too many horror stories of delivery companies gouging customers and screwing restaurants.

I miss those times too. But I think one advantage to being able to order online is order accuracy - at least, if you go to pick it up yourself. When calling in to order food, sometimes they'd mis-hear me or something and might get part of the order wrong. There's one restaurant near me I sometimes liked to get take-out from though which would make mistakes very often, no matter if I called it in or ordered on their web site.. Their food was good though, which is why I liked going there.

Nightfox

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